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It’s my Friday! Well, it’s my last work day of the week! Very shortly, I will be jumping in the shower, getting ready for work and then making sure I’ve packed everything I need. I need to remember a sweater or two as well. I hear it’s about 10 degrees colder where I’m going. Which is fine, I don’t mind wearing a sweater or sweatshirt.
I am so bloody excited for this weekend, it’s unreal! I am going to be doing some Blogthings and post dating them for the weekend. Just in case I don’t get to a computer and cannot blog. I do not want to miss my Blog365 thing.
I’ll be back to the Ville on Sunday sometime, most likely the evening. The girls know something is going on cause I have our two bags in my room all packed up and ready to go pretty much. I’ll just be adding the toilettries this morning.
I have their leashes and harnesses ready to go too, sitting on the dining room table. They will not only go batshit cause I get home from work tonight, but will go batshit cause as soon as I get home, I’ll be putting on their harnesses hahaha
Wang finally has a loss for the season. He was 6 and 0 last night and then the Indians beat the Yankees and now he has a loss on his record. I believe he was the only starter for the Yankees with a perfect record up until now. If the schedule goes how I’m thinking it’s going to go, I’ll get to see Andy Pettite pitch the Tigers on Saturday. YAY!
I hope ya’ll have a great weekend. I’ll see you on the other side of it!
Until next time…
It’s raining a bit right now. I can hear rumbles of thunder in the distance. I’m sitting here eating some chips and drinking some water.
I’m not going to that meeting tonight. I decided I have too much to do and I want to sleep early tonight. I have to finish packing for me, pack for the girls and then go downstairs and put their car seats back together and secure it there in the car.
I’ve been home for about 30 minutes. I’m just exhausted. I really need to get to work on getting that packing done, so I’m not running super late tomorrow night when I head up north. I want to be able to come home, grab my bags, put them in the car and then get the girls, put them in the car and hit the road.
My BFF in Vegas and I got into a bit of a tiff this morning. She really hurt my feelings. She called me a bit ago and apologized for coming down on me as hard as she did this morning. We talked it out and we are right as rain.
I had called her this morning to let her know Owner was wanting to give me an offer, so that they do not lose me where I’m at. She went OFF. I mean. She talked to me like I was one of her children and basically left the impression she did not believe in me and my decision making processes. It was a horrible conversation. As I stewed on it most of the day, I got more and more upset. But I’m glad we got it worked out.
OK, I am going to go start packing and drive my dogs batshit crazy. YAY!
Until next time….
I slept last night. I mean. Seriously. I slept straight through, waking up only once to go potty. I slept from about 10pm until my alarm went off at 6:15 (yeah, that’s the second alarm). WHEEEE It felt great. I wish I would have woken up feeling as great as I slept, but I’m taking baby steps here! Baby steps, my friends!
I’m about 75% packed for my trip tomorrow up to Indy. I packed one pair of shorts (I do NOT wear shorts all that often) a pair of jeans (I’ll put another pair in there before leaving) and a fuckton of tank tops. I also threw a few of my Yankees shirts in there. Of course. Did you doubt that?
Tonight, when I get home from the birthday meeting, I’m going to put together the bag for the girls and a few more items for me (shoes, toilettries, etc). I’ll be ready. I may have to pack a FEW items here when I get home to pick up the girls tomorrow after work. I’m sooooo excited!!!! I’ll be packing my kick ass camera and 300 zoom lens as well.
I emailed the information I promised the owner last night. And I also looked at that website he gave me. I’m going to keep looking at that. I found a few cute little places. But one of them is cute on the outside and parts of the inside. And has a hardwood ceiling. WTF is that about? I understand hardwood floors. As a matter of fact, I LOVE hardwood floors. But a hardwood ceiling? Someone needs to explain that one to me LOL
For the last several months, I knew something would “pop” eventually. I just had to keep walking forward and doing what I was doing. Never in a million years, did I expect to be where I’m at right now. One definite job offer, one possibly BETTER job offer and another one wanting an interview with me. WOW! That’s all I can say.
Before going to sleep last night, I thanked God profusely. I thanked Him for walking with me, guiding me and I thanked him for all the love and support I’ve gotten from my friends and readers. I believe in the power of prayer. I believe ya’ll who prayed for me and sent me positive energy helped me get to where I’m at right now. I love you and I appreciate every encouraging word you’ve ever left in my comments or in email when you’ve emailed me to show your support.
What I find ironic (not really tho) is that in my real life circle of friends there were (besides GA people) two people constantly praying for me and sending me positive thoughts, as well as calling me regularly to check on me. In the blogging world? I had countless people supporting me. Emails, comments, prayers, even posts on their own blogs. How blessed I am to have you people in my life. Thank you.
