and how do i spend it? filled with doctor appointments and meetings. *sigh* Least it’s not all going to take all day, that much i like. 
So things at work have been… rocky. Seems that Jos has had quite a bit of fun making tails about what is going on, so i’ve got a meeting (though she doesn’t know it yet) with my main boss to talk about it. Seems that other people have complained about the way things are run there, but nothing ever changes… except for the crew that works there. People come and go, and it’s all because of Josie. i was told about it when i first started there, but i decided to just go with the flow and see for myself….. so this is the way it goes…
A few Saturdays ago, Don came and spent about 45 minutes there with me at work. i did my job and pretty much ignored him, he just wanted to sit with me. a few days after that one of the girls from Jewel mentioned it to Mon and asked what he was doing there “for so long”. Jos took that and ran. She ran to the boss and said that he was there for 2.5 hours!!! and that i didn’t do any work while he was there, i had Mon do it all. Umm. what the heck is she talking about!!! Anyway, after that she apparently started to *monitor* my personal phone calls… cuz i get SOO MANY of them while i work. i might get one a day… and that’s a big MIGHT! Then yesterday she made a totally uncalled for comment in front of a client…. we didn’t have any body there, so i was playing a game of solitaire. Jon comes up and she says to me “you want to play the game or get Jon’s change?” How uncalled for an unprofessional is that?!?!! i was livid.
But she always does crap like that… she belittles, makes snide comments, and makes fun of me every chance she gets. Now what’s so strange is that i *thought* we got along!!! We always laugh and have fun there, and we’re always happy to be there. We work well enough together, getting things for each other (though i really started that, she’s starting to follow along in suit) and finishing what other’s can’t get done. i always thought it was a well oiled machine. Now i don’t know what to think. So i’m going to go talk to my boss today, then go talk to her to see what’s what. Maybe she’d be happier if she had me moved or something. i dunno. i really don’t want to move, i like working there, and for the most part, i like working with Jos… We’ll see i guess what’s going to happen. All i know is that Jos has never been hapy with her job, she’d rather open new accounts all day long, then wait on people and do their transactions. And Moni and i are just the opposite, we’d rather wait on people than open a new account. lol
There are times when i think, oh just let it go, it’ll blow over… but i’ve been doing that for a year, and it just keeps getting bigger and i don’t trust her with stuff…. i mean i’m afraid to even go to the bathroom… cuz she might be counting how many times i do that as well!!! i mean really!!!!
This is my thing… if she’s my *supervisor* the she needs to *supervise* and stop tattel tailing! How hard is it to say “jen as your supervisor, i have to say that Don isn’t allowed to come stay with you at work like he did Saturday when i wasn’t here”… or … “As your supervisor, you really need to tuck in your shirt, or not wear those shoes or pants.. ” whatever. It’s really not that hard… instead she says stuff like “if you get caught wearing those shoes or your shirt not tucked in, or those pants on, it’s not my fault!” Then she calls Julie to tell on you. really!!!
Anyway, i’m just kinda ticked off about it. i hope that Julie doesn’t think it’s all frivolous and doesn’t matter… cuz that’s how we usually feel out at our branch. We’ll see i guess.
Wish me luck!
July 23 2008 | miscellaneous | 3 Comments »
Turns out it was nice. Lauren (the secretary for the investments section of the bank), Denise (the head of our computer department), Miss Judy (she’s in New Accounts), Don (he’s in loans i think) and a new teller, Leslie (i think that’s her name) and then there was Kevin. So we went and had a nice lunch and i came back to work almost 2 hours later i think that was the best part about it.
Kris is getting a car. It’s a 1997 Grand Prix, white and very pretty. He’s gotta make some payments on it, so he’ll probably get it around late August, but he’s excited.
Lain is working today, Nicole has Kevin here for the afternoon and Don and i are about to go downtown and work in the Cruise Night thing that’s downtown every other Saturday night in the summer time. Should be fun unless it rains on us… in which case it’ll be a little wet! LOL Thought they cancelled it if it looked like rain but we havne’t heard from them yet, so i’m planning on going.
