So much has been going on. I never have time to write so I'm gonna have a lot to catch up on. Here goes...
I am in week 5 of my social psychology class. So far I have an A and I see no reason why that should change. I'm getting my assignments turned in on time and so far I've gotten full points on all of them. I'm missing a few points here and there for attendance and team assignments; I've left early once and missed a day. I'm enjoying this class. It's nice to be interested again. I guess that's part of what was wrong with me for a while. I just couldn't get into the material. I'm sure if I hadn't been so blah in general it wouldn't have been so bad. We don't have class again until January 3rd. I'm surprized we get a break at all since the holidays don't fall on Mondays. Not complaining though!
I have been miserable at work. I think it's mostly been because I thought I was going to have to work on Christmas and I was in defensive mode. I was going to take a write up if I was scheduled to work because I'm not gonna be in town. They can kiss my flabby, white ass! Things have gotten somewhat better lately. We hired 3 new people and the only other girl who was there quit so now I'm fitting into the "assistant manager" title better. Everyone there has been trained to listen to me instead of me just coming in with people who were already there and them not recognizing me as a supervisor. Plus Conrad pretty much leaves everything up to me. He says he's the manager, but I'm the boss. I agree! lol Unfortunately, though, Conrad is being transferred to another location. It's supposedly only for 7 weeks, but what's the point in the first place? He wasn't given a reason. Head hancho boss man just said he was moving 5 managers and Conrad happened to be one of them. What the fuck ever! That makes a whole lot of no sense. All of this came about last night and Conrad told me when I got to work this morning. I'm not a happy camper. Today was my last day working with him. We were told that Lorenzo (the old manager) will be handling our store while Conrad is gone. I like Lorenzo and I didn't want him to leave when he got his transfer before, but now I don't think I can handle going back to doing things his way. Mostly because his way was fucked up. There was no organization to anything and everything always felt behind. I felt like I was constantly rushing through every shift. I'm sooo not looking forward to this.
I was (and really still am) looking for another job. I submitted my resume to several places online. I even went to an interview last week. It went well and I got offered a second interview, but I found out the pay would be solely commission and I can't do that. I need guarenteed income. No sales shit for me, thanks. I was extrememly bummed. I want out of food service!!!
Heather has been having a hard time with Curt too. He's a douche, which we've known, but he's getting worse. He's been giving Heather a hard time because she's had to leave work for a couple hours a few times to go to doctor appointments. The doc she sees isn't there on Monday or Friday, which are the 2 days she gets off early, so she gets through the lunch rush and leaves in time to make it to her appointments and then goes back to work. Apparently, that's unacceptable. He pissed her off super bad a couple weeks ago and she had me set up a meeting with Kyle (the head hancho boss man at Quiznos) to see about a position there. He had approached me and asked about her a few months ago and said that he'd love to have her on his team, but I told him that she was loyal to Sub Depot and probably wouldn't ever leave...besides, nowhere can pay her what she makes there. He asked how much and when I told him, he looked like that was nothing and said "pssht, I can do that." So when Curt pissed her off, I called Kyle and he met with her. They talked for-fucking-ever and, when it came down to the money, he said he could only pay her such-and such, which is waaay less than she makes now. Needless to say, she was disappointed. I was pissed because he totally wasted her time AND he had lied to me about how much he could pay her so I felt bad for suggesting it to her. She's not really looking for anything else right now. I'm sure a time will come (probably in a couple weeks) when Curt will push her over the edge again and she'll be looking hard core.
Heather's back issues are looking up. She's still hurting all the time, sometimes worse than others. At her last appointment with her doctor, though, action was finally taken. He had sent her for a CT scan and the results showed that she has two conditions. 1) Facet arthrosis. That's literally arthritis of the facet joints, which are little joints within the spine. It's the same condition as whiplash, except whiplash is in the neck and this is her mid to lower back. 2) Thorasic spondylosis. I'm not sure what that is, but I know it has to do with the sharp pieces that stick out of the back of the vertabrea and when she turns from side to side, it hurts like a bitch. So the doctor finally gave her some pain meds. Not much, but it helps a little. And he's got her scheduled for a diagnostic nerve block procedure. They're gonna inject her spine with something that will numb those nerves and see if that helps. It will only last a few hours at most, but if it works, then they'll do a more permenant block where they insert electrodes into her back and target the nerves with radio frequency, which will kill them. They'll grow back over time, but the procedure can be repeated every 6-12 months. If she could go 6-12 months with no pain, that would be like a 6-12 month orgasm for her. I can't imagine what it must be like to be in constant pain. So hopefully this will help.
