“Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, existence is simply illusion.”

--Mr. Rogers/King Friday XIIII know.... The picture and the title/quote have nothing to do with anything else I'm writing about, but they are funny so I don't care. (^_^)

I've been doing a lot of crafting lately. I've crochet'd a lot of stuff. As soon as I can get the pictures to upload I will post what I've done. :)

I'll have to show some of the stuff I've done for my art class too....

I've had some fun classes so far this semester: psychology 1100 and intro to drawing. I like the professors.

Depending on the day and the people I talk to, I like work. I really like the easier days when I don't have every-other person mad for no reason. When I don't have really complicated orders and the people I talk to are fun/entertaining/nice.

I have been feeling really tired/lazy lately. I kinda hate it. I don't like mornings and I get to get up at 6:30 every day. (Tomorrow it will be earlier because I have to be there at 6:45 instead of 8.)

Tonight I have my brothers over (Amber didn't feel like coming). We (me and Cameron) made mac & cheese and pigs in a blanket!

I think I'm going to go to bed soon, now. Gotta be up earrrrly.... :/ I hope it's really slow tomorrow. *Hopehopehope*

Good night world!

Rant About Work

I am looking for a new job. Why? Because I hate the one I am at right now. I've been there 2 1/2 years (it will be 3 in November) and now I seem to be getting blamed for things I didn't do (like cleaning the floor "wrong" when I wasn't the one cleaning it...plus the scrubber is a piece of crap) or getting stuck doing things Mrs. Boss didn't feel like doing the day before (when she was supposed to do it!) or because she was "busy" to do it.

When this happens I don't have any time to do the other things I was supposed to be doing that day. Not to mention that yesterday it was just me and one other girl, about 3 daycares and families coming in. I got stuck doing this other stuff and therefore could not help the other girl, could not play games with the mass of small children, and could not restock things. This was awesome.

I almost had to sit-in on the GM meeting for Mrs. Boss because she is out of town for the next week for derby. I couldn't go sit there for a few hours (they usually talk for 2+ hours) and leave the girl downstairs all by herself! So that was a no-go. I didn't really want to sit-in for her anyway.

While I was trying to count this huge amount of $, the security guard had to sit there and oversee (so I don't get tempted to steal it, or so I don't get mugged.... something like that). He kept getting calls from the other departments, but couldn't leave. It was just him because the guy in charge of security was up in the GM meeting. It's so fun trying to count or roll tons of coins while having small children yelling out big numbers trying to guess how much I had there behind the counter.... UGH! --Yes! It's a lot of money. Please, go do something else! There is no way I had a "hundred-million-bagillion" dollars there... I am pretty sure one of us would die of old age before I got that all counted, anyway.

It seems to me like I get yelled at, while Mrs. Boss gets a slap on the wrist for screwing up. This I don't appreciate. I also have only ever gotten 1 write-up the entire time I've worked there & that was because I was super tired and forgot we had put another till into the till drawer. Then didn't count it out and had to ring everything in... I ended up being the second till amount short. This was during the hockey tournament & I got very minimal amounts of sleep. I also was NOT used to waking up at 5 am. Not used to functioning like that, when I'm usually there at either 10-11am 'til 5pm, or 5pm 'til 11pm. SO, I blame my situation. Yup.

I could transfer departments, but I really don't want to stay in that building... I am just not excited to go to work anymore. There are a few people I would miss, but several I would not. Every once-in-a-while I have fun playing games and whatever, but if they don't listen I get irritated and almost want to yell at them. :(

Therefore, I am looking for an assisting job. There is one in Taylorsville that says you would be working at the front desk Mondays & Thursdays, and doing assisting stuff on Tuesdays. It was posted the 29th(?) of June. I wonder if it's still available? I have to write up my resume. Gah... :/

There are some other ones that want me to have tons of experience or have certifications for everything. Some I would have to renew, others I've never had or heard of. Like for coronal polishing... Never even knew they had certifications for that....

I really want one with benefits and no crappy hours that are not predictable in the least (like now... it's always different and if something comes up (like a party, graduation, girlscout sleepover, etc), I could be stuck there from 10 and night til 7 the next morning). I need one that would work around school. That would be AWESOME if I could get one with all that! :)

Still looking, but want a new one VERY soon.