Until next time…
When I got to the office this morning, BOC came to me and said that Owner wanted to meet with me today. I snarkily said “yeah? I’ve been hearing that for two weeks now.” BOC laughed at me and said, no, it’s definitely happening today.
Whatev. I went to work. I then realized I left ALL of my research materials here at the apartment. I had stopped carrying all that stuff with me when I gave up on chasing the owner down. CRAP!
I went online and did some research and printed a bunch of stuff up.
Of course, he made me wait until the end of the day. I finally sat down in his office at 5:15 (he had asked me to wait). I did not leave his office until 6pm.
I did research on Marketing Asst II, Admin III and Marketing Database Analyst. I took those three salary averages for the Lexington area and averaged them out. This is what I was going to ask for.
I highlighted the job duties that I am currently doing within each section of the thing I typed up. At the end of it I wrote “I believe I’m doing a mix of all three jobs. Since I don’t technically have a job title yet, I figured I’d research all 3″
He LOVED that. He thanked me for doing research on it and coming in prepared and knowing what I need and want. I guess he’s not used to that in his employees.
We talked a bit about what I’m currently doing, some other stuff he would want me to do in the future and then what I did in Vegas. he was very impressed with my history at Metro. We talked about how I’m currently doing up an instructional/procedure manual for the database I’m using, just in case IF this does not work out, someone can come in and follow my book and be able to do what I do. He looked shocked and said “You’ve done these manuals before?” And I said “Oh yeah, I did them all the time in Vegas and since being here I did three emergency procedure manuals for three different office buildings in Louisville.” His response? “Very impressive!”
They offer medical insurance wherein the company pays 50% of the premiums and what not, a company matched 401k and time off whenever I need it. He said he was struggling with the amount I asked for though and would need to think about stuff, although he said he thinks I’m worth even more than what I’m asking for - the only problem is finding the money to pay me what I’m worth.
We then discussed the job duties and I let him know I have a document here at home, listing everything I’ve been doing and as BOC and Papa Grumpy give me more, I add to this list. He asked me to email it to him tonight, so I’m going too.
He asked me for a drop dead date on getting this offer. I told him Monday morning, that would give the FD time to find a replacement if I choose this offer over them. He said OK. He also thanked me for giving him the weekend so he can sit down and come up with a great offer for me.
On my way out of the office, I saw a folder that said “Owner Properties”….OH he does property management too!!! so I turned and said “You do real estate stuff too, right?” he said “Yes I do.” I said “Do you have any houses available that are NOT in the hood and would you accept animals?” He said he has 2 available right now, in good areas. Dogs are not a problem. I then asked him if he had patio homes and he said….are you ready?
“I don’t currently, but I could go out and buy you one.”
I almost fell over. And I said “uhhh” and then said “Oh I do that all the time. I buy an investment property for a family member or friend and then rent that house to them. They do a lease option and end up being the owner of it.” and then he said “ooooh, maybe I could help you out that way too?”
And I said “possibly!”
So he gave me his email address, asked me to email the job duties and my resume and then gave me a website to go find a patio home that I like ROFLMAO
I think the meeting went very well and I’ve never had this feeling before “I’m in demand. People WANT me to work with them!”
And then I got home and there’s a message from some place I sent my resume too and they want me to come in for an interview. I’ll be calling her in the morning. ROFLMAO
Until next time….
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I forgot to take my meds yesterday. Yeah. The Lexapro, Zantac and my cold/sinus stuff. I left the house and halfway to Lexington I realize I forgot them. Ooops. I’m taking them right now as I type this, so that I do not forget a second day in a row!
I slept like crap again, which is getting annoying to me. I also woke up all congested and achy again. I have NEVER been this sick this many times in my entire life. It’s pissing in my wheaties. Seriously. However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel in the fact I will soon have medical insurance and be able to go to a doctor for all my little aches, pains and problems I’m having. WHEEEE
Tonight after work, I get to drive my dogs crazy. How, you ask? I am going to be packing for my weekend tonight. Wednesday night I have a birthday meeting to go too after work and then Thursday is the evening I leave. Tonight will be the only night I have a chance to do it.
What a wonderful way to celebrate my new job offer!!! I get to see Miss Monique AND I get to go see the Yankees play in Detroit. Can’t get much better than that! Actually. It could be that I was going to NYC to see the Yankees play. Beggars can’t be choosers, right?
