And so it goes...I'm still looking for a new job, have 4 days left at the current one. I had a women call me at work today about running her office in "the music industry". She's a mother of a patient and always seems really nice so I gave her my information. Also got a couple of leads over by Simi Hsp. so I dropped off resumes on Tues. one called me and made an appointment for Tues. I'm not frantically looking as I am going to take two mini vacations. First off to Las Vegas with Mel to see Uncle Doug for 3 1/2 days then home for two days and then off to Santa Cruz to see Cj, Gina and family for 4 1/2 days. Yeah. Looking forward to watching them play frisbee and just hanging out. That's my life in a nutshell.
Mamalaire
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- Location:home
- Mood:
depressed
Got Mel off to camp this am. Sure was hard to get her moving though. 6:30 comes really early on your first week of summer vacation. I expected the commute to work to be easy today because school's out. It took over an hour because the first two lights in LA were out so it was stop and go for over 20 minutes.
That's my day in a nut shell
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- Location:home
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:wonderful silence
Well, I spent most of the day looking for a job. I called the pediatrician that had called me twice and she's decided to send her billing out because it will save her money. There goes the only prospect I had left. Then I went to Simi Adult Ed to look in their career center at listings. All the jobs were about 1/2 the pay I now get. I refuse to work twice as much to make the same take home pay! ( I did e-mail one Dr. ) After I came home, I spent three hours on line filling out applications and e-mail resumes via Monster.com. I just accidently opened my g-mail account and there was a response to one of my e-mails yea!!! I have an interview about 10 minutes from home tomorrow.
Mel leaves for camp tomorrow morning. Not sure what I'll do w/o her yelling at me all the time. Payback is a bitch! Thought I'd already been paid back for being a evil teenager. Guess not enough yet. This too shall pass. G. Did you get the photos of her hair? It really turned out great. I didn't sent photos of mine because it's already faded to the old color and I got a bad hair cut. First time Super Cuts let me down. Thankfully it's only hair and will grow out again.
I actually got in the pool then sat on the step and read for an hour or so. Too bad unemployment doesn't pay better! I could get used to being a stay at home mom again
Post you later (after my interview tomorrow
- Location:home
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:silence
Suppose I should get back to work so I don't lose this job any earlier than the end of July, maybe if he pays me the severence pay we discussed, I can take August off and hang out with Mel at the beach or somewhere. Maybe she can have a normal life as see friends. Well just have to wait and see what's in the cards for me
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- Location:work
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depressed - Music:silence
Well, the job seems a little better it sure isn't ergonomic for my neck! See the chiropractor tomorrow, she'll make it better for a couple of weeks. I sure hope they get me a place to work soon. Nothing exciting at this end! Looking forward to vacation the first part of August. Still haven't gotten the dates from Randy's boss
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- Location:home
- Mood:
tired
Hey Gina...thanks for the pep talk...I appreciate it
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- Location:home
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:Mel's stuff
Well, my first day at the "new job" really sucked!! I got there at 8 am and was locked out. About 8:15 I called the answering maching, luckily someone could hear the message so they let me in. The woman who was supposed to train me didn't come in until 9 so I sat there for an hour...I learned almost nothing about their billing program..it was the end of the month and they had to get everything posted and closed for the bookkeeper...I went to lunch about noon and was told when I got back there was a mandatory meeting at 2. The office mgr that hired me had been fired that day. Still not sure where this leaves me but the office is really a mess. I can't beleive some of the crap that had just been set aside rather than take 2 minutes to see to it when it came in the office. This will be my beginning job, sort through all the junk that got left. Oh well, Monday has to be better and for the first two months it's only three days a week.
Nate is here tonight. He and "Papa Randy" are going to the "kids clinic" at Home Depot and make Daddy a fathers' day present.. then they'll go meet Andrew in Malibu to work for the afternoon. Mel is over the stomach flu and so far nobody else in the house has gotten it..
Did my hair dark blonde instead of medium blonde. Not sure I like it but I can always change it again if I want to. Mel wants to do her tips blue or bright pink this summer. Oh yea, I can repierce my lip at this job. So first pay day, I'm going to do it again...
Guess that's my couple of days in a "nutshell"
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- Location:home
- Mood:
blah - Music:Wheel of Fortune
My last two posts don't show up but I got a response from Cj so they are going somewhere. I'll keep trying to figure this out.
Well, I go to the job I wanted today to work with the manager for a couple hours..guess to see if I can do the work. It should be easy because it's nothing (actually much less) than I do now. It's the ENT office 5 minutes from home.
Bummer news, after all the work and money on the truck, it's still making the same noise, guess it's quieter but the noise is still there. So, it's off to the transmission shop to see if it's something else. The Church has several small used cars for sale, sure wish we could buy one of those for both us and Cj!!!
Guess I better get back to work. The boss is out of session
- Location:work
- Mood:
frustrated - Music:nothing
I got scolded about complaining about the truck by Randy. I wasn't necessarily complaining about the truck, as much as the dumb luck of trying to fix one thing that leads to the next...it's the same way cleaning the house. Wipe down the counters and the sink looks dirty, then the stove and don't forget the refrigerator...etc.
Anyway that was my day......A
- Location:home
- Mood:
tired - Music:Blue October
Wish they lived closer. Too far to meet for lunch like we could when they were in SB.
Now, about me. I'm 50 years old now and find myself hitting the unemplyment lines after 20 years in the same professsion (3 different psychiatrists). So this unemployment thing sucks. Andrew just turned 30 and Melissa is 13. Yes, I have my children spaced very far apart. I was offered a job with sucky hours 12-5 M-F. Why have a kid at home if I'm only going to work the hours she's there.
I lead a very boring life. Although I did get out to dinner with some friends last night. It was good to be out laughing with friends. Randy, my husband, has been fixing up a truck. Needed a new rearend which lead to something with the drive line, brakes.......one thing lead to another but it's got to be fixed so Cj can drive it safely. We assume Gina is going to get a license soon and they'll need a second vehicle.
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- Location:work
- Mood:
depressed