(P.S. They still get my name wrong. My boss can't spell it right for some reason.... I always write it the RIGHT way, she always spells it the "normal" way. She can get the other girl's right... Maybe that is because she has a weird name? Very different "black-girl" name some might call it. I think even on my checks they spell it wrong. The bank loves to ask which one is the right spelling. I tell them they have it right, work has it wrong.)

Applied

I just sent in my application! I didn't put together the resume. I was having a very hard time deciding what to say. . . and every outline I saw was different. So I didn't know which one I wanted to use. :( All well. I'm sure it will be ok without it.

Boyfriend was having a very bad day. One of those the-world-hates-my-guts type of days where nothing goes right. You know how I mean. On top of that he's having like asthma attacks or something! I'm not really sure what to call it, but he has had 2 episodes of not-breathingness today. Not. Good. :(

I took him to get some of his favorite food (the spicy chicken asiago sammy from Wendy's!) and some allergy medicine, so he's feeling a little better. I hope the drugs we got him help. He says nothing hurts, he just closes off and can't breathe.

Poor boyfriend. I hope his day is better tomorrow. I hope mine doesn't suck tomorrow. That would be great...... o_o

ReSuMe

trying to put together a resume, because i have no idea where the first one i made went to. i am not liking trying to think of how i want to word things & what i want to say about myself. it's difficult.... :\

i also really need to get to bed so i will not be extremely tired tomorrow at work. blah.

Jobz, Carz & Stuff

I think the only party this week is a Graduation over-nighter, but I don't have to work that night. Yay!

They keep switching us around, though. I guess the other girl forgot to ask for certain times or certain days off. She has family coming here from New Jersey. Then the boss forgets that she has to work the morning shift on Thursday because she has t

o do something... So most of my schedule has been flipped around. Awesome...

I have been trying to find my resume, but don't know where it went. I might just have to go off the notes from my dental class & then add on to that from what I have done since then. So I need to do that.

I also need to look for cars & other jobs. Mom said something about where my uncle works. So I guess it's between that and finding a dental job. I'm getting sick of working where I am. It's nice being able to ask for certain days off, but it's irritating when you need a day off & can't get it because there are only 2 people to cover for you and half the time they are busy or just can't

for whatever reason.

Ms. Boss will have to pick another manager soon. She's been putting it off for a while because she doesn't want to rush it. Thing is she has a huge hard ball tournament next month that is a week long. It will be more of a fiasco than the last 2 weeks. I think Jim said something about it going from 5am to like midnight. Screw that! Especially if there are only 3 of us to work it! No way, Jose! I might not even be working there by then... I sure hope not. If that's the case, Ms. Boss will need to hire 2 new managers. That ought to be loads of fun! Ha!

We will see....

I am getting so sick of it. Some days are fun, but not as much lately.

And now for something Completely Different.....

work is hectic

I hate mornings. I am so slow to do anything in the morning.

I have worked every day this week. Today was the first day I actually got a break. I have had to be there by 8:30 and have stayed til about 3 most days. I will have to stay til 5 tomorrow, then we (the boys mostly) will play zombies at boyfriend's. I will probably fall asleep on the couch or go take over his bed.... Hmmmmm.....

That's what happened last Saturday.

I have also decided I really Don't Like UTA. They are obnoxious! They keep temporarily discontinuing stops I need. They changed the times on me the other day and didn't even change the schedule online til a few days later. 2 days in a row I waited at the stop for about 45 minutes for a bus that is supposed to come every 15. I had to call for a ride so I wouldn't be an hour or more late for work. One of the temporarily discontinued stops say that the 35max bus will not stop there, but to either walk to the mall or to catch the 35 bus. Now doesn't that sound like the 35 will stop there but the 35max will not?? The stupid driver gave me a lecture how he's not supposed to stop there and blah blah blah... So why did he if he can't???? Idiot!

I would have to walk up past redwood road for the next bus stop, which is the opposite direction. There is a stop before redwood, but there is construction everywhere on 3500 south by Decker Lake Dr. that the sidewalks are all torn up and blocked off and you can't walk there. How am i supposed to get to a bus stop if I can't use the sidewalk?

