This
weekend was rather unexciting to tell you the truth, but sometimes these are
the best weekends of all. I had to work
on Saturday which isn’t terribly fun, but you have to make the most of what is
given to you. We managed to get caught
up on the registrations for programs starting on Monday, and for any
registrations that were turned in late for last week. I didn’t encounter too many problems overall
which always puts me in a good mood since that streamlines my data entry. The most irritating thing we came across all
day was 4 registrations that came with a cover letter from a woman that
referred to herself in the third person.
Why this woman couldn’t write out what she needed in plain English is
beyond me, but based on the writing I would say she most likely works in the
law firm and doesn’t understand the concept of grammar. It took a broad interpretation of the letter
in conjunction with the completed registrations by no less than three
individuals in order to construe what exactly it was that she was trying to
say. This is why education needs more
support to help people succeed in life!
I
ended my shift well satisfied with the amount of work I had completed. I also managed to catch up on the hours I had
been missing during the week without working more than 4 hours! If Deza doesn’t work 40 hours, then Deza
doesn’t get paid 40 hours and that makes Deza very sad indeed. I can’t afford to miss work because I’m
already living paycheck to paycheck.
Today
we didn’t do too much. Ashley came
downstairs early in the morning again so she slept with me a while. When she decided it was time to wake up, she
wanted to watch cartoons, which was fine with me. I turned on TPT and saw THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT for the first time
ever. What a riot! This was almost as good as my favorite shows
of all time, The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. Maybe I shouldn’t start talking about the
Muppets or I’ll be stuck at the computer all night long. I own seasons 1 and 2 of the Muppets, and now
is probably a good time to look for a deal on other collections. Actually I just did and it appears the best
deal is Wal-Mart using the ship to store feature. I can live with paying $21.96 versus $39.99
for another collection of my favorite show!
Not only that, but according to muppetcentral.com, Season 4 should be
coming out on DVD this year! This is too
much excitement for me this late at night, so I’ll just have to make a reminder
to look at my financials later in the week and decide if I can buy it now.
After
breakfast, Ashley and I went to Sam’s Club with my mom to get the
essentials. If I’m going to buy diapers,
I have to do it in bulk so at least I pay less per diaper. Today we switched from Pampers which Ashley
has used since birth to Sam’s Club brand.
I saved $10 on a case of diapers while getting 4 diapers more than
normal. In these hard times every penny
counts, even though $10 is not even a quarter of a tank of gas. After Sam’s Club, Ashley and I went to a few
different stores looking for some sandals for her to wear with the flower
girl’s dress for my cousin Rae’s wedding.
I just couldn’t find any off-white sandals, and the sandals I saw were
all wedges. I’m sorry but why in the
world are they making little girl sandals with a heel/wedge over an inch
tall? I’m a 26 year old professional
female and I can’t walk in heels over an inch tall! Well I bought the sandals just in case we
don’t find anything more reasonable before the wedding, she can always wear
regular shoes after the ceremony and pictures.
I found another pair of shoes that were so cute, but they just wouldn’t
go with an off-white dress. They are
Rocketdog Mary Janes in black Thai silk; the model is ‘memories’. They make them in adult shoes, but Rocketdog
is a brand known for having exceedingly narrow shoes which doesn’t go over with
people like me with wider than average feet.
It is really too bad since they are nice looking shoes.
After
I made the purchases, we came home and Ashley went straight to bed for her
nap. Not even a peep out of her for 4
hours, but she has always been an excellent napper. By this time I had a throbbing headache which
made me realize I forgot my medication this morning. Ni modo since I can’t take it after 10 in the
morning without having worse side effects.
The only thing I can do when this happens is take two asprin and have a
nap myself. I slept for about an hour
and woke up on my own without a headache.
Score! I didn’t get the cleaning
done that I was hoping to do, but since Kay will be here tomorrow making a mess
out of the family room anyway it wasn’t all that important. I had nachos for an afternoon snack since I
wasn’t hungry enough for lunch then I puttered around on the internet updating
my resumes and online profiles. Now that
July is almost here I have to prepare for the end of my employment with the
non-profit at the end of the summer season.
I can’t wait around and hope that I’ll be offered full time. I know at this point that employers find
someone with a job much more attractive than someone out of work for whatever
reason.
Alberto
called during dinner and we wished him a happy Father’s Day. Ashley even talked to him for a few minutes
and told him that she loved him. I know
it did him good to hear that from her.
After dinner Ashley and I went for a walk with my mom. I’m happy that I have a good relationship
with my mom since I’ve gotten older. We
got to talking about financial things and looking for a permanent position when
I mentioned that I had seen more employment application paperwork lying around
lately for my dad. Dad has been out of
work for 2 years and 6 months at this point.
His unemployment benefits ended about a month ago so my parents are
hurting trying to make ends meet. I know
dad is depressed because he feels worthless as a non-contributing member of the
family, but I haven’t seen him do much to change that either.
Anyway,
at my comment about the application paperwork, mom said that was her
doing. Since I was curious, I asked
why. She said that she’d told dad if he
didn’t get cracking and find a job she would divorce him. Mom said that a marriage is a partnership and
both people need to contribute or the void would destroy what was there. She said that she could not and would not
support him so he could do nothing but sit around all day. She is not making enough money to cover all
the bills and their savings are not going to last forever. He needs to do something, anything, or she
was going to find a lawyer. My mom was
dead serious so I hope for his sake he gets his act together and finds a
job. This is about survival, not about
finding a job that is fulfilling or within your field. Dad has been talking about retiring since he
‘couldn’t’ find a job, but guess what?
If you’re not 61 and 9 months old, you don’t get squat. Dad is only 59 as of a few months ago, so he
better hustle.
Another
happy ending to yet another blog post.
Hopefully I’m not plagued by the same weird dream I had during my nap
today. I’ll have to look at my dream
oraculum to see what it meant since that book is so entertaining. Sometimes it’s spooky how spot on the hidden
meaning is. Maybe I’ll include an
example in tomorrow’s post!
Ciao
Spanish
words/phrases from this post:
No
sirve: (it) doesn’t work
chupon:
pacifier
Ni
modo: oh well, whatever
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