20 posts tagged “work”

If I have a retail weakness, it's Target. I can shop anywhere in the world and not feel the overwhelming urge to buy, buy, buy! Clothes, shoes, baby stuff, kid stuff, bedding, furniture, decor, groceries, EVERY THING.
Tonight, I went in there to just browse. Nick was off to his dad's for the weekend so it was just me and Zo. Girls' night out shopping. I was just hoping to get some sandals and a pair of shorts for myself and Nick. I won't say how much I spent, but it was well over the idea I had in my head before I ever left the house. I'll probably take two of the shirts back because they fit weird, but I love me some bermuda shorts. I also bought a new bedding set for Zo..well, the beginning of a new bedding set.

I only bought the quilt, dust ruffle and a fitted sheet. I'm going to go back and get the rest but I'm staying away from the mobile and bumper pad because she's 6 months, we don't need it.

Note: I have a thing for ladybugs. I love them! Fun fact for the day, my first word was ladybug. But, it was also the name of our pet collie. That dog and I were best buds, and my parents had to constantly tell her to back off (she hung over me like I was her baby) so I picked up on her name.

I am back on LJ. If any of you are over there, let me know. I feel more comfortable over there, I've known the people on my friends list for a very long time (some 5+years) and I need a comfort zone. Add my username _thats_so_hot_ (I need a new one!)

I had today off. It's nice having 3 days off, working one, having another day to hang out with the kids! I went in to drop some stuff off for my boss, and she pulled me aside and said I got a raise! I've only been there coming on 2 months, so I'm surprised and happy about this. Needless to say, I really enjoy my job, even though my main role will be dying down this summer (retail slows down) and I'll be doing the normal retail grind.

I took the kids to the park Monday as a "surprise". Nick loves surprises so when he goes above and beyond to be well-behaved, I usually get him something or take him on a "surprise". So we went to our favorite park:

..I have bad months, even years.

I've been neglecting my Vox because I've nothing positive to talk about. I do, but I don't feel like it because the bad keeps me from focusing on the good. And the bad is killing me! Well, that's a bit over-dramatic..it's really just making me horribly unhealthy. I've gained weight either due to working in a medical office where pharmaceutical reps bring us cookies and candy every single day and our nurse brings chips and queso and other horribly addicting snack foods. Chips and queso..C'MON. That's like crack for me. It's best not having it with in miles..I can not help it :( That, and I'm sitting at my corner desk, sifting through charts, marking MRI's, bone scans, EEG's..with a package of thin mints a co-worker left for me. It's monotonous, and almost a procedure..tab the right MRI, take a bit of my cookie, tab the current bone scan..have another bite. MY JOB IS MAKING ME FAT.
But I love my job..because I get there at 7:25 every single morning..and I get to enjoy at least 30 minutes of total peace and quiet (and my coffee) because the only people there are me and the LPN. And she's so busy catching up on paperwork, I never hear anything besides the shuffling of her papers.

So it's the fact that the office I work in has too many tempting snacks therefore causing me to gain weight, then there's making sure both kids have someone to watch them daily..which is a huge stress factor. Then there's the stress of driving on Tulsa's streets. The city's streets are in dire need of attention and people are literally complaining about repairs being made in downtown. Like, are you kidding me? You want to almost bust a tire in pothole after pothole instead of dealing with a couple of months of detours?! Having a commute of an average of 40 minutes per day on shitty roads is anything but pleasant. And then I have these personal issues going on..I can't seem to balance anything, Zoey is in her "fussy" phase when I get home, which bothers me because I miss her all day, only to get her when she's the crankiest. She can't help it, it's that transition from play time to bed time. Nick is great, as always, but his fits are making it hard in the mornings. And Derek..let's just leave this one alone for now..

Add all of this up..and you get me being sick for 1 week+ (sickness still going strong..but my voice is finally back), HAIR LOSS..like how gross is that? I'm not losing like a couple of strands here and there..it's continual shedding and it has me worried sick (sicker?), outbursts of sobbing..Thursday night I was coming home from grocery shopping and in our parking lot, two kids walked out from between two cars and I almost hit them. It was really dark and they just walked right out in front of me..I had to slam on my brakes and my groceries went everywhere. I am so shaken up so of course you know their mom (who let's them walk in dark parking lots with out her going first?) is screaming at me. I'm in too much shock that THIS ALMOST HAPPENED, I can't even respond. These kids were the same size as Nick. I get in my front door, the phone rings, Derek is in the bedroom with Zoey, I have groceries all over my backseat, and my parents are on the phone wanting to know why I'm taking so long to call them back. I just broke down..it was just too much right then. It's not that I've gone back to work, it's everything BUT my job.  And I just feel so unhealthy and not as happy as I should be.