My PF has been acting up because I have been walking so much and mostly because I have been running around all over the place at work. My knees kept popping the other day. :(

I was getting very angry the other day when we had a huge group of kids come in. I had to repeat myself 150 times (not an exaggeration), I felt like I was going hoarse, I didn't feel very good (knees/legs & stomach), and I had no energy.

The last few days I took an energy drink with me. Today was very slow so I didn't drink one. By the time I got off work I had a huge headache from the caffeine withdraws. :(

It also figures that today was pretty slow and easy & we had extra help. The last few days were super busy and crazy and the girl that was supposed to come help us kept flaking. One day she forgot, the next she couldn't get a baby sitter, the next she had taken work off from her department so she thought she didn't have to come help us (and not tell us). Another day her dad was in the hospital. Today & yesterday we had a different girl help us. The only problem we had with her was that she decided to go on break today and not tell us. She told one of the other employees who said it was "ok" but she didn't.... She really needed to tell one of us managers. Gah! At least it wasn't too busy, right? I don't know how the party department does their thing, but we don't do it that way obviously.

We also have parties next week.... blargh! It will be just as crazy.

I will be happy when these groups are done. And I don't have to be there for 8 hours with no break because it's way too busy to lose anyone's help.

Gah!

I work every day next week! I am not looking forward to Monday where I will be there all day. I mean all day. From 8:30am to 9:30pm. On the plus side.... more hours=more $$$ for wedding/car/etc!

Boyfriend is still doing the "do whatever and it is fine with me" thing.... but that is not the helpful I wanted. I want input! At least I will have Pinkie & Kim & Mom to help me decide, right?! If anyone else wants to help with my cause.... that would be lovely! Haha

You know, Grandma and Bexie were saying October would be a good time, but we just scheduled the building the other day... and there will be school and stuff to work around. We were going to do it in September until I told boyfriend that Jessie is getting married the day before the one we were thinking. So he decided it was a no-go.

Pushing it off a few months would be nice, but I also kinda wanna get it over with. I know the longer I have the more stuff I will find that have to be just so, or I will want to change things or whatever else. It's fun, but rather stressing to plan and decide. I'm glad we're doing it easy. I couldn't imagine inviting 300+ people, getting really expensive stuff, really elaborate decorations, AND planning out exactly where everyone is going to sit and what they will eat. That is more stress than I really want. Plus boyfriend wants it super easy, but I want a reception and I don't want to run down to Vegas or something... haha

I still have to figure out when I can do lunches with people next week! Also, when I'm meeting up with Kim & Pinkie...

Goings On

Why does the boss like to ask last minute if I can come in super early the next day? I got a call at 11:30-ish asking if I would come in at 8 tomorrow. I went in 3 hours early today. I would be going 3 hours early tomorrow, too. --That is IF I had said yes.

I'm not. I'm finishing a few things. Then going in.

8 might not be early to some of you out there... but it's early for me! I don't like mornings.


I guess they're (my family, Becky, etc.) aren't going to the Holi Festival of Colors tomorrow being it's supposed to rain. What's the point of throwing colored chalk at each other if it's raining and you can't exactly throw the chalk?? Ehh....


Today boyfriend and I went to buy him some kitchen stuffs. Like pots & pans & cooking utensils & such. ((one of his roommates took all the cooking pans and stuff downstairs and won't let anyone use them... granted they are her's, but she's being ridiculous lately and complaining about everything. she offers all her stuff to the new people, then she gets mad that someone has been using her stuff.... why offer if you don't want them to use your soap or drink your soda--that you claim you don't drink anyway--or anything else?? simple solution. don't offer!))

So getting him new stuff was uber fun! You don't even know how fun it was! Hahaha...

I have also decided what I am getting Dad for his birfday! It's being shipped. :)

Jobbies!

Boyfriend finally got a call back today from Convergys! He's got a job doing inbound calls and the like. He's uber excited!

I'm rather glad, too. Now he can stop being depressed that "no one will hire him."
He starts Monday for training.


I called Carma today about my not receiving my certificate(s) for dental assisting. She says the reason is because it's been very busy there: open house yesterday, midterms today... But don't stop calling til I have it!