The animals are good. Bella's getting a winter coat and looks fat. lol She's not fat, she's fluffy! Babygirl got spayed last Thursday. She's running around all energetic and playful now, but the first couple of days after, she was pitiful. Poor puppy! She does have a hard lump in her tummy near the incision, which they said would happen and is normal. They said it should be about the size of a marble, but hers is about the size of a golf ball. She's not acting like it hurts and it doesn't ooze or anything, but I called and they said that if it hasn't gone down by tomorrow then I should take her to have it looked at. So I am. Christmas eve will make a year that we've had her. Well, Heather's had her. She came home with Heather on Christmas Day. She could have fit into a normal sized peanut butter jar. Now she's the size of an igloo cooler. Oh, how they grow! I remember getting up 3 times a night to bottle-feed her. I used to wrap her up in a cloth diaper like a burrito. *sniff sniff* Our little baby is growing up. She and Bella fight like cats and dogs....lol. Playfully though. The funniest shit in the world is when they'll run through the living room, Babygirl chasing Bella, and then they'll run down the hall and when they come back through the living room, Bella's chasing Babygirl. Cute as hell!
My human babies are growing up too. When they were itty bitty, I used to say "I can't wait til they can feed themselves and wipe their own asses." And now I miss changing diapers and being spit up all over. Everyone told me I'd change my mind when they did get older. But of course I didn't believe them. Remind me never to discount my elders' advice. Baileigh lost her first tooth the other night. I'm sad that I missed it. She was at her daddy's. She was so excited. She's been dying to lose a tooth ever since Jacob started losing his. He lost his 5th one today. I missed that too. I don't mind that so much though because he lost his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd here. I think William still has his 4th, which I need to get from him along with Bai's. I'm keeping them like the sentimental mother that I am. I have them each wrapped in a paper towel with the date on it. I'm so cheesy.
We're going to Humboldt to Heather's mom's for Christmas. She's got them tons of crap under her tree and Santa is coming to see them there. They've been out there before just to visit, but they've never spent the night. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about it. Only because I know what a handful they are and Heather's mom can't be chasing around after them. She's very grandmotherly. "Leave 'em be, they're not hurting anything." and "One little piece of cake won't hurt." Spoils the hell out of them. Gotta love it!
I've been reading my Wicca book again. I haven't looked at that stuff in forever, but I've been feeling more spiritual than usual lately so I'm trying to get back into it. I'm planning to build an alter and start practicing, but it's a long way off. I have to study more and decide which path I want to take. It's way too much and too complex to explain in this blog, but basically, there are several pantheons and dieties associated with different things like strength, love, fertility, prosperity, protection, etc...and I have to look more deeply into each one and decide which, if any, I want to incorporate into my rituals. I can choose to omit a diety altogether and it won't make one bit of difference, but I kinda like the idea of having a persona to picture as I call to the Powers That Be. So I want to figure out which one I like best. Or ones...I could use multiples or switch it up. I love that about Wicca; it's very personal and flexible. How I feel is the only thing that matters. I channel the energy into whatever I am drawn to. Right now I think I'm leaning toward Artemis, the Greek Goddess of the Moon. Everytime I go outside under the moon, I can't help but close my eyes and turn my face up to the sky. It's where I feel the most spiritual. The next closest is in the mountains/forest. For that there is Demeter, the Greek Earth Mother. I don't know yet. I still have lots to look at.
I guess that's about it. I know there's more I could talk about, but my eye lids are getting heavy. I think I'm gonna go curl up and try to finish the book I've been reading for the last month and a half, which is so not like me. I normally finish a book a week after I start it, at the latest. I just haven't had time to relax and read. So nite-nite for now.
Blessed Be!
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