Sometimes it is just a miserable, depressing drizzle. That's what May has been like... Really it's been that way since the thirtieth of April. That's when we found out Collin would be losing his job, permanently. Then a week later we found out the definite date in which he'd be losing his job. It has been rather stressful, and as much as I try to avoid the stress it's there. It also doesn't help that this last month at work has been almost beyond Hell. It's not that I expect anything to be easy, because that's not the way life is, I just wish the peaceful periods were a little bit longer. Much like the weather here these last couple weeks, it seems to be dark, gloomy, nasty and raining much more than it is sunny and gorgeous. Makes me remember to not take those sunny days for granted.
My hair is driving me mad. I don't know what I am going to do about it. My hair chick is now in Ohio, and I am full of trepidation at the thought of trying to find another person to do my hair and do it well. She set the bar high, and I miss her terribly (not just for my hair's sake either).
Today I had planned on bouncing over to the coast to surprise Kristina with birthday wishes, but that train of good intentions got violently derailed Friday night. I had finished getting dinner ready to go in the oven (homemade supreme pizza with turkey pepperoni, red and green bell peppers, onions, olives, and cheese!) and I heard my phone beep. I assumed it was Collin texting me to let me know he was leaving work. Turns out he had already done that a few minutes before, and he was texting me to let me know the effing car wouldn't start.... Even after one of his work pals gave him a jump it wouldn't start. So he needed me to come pick him up. I brought the voltmeter with me along with all the other tools I knew came from his car, and we checked the battery when I got there. The battery was fine. I had him try starting it while I was there (I am one of those audio/visual people when it comes to some things), and our best guess was it was the starter. We came home and began trying to find a starter for the car. Our best bet was AutoZone and they couldn't get one until Tuesday. Cart before horse, we still needed to make sure that it was in fact the starter that was giving us problems. So we got up at the ass crack of dawn (which sucked all the more for me because I was really looking forward to sleeping in Saturday) and headed up to Wilsonville so we could pull the starter and take it to the nearest AutoZone in Newberg, still leaving time to get Collin back in time for work. AutoZone tested the starter and while electrically-speaking it tested good, the guy could see clearly that it wasn't spinning at all because the bearing had seized (flash back to January when we were having the other issues with the Toyota and we had the starter tested and the guy had warned us that the bearing was going out). It was one of those moments when I was ecstatic that a part was bad in my car. It's much easier to deal with when you know what's wrong with a vehicle.
After that I dropped Collin off for work and went about taking care of things that needed to be handled and then went and got Collin from work at seven. Today he started a new schedule and he just took the truck to work (obviously leaving me without a vehicle; his car is dead at work), as he will again tomorrow. His new schedule (probably for the remainder of his days with the company) is back to four tens Friday thru Monday. Tomorrow the forecast says it should be dry, and I pray that it's right since I will be riding my bike to work. My teleporting skills are a wee bit dodgy still... My luck and I would end up in the jungles of Brazil...
Tuesday Collin is off, so he can ride with me (and Renee) to work, and then take the truck. The part will be in on that day. Due to this I canceled my appointment to get more fillings done and rescheduled for the 1st. This way, after work, we can go up to Wilsonville and put the starter in and (since Collin can't drive both cars at once) we can each drive our respective cars home.
Yay! Oh, to be an adult...
This next week should be a ball at work. Last week of an extremely short month. I am so excited for my upcoming three day weekend (thank you Memorial Day!), especially since Collin will be off the entire weekend with me! Saturday or Sunday we are going to the coast to visit the family. Hopefully we will be popping into town to see Kristina too!
I need to start posting on here again more regularly; it's a good outlet for my stress, and I know my faithful readers have missed me! Just be warned that the next couple months they may get sort of weird; stress does that to me.... OooOooOoo, sunshine! And in the time it took me to type that it went away... Sad, but so very Oregon.
XOXO,
Gossip Girl
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Oops. Wrong blog... Tehehe! (Made you smile and/or laugh!)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
200th Post: Double The Epic-ness of 100
First, HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST AND DEAREST FRIEND, KRISTINA! I love you, and wish you a spectacularly awesome everything!
Second, I am attempting to publish a word on in the Urban Dictionary; titty pits. There are similar terms in there, but not this one. Here is the definition I submitted to them:
Second, I am attempting to publish a word on in the Urban Dictionary; titty pits. There are similar terms in there, but not this one. Here is the definition I submitted to them:
Titty Pits
Refers to the crevice located beneath moobs where sweat and dead skin cells create a playground for bacteria, and can create body odor unlike any armpit.
"What's that smell? Are you wearing deodorant at all?"
"Yes, I am... *sniff sniff* Oh, it's my titty pits."
"Yes, I am... *sniff sniff* Oh, it's my titty pits."
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...