Agh! It's getting old trying to get her to send it to me.
She also said that they are using a new system and they have to figure out how to print the stupid things out. They have to get me in their system and get all the right logos in the right places and all that jazz. **roll my eyes**

My job is ok lately. Djuana and I came in today because there was supposed to be an elementary coming in again, but apparently the agreement they had with Jim ended last week? I don't know. What I do know is that we sat there for an hour today and got paid to do it.

I also am not sure if I'm supposed to be going in tomorrow at 8 to do hockey scoreboard or not. I asked Mrs. Boss-man and she wasn't sure. She said she would check with Jim, but I haven't heard back since. If I don't hear back, then I will assume that they don't need me. On the plus side I won't have to go in super early just to leave and come back again at 5.

Being I work tomorrow night the boys played Zombies last night at Boyfriend's. They've been doing it every Saturday night for a while now. They have fun doing it. Sometimes Amber goes & sometimes she doesn't.

Bother...

I am feeling very unmotivated these days. Maybe you would call it lazy?

School seems to be dragging on and getting boring. I feel like I have been going for forever, but not really going anywhere fast.

At work things have started to change because one of the General Managers was caught stealing money. Apparently she was not ringing stuff in for what was bought for skate, but was giving the people wristbands and pocketing the money. She admitted to $10,000. The guy in charge of the building thinks it's closer to $35-40,000 she took over the course of about 2 years. The funny thing is that she was studying to be a lawyer. Her doing this is what was making our department have very bad numbers.

This has been making the boss-man rather...paranoid. Now he's always looking over everyone's shoulders and thinking everyone is stealing from him, or thinking about it.

Boyfriend and Mom have been telling me I need to go hunt down Carma and get my certificate for assisting. Then I can stop working where I have been for the past 2+ years, where it seems I end up doing everything... More than the other managers seem to do most days. I seem to get in trouble for stupid stuff the most, too. It gets very irritating.

Now I'm only working 2 days a week and she still wants me to do all the stuff I usually did on Fridays. She just expects me to shove it all in on Saturday, when there are tons of parties and throngs of little kids roaming the rink. When it's like that, I don't really have much time to do anything but keep the crowd entertained (ex. play games), listen to annoying people that complain about anything and everything, make sure my people are doing what they are supposed to be doing, and make sure the music doesn't pop up with anything "bad."

Doesn't that sound like a full plate already??
(I also "get" to go in at 8am --3 hours early-- to do the scoreboard for hockey... So I am uber tired on saturdays. I hate mornings...)

I also have school. This means homework.

Some days it's still fun. But on the other hand I'm always wondering what they're going to do next. What they will accuse me (or anyone else) with. With them "stepping" things up, even people that are innocent may end up taking a fall because of how fire-happy things seem to be pointing these days...
About 3 people in skate in the last few weeks. And I haven't a clue at how many in the other departments... Sounds like quite a few.


An assisting job would pay more AND be much less stressful. The downside is that I have to get used to waking up eArLy o_O ugh...

I don't think I could work at a new job unless they would let me get off before noon, when my first class starts. Maybe.

Then there is trying to find a good place. At least I could start out at like $12/hr... That would be awesome.

AND NOW FOR SOME QUOTES!!!

Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.
--Steven Brust

Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.
--Molly Ivins

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.
--Thom Yorke

I'm not a paranoid derranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.
--Howard Hughes

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/paranoid_2.html

Steve...

So Zac and I were watching Dinner for Schmucks the other day. I had to show him some Flight of the Concords stuff... He decided he liked Jemaine more with the beard and long hair. Haha!

He also told me some of my sense of humor is a little weird. (For example I like them, and Mr. Bean... among other things.) However, there are plenty of things I like that he does, too. Then some stuff he likes that I think is kinda.... blah?



I found out today that I don't have to take the chem lab with the lecture. They are "separate" and I can take them at different times. Considering I took it before and I passed the lab with an A-, but the lecture I needed a C+ and got a C... I have to take the lecture anyway. I think it's kind of stupid to take the lab again if I don't have to. Don't you?



Alie sent me a text today after I got out of class saying she needs me to work on Saturday morning at 7:45... in the MoRnInG o.O On the schedule it says 11am. I have to be there 3 1/4 hours early! She wants me to control the scoreboard for hockey, when the only thing I know is (kind of) how to change it back to the clock setting. And that takes a bit of time for me to remember what to do.

