Jay got a call from a friend about a job as a moving van driver. It's a box truck, so no CDL license required. And it's not permanent or even regular, but it's occasional additional money for us. However, he hasn't driven the two days he has worked. He's been loading and unloading. Which is fine. But I can tell you he's come home dog-tired both nights. And I worried a bit. He's almost 50 and built like a rock.....star that's done a lot of drugs over the last 30 years while eating his share of food - Elvis comes to mind. So I've worried a little. But he's off for a while now, until the next call comes in, and he brought in a pretty penny - had his employer actually signed the check. He has to go back tomorrow to have that done. So, he's still actively looking for work. I'm just happy he could do this one. I'm actually a bit proud of him.
I talked to my employer again. Not only can I work until the end of June, but now I can return the first Monday in August, too. That means only one month of not working for me. I don't know if they'll need me the whole 3 or 4 days a week, but hopefully. And, yep, I still LOVE the job. I worry a little that Rachel will have to be on her own some - if Jay finds another job - but I'll also try to find some situations for her when I can and July we'll do a lot of fun stuff together.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Surely I Have Something Of Value To Say
But not a lot. I did get my paycheck earlier than promised - Tuesday instead of Thursday. That was a plus. Jay's census job is totally done today. He's turning in his stuff. I'm catching Jay and Rachel's cold. Of course, it starts in my lungs and I can tell my ears are going south quickly. This time, I won't allow the problems to go on for long.
We got our dog and cats their shots Saturday - thank goodness for a tax return. We took care of some financial things hanging over our heads, too. I went to a meeting for work yesterday that may mean a job change or even job loss for me in 1 to 2 years. If they get a descent system purchased. But it has to go through pilot phase and such first, so I'm good for this job next year at 4 and possibly 5 days a week. Then it may change or there may not be enough work to keep me. We'll have to see. Maybe my book will be done and Jay will have a good job and I'll make enough on the book to clear all our debt. I can hope - and pray - for that. I'll be finishing my visiting teaching this week for the month - Yay!!
My mom is doing really well with her recovery from a fractured hip and the subsequent surgery. She may be going home in another couple of weeks. Which is very good news as my dad's mental state (he has dementia) has deteriorated very quickly while she's been in the hospital. Once Mom is home, she can start her routine with him - spending the day talking about their past, all their children, things that have happened lately - all to help him remember. When I saw the movie, The Notebook, it left me sobbing because that is my mother and father only it is my mother telling Dad about their life.
Half hour until my first visiting teaching appointment for the day, so I'll work on my book for a bit.
We got our dog and cats their shots Saturday - thank goodness for a tax return. We took care of some financial things hanging over our heads, too. I went to a meeting for work yesterday that may mean a job change or even job loss for me in 1 to 2 years. If they get a descent system purchased. But it has to go through pilot phase and such first, so I'm good for this job next year at 4 and possibly 5 days a week. Then it may change or there may not be enough work to keep me. We'll have to see. Maybe my book will be done and Jay will have a good job and I'll make enough on the book to clear all our debt. I can hope - and pray - for that. I'll be finishing my visiting teaching this week for the month - Yay!!
My mom is doing really well with her recovery from a fractured hip and the subsequent surgery. She may be going home in another couple of weeks. Which is very good news as my dad's mental state (he has dementia) has deteriorated very quickly while she's been in the hospital. Once Mom is home, she can start her routine with him - spending the day talking about their past, all their children, things that have happened lately - all to help him remember. When I saw the movie, The Notebook, it left me sobbing because that is my mother and father only it is my mother telling Dad about their life.
Half hour until my first visiting teaching appointment for the day, so I'll work on my book for a bit.
Monday, April 13, 2009
A Break, Please?!?!?!?!
So, I posted that my paycheck didn't come through like it was supposed to on Friday. I called my boss and a bit later today (Monday), the big boss called and said they missed them somehow - ALL the hourly people got missed!!!! I can't believe that. Pretty unprofessional. Anyway, they said they'd pay us ON THE 20TH!!!!!! Ah, no, you will pay us - me, at least - immediately or I'll be talking to an attorney. Sure enough, with that said, I'll be getting my check on Thursday - just SIX DAYS LATE! Thank goodness for our tax return being in there, because I have creditors taking funds out today and tomorrow. This is the 3rd time this has happened to one of my co-workers in a year. I really don't know what to think because I've been an hourly employee with the district all along and NEVER encountered a problem like this. We'll see how things go. I just might have to take some steps to ensure it doesn't go wrong again.
