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947 days ago
I suppose life is just a series of cycles, around and around, up and down, on and on... and on. Dream-time is officially over... Real life is setting in. I just went through probably the worst depression that I've had since I've been here in Washington. The funny thing is that it still wasn't close to what I've had in my past, but it was... well?... it was real. Okay so maybe I'm still going through it. When I get several things coming at me at once I start to drown. That's the way I roll. Tony has been suspended from school... ummm... until June 22nd. Yes, I said JUNE... 22nd... like when school is out for summer break. He isn't a trouble maker. He was attacked a couple of times and suspended for that (considered fighting) and then he just keeps getting busted smoking cigarettes, OR with cigarettes, OR with a lighter, OR "smelling" like cigarettes. Yeah, I know it's BAD and all... but I just think that other things are worse. He would've gotten off easier if he'd taken ...
958 days ago
My boss, Gangley, finally managed to get my paycheck fixed and all of the backpay I was owed was attached to it also. So, now I'm in another quandry... Should I let it stand, since I put in my notice, and quit? Or should I give them another try and stay? It's not a half bad job really... It's just that what happened here with my pay being screwed around has made me jumpy and I'm very reluctant to believe any of the other agreements that we made as I hired in. Will I be made full-time soon? Hmmm... In the meantime, I'm part-time and I'll have to start paying my union dues. Which means that I'm not making enough money and I'll have to work a second job if I stay at Blobbins. Should I stay on thinking that it might pay off more for me in the near future? I'll be deciding in the next few days. Busy Buns got promoted. She is now Gangleys boss, and mine and just about everybody elses. Her title is weird but at this company it basically amounts to an assistant store manager in training that ...
971 days ago
What the heck? Isn't this microsoft territory? Isn't there MONEY here? I mean COME ONNNNNNNN!!!!! I live outside of Seattle. What a weird place this is. Maybe it's just me. I swear it has NEVER been SO clear to me before ever in my life how I am most definately a big city girl now. I'm not sure how that happened. I was living in the city and feeling like a hick... and now? I'm here in "hickville" and I'm suddenly feeling very "big cityish". I cannot EVEN believe these people. For the most part they just amaze me. I can't really believe this. This is Washington State. Oh... this IS a "State" isn't it? I'm really not sure this is part of the United States. No, I'm really not. I have many reasons for thinking that but for right now I'm just talking banking. Don't people use BANKS here? Don't they expect banking service? I've been at the same bank for years. I moved to Texas and back to Florida and I had no trouble with my back accounts. I've opened and ...
987 days ago
I worked four days straight at Blobbins. It was a hard week but a good one, sorta, I guess. I hated having to work on the days Wally was here... but it's cool getting home by noon. I mean everyone's eyes are barely open by then, except Wally. He had trouble getting back to sleep after I left. He was a total sweetheart and got up with me in the mornings and started the coffee and was there to kiss me "bye"... Then when I got home I was so darn tired and sore that I really didn't feel like doing anything. We were lucky that we squeezed in a couple of card games with the kids. That's about all I was up to. Other highlights of the Blobbins scene, was being asked to be our departments safety representative. That's probably a blob for another day. I also got my thirty day progress report. They are quite happy with my work. Then I checked my schedule to find myself off six days in a row. Off Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. I work the rest of the week, ...
994 days ago
and stupid old daylight savings time... My love came in night before last for our "weekend", but unfortunately I have to work all of it. I knew this day would come. Now I see even less of him than I did before. I did end up getting scheduled an extra day at Blobbins, so I'm working there four days this week. That was a bit of a relief to me. This time I worked my first "weekend" day, (Sunday) day before yesterday. I was scheduled from 2AM-10:30AM. Now at 2AM the time goes forward to 3AM. Sooooo, I had to get up at midnight to be in at 1AM that morning. I don't know why I was totally amazed to walk in to find double the amount of donuts set up for me than what I usually have... and then finding on the production list that I had to mix more old fashioned and cake donuts than what I have been also. I guess I wasn't thinking. It is the weekend after all. The volume is going to be heavier. That's the way it is. Wake up KZ. Welcome back to the bakery life. My old ...
