The Ultimate Post
Ok, so since it’s been forever and a day since I’ve thoroughly updated, here it goes.
Let’s start with New Years. It was a relatively quiet one this year, just me, Alice, Tucker & Don. Lauren & Steve joined us about 12:30 after their flight into Raleigh was late coming from Minnesota! Suckage. Katherine & Hay had been doing family stuff in Hickory all day and were too burnt out to come hang for a little bit. =( Given that family, I can totally understand why. The evening was fun.. we made pizzas for dinner. Tucker & Don brought over this NUMMY multi layer bean dip. SOOO GOOD! I made a fruit pizza for dessert and chocolate covered strawberries. Wow, those were some good strawberries for December. Later in the evening, we did more chocolate covering.. gummies especially. Yum. Of course, there was a lot of drinking.. I made some crazy looking midori drinks. Alien Urine, Absolute Antifreeze, and Alien Secretion. Sounds appetizing, huh? Tucker & Don brought Scene It and we played through that one. It was much harder than I expected; there were a lot of old movie clips in it. We watched Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve, which was sad considering poor Dick Clark’s post stroke condition. Tuck & Don left around 1 something, I think, and La & Steve by 2am. Such party animals!!
New Years Day Lauren’s mom had a little open house thingy at her new crib. Got to see Katherine for about an hour before she had to hit the road to get back to Columbia. woo! And, the Greens were there too, with Katie who is 10! Wowza. Pretty low key day, as it usually is.
So, that’s that on holidays. It totally sucked that I only had 3 days off over the whole holiday period. Footprints SUCKS in that aspect, as I think I’ve ranted about before. The one good thing that TCH did was realize that we needed lots of time off to pull from. We got 96 hours right from the start, and then it increased each year we were there. PLUS 8 hours of personal time a month. Here, we get I think 7 holidays a YEAR and earn 10 hours of paid time off a month. So, it takes a whole 10 months to earn what I was given at TCH. Suckage. And, if I’m going to pull off this traveling between weddings next summer, I can’t use much of it until then. UGH. It makes me angry, and really want to figure out how to get into a school system so I can have kick ass vacations. Or, go back to TCH. Oh my gosh, did I just say that? Wow. ;-) There is a residential supervisor position open right now, I’m sure it pays crap, but that’d be a really good position to help me in my path to becoming licensed, b/c it’s direct care AND a bit of clinical/office stuff. I could totally make it into what I needed. Maybe I’ll check into it, we’ll see. I do like what I’m doing, but…. It’s just not helping me get to where I want to be. =(
Let’s see- what else? I finally took Melody into PetSmart for her yearly shots, which if you go in during “Wellness Hours” it’s only $35. Oldtown is $65 or more. Well, that’s all well and good, if your dog doesn’t have a reaction to the friggen shots!! Melody has had shots for 3 years now, and never had a problem. Onex got her shots from PetSmart in the fall and didn’t have any trouble. Well, about 8:40 Saturday night, as Alice & I are about to walk out the door to go to High Point to play with Tucker & Don, I notice that Melody’ face is puffy, like Indigo’s was after her first shots. Lord. So, I got out the puppy benadryl and gave her some, met my mom over by Chesapeake so she could keep Melody & watch over her. Sunday morning her face was still puffy, so I took her back to PetSmart just to make sure she was ok. They gave her the same anit-inflamatory shot that Indigo has to have and then asked if I would leave her there for the afternoon. I figured it’d cost something, and was thinking that it wasn’t ever that much for Indigo.. well that’s because Indigo is on a wellness plan, so it was like 2x as much for Melody. UGH. So much for the shots being cheaper. I totally should have just told them “No, I live 5 mins away and will watch her thank you very much” and saved myself $50.
Every freakin’ time I turn around I have to shell out money. I am never going to get things back on track. And, now this freakin’ insurance crap. I need a raise. Or, how about just to babysit! I haven’t babysat since before Christmas! AHHHH. Or at least not for my good paying peoples. And, add to that the fact that Footprints lacks some common sense about money. I got a $500 advance in November. I figured they’d take it out of several pay checks, maybe $100 a month or something. Oh no, they’re taking it out of 2! That’s $250 out of one pay check. How much sense does that make? Obviously if I needed money taking it out in a big chunk like that is just going to put me right back in trouble again. I did find out that at least they’re smart enough to not do it all in one month. It’s just $250 out of 2 separate months. Ugh. I hate being an adult and having to worry about money. It’s so not fun. I need to win the freakin’ lottery. Actually, I just need Bill to get me my $1500 from Success!! I wish I could just sue them for 6 weeks of mental anguish or something. Bastards.
Ok, no more ranting. What else is goin’ on? OH YEAH! Zack is getting married on February 18! Holy poop! How nuts is that? Anne, his fiancé, called me between Christmas & New Years, I guess, to ask me for contact info for all of the gang. Holy crap. We knew he was proposing to her at his Officer school graduation, but no idea that the wedding would be so quick. It’s going to be great.. lots of MTH and ASU peoples are going to be there. Erica just booked her flight to come! YAY! Lauren & Steve are driving down for the weekend. Katherine is stuck at work and can’t come play, which is a total bummer. I think she should just all of a sudden get the flu. That’s good for a couple days out of work! :-P It should be fun, and a good reason for us all to be together again. Then, 5 months from Zack’s wedding is Lauren & Steves! Rock on. But seriously, no one else can get married, OK? I think we might have a while.. Katherine will most likely be next, but I don’t forsee that being too soon in the near future. Maybe that will give me some time to catch up and find myself a guy that doesn’t come with attachments. :-P I need to drag Alice to one of the speed dating things that the radio stations do sometimes.. that would be fun. I should look into that!