Anyway, to add stress upon stress, Jay found out tonight that the census is running out of work for everyone. In fact, there are 12 listers - what he does - already sitting with no work - thus no pay. This job may be over this week already. I'm about to fall apart. And I don't think I can keep taking this. I really, really, really don't. Even more, I don't WANT to keep taking this. Enough! We've really had enough. I swear I don't know what to do. But I'll spend my night praying that something comes up. Jay's on the computer putting in apps tonight. It's something he'll just have to do every evening from now on - even if more work comes up because clearly, they can't be trusted to even work him the ten weeks he was hired to work. Man, my heart hurts I'm so scared.
Anyway, to add stress upon stress, Jay found out tonight that the census is running out of work for everyone. In fact, there are 12 listers - what he does - already sitting with no work - thus no pay. This job may be over this week already. I'm about to fall apart. And I don't think I can keep taking this. I really, really, really don't. Even more, I don't WANT to keep taking this. Enough! We've really had enough. I swear I don't know what to do. But I'll spend my night praying that something comes up. Jay's on the computer putting in apps tonight. It's something he'll just have to do every evening from now on - even if more work comes up because clearly, they can't be trusted to even work him the ten weeks he was hired to work. Man, my heart hurts I'm so scared.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Message
I've stolen the YouTube clip below from a good friend's blog because I love it's message and I want to share this with all of my friends. Please take a moment and listen to it.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Just Like My Victorian Heart Background
I just love it, so I went back to it before Easter hit. What can I say. It's me. I've had an extra day off this week from work because no one was going to be in on Friday and I have no key yet. But next week I'll work an extra day to make up for it. No matter. I didn't even get my dang check today!!! It's weird because I got it as an automatic deposit last month, so you'd think it would go smoothly. But no, that can't happen. So I have a message in to my boss and I'm pretty ticked off. They better not pull any garbage on me about just paying it all next month. I'll go through the roof and they'll pay me so fast it will make my head spin. Can you tell this has ticked me off a bit?
Anyway, Happy Easter. Here's a JibJab for the holiday:
Anyway, Happy Easter. Here's a JibJab for the holiday:
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Quotes
If you know me very well, you know I collect quotes. I have many and when I run into new, good ones, I want to note them and share them. Here are a couple from a blog I regularly read (really LOVE this first one):
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, screaming "HOLY COW, what a ride!"
--unknown
"I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me."
--Paul Newman
"How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure. … You would break out of this tiny and tawdry theatre in which your own little plot is always being played, and you would find yourself under a freer sky, and in a street full of splendid strangers."
--G. K. Chesterton
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
--Audrey Hepburn
"I can remember what flavor of ice cream cone my grandmother and I shared at Disneyworld; but most of the time, I can't remember what day it is. I guess it depends on what you think is important."
--Katherine, age 13
"People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than the honesty."
--Richard J. Needham
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...”
--Isak Dinesen
"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."
--Henri Frederic Amiel
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues."
-- Cicero
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
--Henry David Thoreau
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, screaming "HOLY COW, what a ride!"
--unknown
"I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me."
--Paul Newman
"How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure. … You would break out of this tiny and tawdry theatre in which your own little plot is always being played, and you would find yourself under a freer sky, and in a street full of splendid strangers."
--G. K. Chesterton
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
--Audrey Hepburn
"I can remember what flavor of ice cream cone my grandmother and I shared at Disneyworld; but most of the time, I can't remember what day it is. I guess it depends on what you think is important."
--Katherine, age 13
"People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than the honesty."
--Richard J. Needham
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...”
--Isak Dinesen
"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."
--Henri Frederic Amiel
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues."
-- Cicero
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
--Henry David Thoreau
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Stepping Out of My Cave
So after blogging since March of 2004 (this blog doesn't go back that far as I've had two before this one)I finally stepped out of the dark and e-mailed a few friends and family members my blog url. I've had some e-mails telling me they are reading and in getting those, found out that you have to sign up for a Google account or something like that to post, which I guess I didn't think about. So if you read and don't want to sign up, just let me know via e-mail. Just so I know. I am, after all, sticking my neck out a little - it did take me all these years to really share the fact I'm blogging to more than that handful of people.
Look back at my last few posts, I also realized I hadn't said much about Jay's jobs. Yes, jobs. He is working part-time at a gated housing development in the guard shack on Thursday and Friday nights. AND he's working for the U.S. Census Bureau. It's full time but only 10 weeks. Then we'll be back to square one - except I'll have my job (until summer break *roll eyes*) and he'll have the part-time job. For now, I'm trying not to stress or worry about it. For now, we have some relief.
Look back at my last few posts, I also realized I hadn't said much about Jay's jobs. Yes, jobs. He is working part-time at a gated housing development in the guard shack on Thursday and Friday nights. AND he's working for the U.S. Census Bureau. It's full time but only 10 weeks. Then we'll be back to square one - except I'll have my job (until summer break *roll eyes*) and he'll have the part-time job. For now, I'm trying not to stress or worry about it. For now, we have some relief.
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