July 2009 Weddings
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B&M Wednesday
Go for it ladies!
ETA: changed the title... apparently today is so bad it feels like Monday.
Re: B&M Wednesday
I woke up at 6am today after a 12 hour day on campus yesterday so I could get to the service center when it opened for an oil change. It was annoying, but whatever... needed to be done. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes the tech came in to say that my drive belt is on its last leg and needs replacement badly in addition to a couple other things. Total repair bill? $350.00!!
That might not be a lot of money to some people, but after paying for my wisdom teeth removal completely out of pocket this summer and then another car issue 4 months ago, our emergency fund is gone. Not to mention I just had to buy my books and materials for this semester. We don't exactly have spare cash right now.
When I called Steve he flipped out. Even now, I just talked to him and he sounds terrible. Like someone told him he'll never have vacation again.
I managed to talk to the tech and look at the car myself (thank God my Dad taught me something about cars!) and we determined that most of the stuff could wait until the next oil change. I still had to pay $160 for the drive belt and oil change, but that's better than $350.
To top it all off, when I got home I grabbed a quick snack and bit my tongue so hard it's bleeding.
Today sucks.
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Ummm....I think it is Wednesday, but i'm down for a B&M
It got colder here, and its ridiculous because it's still warm for winter here but it feels so so cold because it's been unseasonably warm.
I don't have much going on this week and I'm bored already.
Kenzie was a little stinker for her Dad last night while I went to yoga. I hate that because I feel bad for him because he's worked all day and I don't want him to resent me getting out of the house occasionally in the evenings.
We have some decisions to make this weekend about moving...I'm excited for the possibility, but upset because I don't know what I'm going to do with my cheerleaders. It's tearing me apart.
It snowed, and it's -2 degrees outside.
I don't understand how I can send an email at LEAST 5 times after a person requests it AGAIN, and then I will still get another email asking for the information again! WTF people, read your damn emails...pay attention, FILE IT. I don't send you YOUR information for the fun of it.
I really don't know why I bother coming into the office. It's useless and as soon as I get here I want to go home. Also, my productivity here sucks.
M had put aside studying for the CFA exam when his Dad got sick - understandable - so he just started studying again last week. He gets home around 7, inhales dinner and then studies until I go to bed. I'm sick of entertaining myself already. It's going to be a long winter.
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I hate the closets in our new place, in our house we each had our own small walk in closet in the master bathroom. In this house we have one small walk in closet in the bedroom that we have to share and NOTHING fits in it! I feel like this house is much smaller overall and I'm seriously missing MY house and sad that we had to leave it and now it's about to be someone else's. And don't even get me started on the fact that we are renting here, so I don't feel like this is "my" house at all.
My morning, I mean all day, sickness had gone away for a few days, today it's back in full force, and while I'm hungry, food sounds awful right now. On the flipside, I'm glad to be sick again, it makes me worry a little less and helps me to think everything is okay.
There are still boxes everywhere and I have no motivation to unpack or try to fight the losing battle of getting rid of the empty ones.
I wish I had some energy, I really feel like I should be exercising, I mean even just going for a walk around the block or something, but I'm so tired that it just sounds like an awful idea.
I hate being single... I mean dont get me wrong, life is good considering all else. I am blessed at work, have awesome friendships and a great social life. I even enjoy a lot of my alone time on weeknights and am comfortable in solitude, but I miss affection, I miss having someone to sleep next to and to go to church with, to talk about my day with... it gets lonely. You think you found it and then boom, it up and leaves... then you finally get back out there wounded and scarred and ready to try and again and it just doesn't make any sense. It just seems like there isn't anyone else who is perfect for me and for who I am perfect for... Sigh.
On top of all of that, my teaching credential is now expired and the state of California is a joke in terms of red tape so getting it extended is a pain in the ars... I may have to take a week or two off of school or at sub pay until it's straightened out... which is like half my normal income... and a break in health benefits...
I want to move back home... but the teaching market is scary and not sure about it... I live alone, 100 miles from my best friends and 70 miles from any family...
My showerhead is broken and I have no idea how to fix it...
It just isnt fair.... but again, considering all of that, for me to be relatively happy and content in life in general (though still wishing for more), is a miracle.
How does this work? Here you have an "interim teaching certificate" and you have two years to get the equivalent of one school year worth of teaching experience which can be subbing, a position, etc. And then you apply for your "permanent teaching certificate" with the recommendation of an administrator, which never expires once you have it.
I know it seems like life always kicks you when you are down, but hang in there. As I said before you are one of the most positive people I *know* despite all you have been though. I think you are an amazing person and an amazing teacher and I'm sure your school will do what they can to make sure they keep you!
DH didn't get the job he applied for and hasn't heard back from any of the other companies he put applications out to, so it looks like he'll have to go on unemployment...which means we WON'T get to pay off all of our CC debt by May/June, and we'll have to deplete our savings to almost nothing. SUCK.
I spent the last 8 days (literally, worked the weekends) looking at grade lists and moving students out of classes if they didn't meet the prerequisite. I checked 13 classes (ALL sections-over 120 pages of grade lists) and corrected schedules and contacted the students if schedule adjustments were made. I'm the only one assigned to this project and I did it while also taking walk in appointments and emailing students who thought they were graduating to let them know that they won't be unless they add a class that they missed. So this afternoon someone from Academic Affairs asked why a student was left in a 2nd level Psych course after failing the prereq. Umm cuz I'm only one person and I can't do every freakin class we have! Now I'm feeling guilty like I should go check every PSY 101, every SOC 101, but realistically, there's no time for me to do it (this is my lunch break, finally, at 4pm).
I had to do public speaking today AND meet with a student who was completely rude to me a few weeks ago b/c my boss thinks it's good for my professional growth. I told him that everytime I had to speak in public, a little bit of me died on the inside and that he was shortening my life expectancy LOL. I had serious anxiety about public speaking, but got it over with and survived & the student I had to meet with only got an attitude with me for a minute. He was in and out of my office in 5 minutes-as pain free as it's gonna get!
I just found out we're possibly cancelling 19 classes and we have to notify students tomorrow about it and try to reschedule them. Classes start on Tuesday and almost all classes we have are full...holy jeebus I am not looking forward to tomorrow.
DESPITE all of this, I am in a pretty great mood though!!
I'm having a scan on my gall bladder tomorrow. This is good because I want the now almost constant pain to stop. However, I can't nurse for 3 days. Ella isn't ready to totally wean and it is not going to be pretty at night time. However, I've
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Jenny McCarthy = Former Playmate and MTV host
Pediatrician = Doctor with extensive experience and education on children.
Bumpies = Don't get me started!
I know who I get my health advice from!
What are you looking at?
I was wondering what was going on, haha. HI ELLA!
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