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Child Myth
By Andrea Menzies The greatest myth told to children is “you can be anything when you grow up” as a profitable job. No you are not going to be a cowboy, artist, rockstar, zookeeper, and astronaut as most people have learned. You go where the money is or you suffer.
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Packed Park
By Andrea Menzies My video game club had a park meetup Wednesday. I could not understand why the park was packed when I went out. It was like the 4th July out there! I forgot June 19 is now a huge holiday as of this year. Oh so much street dancing, and even I danced…
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Happy News
By Andrea Menzies Happy News this week as an old job I used to work at hired me back. My piggy bank will be somewhat happy soon. A misunderstanding was solved thank the heavens.
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Resume Rules
By Andrea Menzies I am hunting for extra summer work, and the resume rules on what employers want seems pretty wild sometimes. They want you to be perfectly well dressed, healthy, educated, mistake free, and experienced, and yet willing to work for minimum wage at some jobs.
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Round Rock Sad
By Andrea Menzies I am from the Austin, TX area and Round Rock is where many of my high school friends lived. I was very sad to read about the shootings near the area this week. One of the reasons I went downtown more often in Texas and Louisiana was that it was so much…
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Sick Day
By Andrea Menzies I got sick with the flu and cannot return messages today. Try me back on Wednesday.
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Epic Bike Raid Day
By: Andrea Menzies Epic Bike Raid Day – Today was raid day for my video game group that meets in the park. In addition I just got my folding mountain bike fixed, my transition lens sunglasses on, and my Bauhaus band shirt washed. Since I am single and have not had a date in months…
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Get Back Up
By Andrea Menzies No life has no problems as when we fall we get back up again yearly. Many thanks to my out of state friends in Texas, Louisiana, Washington, and Maryland that showered me with phone and Internet messages of help and support when I was going through a rough time last month. I…
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Travel Time
By Andrea Menzies No Texas and New Orleans friend and family reunions this summer. I was planning a road trip for May or June of this year. As a teacher summer off is one of the perks of the job, and many teachers have RV travel plans. Unfortunately major work melodrama hit like a sledge…
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend
By Andrea Menzies For Memorial Day weekend I usually post pictures of my Lieutenant Colonel father Neil Menzies before his death from military service wounds when I was a child. I am the baby in these photos. I still use USAA for some of my banking because he created my account. An extreme reminder how…