Not me. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That is funny.
Sorry..
My BLOG is moving.
to a new address.
Starting in a few days.
http://www.something-witty.com/blog
See you there!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
I am boycotting Starbucks...
...because I've spent a LOT of my money there in the last 10 years, and they are treating J like crap.
Today we found out that J is getting demoted. If you recall, they were only giving him 10 hours per week because of budget cuts. So, J tells his boss that his availability has changed. He's still available a whole lot, just not for a few hours on M, W, and Th so he can go to class. His boss' response is: "Well, you'll be getting demoted then, because you have to have open availability to be a shift supervisor" - that is absolute BS because J doesn't have "open availability" now, nor has he EVER.
So now, on top of only getting 10 hrs per week, he's getting an almost FOUR dollar an hour pay cut.
Just fire him. Or lay him off. At LEAST give us the benefit of unemployment and/or insurance extension. Of course not.. that would be the upstanding thing to do. I know that Starbucks has a business to run, is publicly traded, has to watch out for the bottom line, but treating your people like crap doesn't make for great news either.
He is turning in his notice tomorrow. And I'm not buying coffee there ever again. (not that they'll notice)
I am so thankful that we can survive without his income right now but we really could use for DH to have a part time job, so we can pay for O's school, so he can get this certification done, so he can get a "real" job!!! So, I'm praying that one of the applications he has put out there will turn something up soon!!
Now that I'm done whining... stay tuned for an exciting post tomorrow.
If I remember my camera, that is. I think you'll love it. Or throw up. One of those for sure.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sunday Night Study
I have finished the biology portion of my study manual. Well, mostly. I'm finishing up molecular genetics & evolution tonight. But I don't believe in evolution, therefore I don't think it will be on the MCAT. Hah. Just kidding. About the second part of that sentence.
On the agenda coming up - Physics & Chemistry. Gawd. I can do this I can do this.
(hyperventilating.... )
Dear Lord,
Please let me learn Physics good. It's Phun.
Amen.
Ok... that doesn't work.
On a more serious note, church this morning was awesome, as usual. I'll try to remember to post a link to the sermon if anyone is interested in hearing it.
Here's the gist of it.... Prayer is not meant to be like this:
Funny, but true. Thus why my "please let me learn physics good" is not going to work. I'm going to remember that on January 31st.
Something I'm working on... "let go, let God." Meaning: God has perfect timing. And I don't know the plans he has for me. I can just do the best I can to do what I think I'm supposed to do. And I really have no idea how to discern that. That's the other thing I'm working on. I need to just be still and try to listen. Maybe first I'll just working on trying to be still.
On the agenda coming up - Physics & Chemistry. Gawd. I can do this I can do this.
(hyperventilating.... )
Dear Lord,
Please let me learn Physics good. It's Phun.
Amen.
Ok... that doesn't work.
On a more serious note, church this morning was awesome, as usual. I'll try to remember to post a link to the sermon if anyone is interested in hearing it.
Here's the gist of it.... Prayer is not meant to be like this:
Funny, but true. Thus why my "please let me learn physics good" is not going to work. I'm going to remember that on January 31st.
Something I'm working on... "let go, let God." Meaning: God has perfect timing. And I don't know the plans he has for me. I can just do the best I can to do what I think I'm supposed to do. And I really have no idea how to discern that. That's the other thing I'm working on. I need to just be still and try to listen. Maybe first I'll just working on trying to be still.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Good News and Bad News
Good news!
I got TWO free prescriptions this week! One of them for my darling offspring, following her bout with Strep Throat (ick) and the other for my new prescription for Metformin. More on that later. I like free. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside!
Bad news #1:
Remember that picture? The one with the weeping siren?
Ok. This picture:
J. is going to be out of a job soon. He got 10 hours for next week. Nice.
How is anyone supposed to be able to have a "full time" job with ten hours?
I can't help but notice that Starbucks has a tendency to act like they care and then treat people like a bag of dung. I can say that, because, in the last ten years, they have built my husband up and let him down on several occasions. This is going to be the last time, I'll tell you what!!
