So much...

In which I try to catch you up with several brief updates....


There was a trip to the hospital. My son twisted or pulled his neck trying some acrobatics on the trampoline. There were people taking their influenza on walks around the Emergency Room so the masks were a defense. He was fine so no worries.

I still have a job that is less than enjoyable. Seriously. I need a different, better job. Like 2 months ago. Most places are hiring part-time and/or seasonal positions right now. Probably to avoid paying for benefits. I continue to work four days a week, ten hour shifts. Did I tell you my hours? Five in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. So, I climb in the back of the truck and take a nap on my lunch hour.


Halloween was super fun except I got entirely too intoxicated too fast. Because I do not have the "pace yourself" ability when it comes to alcoholic beverages. Which includes Jell-O shots. I lost count at 10 shots and 64 ounces of lemonade/vodka. Excessive? Why yes, thank you. It was good to see Matt again. I enjoyed myself.


I had the flu. Not just any flu. I had the swine flu. The kids, thank goodness, had the vaccine. This flu is retched. Like worse than the normal flu. I missed an entire week of work. I slept from 4 in the afternoon on Sunday to 11:30 in the morning on Monday. AND I was still tired. I recovered. Now, I am picking up extra hours to try to make the money back that I lost by missing work. You know. At the job I despise. Yay!

One more thing

In which I am a total nerd....


My new toon on WoW. I heart her! She is little now, but when she gets bigger she will be awesome!!!

My grrr face....In writing

In which I don't blog because I don't want to bitch and rant....



Update: Work sucks.


That is all.


Also, I would give you pictures, but camera phones are prohibited. Use of them will result in disciplinary action. What they mean by disciplinary action is termination.


Furthermore, I should take a picture of the DOS based billing program so I can collect unemployment.

P.S. I have applied to three jobs this week hoping to get ANYTHING that generates an income.

Big Girl Panties

In which I do not title this entry until I'm done writing it.



I have been in training for the past three weeks. *yawn* I'm fairly certain my capacity for new information to be retained, reached its' limit by week 2. Awesome. I know. It isn't that it is difficult. It's pretty elementary. What is the issue, you ask? I will gladly tell you, my friends. I. Do. Not. Like. Sales. Not even a little bit. I'm not in sales. However, I am required to upsell. Did you hear me? I'm REQUIRED to upsell on every call. Naturally, I want to rebel. If it were just me, I would have taken the temporary job for $12.75 per hour and eat bologna sandwiches (without the bread) for a few months while I searched for another job. I, however, have offspring and need to provide not only the bologna but also the bread, the mustard, the pickles, the mayonnaise, the soup, the cheese, the juice.... You get the picture. Ugh. I decided to suck it up and do the job until I find something I love again. It's hard to be an adult! Just saying.

Failed, failed, failed.

In which I totally blame Google...


I, lost in the rapids on the river of change, forgot to go see Goblinbox at the Biker Rally. I was super excited to be invited to go. Then I read this and was completely bummed I missed a latex pecker! Damn you, Google. I thought I set a reminder. I didn't. Apparently. I still choose to blame Google. It should have known that I meant to save the reminder. It knows when I type monicker what I really meant was moniker, for sobbing out loud! I will give Google another chance because I love him. He only does it when he's drinking.

The New Job

Day One: Mind numbingly boring. Like most jobs I spent the first day doing paperwork. But this training class had the added bonus of reading every word of the 17 pages of legal/ethical standards pertaining to customer proprietary network information, as well as, going through the Non-Compete/ Privacy Agreement ALOUD. Did you hear me? I had to read aloud AND listen to other people read sections (often poorly) out loud! It was painful. On a scale of 1-10, I rate it a sad face. I started working with, what will be the main software. It is DOS based. OMG!! I freaked for like 1.7 minutes because I haven't done that, in like, FOREVER. It's easy though. Plus, changed my colors from black and green to black and pink. I would show you, but NO. CAMERA. PHONES. ALLOWED. ANYWHERE. Not even in the hallways! Gah! I can outback in the smoking area. Would you like pictures of the field? Yeah, me either.

Day Two: Reviewed yesterdays material. Pretty simple. I learned the web based software which is pretty cool billing software. Everything is pretty clear and self explanatory. Nice. I know. Then we took a drive in the intranet search engine. Can we all say cluster fuck? Sorry. Thesaurus says there is not another word for cluster fuck.

See I don't lie.