And already I have been sneezed on, slapped, had toast thrown at me and peed on. I hate when M gets sick.
TGIF to those of you out there who aren’t being physically abused by your two year olds.
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be single again. Not have to answer/check in with anyone and essentially do whatever I want. I never lived on my own before I got married, I moved straight in with Z. I have never had to “live” by myself and sometimes I wonder what I missed out on.
Sometimes I just wonder, that’s all
Well I have a few updates and some venting to do so here we go. First things first, the whole job situation. I applied with an insurance company for a receptionist position, did the interview, knocked it out of the park if I do say so myself and then sat around for two weeks waiting for a call back. I got a call back only to find out that they decided not to hire me and hire someone “local” that was already licensed for the state of Montana…Umm I DO live here folks which makes me local and all I have to do is take the test for MT. I sold insurance for two years and know how to answer a phone, but whatever.
So it looks like I will be staying at the Daycare, but that’s not necissarly a bad thing. I have free daycare now which means that’s $520 a month I don’t have to pay and after you figure that into the equation, plus my regular wage, I wouldn’t have been able to take the receptionist job because I would be making less. Also, I had a heart to heart with my boss at the Daycare and she really wants me to stay and get done with my schooling. I’m already enrolled in one class and it will take me into Spring where I can enroll full time.
Speaking of work, this leads me to the venting section:
Vent #1:
G, this lady at my work that I thought was my friend decided to notify my boss that I was quitting. I was venting to her one day that I was tired of getting my hours cut and was looking into a differant job. She then took it upon herself to notify my boss that I was leaving. This pisses me off for a few reasons. One, it was none of her damn business to say anything. Two, I thought she was my friend and I thought I could confide in her without her blabbing about it to others. Three, she flips out when people talk about her behind her back, but then she does it to me. SO, I’ve learned through this whole deal that I can’t trust her or anyone really, and that I just need to keep things to myself.
Vent #2:
Things at the daycare are slow and my hours have been getting cut over the past few weeks. L, the girl who is basically left in charge when the boss is out of town and the daughter of the co-director always sends me home when someone needs to go. At first I would leave to avoid confrontation but now it’s just plain pissing me off. She always bosses me around, and granted I know she has seniority, but bitch please! Give it a rest. You don’t need to pull the power-trip bullshit with me. Just tell me what you need and move on. It also annoys me that she is two years younger than me and acts like she knows so much more than I do. I’ve been there and done that. I know how to work with kids. IT’S NOT THAT HARD.
Vent #3:
My laywer in AZ that I was going to work with for my bankruptcy ended up giving me bad advice and now I have to get a lawyer in MT to file. The catch? The lawyer in AZ won’t refund my money. MY $1800 worth of money. The asshat made me write a letter to a differant department where they will determine how much time they have put intomy case and then charge me $250/hr. I’m beyond mad and frankly over the whole deal. I just want to file and be done with the whole thing.
As for any other changes, Z and I will be heading off to WI next month to a family reunion and I’m totally stoked. I have never been there and I’m looking forward to it. It’s a 14 hr drive, but are going at night and M will be bringing her DVD player, so hopefully it won’t be too bad. That’s about it for now. I’ll post more later when I have time.
This weekend was in one word “Awesome.” Thursday and Friday night were spent at the Rodeo with M and Z. M was so adorable and enjoyed watching the “horseys and cows.” Granted there were no cows in the rodeo, but a bull looks like a cow I guess, and I’m okay with that.
M and I at the Rodeo
As you can see I was completely rocking the farmers tan and M was making googly eyes at another little boy across the bench from us. Yeah, I’m in trouble, she already has the whole flirting thing down.
Tough Enough to Wear Pink Night.
We also enjoyed lots and lots of extremely unhealthy foods, including these things called Viking Balls. It’s basically a deep fried Meatloaf ball on a stick. Apparently anything and everything comes on a stick when you attend a fair. There were mini donuts, Shaved ice- not to be confused with a Snow Cone. I was quickly corrected about this upon making the comparison. Shaved ice is more like a big ass pile of snow in a cup versus the Snow Cone, which I have always grown up with. I know, I know Tomato-Tamato. Anywho, I ate a lot and drank a lot and had a great time doing it. I’m sure my ass and thighs will be thanking me later.