She says they'll tell me what to do. They better be patient. Especially considering I don't wake up that early anymore. Ever. (Ok.. the rare occasion when I randomly wake up at, say, 4am. But I go back to sleep!) It's a good thing I didn't have anything planned in the morning that day, huh?

At least more hours = more green in the pink bunny wallet.



And now I should probably go to bed so I will wake up for my 12 o' clock class tomorrow, huh? :P

hugs&kisses <3

When in Trouble or in Doubt...

Now that I'm a manager, I'm working almost every day of the week. I think I still have Sundays & Wednesdays off. Although this week Wednesday is Lagoon day for my work. I'm not going because of my neck. It's probably fine, but I would want to go on all the roller coasters and I'm not totally sure if that's such a good idea yet. I didn't think my neck would take a few months to get back to normal. It's almost there (YAY!) so I should be able to go on lots and lots of rides the end of the month! Awesome! :D

About working all week, this is pretty much my schedule for the week:
Monday- open
Tuesday- open
Wednesday- close
Thursday- open
Friday- open
Saturday- open

Yup...Busy, busy, busy.


Kacee says that tonight there's going to be a PARADE OF ZOMBIES in Salt Lake! How awesome is that?! I would love to go and see what it's like. She says she can't find where they are meeting. :'( It's kinda like an early Halloween! (^_^)


Also I told Zac (the guy I have recently started dating) that I'm going to try to look giry tomorrow... We'll see how that goes. :\ I don't think it's gonna be uber girly... I'll take pics. It'll be different. Especially being I usually just wear jeans & a t-shirt. They're muh favorite!


Zac met my family yesterday. A few days ago he'd met Cameron & Amber & Kacee, but everyone else wasn't there (well, Jarom was. but he was downstairs watching a movie & didn't want to go to the park). He said he likes them & it didn't feel all awkward like it does sometimes.


They seemed to like him, which is good. I guess we'll see how well this goes. :)


Kacee was telling me that she's going to go to Club Chaos probably next Saturday... I was thinking about going, but I seriously don't think I would do well in a crowded dance club. :( I hate big crowds. I hate being in the crowd. I can't breathe in the middle of groups. I hate it, I really do.

So that right there, pretty much decided for me. Yup. Isn't it great being claustrophobic? Yeahh.... :\ And the fact that I don't like being touched by random strangers. I'm sure there'd be a lot of that going on, too.

All well. I can live w/o going to the club.
Maybe we'll have our own dance club thing... Without the crowd. LOL.. We still haven't had our MJ/chocolate cake party! (Mental sticky note: NEVER invite Uncle John to ANYTHING MJ related... I think he hates me now...)

If you don't know the story, we were at Uncle Devon's party & I was wearing my Off The Wall t-shirt. We were all talking in the kitchen & eating. John noticed my shirt & started going off. He said he thought I was a good kid. Then started going off on how much he HATES Michael Jackson... All I could do was smile & nod. I looked at Becky, who gave me an equally awkward glance. She told him that it's a good thing he'd dead then, huh? Then later mentioned something about never wearing an MJ shirt around Uncle John... *sigh* (-_- )



I never said he had to like him. It's fine with me if he doesn't. Just don't hate me cuz I do. There really isn't anything wrong with that. Is there?

My mom tried to come in as backup... and said he's got some good music. John didn't agree. He said he's never liked his music. Yet, MJ has done tons to influence the music of today. There are TONS of songs that have little bits taken from him/his stuff. Lots of r&b, rap, or hiphop artists have used his stuff. Rihanna, LL CoolJ, Akon... Other groups from other genres have done covers. Alien Ant Farm did Smooth Criminal.

You can't say he isn't just a teeny-tiny bit awesome! Can you? Even if you do. I don't really care. That's your opinion. Your entitled to it. As am I to mine.



Today I heard something in church that I thought was cute. The guy down the street (John Davis) said that his favorite proverb is:

When in trouble or in doubt- run in circles, scream and shout.

It went with today, because we didn't have a Sunday School teacher. So they weren't sure that to do. They pretty much just winged the lesson. It actually wasn't that bad.