My friend Kara is Zoey's new sitter and hi, she's the best sitter, ever. She wouldn't accept money from Derek, had ordered pizza & diet coke so I had something to eat when I got home and even told me she wishes I would leave a list of chores she can help me with..!! We did pay her, but I was still floored by the amazingness of it all! Her son is SO cute! He's 6 months old and Zoey just loves him. I walked in our door to see them laying in the floor, holding hands :) So cute..they even babble back and forth together!

I think we might be in Dallas next weekend. We're going to OKC to see Lany and Jason, they want to go to Ikea and the closest is in Dallas..it's not for sure, but I hope we do something..

My hair..I wish it would dry a little bit quicker so I can get it blow dried and get lotioned up and hop into my snuggly bed! Only to wake up at 5 AM..

Sorry I've been a bad Vox friend lately. I really did read everyone's entries just now and instead of taking time to comment each and every one of you..

• I wish I was a bridesmaid in Nikki's wedding..that Coach bag made me say "GIMME!"
• Barbs is the best doodler, ever
• Rob's ex SUCKS.
• I hope Cole gets better, Melissa!
• Cute pics of the pets, E!

I've been holed up all weekend since I had some kind of cold/sinus thing going on.  I noticed it around lunch time Friday, came home and immediately took Thera-flu..disgusting. I had dinner with my parents and felt alright while we were out, but my mom offered to give me her unopened bottle of Thera-Flu so I drove out to her house to pick it up. Zoey was beyond ready for bed by the time we finally came home and stayed. I took my medicine, settled in on the couch and made it about 15 minutes into an episode of 24. I woke up to Derek asking if I was alive..he had tried calling 4 times and I even had the phone right by my head! I slept like a rock that night, and it helped so much. I felt pretty crappy yesterday morning, but I felt tons better last night. Despite the pouring, freezing rain..Derek and I ran out to get pizza and to go to the store. He bought some Blue Moon but it tasted so gross :( I had 7Up with oranges (so good) and we watched even more 24.
So we watched even more 24 today..we got in about 10 episodes this weekend. Hi, we have no lives. We're that extremely lame couple cracking Jack Bauer jokes and thinking we're actually being funny..
We need real lives.

IHOP commercials make me so hungry..

I haven't worked out in a week. Must work out a few times this week. Maybe I will feel better?

I've looked at daycares for the kids, but I'll just catch hell if I put them in one (from my future MIL). So she can watch them and when it starts to stress her out because she works too, then I'll say "I told you so.." and do what I want.

Yay, time to dry my hair..off to get not even 6 hours of sleep!!

Zoey is on her playmat on our living room floor and has managed to turn completely around..not roll over, but her head is now where her feet used to be..Busy baby. And man, I miss her when I'm working!
I was getting ready to leave for work yesterday and Derek was  cuddled up with her on the couch and she was just smiling at him..like she smiles at me when I wake up with her. Ugh, I was so so so envious!

But I like my new job, so far. I work from 730-430 (or later) M-F. I work for a neurologist in Tulsa, and she's extremely nice! She bought us lunch yesterday in honor of me working for her now. I basically do typical medical office work..get charts prepared, schedule new patients when I get their referral, confirm appointments, check patients in and out, and various other things. It's pretty busy and time goes by pretty quickly. And for the area, traffic is a breeze..which shocked me considering the office is in a building with in a mile of the two busiest hospitals in Tulsa. But if I drive through the neighborhood behind the building I work in, it's a 2 minute drive to where Derek works! And I get to wear scrubs..love wearing scrubs to work.

I tried baklava yesterday and now I have a huge craving for it. Any dessert with honey and I AM THERE! It was so so good. We had Jason's Deli for lunch yesterday and another girl got strawberry shortcake and it was by far the best, ever. Now I want some of that, A major downfall to working in a medical office? The pharmaceutical reps bringing in candy, cookies and other junk food DAILY. That and I am like 3 blocks from Utica Square..my favorite place to shop! Saks, Coach, Pottery Barn, White House|Black Market, Bath and Body Works, Pier 1..all like one minute away and me with a long lunch break. I have to remind myself I need to save money for a WEDDING.

Speaking of wedding..there's freezing rain falling right now so I canceled going to view a reception site today. That and I'm sick and not getting any better. So hopefully next weekend. Nikki had linked a few dresses for me and I think I'm going to call the store to see if they have this one. I love it! I need to do more browsing though.