That’s about it. Exciting, eh?
July 12 2008 | miscellaneous | 2 Comments »
We watched Sweeney Todd this weekend. i was really really quite disappointed. It was a movie that for a long time i had wanted to see, cuz J Depp is in it. But i hadn’t heard alot about it, just that it was *good*. So it started and i realized that it was a MUSICAL!?!?!?! What the heck is with that??? It was strange seeing people who played characters from Harry Potter singing. And JD… umm… keep the acting career going, stop singing! LOL He wasn’t horrible, but it something i really don’t care to see again. Then the whole “plot” of the movie was just wrong!!!! LOL Using the human body’s *meat* for food… ewwwwwwww
Then the whole killing his wife was predictable, and the kid killing him at the end was too. Needless to say i was terribly disappointed when i had sat through 2 hours of what was supposed to be a good movie… only to find that it was really really stupid.
So i’m working today. It’s shocking, i know, but i am. Don is busy with errands. Our new van is still having trouble with the radio keeping stations. i haven’t even reprogrammed phone numbers into it, cuz i didn’t want to have to do them again and again. It’s time consuming. So anyway, Don is taking it in to the dealership to have them do something to it. Not sure what they’ll do, since last time they replaced the whole thing. We’ll see.
MJ is still here. Though we’re having a good time with her, she’s about to drive us all nuts with her worrying. She thinks that Don’s heart is going to explode if he works on a car by himself, or carries something heavy, or walks around the block by himself. It’s driving me insane. lol So working is a good break.
Today is the “birthday lunch bunch” so i get to go have lunch with the big wigs at the Morris Country Club. Should be interesting. i don’t really know anyone that’s going and i didn’t get to go last year, cuz i was so new i didn’t feel comfortable knowing that i was going to have lunch with “THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAAAAANNNKKK”, plus the girls that i worked with really made it sound lame. Well, now that i’ve been there a year (can you believe it’s been a year?!?!) i’m more comfortable and i’m ready for a free lunch! LOL Maybe i’ll work on getting us new chairs… Hey, i got us a fridge didn’t i?!?! LOL Who knows?! lol
ok, i’m off to work.
July 09 2008 | miscellaneous | 4 Comments »
Americans are unhappy
The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence 2/3s of the citizenry just ain’t happy and want a change.
So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ”What we are so unhappy about?”
Is it that we have electricity and running water
24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter? Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job? Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time and see more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last year?
Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through each state? Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary shelter? I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is just not good enough Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency workers show up and provide services to help all and even send a helicopter to take you to the hospital.
Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home. You may be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch equipment to extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family and your belongings. Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes , an officer equipped with a gun and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and your family against attack or loss. This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world? Maybe that is what has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.
Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S., yet has a great disdain for its citizens. They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in the world who do nothing but complain about what we don’t have, and what we hate about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.
I know, I know. What about the president who took us into war and has no plan to get us out? The president who has a measly 31 percent approval rating? Is this the same president who guided the nation in the dark days after 9/11? The president that cut taxes to bring an economy out of recession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name in the book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled ungrateful brats safe from terrorist attacks?
The commander in chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there defending you and me? Did you hear how bad the President is on the news or talk show? Did this news affect you so much, make you so unhappy you couldn’t take a look around for yourself and see all the good things and be glad?
Think about it……are you upset at the President because he actually caused you personal pain OR is it because the “Media” told you he was failing to kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.
Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have died for your freedom. There is currently no draft in this country. They didn’t have to go.
They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ”general” discharge, an ”other than honorable” discharge or, worst case scenario, a ”dishonorable” discharge after a few days in the brig.
So why then the flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of Americans? Say what you want but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds it leads and they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash with blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the corner? The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit corporations. They offer what sells, and when criticized, try to defend their actions by “justifying” them in one way or another. Just ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a book about how he didn’t kill his wife, but if he did he would have done it this way……Insane!