I do have to say though, the best part of the whole weekend was Saturday night. Z and I got a sitter for M and went to the Phil Vassar and Diamond Rio concert. Now I must say, I have a HUGE crush on Phil Vassar and I was three sheets to the wind, so my inhibitions were out the door and I made it my mission to get to the front of the stage and touch his sweet ass- sorry, there I go again!
Diamond Rio opened, and I must say, for older guys that have been there and done that, they put on a great show. They were in tune, they looked great, and they really got the crowd going. And I apologize for the graininess, it was taken with a camera phone, so it kinda sucks.
And then of course Phil came on and he was AMAZING. I bribed 19 year olds with beer in order to get up front and my the end of the show I had pushed my way up. Or I guess I should say my new friends pushed me up. I made eye contact and Phil slapped my hand and it was magic I tell you…..PURE MAGIC!
Anyway, I had a really good time and after the concert a few friends and I decided to do a couple rides. T, C and I thought the spinning Octopus ride was a good choice, but once you’ve had a few beers, those types or rides aren’t so good. We talked to the Carnie running the ride and informed him that I had never been on this ride before so he was more than happy to obliged us with a few extra minutes. It was pretty fun, minus the whole nausea thing…… But yes, the fair was great and I will definetly be making it an annual tradition.
Today has not been a good day. It started off rocky and I was expecting the worst. Z and I were pretty cranky with one another. Me, because I am PMS’ing and it irritated me that he didn’t give me a kiss before he left. Him, because he was running late and I slammed the door in his face as he left for work. So as you can see, I was already irrational and irritated. Throw that into the mix along with the fact that both of my bosses are out of town at a conference which translates into people at my work basically doing whatever the hell they please because really? Why not, no one is here to yell at them. I was preparing for the worst.
SO, having said this I was not amused when one of the teachers brought M to me at 10:30 this morning and informed me that she had “gone down the slide and then she just started crying. I don’t know what is wrong with her?!” Yeah well something was wrong. Her left hand was very red and her middle finger had swelled up almost immediately. I had one of the other teachers grab an ice pack for her, but upon further inspection, quickly decided to take her to the doctor.
Now, thinking back, I wonder if I was rash in my choice, but I ended up taking her to the ER. I thought about just showing up at our family Dr’s office, but then figured the ER would be quicker and more efficient. BOY WAS I WRONG. First it took them 20 minutes to fill out paperwork, meanwhile my little M is screaming “hand owie Mommeeeeeee, HAND OWEEEEEEE” and I’m trying to fish out my damn insurance card from the depths of my handbag. Once all that was said and done they sent a nurse out get us which freaked M the hell out, so another meltdown ensued. They took her temperature, she bawled. They weighed her, she bawled. They asked to see her “owie”, she bawled.
Then the Dr. came in. He was the most un-sympathetic, POS Doctor I have ever met. He grabbed her hand, which of course caused her to cry, I mean HELLO, it freaking hurts you douche bag. So I told him to be gentle and that she had never been to an ER before. Then he gave me that look that basically says, “I’m the Doctor, let me do my job.” He disappeared only to have another dude show up and inform me that we were to follow him to get Xrays. Great. That is really f’ing great. Luckily this guys was WAY more gentle than the Doctor and he allowed me to sit with M on my lap while we took “pictures” of her hands. She was pretty cute during this part though, and would say “cheese” every time he took an Xray.
After all was said and done the Doctor came back and told us nothing was broken or torn as far as he could tell but she did appear to have a bad sprain to her wrist and middle finger. He advised us to ice, elevate and administer Tylenol as often as needed and if it wasn’t better by Friday then I should see my regular Doctor. Gee, thanks.
So basically I paid a lot of money to find out that M took a hard fall and sprained her wrist, but in the long run I’m glad she is ok. I would have felt even worse if I had not gone and had it turn out to be something terrible. I will tell you one thing though, taking your kid to the ER is pretty scary. I really hope she doesn’t do anymore of this daredevil crap anytime soon.
I was perusing the Yahoo News feed this morning and I came across this article. Apparently there is a village in Kodinji, India where there are twins. Lots and lots of twins. The village has a population of about 15,000 and out of that, there are about 230 sets of twins. According to the article, this is four times more twins than what is normal. I think the best part of the article is that the only explanation given is this:
“Based on scientific facts, we feel something in the environment is causing this. It could be something in the water,” said a local doctor, M.K. Sribiju.”