... Have been overly abundant and quite stressful. Which is partially why I haven't posted in almost three weeks. Turmoil and upheaval tend to make me focus more internally and "shut off" from the outside world. Heck, even my Facebook statuses have been rather far and few between.
So, where to begin....
How about with what has caused these drastic changes? In February of this year Collin's company filed for chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. On April 30th, they announced that the court did not accept any of their plans for restructuring the company, and liquidation was set to begin within the next two weeks (for any non-business saavy readers this equals bye-bye company... FOR GOOD). We found out at this time that Collin's job would obviously be ending sometime in the next two to three months. Then, a week to the day after the announcement was made, (so May 7th for those of you on drugs) Collin got his sixty day notice. His official last day will be July 9th. Yea, it's sad... Really, really sad because a ton of really awesome people at his work are now going to be unemployed. I hope and wish they all find amazing jobs.
Honestly? I am really not stressing over this. If worst comes to worst, and Collin doesn't get a job right away, we'll be okay. Thankfully, we have paid off a bunch of stuff in this last year (since the last time he was laid off by the company), so we will be financially okay. Plus he can also whore himself out to employment agencies and that will help. At first it was too much to take in, but now, having gone over a worst-case-scenario budget and planning the next couple months of what to pay off and so forth, it is extremely manageable. Another upside to all of this: Hopefully when he gets something new, we will have weekends together again! So, don't worry about me!
Let's see, that has really been the focal point of everything going on right now. I did land an interview with ODFW last month, it went well, but they went with another candidate. Oh well. When I am meant to get a new job and leave this one it will happen. For now I am at peace with my position and the apparent security I have with the company. This doesn't mean I am not looking at State jobs, I'm just not stressing on it. I know that when I find the right position it will all meld together perfectly.
Today I get to take a long lunch and go have my teeth cleaned (need to take advantage of the dental benefits while I can!). Speaking of, sadly with all the upheaval, until the seas have calmed I will not be getting my implant surgery as planned. Sucky, I know, but that's life. I still have ten months until I would have to get the prices re-quoted, and as we can see from the last three weeks of my life it can all change in the blink of an eye. Who knows where the next month could take us? Or even the next hour...
Now, before I get too much deeper and philosophical (wow, I spelled that right... It's one of those words that always looks like I spelled it wrong...) I need to get to work. Peace out bitches! The next post has to be epic; it'll be my TWO HUNDREDTH POST!!! OoOoOo, I am going to take a look back at post #100 when I am done with this... (looking now....) If you want you can check it out, it was fairly epic news: 100th Posting
So, where to begin....
How about with what has caused these drastic changes? In February of this year Collin's company filed for chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. On April 30th, they announced that the court did not accept any of their plans for restructuring the company, and liquidation was set to begin within the next two weeks (for any non-business saavy readers this equals bye-bye company... FOR GOOD). We found out at this time that Collin's job would obviously be ending sometime in the next two to three months. Then, a week to the day after the announcement was made, (so May 7th for those of you on drugs) Collin got his sixty day notice. His official last day will be July 9th. Yea, it's sad... Really, really sad because a ton of really awesome people at his work are now going to be unemployed. I hope and wish they all find amazing jobs.
Honestly? I am really not stressing over this. If worst comes to worst, and Collin doesn't get a job right away, we'll be okay. Thankfully, we have paid off a bunch of stuff in this last year (since the last time he was laid off by the company), so we will be financially okay. Plus he can also whore himself out to employment agencies and that will help. At first it was too much to take in, but now, having gone over a worst-case-scenario budget and planning the next couple months of what to pay off and so forth, it is extremely manageable. Another upside to all of this: Hopefully when he gets something new, we will have weekends together again! So, don't worry about me!
Let's see, that has really been the focal point of everything going on right now. I did land an interview with ODFW last month, it went well, but they went with another candidate. Oh well. When I am meant to get a new job and leave this one it will happen. For now I am at peace with my position and the apparent security I have with the company. This doesn't mean I am not looking at State jobs, I'm just not stressing on it. I know that when I find the right position it will all meld together perfectly.
Today I get to take a long lunch and go have my teeth cleaned (need to take advantage of the dental benefits while I can!). Speaking of, sadly with all the upheaval, until the seas have calmed I will not be getting my implant surgery as planned. Sucky, I know, but that's life. I still have ten months until I would have to get the prices re-quoted, and as we can see from the last three weeks of my life it can all change in the blink of an eye. Who knows where the next month could take us? Or even the next hour...
Now, before I get too much deeper and philosophical (wow, I spelled that right... It's one of those words that always looks like I spelled it wrong...) I need to get to work. Peace out bitches! The next post has to be epic; it'll be my TWO HUNDREDTH POST!!! OoOoOo, I am going to take a look back at post #100 when I am done with this... (looking now....) If you want you can check it out, it was fairly epic news: 100th Posting
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