I’m going to be packing a bag for the girls (food, toys, water dish, etc) and then a bag for me. I’m going to try to pack light for myself. I tend to over pack. I’m a girl, so I give myself room to wiggle with the packing thing LOL
Chloe is so weird. She’s currently playing with this soccer ball I bought them and she’s twisting her body into weird positions to chew on it. LOL It’s quite funny. However, I am about to take said ball away from her because it squeeks. Oh my!
Must get ready for work now. Including today? I have 7 more days that I have to drive to Lexington for work. Can I tell you how fucking happy this makes me? LOL
Until next time….
Post title, from Seasons of Love (again) from the Rent movie soundtrack
I’m still just as excited, if not more, than I was when I got the call this morning. The call came at 8:47 as I was pulling into Lexington.
I will be working 8am to 4pm, Monday thru Friday. I know what my hourly wage will be. I know what types of benefits they offer. My orientation is Monday the 19th. My first day at the actual job is May 20th. If you somehow missed my last post (don’t fuss - some people do) May 19th is the birthday of my friend Todd who passed away almost 3 years ago. How fitting and perfect it is.
I felt relief wash over me for hours after that phone call. I talked to the BOC when I got in and I let him know, verbally, that my last day will be the 16th. He freaked the fuck out. He told me he wants to talk to The Owner and would come back with a better offer. I told him my shift ended at 5pm. I needed to hear something today. I never heard from the owner. While BOC DID try to get a hold of him, I heard him several times leaving messages, the Owner did not show up.
It helped cement the decision in my head. I’m doing what is right for me. Period. I’m going for the FD job. I’ve waited a long time for this job and it’s finally happening. This is the job I REALLY wanted when I first moved here.
While the salary is not enough to cover all my bills, it is more than I’m currently making. It will also be more convenient for me to supplement this income with a 2nd job (think of Boss Lady and Boss Man). I’m also still going to look into the Virtual Assistant thing and contracting out my Admin prowess.
The benefits look like they RAWK! I got an email with the office acceptance letter, on letterhead and everything! I got that along with a brochure explaining all the benefits and the plans they offer. I’ll be choosing one on May 19th when I go in for orientation.
I do not HAVE to move until my lease is up in October. I’m choosing not to move until at least October. I will then find myself a nice once bedroom apartment. I’ll start looking in July or August though, cause I need to give this place 60 days notice. I’ll be out of this apartment and “the hood” by the 25th of October.
I’m exhausted, but I’m in a fantastic mood. I’m ready for this exhaustion to be gone. I don’t think I’ve EVER looked as forward to making a doctor’s appointment as I do right now. I’ll be making my first doctor’s appointment within my first 2 weeks. Unfortunately, the insurance they offer is NOT covered by the same doctor/place I’ve been too since I moved here. So I’ll have to find another doctor I’m comfy with. But I will have insurance and will be able to do that! WHEEEEEEE
One more Monday night that keeps me out until 9pm. One more Monday where I leave my apartment between 7:30 and 7:45 in the morning to drive for an hour and 15 minutes. ONE MORE. Seven more working days (I’m off this Friday for my trip up north) until I no longer have to drive 150 or more miles in a day. YAY!!!!!!
Until next time….
I’ve never been a big believer in coincidence. I believe every think happens, on God’s schedule. I go through certain things and I learn as I go. The pain and anguish I feel while going through that evolution, are considered (to me) growing pains.
For the last several months, I have been in a financial bind. It’s been horrible. It’s been depressing and it’s been a pain in the ass. Yet, through the whole thing, I’ve vented my feelings on here, I’ve taken some advice from you, my readers, my GA family and my blood related family. I would wake up every morning, bitch and moan while doing it, get ready for work and drive here to Lexington for this job.
I got a phone call today on my cell phone as I was pulling into Lexington. It was someone from the local FD. Yeah, the place I tested for in October, interviewed for in November, polygraph tested for in March and authorized an out of state background check for. Yeah. THAT Fire Department.
They want to me to start on May 19, 2008. WOOOOOOT! First, let me say that if I had not been driving, I would have done a happy dance right then and there. After I hung with the lady, I cried with relief and thanked God profusely. I then called mom and GB.
The coincidence I’m getting at here, eventually I will get to it, is that May 19th is Todd’s birthday. Yeah. THAT Todd. The Todd I am always missing. The Todd who never leaves my thoughts, 24/7. MY Todd. Will to my Grace. MY Will. MY Jack. His birthday. Yup. That’s the one.
I am near tears as I type this because I am grateful and I feel loved. I feel love from God, my family, my friends, my GA family and most of all, right now, I feel Todd’s love. I feel him surrounding me. I feel him speaking to me through my heart. I’m sure if I were to close my eyes, I would see him standing there, in all his Diva glory, bowling a strike. I know it. I can feel it.
