Is a job opportunity an "opportunity" when you must invest $25K of your own money?

I won't go into details, but this job doing marketing research sounded very interesting. TOO interesting, as it turns out. Yeah, I have $25,000 in my pocket to throw into some multi-level marketing scheme. I wish careerbuilder.com vetted their "clients" more thoroughly. There's a scam around every corner!

Saturday in Tampa was fun. Marissa's apartment is very nice. I expected your typical crappy student apartment, but it's a very nice complex, looks fairly new, is gated and has a security system. Maybe all the security is because it's not really that far from an area known for crime. But Marissa is excited and she continues to work tutoring the university's finest athletes. There's a joke in there somewhere, I'm sure. She starts her senior year in the fall and is contemplating grad school. Good for you, kiddo! Auntie's very proud of you.

Before we headed back home we went to Alessi's, a bakery about 15 minutes or so from campus. I had heard about it from family, but it was my first time there. I had a slice of Neapolitan pizza, just about as good as what my mom used to make. And I also brought home a few things one should not eat when trying to lose weight! Alessi's is known for their very imaginative cake and cupcake decorating. I love the three layer cake on the right that has a piece of it sitting on top. Cute! I was very tired by the time we got home and I think I was asleep by 10:00 p.m.!

I was supposed to have my CT/PET scan Monday, but I woke up with a headache which continued to get worse. Caffeine withdrawal, I imagine, even though I've been drinking half caf/half decaf for weeks. I was starting to get nauseous before noon so I called and they were able to reschedule me for yesterday. I took ibuprofen before I went to bed and as soon as I got up in the morning. They are so incredibly accommodating at the Cancer Institute's Imaging Center. When I left there around 4:15, it was raining kitties and puppies. I made a beeline to the closest coffee shop, which in this case was Starbuck's. To my surprise, the traffic wasn't bad going east (to home). The other direction was very backed up from an earlier accident. Anyhow, my doctor should have the test results sometime tomorrow.

We have definitely been experiencing a sort of monsoon season. It's raining every day, but not the typical rain that lasts for 10 minutes and the sun comes out again. This rain lasts for hours. I don't mind it after the weeks and weeks of dry weather in the spring. Of course, my dainty dogs pitch a hissy fit if they have to get more than a little bit wet outside. WHO spoiled them so rotten??