Catching up

Today is my day off…..YAY!!! After working 5 days, 8 hours a day, on my feet in the dead of night I’m so ready to spend today and tomorrow with my shoes off and my feet up. Alas, that will not be because I have a chiropractor appt today and Derek has his one year appt today also. And I have to make some stuff for Thanksgiving (check out my food blog for the menu and shopping trip) and clean up the kitchen in hopes that we can all sit around the table and eat in there. Not sure how that is going to work out but I can hope I can make it work. Right now my table is a mess….

Work is pretty good. I like the people I work with, my manager is pretty cool. The hours are ok but the real problem I am having is with my feet (killing me!) and my shoulder (aching), hence the chiro appt today. I got to sleep in this morning, instead of waking up at 11pm I slept until 3am when Derek got up. He is asleep now so I’m catching up on all my internet stuff. Especially this blog and my food blog.

And more drama, my unemployment check didn’t show up yesterday….it was supposed to be here on Saturday but it wasn’t…. I’m pissed. I’ve paid into the stupid system for many many years, never once had to use it, then when I try to use it, because I have no other choice, they try to jerk me around and not pay. I’ve had 2 in office interviews scheduled for me, one I made, one that I called and canceled because I have a job now, but even then they gave me a hard time. And they want to do a phone interview the second week of December, between 10am and 12pm….um, I’ll be sleeping then…. The currant screw up may have been my fault, on my last claim it asked if I started any training. Well, I did, training for work. So I checked that box. Yesterday instead of my check I got all this paperwork for my training class teacher to fill out. Crap. I tried to call them to fix the problem and they had so many calls that the automated system hung up on me. I guess I’ll try again today, maybe I’ll get through, hopefully I can get this straightened out….

So if you don’t hear from me for a week no worries, I’m working and sleeping and trying to keep our life from falling apart at the seams from my lack of attention to the house…. peace y’all! Hope everyone has a good week and a great Thanksgiving!!!!!

Work

Yup, I said work. As in I have a job. I have a job that starts today. I have a job that starts in 40 minutes (yup, 3 am….to noon. Fun!). I have a job at one of the nation’s largest grocery stores frying doughnuts, making bagels and pastries. I have a job that is union, meaning better pay, better benefits (any benefits at this point is a step up) and TONS of potential (my manager said in his first year working there he went from making minimum wage to $44,000 a year salary!). I’m nervous but at the same time I’m super excited. I’m all dressed to go to work in my white button up shirt, white pants and black non-slip shoes. I’m part of the working class now. How cool is that?

I know I’ve been bad about blogging on this blog, I need to write Derek’s one year post but I’ve been putting it off since my sleep schedule is all weird right now and it may take some time to get back into the swing of things again. But as soon as I have an hour of quiet when I don’t feel the pressing need to nap I will write it. I promise!

I want to thank everyone for their support and love sent my way. It really made me feel great when I was so down about money and depressed about what was going to happen. Now the future is looking pretty bright and I’m feeling pretty good.

Birthday Party!!!!

Ok, we had his party last night….yay!!!

Unwrapping presents…he did really good and only need a little help with the first and last couple presents…

Playing with his new toys…

Cake time….

A very messy, tired, sugared out kid. Ready for a bath then bed time….

We had a great time. Derek loves his new toys. I got him some little trucks and he was pushing them around the living room making car noises….Bishop was thrilled! By then end of the night Derek was covered in frosting, tired and shuddering from all the sugar….the milk bottle was the high point for him at that point. And during his bath instead of crawling back and forth in the tub like he normally does he just kinda laid down on his belly in the water and played with his bath toys….he was very happy to go to bed after that. Wow, he is a year old. It’s kinda hard to believe…..

Yay!

So yesterday I called the girl at the grocery store and she had me come in right then and give an interview. I’ve known this girl for years, she has worked at the grocery store for a long time but I swear I knew her somewhere else. Turns out that her and I worked at Taco Bell together when I was 16 and she was 18. I knew I knew her from somewhere. LOL!

So she pretty much hired me on the spot. It’s not going to be the greatest job to start out with but it’s a start with a very good chance for promotion and raises. I’ll be working midnight to 8:30 am as a doughnut fryer, making bagels and pastries. It’s a union job so that means good benefits are available for me even though I’ll only be guaranteed 24 hours a week to start (she said because of the holidays coming up I’ll be working full time, or close to it). The longer I work there the more things I’ll get taught and the more things I learn the more money I’ll get and the more hours I’ll be scheduled. Good deal. We may be tight on money for a little while but I have no doubt that in a short time I’ll be making myself known as a go getter and be racking up the hours.

Right now the hours aren’t ideal but they are something. If we can get Derek to stop waking up at 4 am he will basically be sleeping the whole time I’m at work.

I’m supposed to get a call today about when I can come in for orientation and to start my training. I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!

This week.

My birthday went ok, mom took me out to lunch then bought everything for me to make dinner.Super Salmon, potatoes and green beans. No dessert, I’m making 2 cakes for Derek’s birthday on Tuesday so we’re good for birthday cakes.

This week I have to call about an interview at Safeway (I have to call in about 30 minutes….), I have an appt at unemployment on Monday to prove that I know how to find a job (like I’m dumb or something) and to tell them I’m actually looking and not sitting on my ass collecting unemployment checks.

Tuesday is Derek’s first birthday, don’t worry, I’ll post lots of pics. I also have to take mom and a car full of stuff to an antique shop in hope that she will buy the stuff from Granny’s house from us so we don’t have to put it in the non-existent garage sale.

Thursday I have to go to the WIC office and get this month’s vouchers.

In between all of that I’m hoping to help mom get her butt in gear and get working on this FUCKING GARAGE SALE!!!!! I could really use the money that would come in from selling our few things that I’m putting in it, even $100 would go very far right now with the truck’s registration coming due at the end of December. I wish she realized that she is the one that is dragging her feet and making everyone upset by not doing the stuff she said she would do.