Stop buying the negativism you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird cage Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is exponentially more good than bad.
We are among the most blessed peoples on Earth and should thank God several times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative.”
Craig R. Smith
WorldNetDaily.com
“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, “Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”
Jay Leno
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July 08 2008 | miscellaneous | 2 Comments »
My MIL, MJ, is coming in today. She’ll be here until the 12th i guess…Not even sure! LOL Seems that Don was missing his momma, so he convinced her to come visit (since he can’t fly yet and he seems to be on perpetual vacation LOL ) He went to work out the other day and couldn’t start right away because his BP was too low.
Things here are good. Nothing really new to report.. just every day stuff going on, stuff that really isn’t all that exciting.
Shoot, had more to write then got busy with Kris and now a friend is IM’ing me,… gotta go to work. HAGD!
July 02 2008 | miscellaneous | 1 Comment »
is driving. Yes, you heard me right. My baby, Nicole, came home today from Driver’s Ed with her permit!!
So we picked her up tonight from the Ohare Oasis, and when we got to 52 off of 55, i pulled over and let her drive the rest of the way home… on the back roads. She doesn’t want to deal with the highway yet. lol But she did really well. It was almost dark when she got behind the wheel and totally dark by the time we got home.
i’m exhausted, but very very proud of her. i can’t believe she’s driving. *happy sigh*
June 30 2008 | miscellaneous | 3 Comments »
we’re having a good time with texting. Sending pics to each other, new ring tones. One that Lain sent to N is so funny… INFIDEL!!! PICK UP THE PHONE, IT COULD BE ALLAH CALLING!!!!
LOL it’s cute. Then there’s the “Ring ring” one where the guy ends up yelling at the end of it. Too cute! lol We’ve found that we can record our own stuff too, so we’re having fun with that.
Anyway, that’s about it. The fun in our lives. i get off at 4 today and i really can’t wait. i’m very tired of working and just want to stay home. Maybe that’ll go away when Don gets back to work. i certainly hope so.
June 30 2008 | miscellaneous | No Comments »
He finally got Lain’s car fixed. i’m so glad too! We’re still have problems with Lain and him not letting us know where he is all the time. Maybe we should just ground him! LOL It’s not so bad now that he has his own cell phone, but still. He’s finding out quickly what it means to have bills too. He has tithing, insurance, gas, and phone now. Soon he’ll have rent on top of that. Sucks to be growing up these days!
Kris got a new cell phone too, but he took N’s old one, and she bought herself a new one. NOw they all have cells. i think they are loving it too.
June 27 2008 | miscellaneous | No Comments »
i got up at my usual 6 am. Got dressed, had coffee, enjoyed the front porch. Then i took N to her Driver’s Ed class. For some reason i looked at my palmie to see when she’d be done with class… when i realized…
i had the day OFF!!!!!!!! LOL
So i went home, changed into a tank and shorts and we rode bikes all day. And i mean all day. We left the house at 9 am, went to WE CARE to see when the next food drive was, then to school to drop off some paperwork for N, went to get gas in the bikes, picked up N from school, rode over to Marsailles to pick up the car part for Lain’s car, then went to Joliet to the mall to get yet another cell phone for the kids. We are all now connected… and the best part, the kids are paying for their own part! Well, the boys are, we’re just having N pay for part of the unlimited texting. heheh Love it! We didn’t get home until 3:30 yesterday. Needless to say, i am sooooooo burned!!! LOL i loved it though, the ride was so nice, the weather was perfect and we had a great time. N came with us, i just love spending time with her.
i have to work today… though not for another 1/2 hour, so i went to the chiro and had a quick adjustment, came home and had some breakfast. That’s about it. My life isn’t really all that exciting. lol
What exactly do you want to hear about?? LOL
June 25 2008 | miscellaneous | 1 Comment »
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