3/6/14

I'm reading another H50 story and it's like this author and the other one haven't ever really seen the show. In this story Steve has a regular cab truck when we know from the show that he drives a Silverado 4X4 Sport Crew Cab. And then I just came across this phrase: Suppressing a shutter, she closed the truck's door. (emphasis mine) And this author abuses commas like crazy. I'm guessing s/he doesn't have a beta.

3/10/14

My refund check arrived Thursday. I moved all but $1000 into my checking, then withdrew $1280 for my daughter's dance tuition, spent some (paid all the bills but the car payment that come out of the first check of the month) and just today took out the remaining $1000 from my savings to open a savings account at another bank.

I'm hoping next year's refund is enough to not only move but buy a new car. Dad thinks that I won't be able to get my car payments down to what I can really afford if I renew the lease, plus I don't want to lease anymore. So I'm going to look into buying a new car. I'm going to research the fuck out of this so that I can walk in and say, "This is what I'm willing to pay for this car with these options. Make it happen."

3/14/14

Yesterday I found out that there is an open position in AP. I went to JW for advice. She said to email LC and JS letting them know of my interest.

This is the email I sent:

LC, I just found out that K no longer works with us. As I expressed last year in my evaluation with you and JW, I would like to move from Accounts Receivable to Accounts Payable. I was wondering if this open position will be open to current employees. If it is, I would like to be considered. Thank you.

This morning I found this email in my inbox:

JS

Please schedule a meeting with Melissa to discuss about her request.

Thanks,
LC

And then I got this one from JS:

Well then I'm going to be honest with her.

It can only mean one thing, and yes, I’m positive she knew she hit reply all and that I’d see her response. But she did email asking me to see her at 2.

In the meeting she told me that because of what happened last summer (the panic attacks her and JW sent me into) she doesn't think I'll be able to handle the pace of AP. She also said that she's never seen me talking to anyone on her team. Um, excuse me? How the hell am I supposed to chat with the members of her team when a) they sit on the other side of the room from me and b) AP and AR don't interact with each other? If I'm in the file room or the copy room and one of them comes in, I try and make small talk. And when I pass them in the halls, I smile and say hi.

She said that we might revisit it at a later time but from the unapproachable vibe I was getting off her I'd say she'll never change her mind.

Time to step up the job search. *sigh* I was hoping this would be the last job I'd ever have.

And here I was in a very good place. Not anymore after basically being told I suck. Again.

And I just found the job posting on Monster.

3/15/14

My daughter and I went to the nail salon and got mani-pedies and the tech doing my daughter first thought we were friends and then sisters. She never did believe that we're mother and daughter.

Then when I took her to work, one of her managers/co-workers thought we were sisters and didn't believe we're mother and daughter.

3/17/14

I've decided that I'm going to get real serious about finding another job. I'm going to do my best to keep any PTO I accrue between now and when I get a new job so that when I get an offer, I can put in to take however much time I have.

I've even decided how it'll go down:

When I get the offer, I'll put in the request for the number of days I have PTO for and then the day before my 'vacation' starts, I'll turn in my notice. This of course after telling my new boss that I need to give two weeks notice. So, depending on how much time I have accrued I will, hopefully, give those bitches a week's notice.

I even have my notice already written:

To LC, KS (CEO), JW(now ER) and JS:

It is with much regret that I turn in my resignation notice. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you ladies for the past [however many] years but the time has come for me to move on with my career.

I feel like I have gone as far as I can with [company name] and have found an opportunity to expand my skill set with another company.

Since I am scheduled to be on vacation for the next [however many] days, my notice is effective immediately.

Sincerely,

Me

3/19/14

I became aware a couple of days ago that Studio Movie Grill has a $2 movie once a month. This month was Labyrinth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.

I've never seen it in the theatre, not sure why. I remember the first time I saw it, my parents went out of town for the weekend and my brother and I were allowed to rent a movie or two each. I got Labyrinth and I think one other movie and I watched Labyrinth multiple times over that weekend. I watched it so much I had her speech memorized for a while.

About twenty minutes into the movie, I'm relaxing, enjoying not having anyone next to me, when this man comes over and pushes me aside so he could sit on the other side of the tiny table. Since Labyrinth is such a teenage girl fantasy movie, I was creeped out by the middle-aged man coming to watch this movie; especially since he was sitting so close to me. Really put a damper on my enjoyment of this movie.

Then when I get out to the parking lot I discover some asshole had parked way too fucking close to my car.