Why, do you say, are they being big ole jerks? The proper thing to do when you need to cut staff is to lay people off. Terminate them. Then they can collect unemployment, at least. But noooooo.... Starbucks cares. They want to keep ALL their people on for as long as possible. Once J starts getting less than 20 hours per week, we lose benefits (See Bad news #2). So the ploy is to just to keep reducing hours, and J is supposed to get fed up and just quit. Then they win. And given the current job market, there's no way to know how in the heck he'll get another job short of assistant crap-scraper-offer at the local dump. But we'll see. I guess assistant crap-scraper-offer doesn't really sound too bad if it pays. I bet it gets good benefits too.
Good news #2:
We are -for the most part - relatively healthy. Not perfect, but healthy. No cancer, no horrible autoimmune disease, no diabetes, no heat failure, etc. Given what some people I know are going through, I continue to be thankful every day for how wonderfully we are doing, and how perfect my daughter is. J has been able to get off of his daily migraine medicine (which was uber expensive!) and is feeling pretty darned good. I think this is because he's not working as many hours.
Bad news #2:
I have PCOS. After a brief stint with major reproductive issues in high school, I began taking hormonal medications (birth control) to control ovarian cysts, and was on them for nearly 10 years. As a freshman in college, said hormones caused excessive mood swings and just about got me kicked out of college. Rough times. I probably had PCOS back then too, but just didn't realize. I was on the hormones until 2005, and six cycles later, was pregnant with Olivia. Whoops. A good whoops. And I digress again....
So, now I have to make a choice. Hormones or Metformin.
After all the crazy mood swings and side effects from the hormones, I've decided to go with Metformin, at least for a period(ha) of two months, to see what happens. If things get better, and the cysts resolve, then I'll stay on Metformin. If I can't stand the side effects of Metformin, then we'll choose the lesser of two evils at that time. There also may be a minor procedure involved to remove some polyps... but we'll cross that bridge in 2 months. Really, I'm ok with metformin. I'm hoping for the possibility of weight loss with Metformin, even though it might be a long shot. We'll see.
Good News #3: School (college, not work! Hah. That's another story.) Studying is coming along quite nicely. The big test is on Jan 31. I'm really praying that it will go well. I need it to go well. Someone spray magic chemistry dust on me, please. Thank you. J is enrolled in 13 hours, when he really thought he'd have trouble just getting six. This is a good thing, because really, the more he gets out of the way this semester, the easier next semester will be. We need next semester to be easy for him. Especially if I get admitted to my master's program. Crossing my fingers there.
Bad News #3: School (not college, work. Ugh.)
Ok, so "bad news" is really a stretch. There's this little issue about "duty" - and if you're a teacher, you know what duty is. If you're not, well, it's basically a big freaking waste of time. You sit at some preassigned station, guarding the door. Even though it's locked. Ok, it is a security precaution. But it was really like 40 degrees in the hallway today. It was not fun.
So, every "A" day (if you don't get that, don't worry about it) I have 45 minutes of hallway duty. I sit at a desk grading papers. It's not that bad. Except when it's cold. I harass students that don't have a pass. I open the door for kids coming in from portables. You get the idea. Apparently, one of the administrators thought I wasn't at my station on Wednesday (but I was, and so was another teacher, sitting right next to me). Since yesterday, I have been asked no less than FIVE times why I wasn't at my duty station. When, in fact, I was.
Last Friday, I got an email stating that I had "neglected" to submit my attendance reports on time more than 5 times last semester, and that if I didn't take attendance in the computer during the first 10 minutes of class, I could be subject to some sort of disciplinary action... blah blah blah... So, I set myself an alarm on my phone to remember to take attendance during the first 10 minutes. Havn't missed a single one yet.
Today, I got another email. Different administrator. "I know you've already gotten an email from someone else, but I just wanted to tell you that you have neglected to submit...... blah blah....."
WHAT? Are you kidding me? What do they do all day?
It just reminded me of this:
I got TWO free prescriptions this week! One of them for my darling offspring, following her bout with Strep Throat (ick) and the other for my new prescription for Metformin. More on that later. I like free. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside!
Bad news #1:
Remember that picture? The one with the weeping siren?
Ok. This picture:
J. is going to be out of a job soon. He got 10 hours for next week. Nice.
How is anyone supposed to be able to have a "full time" job with ten hours?
I can't help but notice that Starbucks has a tendency to act like they care and then treat people like a bag of dung. I can say that, because, in the last ten years, they have built my husband up and let him down on several occasions. This is going to be the last time, I'll tell you what!!