Yeah, that was my excuse when myself, my sister and my brother’s girlfriend all got pregnant within four months of each other. There is ALWAYS something in the water, lol.
Interesting nonetheless.
The fair is coming this week and in Sidney, it’s a pretty big deal. There is a rodeo on Thursday and Friday night, and I am going! I am excited for two reasons. Reason one being that I have never been to a rodeo so that in itself is kinda cool. Reason two is that I didn’t think I would be able to go at all because I didn’t get a fair button in time, so admissions plus food and drinks, etc. was going to be really expensive. I basically wrote it off and thought that maybe Z and I could take M on Saturday and call it good. Well folks, I have some pretty awesome friends! Let me explain.
I mentioned I wanted to go to the fair over the weekend while garage selling with a friend’s MIL. She said it was pretty pricey to get tickets, plus the fair buttons, plus the concert tickets for Saturday. Okay, no big deal. We’ll hit it up on Saturday and try again next year. Well J talked it over with her hubby and no sooner had she dropped me off at home but she was back again with TWO Buttons, Rodeo tickets for BOTH nights and concert tickets for Saturday night to see Phil Vassar and Diamond Rio. Ummm???? SWEET!!! I don’t even know how to thank her. These things aren’t cheap and she basically just handed them to us and said, “have a good time you kids.” I love this lady I really do. So I’m thinking I will get her a thank you card and a gift certificate to her favorite restaurant. But that just doesn’t seem like enough. I’ll have to do SOMETHING for her….
There are some good people on this Earth and she is definetly one of them!
I love the job I currently have but the pay sucks. At this rate I will never be able to get ahead, but I am able to help pay bills. I also get free daycare and an opportunity to go back to school. However, the going back to school thing is only feasible with my current employer IF I go back for an Early Education Degree. At first I thought this would be great. I have always wanted to be a teacher and this was a step in the right direction. But we come back to the whole not making money thing. Teachers are not paid enough and there are things in life that I want and these things cost MONEY.
SO, I took the initiative and applied for a few more jobs. One of them was with an Insurance company that a friend of mine works for. I have insurance background which is a quick way for me to move up the ladder, but I also would get to work with my friend which is even better.I heard through the grapevine that I’m the choice canidate, so I’m expecting a call back for an interview soon. I guess it really just comes down to dollars and cents at this point.
I am so torn. I really don’t know what to do. I love my coworkers, boss and the free daycare at the current job. However, the new job offers a potential CAREER, not just a job, and I’m thinking the money will be more. If the price is right? Then I’m movin’ on.
As for school? I’m not sure what I want to do now. I think I still want to go back, but not for education. I think I would like to do something involving business management, or something. I’m not really sure. I think the best thing for me to do at this point is to figure out the job thing and then once that is settled, I will contact a Campus Adviser and go through my transcripts, see what transfers, and then review my options.
Ahhhh life, it can be so confusing sometimes, can’t it?
I just filled out my FAFSA forms for aide and I’m hoping that I can go back this fall. I may have already missed the deadline though, so Spring Semester may be my only option. I’m so excited. I think I am finally at a point in my life where I can be excited about school. I already have 72 credits that I earned towards a business degree which I hope will transfer over to my new major, Early Education. I also am hoping that the college I’m applying to will accept my out-of-state credits. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
In other news, we may have found a house to rent! I’m going with Z tonight to check it out but it’s $200 less that what we are paying and has a basement which we can use as storage instead of paying for a storage unit. It needs some work but I think I may be able to work out a Lease-to-Puchase deal with the owner too. Granted we won’t be able to purchase a home fore at least three to five years seeing as our credit is crap, but the owner seems willing. She takes her kids to my daycare and has gone through what we are going through right now so she understands the financial aspect. Anyway, it’s a cute little house with enough room for the three of us and a backyard for M! I’ll post picts if it ends up working out.
Has anyone seen this product? I usually catch it during a late night infomercial but seriously? Is it possible that I can sit and watch TV, progressively imprinting a bigger butt groove into my couch cushion-meanwhile this little black belt thingie shocks my somewhat non-existent Stomach “core” and BAM!!!! Instant 6-pack? The thing that gets me is this: It’s $199.80. THAT is a lot of freaking money.
I will tell you one thing though, if I get one of these and it works I will be their best endorser EVER. I mean really, if this thing works so well how come NO ONE I know has ever used one let alone knows of anyone who has used one? I’m just saying, maybe they need to up their marketing??
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