Until next time…
I’m posting now, because I need to stay in this Blog365 thing and I don’t know if I’ll get to a post later tonight. Mondays are my super long days, wherein I leave here at like 7:45 and do not get home until about 9:30. I go to a meeting after work, so I won’t make it home before that meeting.
While I’m feeling OK this morning, even though I’m still a little congested and what not, I just do not want to go to work. I do not want to drive to Lexington. Does this mean that I won’t drive to Lexington? No. I will drive to Lex. I will drive there, kick ass at my job, take some names while kicking said ass and then head to my meeting tonight after work. Cause that’s how I roll.
No matter how unhappy I am right now with the drive, I enjoy the people I work with. Their insanity makes me feel pretty good about myself. LOL Even after 15 years on a police department, I don’t remember ever working with such dysfunction in my life.
While sometimes it’s fun, it gets a little irritating. Just ask Miss Monique. I email her all day long “Oh my God, they are screaming at each other again. BOC and Papa Grumpy are at it again.” She gets to see it all.
I’ve never worked with a small, family owned business before and so this is a whole new world for me to be in. While entertaining and annoying, it keeps me on my toes and I’m wondering if I’ll get to sit with the owner anytime soon?
For a week, I sought him out every chance I got. And everytime, he was not available and too busy to talk. I gave up last week. I stopped looking for him and I stopped caring. I decided I would just go in there, do what I need to do and then leave at the end of the day. If something is going to pop with this company, it will do it in God’s time, not mine.
I’ve also been sending my resume up north to a few companies here and there. I also have a packet to fill out for a federal job in their District Court. I’ll be doing that a little bit each day throughout the week.
I’m counting the days until I head north to spend Thursday evening with Miss Monique and then Friday we are heading even further north into territory I have never been. I will have my camera, that’s for sure.
I also need to pimp myself out here. I am an Administrative Professional. I work in Excel, Word and different databases all day long. If you, or someone else you know, needs some help with a spreadsheet or document in Word, let me know via email. You can click on the “contact me” button or email me at sodapoplv at gmail dot com. I charge a minimum of $35 an hour (in case I have to buy some ink for the printer or some software).
I’m going to figure out how to market myself and start contracting out some services (get your minds out of the gutter.)
I was tested by a temp agency for my proficiency in Word and Excel. I received a 93% in Word and a 90% in Excel. I also type 88 word per minute and my keystrokes per hour are about 12k.
Until next time…
OK. I’ve been talking about this for ages it seems. I’ve done nothing but think it to death all day today. I’m not making this a password protected post, because since the information is now public (meaning the person it’s about knows), I’m not going to hide anymore. If they find my blog, they find my blog.
The person I am attracted to has a girlfriend. Errr, let me rephrase that. The person I’m attracted to has told me that they are in a relationship with someone they recently met. Hmph. Female? Male? Either way, he’s spoken for. So that means I have to suddenly (RIGHT!!!!) turn off my crush and act “normal” in the GA meetings/functions I see him at.
Who makes these rules anyway? Rule #1 - if your crush is committed or taken or spoken for, you must not feel anything for them ever again. Fuck you. I was told by a GA member today, when I was discussing it that I needed to turn my feelings off and be his friend. OK. I will be his friend, I will walk beside him in recovery. I promise. I will. But to turn off my feelings for him and just act like I’m totally over it? Fuck you. Oh. I repeated myself.
I’ve been digesting all of this information today and then I talked to a GA member who is NOT my sponsor and then I talked to my local sponsor. My sponsor made me feel so much better about the situation. He, of course, threw some program shit at me that I did not want to hear. But it’s what I needed to hear. I heard it and I’m digesting it. The words I remember:
- Mature of both of you to discuss it this way
- Proud of you for doing this
- Wouldn’t you want a strong friendship before jumping into something else anyway?
- Keep your chin up and see what happens
- It was very honest of both of you to bring it to light the way you did.
So instead of focusing on the Mr./Mrs. Negativity who keep telling me I need to just get over this guy, I’m focusing on what GB said to me.
He did jokingly tell me I should have just planted a kiss on the guy and then take it from there. I told him that the old me would have. The old me would have gotten my ass up to Indy the weekend after I met him, instead of waiting almost 3 weeks to get up there to re-connect. The old me would have thrown myself at him and made a complete fool of Sodapop. And Miss Sodapop don’t do that anymore.
While I am extremely disappointed, my feelings are hurt a bit and it’s NOT what I wanted to hear, what a beautiful thing to be able to express myself and he express himself, honestly, up frontly and with integrity.
I am still disappointed.
Until next time…