Luckily they left just enough room for me to open my door and get inside without my door touching theirs. I just want to know how people can think this kind of parking is good. And how they manage to do so without hitting the car next to them.

3/29/14

Yesterday I woke with a bit of a headache along the back of my head, the one part of my head I hate having pain in because it's difficult to rub the pain away. I decided that I was going to ask to go home at 2 because I only have two hours of PTO.

But KS, the CEO, sent an email saying that five people would win four free hours of PTO. I headed off to register to win and told JW that if I win I'd like to go ahead and use it because I wasn't feeling well.

I was one of the five winners! I was so excited.

I got to feeling better, most of my problem was that I just didn't want to be at work, and so invited Mom and Dad to lunch.

As we were getting back, my daughter was arriving home from school (oh, yeah, she got her license Tuesday) so her, Mom and I went shopping. I was thinking of getting this super cute high-low dress from Lane Bryant but Mom wanted to shop at Dress Barn (their sizes only go to 24 and I'm a 26/28). But since I can sometimes wear a 3X I was able to find a gorgeous blouse and skirt. The blouse fits perfect but the skirt is a bit tight around the midsection. I'm planning on getting some Spanx anyway and so it should fit better. But if it doesn't, or I don't feel comfortable in the skirt, I can wear it with my white pants.

Mom found herself a blouse, jacket and pants. And my daughter got an orange with white/tan dots dress (it's prettier than the description I promise).

While on the way to the store, Mom told me some things about my brother and his family.

Background:

Chuck's wife is two or three years older than him and has a daughter from a previous relationship who is a year older than my daughter. A year after Chuck and Karen met they married and immediately began trying to have a baby because of Karen's age.

In 2005, Madisson was born and right from the first we knew she had issues. And no, I'm not talking about special needs like what most people think. What I mean is that she doesn't fall asleep or wake up like everyone else and she has little to no appetite.

When falling asleep she just falls asleep. There is not a period of time where she's fighting it or where she starts saying that she's tired. It's like once her body decides it needs sleep, it just drops. And when she wakes up she's instantly awake. None of the usual stumbling out of her room, rubbing her eyes and grumbling/whining about still being sleepy. She's also extremely hyper active. She is only still when she's asleep.

Madisson is a very independent and stubborn child. She wants to do things her way and absolutely refuses to take no for an answer.

Mom told me that back during Spring Break (a week or two ago) Madisson went two doors down to play with a friend. Chuck and Karen did not call the friend's parents to confirm she was allowed to come over/that she got there okay, nor did they walk her to the friend's house, nor did they stand in the front yard and watch her walk to the friend's house.

So when the friend ended up not being home she went two STREETS over to another friend's house. And did not call her parents to tell them.

So naturally they started to panic when they couldn't find her.

Karen and some other people (I'm guessing Karen's mother since she lives with them and maybe even Marissa) went around the neighborhood looking for her while Chuck stayed at the house.

When the police arrived they saw the state of the house and Madisson's room. Both are beyond messy because Karen doesn't care enough to get off her fat lazy ass and clean (I know I don't have a lot of room to talk but at least if I was to be visited by CPS I wouldn't be in danger of losing custody because of the living conditions of my house).

And yes, they were visited by CPS. Partially because the police are mandatory reporters and because Mom's friend Terri called them.

Terri called them because Madisson has had lice since DECEMBER and it all relates back to Karen not caring enough to treat Madisson and keep the house clean. And because Karen is dosing Madisson with sleeping pills. Both Karen and Madisson have a prescription for them and Karen is either giving Madisson two of her (Madisson) pills or is giving Madisson one of her (Karen) own. Either way, Karen is risking getting Madisson addicted

I really hope that they do lose custody of Madisson, at least for a while, because they need the wake-up call to get off their asses and keep their house clean. And maybe Madisson will get the help she needs to figure out why she has little to no appetite and get on the proper meds for her hyper activity.

AND some of the things I had recently ordered arrived: a sticker for the back of the car that is a dancer with my daughter's name on it, a toy gun (for my Halloween costume), a prop H50 badge (also for my Halloween costume) and two shirts from Cafepress (one in a larger size for me to sleep in). I'm so excited about my costume. I'm going to be female!Danny Williams! All I need now is a shirt (which I need any way) and another pair of pants, specifically one with a belt because the holster for the gun is the type that you thread onto a belt. I now have a belt and the pants I already have has belt loops.