Why, do you say, are they being big ole jerks? The proper thing to do when you need to cut staff is to lay people off. Terminate them. Then they can collect unemployment, at least. But noooooo.... Starbucks cares. They want to keep ALL their people on for as long as possible. Once J starts getting less than 20 hours per week, we lose benefits (See Bad news #2). So the ploy is to just to keep reducing hours, and J is supposed to get fed up and just quit. Then they win. And given the current job market, there's no way to know how in the heck he'll get another job short of assistant crap-scraper-offer at the local dump. But we'll see. I guess assistant crap-scraper-offer doesn't really sound too bad if it pays. I bet it gets good benefits too.
Good news #2:
We are -for the most part - relatively healthy. Not perfect, but healthy. No cancer, no horrible autoimmune disease, no diabetes, no heat failure, etc. Given what some people I know are going through, I continue to be thankful every day for how wonderfully we are doing, and how perfect my daughter is. J has been able to get off of his daily migraine medicine (which was uber expensive!) and is feeling pretty darned good. I think this is because he's not working as many hours.
Bad news #2:
I have PCOS. After a brief stint with major reproductive issues in high school, I began taking hormonal medications (birth control) to control ovarian cysts, and was on them for nearly 10 years. As a freshman in college, said hormones caused excessive mood swings and just about got me kicked out of college. Rough times. I probably had PCOS back then too, but just didn't realize. I was on the hormones until 2005, and six cycles later, was pregnant with Olivia. Whoops. A good whoops. And I digress again....
So, now I have to make a choice. Hormones or Metformin.
After all the crazy mood swings and side effects from the hormones, I've decided to go with Metformin, at least for a period(ha) of two months, to see what happens. If things get better, and the cysts resolve, then I'll stay on Metformin. If I can't stand the side effects of Metformin, then we'll choose the lesser of two evils at that time. There also may be a minor procedure involved to remove some polyps... but we'll cross that bridge in 2 months. Really, I'm ok with metformin. I'm hoping for the possibility of weight loss with Metformin, even though it might be a long shot. We'll see.
Good News #3: School (college, not work! Hah. That's another story.) Studying is coming along quite nicely. The big test is on Jan 31. I'm really praying that it will go well. I need it to go well. Someone spray magic chemistry dust on me, please. Thank you. J is enrolled in 13 hours, when he really thought he'd have trouble just getting six. This is a good thing, because really, the more he gets out of the way this semester, the easier next semester will be. We need next semester to be easy for him. Especially if I get admitted to my master's program. Crossing my fingers there.
Bad News #3: School (not college, work. Ugh.)
Ok, so "bad news" is really a stretch. There's this little issue about "duty" - and if you're a teacher, you know what duty is. If you're not, well, it's basically a big freaking waste of time. You sit at some preassigned station, guarding the door. Even though it's locked. Ok, it is a security precaution. But it was really like 40 degrees in the hallway today. It was not fun.
So, every "A" day (if you don't get that, don't worry about it) I have 45 minutes of hallway duty. I sit at a desk grading papers. It's not that bad. Except when it's cold. I harass students that don't have a pass. I open the door for kids coming in from portables. You get the idea. Apparently, one of the administrators thought I wasn't at my station on Wednesday (but I was, and so was another teacher, sitting right next to me). Since yesterday, I have been asked no less than FIVE times why I wasn't at my duty station. When, in fact, I was.
Last Friday, I got an email stating that I had "neglected" to submit my attendance reports on time more than 5 times last semester, and that if I didn't take attendance in the computer during the first 10 minutes of class, I could be subject to some sort of disciplinary action... blah blah blah... So, I set myself an alarm on my phone to remember to take attendance during the first 10 minutes. Havn't missed a single one yet.
Today, I got another email. Different administrator. "I know you've already gotten an email from someone else, but I just wanted to tell you that you have neglected to submit...... blah blah....."
WHAT? Are you kidding me? What do they do all day?
It just reminded me of this:
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sunday Errands
After spending most of yesterday battling Olivia's 103 degree fever, we were anxious to get out of the house as quick as possible.
(By the way, did you ever notice, there is no "degree" (that little circle thingy) button on a computer? I digress...)
So, last night, I went to use the restroom (sorry, TMI) and of COURSE, after I'm finished, I notice that there is no toilet paper left on the roll. No big deal, I thought. I'll just grab a new roll from under the.... WAIT!!! There are no more rolls. Harumpf. JASON!!!! I NEED TP!!!!