And now that I have all my bridesmaids, I need to start looking at styles for their dresses. I want to pick a few styles that go together so they can pick the ones they want and no one will be too different from the other. Cortney is going to be a bridesmaid, we've been talking a lot lately and it's nice to have my friend back :)

Too bad laundry doesn't fold itself...byeeee

Question:

Say a former employer of yours closes up all locations in four states, flees from the press and media to Aspen, opens another business..while not paying any of his current employees for the last week of work. Then writes $7 million in bad checks so his bank takes him to court and he fails to show.

Do you think he's honestly going to send out information we need for our taxes? Yeah, neither do I. So what do I do?

By the way, if you visit Aspen, do not shop at Toddy's. Just..don't support this man in any way. He's put a lot of people through a lot of pain. Because of what this man did, a former co-worker of mine was left without insurance after finding out he had prostate cancer. Luckily, a doctor did the surgery for free. But it just shows you that not all people are really good at heart, but those who are..really make up for the bad ones. I've been following the story since it happened and the immaturity of those who were involved really baffles me! I found an article written for the Aspen Times and the comments that were obviously left by the girl pictured (I worked alongside with her..she's a whack job) and anyone else in on the scandal are ridiculous.

Anyway!

I am feeling much better today, minus my nose running like a flowing river. But it beats how I felt yesterday. Our place was a mess and I'm slowly getting it back in shape. I need a little break though. I just..need more storage space. Living in an apartment is no fun when you have no room for anything! We just have so much stuff that it will be amazing when we have a house! We talked last night about when our lease is up, what should we do? He mentioned moving in with one of our parents until we find a house..but I don't think so. We can't just buy a house before we know where we'll end up moving either. Who knows where he'll get a job after college? He actually applied for one in MILWAUKEE. I would freeze to death..
Alright, time to get back on the cleaning wagon..

Which is normally no good.

So I came to the conclusion Wednesday that I'm unhappy, borderline unhealthy about it too. I am now back to not working, because I am going to find a job that is HERE in town and does not interfere with the most important job of all..being a happy mom. Seeing Nick 2-3 hours a couple of nights a week was horrible and was the biggest part of my unhappiness. The next biggest part? WORK IN GENERAL. I liked that place a lot the first few weeks, but when I realized that the sheer thought of work has actually made me so high strung and such a nervous wreck that I actually have puked from my out of control nerves, it was time for a change of scenery. I'm done, I wash my hands of Fox Collision. The amount of responsibility I had increased 10 fold in a day and the amount of bitching towards me increased even more. I knew I was on the verge of being fired because I could not do it all, there simply wasn't enough time in the day. Derek and I talked while we were on our mini-vacation this week and decided it's even started to destroy our relationship. So it interfered with my health, my son and my love. Fox and I are done.

I know it seems like I'll never get it right, but I know what I want now. I am willing to work part time, spend more time being a full time mother and figure out what it is I want to do with my life. The money at Fox was great, but not worth my unhappiness in every other part of my life.

So even though I'll be broke most of the time, I'll be happy and right now, that sounds incredible.

OKC was a lot of fun. The NBA game? Phenomenal. We stayed with friends and had a good time there. We went to the lake when it was freezing cold and snowing, but it was so pretty, I didn't care that my thighs were numb and frozen. I made a cute little friend in the form of a Great Dane named Sally. I would have snuck her home if she could have fit under my coat :) Granted she was 95 lbs and a whole foot taller than me so that wouldn't have been obvious :)
But now I want a Great Dane more than ever :)

I'm full blown sick and I am determined to go to work tomorrow. I have to request off for half of V-day and all of the next day for our Hornets/Kings game in OKC.

I'm so tired, over-worked and the weekend went by double fast thanks to the huge meeting yesterday. Sitting in an air conditioned conference room then walking out into freezing rain while sick? Not good. I took so much dayquil last night, I think I was tripping. I started seeing spots and giggling, the mantourage sent me to bed. Derek called in to work and stayed in with me and slept until 10 and we ate fruity cheerios and watched the "buy a home" show that is on every Sunday..come to find out our little spokes-model who does our commercials, does the home show's too. Cheater. I think it's funny in our commercial that she says "I just moved to Tulsa.." when 3 years ago, she was Miss Oklahoma.

Today is my grandparent's 46th wedding anniversary and my grandpa's 70th birthday. Crazy! I somehow managed to pull myself together long enough to go buy a gift and go celebrate with some family. Now I'm completely wiped out and I'm pretty much going to spend this week resting and playing w/Nick as much as I can. I'll be back sometime this weekend unless something really cool happens.