Dum de dum, so that’s my life right now. Boring boring boring!!
Let’s start with New Years. It was a relatively quiet one this year, just me, Alice, Tucker & Don. Lauren & Steve joined us about 12:30 after their flight into Raleigh was late coming from Minnesota! Suckage. Katherine & Hay had been doing family stuff in Hickory all day and were too burnt out to come hang for a little bit. =( Given that family, I can totally understand why. The evening was fun.. we made pizzas for dinner. Tucker & Don brought over this NUMMY multi layer bean dip. SOOO GOOD! I made a fruit pizza for dessert and chocolate covered strawberries. Wow, those were some good strawberries for December. Later in the evening, we did more chocolate covering.. gummies especially. Yum. Of course, there was a lot of drinking.. I made some crazy looking midori drinks. Alien Urine, Absolute Antifreeze, and Alien Secretion. Sounds appetizing, huh? Tucker & Don brought Scene It and we played through that one. It was much harder than I expected; there were a lot of old movie clips in it. We watched Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve, which was sad considering poor Dick Clark’s post stroke condition. Tuck & Don left around 1 something, I think, and La & Steve by 2am. Such party animals!!
New Years Day Lauren’s mom had a little open house thingy at her new crib. Got to see Katherine for about an hour before she had to hit the road to get back to Columbia. woo! And, the Greens were there too, with Katie who is 10! Wowza. Pretty low key day, as it usually is.
So, that’s that on holidays. It totally sucked that I only had 3 days off over the whole holiday period. Footprints SUCKS in that aspect, as I think I’ve ranted about before. The one good thing that TCH did was realize that we needed lots of time off to pull from. We got 96 hours right from the start, and then it increased each year we were there. PLUS 8 hours of personal time a month. Here, we get I think 7 holidays a YEAR and earn 10 hours of paid time off a month. So, it takes a whole 10 months to earn what I was given at TCH. Suckage. And, if I’m going to pull off this traveling between weddings next summer, I can’t use much of it until then. UGH. It makes me angry, and really want to figure out how to get into a school system so I can have kick ass vacations. Or, go back to TCH. Oh my gosh, did I just say that? Wow. ;-) There is a residential supervisor position open right now, I’m sure it pays crap, but that’d be a really good position to help me in my path to becoming licensed, b/c it’s direct care AND a bit of clinical/office stuff. I could totally make it into what I needed. Maybe I’ll check into it, we’ll see. I do like what I’m doing, but…. It’s just not helping me get to where I want to be. =(
Let’s see- what else? I finally took Melody into PetSmart for her yearly shots, which if you go in during “Wellness Hours” it’s only $35. Oldtown is $65 or more. Well, that’s all well and good, if your dog doesn’t have a reaction to the friggen shots!! Melody has had shots for 3 years now, and never had a problem. Onex got her shots from PetSmart in the fall and didn’t have any trouble. Well, about 8:40 Saturday night, as Alice & I are about to walk out the door to go to High Point to play with Tucker & Don, I notice that Melody’ face is puffy, like Indigo’s was after her first shots. Lord. So, I got out the puppy benadryl and gave her some, met my mom over by Chesapeake so she could keep Melody & watch over her. Sunday morning her face was still puffy, so I took her back to PetSmart just to make sure she was ok. They gave her the same anit-inflamatory shot that Indigo has to have and then asked if I would leave her there for the afternoon. I figured it’d cost something, and was thinking that it wasn’t ever that much for Indigo.. well that’s because Indigo is on a wellness plan, so it was like 2x as much for Melody. UGH. So much for the shots being cheaper. I totally should have just told them “No, I live 5 mins away and will watch her thank you very much” and saved myself $50.
Every freakin’ time I turn around I have to shell out money. I am never going to get things back on track. And, now this freakin’ insurance crap. I need a raise. Or, how about just to babysit! I haven’t babysat since before Christmas! AHHHH. Or at least not for my good paying peoples. And, add to that the fact that Footprints lacks some common sense about money. I got a $500 advance in November. I figured they’d take it out of several pay checks, maybe $100 a month or something. Oh no, they’re taking it out of 2! That’s $250 out of one pay check. How much sense does that make? Obviously if I needed money taking it out in a big chunk like that is just going to put me right back in trouble again. I did find out that at least they’re smart enough to not do it all in one month. It’s just $250 out of 2 separate months. Ugh. I hate being an adult and having to worry about money. It’s so not fun. I need to win the freakin’ lottery. Actually, I just need Bill to get me my $1500 from Success!! I wish I could just sue them for 6 weeks of mental anguish or something. Bastards.
Ok, no more ranting. What else is goin’ on? OH YEAH! Zack is getting married on February 18! Holy poop! How nuts is that? Anne, his fiancé, called me between Christmas & New Years, I guess, to ask me for contact info for all of the gang. Holy crap. We knew he was proposing to her at his Officer school graduation, but no idea that the wedding would be so quick. It’s going to be great.. lots of MTH and ASU peoples are going to be there. Erica just booked her flight to come! YAY! Lauren & Steve are driving down for the weekend. Katherine is stuck at work and can’t come play, which is a total bummer. I think she should just all of a sudden get the flu. That’s good for a couple days out of work! :-P It should be fun, and a good reason for us all to be together again. Then, 5 months from Zack’s wedding is Lauren & Steves! Rock on. But seriously, no one else can get married, OK? I think we might have a while.. Katherine will most likely be next, but I don’t forsee that being too soon in the near future. Maybe that will give me some time to catch up and find myself a guy that doesn’t come with attachments. :-P I need to drag Alice to one of the speed dating things that the radio stations do sometimes.. that would be fun. I should look into that!
Dum de dum, so that’s my life right now. Boring boring boring!!
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