He comes into the restroom to inform me that we are out. Completely. And in his hand, is a roll of paper towels. Gee thanks, honey.
So, we got to make a trip out - to Tom Thumb, at 12:15 am. Yippee. Good thing, though because due to the excessive napping a 103 degree (see, I could have used that little thingy) fever will cause, the munchkin was still awake. She managed to fall asleep on the way home, and stayed asleep all night. Phew.
Today is Jason's day to serve at church - at the coffee bar, of course (and if you didn't know, Jason works for that oh-so-beloved coffee establishment), and so he went alone because we were still in the 24-hour-after-a-fever quarantine period.
When he got back, we ventured out into the world... we walked to Market Street to get a breakfast burrito. If you have a Market Street (owned by United grocers) anywhere near you, you MUST get a breakfast burrito. Before 10:30 am, every day. About $2. Really yummy.
After that, we had to head over to Central Market (another really cool grocery store) to grab a few earth-friendly items that only Central Market has in stock. While there, we discovered two things:
You can now purchase "tea tree oil vaginal suppositories".... well, I get that tea tree oil is supposedly anti-fungal, but come on now. Wouldn't that burn? Or itch? I have heard of all kinds of alternative methods for treating yeast infections... even using a syringe and plain yogurt... so I suppose this is a little more... sanitary? This is where I could use a set of smiley faces... the one I'd use here would have a slight shudder, maybe a green-tinged face, and possibly a shrug.
The second thing we discovered is that the oh-so-beloved coffee establishment nearby had finally closed.
Back Story: Jason works for said coffee establishment, and we knew that several stores (up to 600 nationwide) were closing. Jason's store closed in August. It's been really fun.. let me tell ya. Now, we're facing budget cuts that have cut Jason's hours back from about 35 per week to 20. Yay.
The part that was funny was this, extracted from a hand-drawn sign advertising Central Market's "new" coffee bar hours...
(By the way, did you ever notice, there is no "degree" (that little circle thingy) button on a computer? I digress...)
So, last night, I went to use the restroom (sorry, TMI) and of COURSE, after I'm finished, I notice that there is no toilet paper left on the roll. No big deal, I thought. I'll just grab a new roll from under the.... WAIT!!! There are no more rolls. Harumpf. JASON!!!! I NEED TP!!!!
He comes into the restroom to inform me that we are out. Completely. And in his hand, is a roll of paper towels. Gee thanks, honey.
So, we got to make a trip out - to Tom Thumb, at 12:15 am. Yippee. Good thing, though because due to the excessive napping a 103 degree (see, I could have used that little thingy) fever will cause, the munchkin was still awake. She managed to fall asleep on the way home, and stayed asleep all night. Phew.
Today is Jason's day to serve at church - at the coffee bar, of course (and if you didn't know, Jason works for that oh-so-beloved coffee establishment), and so he went alone because we were still in the 24-hour-after-a-fever quarantine period.
When he got back, we ventured out into the world... we walked to Market Street to get a breakfast burrito. If you have a Market Street (owned by United grocers) anywhere near you, you MUST get a breakfast burrito. Before 10:30 am, every day. About $2. Really yummy.
After that, we had to head over to Central Market (another really cool grocery store) to grab a few earth-friendly items that only Central Market has in stock. While there, we discovered two things:
You can now purchase "tea tree oil vaginal suppositories".... well, I get that tea tree oil is supposedly anti-fungal, but come on now. Wouldn't that burn? Or itch? I have heard of all kinds of alternative methods for treating yeast infections... even using a syringe and plain yogurt... so I suppose this is a little more... sanitary? This is where I could use a set of smiley faces... the one I'd use here would have a slight shudder, maybe a green-tinged face, and possibly a shrug.
The second thing we discovered is that the oh-so-beloved coffee establishment nearby had finally closed.
Back Story: Jason works for said coffee establishment, and we knew that several stores (up to 600 nationwide) were closing. Jason's store closed in August. It's been really fun.. let me tell ya. Now, we're facing budget cuts that have cut Jason's hours back from about 35 per week to 20. Yay.
The part that was funny was this, extracted from a hand-drawn sign advertising Central Market's "new" coffee bar hours...
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