I'm 10000% convinced my immune system has up and left me for a better woman. Which also convinces me that I am dying every time I get sick. I take my vitamins daily, I drink my orange juice even if it makes me gag, I eat plenty of fruits and veggies. OK I'm lying about eating plenty of fruits because I have to choke those down. My ears are ringing, my nose is sniffly and painful, my joints ache, my cheeks are hot and my whole head feels like a hot air balloon.
AND I'M SO COLD. It's cold and rainy out, which doesn't help. It also doesn't help that I sat in a huge conference room, UN style, and the DoubleTree had the air conditioner on. And I was having information stuffed at maximum capacity into my brain about A/P, A/R, Satellite locations, Parts Returned. Then I had to test on it.

But I've made a new good friend at work and she kept me motivated. I'd probably be lost with out JJ. We both connect in the superficial needs that complete us. We both wear too much make-up, shop too much, are addicted to tanning, and have huge boobs. We're destined to be friends ;)

I just wanted to complain before I actually went out to dinner with my boyfriend tonight.

P.S. I totally re-decorated Derek's bathroom for less than $50. This of course will benefit me one day when we live together, but how awesome is that? I felt so proud :) But he wouldn't let me buy the teal towels @ Target. THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL! :(

You know what makes me laugh on the inside? Short little tow-truck drivers who are mad at the owner's of the cars they're hauling. And witnessing them slip on the ice and slide completely under their trucks. It's official, I'm evil!

Work is hell because of this weather. I missed yesterday, and now this weekend we're going to get 4-8 inches of snow, on top of the inches of ice. SO I'M MOVING TO HAWAII! I wish. Derek and I had talked about moving far up north once, but after this, NO. The South is my home, I can't do this arctic tundra bullshit, no way. Now, if people could learn to drive in this weather, I wouldn't be answering 5 phone lines, getting estimates set up, signing tow bills, getting people's cars towed in..I would be casually emailing everyone and enjoying peace and quiet in the office. Unfortunately, no one in Tulsa can drive so I must work work work!

The plus side? Two different news stations came in today. Fox 23 came in and interviewed one of our estimators so he'll be on the news in the morning. Then Channel 2 came in, and the guy was SO SLEAZY! He kept hounding our customers for interviews and kept asking me to set up estimates. Then he starts asking me about repairs. Hi, I'm paid to sit there and look pretty, not be in charge of repairs dude. I finally told him he could go in the shop to film and could even film an estimate so that got him to leave me alone. I kept saying "UH" a lot so he wouldn't ask me to be on film :) Not that he would have anyway but I like to play it safe!

So once the videos are posted on the websites, I will link them here and you can have the joy of seeing where I work! You're so excited, I know.

Speaking of videos, my son is stubborn. He loves loves loves counting on his hands and I'm trying so hard to get a video of it. No go so far because he has stage fright. As soon as he sees the camera on he just stares at me. He has had a sort of rough week with day care, but he was in this AMAZING mood when I got home this evening. We've been learning how to make "animal faces" so we did that for like an hour tonight. HILARIOUS :) Now he's in bed, hopefully asleep. His grandpa bought him Finding Nemo tonight, so he was dancing around the house going "NEEE-MO! NEEE-MO!! YAY!" with the DVD case in the air. He's so cool :)

I bitch, moan, and complain about waking up every morning during the week and I'm completely paralyzed the first 10 minutes after my alarm goes off. But today, I am home from work because of the ice that's conveniently covering the South right now (while all you asshole Northerners get our 70° January weather..thieves.).
This is what it looks like outside, right now..

Snow? NO. Solid ice. SOLID as in INCHES THICK. I am so over you, Winter. I went to work yesterday because my parents took me. Me, drive, in the ice? No. I actually made it on time too. So today, I hit snooze more times than what is considered healthy, woke up, realized I could never make it to work on time thank to the solid ice driveway. I even tried to drive to work eventually and gave up almost half way. Wonderful experience..not really. So I'm home, and Brian brought Nick home to me from daycare and I think he's running a fever :( He's napping, so I'll check him when he gets up.

I'm even wearing an OSU shirt right now. OSU-Tulsa because I support my boyfriend, not the university. He thought he was funny getting us matching ones but it's really comfortable and on the back it says "HIREOSUGRADS.COM" so I'm doing him a favor and acting as a walking billboard!! It's like the year of unexpected changes..I'm wearing orange.

I'm finally catching up on all my bills. Cell phone's current, daycare's paid in advance, for two weeks! Things are still flowing smoothly. I'd die other wise!

Oh and pictures from my girls' weekend keep popping up on myspace. It's scary..

That's a LIME in my mouth. I have good teeth, I swear it!

I got to spend a lot of time w/Nick this weekend. I even did a no-no and kept him from his dad on Sunday. I MISSED HIM. It's good to know that even though I'm working pretty much 45-50+ hours a week, I still get two solid days with him every now and then. I have training for work this weekend (POINTLESS), and he'll be at his dad's, but I get him the next two nights :)