wild horses couldn't drag me away

i have a job, for at least another week. i'll be returning on a week-to-week basis. meaning, i'll find out mid-week if i'm coming back the next week. originally, there was to be a new branch opening in september. i was helping to recruit for that, as well as the 17 branches that already exist. 2 additional new branches are in the works.

well, the new branch that was to open in september has been pushed back to december. this could work in my favor. as long as the branches currently in existence keep having positions that need to be filled. as long as resumes keep coming in, and candidates need to be screened, i should be around for a while, hopefully.

i wished they'd just recognize the necessity of my fabulosity in their lovely establishment and decide to employ me on a permanent basis.

meanwhile...

flooding in the northeast. i knew it was happening; my mother said that due to the neighbors digging up the trees in their backyard (hence, no roots in the ground), the yard was a big lake. and apparently my aunt, who lives in the easton/allentown, pa area (but on the jersey side), has some friends who had to evacuate. a friend of mine in the trenton area has been off of work since wednesday due to a state of emergency.

and if you go here and click on the "June Flooding Slideshow" link next to the After The Flood graphic, you can see pictures that citizens of Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) have taken of the damage and destruction up there. my girl michelle also tells the tale from her perspective.

as most of you know, i went to college at the University of Scranton, which is in NEPA. i went back there this past march for the st. patrick's parade; i've been back there tons of times since graduating in 1997 (yes, my 10 year reunion is next year, and HELL FUCKING YES i am going). no matter where i am, scranton, and NEPA in general is going to always be a 2nd home to me. i grew to love it there so much.

so to see the pictures of the destruction of these towns, most of which i at least know by name, if i haven't actually been IN them, it just...kills me. you might look through them, and some of them don't appear to be THAT bad, but then you see one when cars are almost completely covered, streets are destroyed, and you read the captions about how the house you see in the picture is the only one left on the block --

it hurts. so much. and right now i've got so little money. i'm finally working, and i'm all "WOO HOO! I CAN ACTUALLY PAY MY RENT THIS MONTH! YESSSS!" but god, this is NEPA. my 2nd home. my people. i don't care. i'm going to scrounge up something and find a reputable place to donate to. i'm going to tell my mother to gather up some of the clothes that we went through before i moved out here, and i put in the get rid of/donate pile and donate it somewhere in NEPA to those who need it, if they do.

i can't sit here and be all sunny and selfish. i refuse to. guilt will consume me anyway. so i have to do what i can.

posted by: less-than3

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8:23 p.m.
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