Updates: post #2

Since I am completely bored and I thought I could bore everyone else as well...I'm posting again today.
Notes:
1. In the past 24 hours I have lost:

• my debit card
• my cell phone
• my garage pass
• my book I read on breaks

2. I have gotten in trouble for the following (so far, I still have an hour and some left):

• not putting the "Today is Casual day" sign up
• giving out too many informational bulletins
• writing the GMAT reminder post-it note in black ink instead of red ("we can see it better")
• not being able to be two places at once
• not knowing where she HIDES the secure envelope for a certain test

3. Had to break down and talk to my brother again. I think I made my point!

4. Tomorrow is my 6 month anniversary at the testing center. I am registered at Target.

I think that's all I got...never know...back to work (that includes you!)

Smooth sailing so far

It is a much better day today! I had an awesome evaluation yesterday and it totally made my day! I didn't get to talk about my meryl situation but it just felt like the wrong time. I don't really know how to explain it. I probably should have but I was so pleased with my evaluation I didn't want to bring down the party.
It's actually kind of funny how meryl and I are getting along today. She showed me pictures of her new kitchen and we talked about a few things I didn't get the usual feeling to slap her, it was nice. Hope we can keep it up, that way my hair won't continue to come out in clumps!
It was a real brisk morning today! I was getting ready and my mom said that the car windows have frost on them and I should go start my car. Unfortunately she turned down my request to do it for me because she didn't have shoes on! So I ran out in my tank top because funny enough my shirt was in my car. It's always nice to have a warm car waiting for you!
I get to go to an office products show today...I can tell how you all are! Office Depot runs it, and according to meryl there are "cool prizes" like office chairs and such. Can't wait!

p.s dooce.com is REALLY good today (well I guess it was yesterday's post)!

We need more 3-day weekends

Had an AWESOME time out with the girls on Saturday night! It was so nice to be out with everyone. I think I am still recovering today, totally wish this was a three day weekend.
I was "well" enough last night to see the Desperate housewives premiere. Still an awesome show!
I have been trying to catch up on all the news that happened over the weekend. I feel I was out of the loop because I didn't check cnn.com or people.com for two days. Demi and Ashton got married, new developments in the Halloway case, Rita damage, Paris H and Paris are still getting married...you know all the important stuff. Meryl has been trying to make small talk all morning so it has been cutting into my web surfing time!
Update on my shower injury: The calendars had to be restarted this weekend because I almost died in the shower on Saturday. I lost my balance and almost fell and somehow cut my arm open on a shampoo bottle cap. Seriously, don't ask me how I did it. These things just happen to me. But today its all bruised and the cut is pretty evident. I guess I will have to put those rubber things on the floor.
Hope everyone had an awesome weekend. I am going to go back to pretending to care what Meryl is talking about.

Flashback

Since the week has been dragging on for what seems like forever, I have been left with quite a bit of time at work to go online. I think I have been on pretty much every site (that is allowed!) and then some. I pretty much switch back and forth between cnn.com, msn.com, ftrib.com, usatoday.com, msnbc.com, weather.com...etc. So in other words I stay pretty well informed.
Yesterday I was doing my daily rounds of the websites and was on cnn.com for like the 10th time that day and decided to read a story about how PJ pants are all the "rage" right now for students to wear to school. Didn't think the story was real news worthy but I read it anyway out of pure boredom. It just talked about how students are getting lazier and wearing PJ bottoms to school and how people are "concerned." I reluctantly finished the article and had a bad flashback.
There I was in elementary school wear PJ's to school and being the ONLY one! Let's backtrack for a second. At my elementary school we had 'Book and Bag' days were everyone would bring a sleeping bag and a snack and we would lay around all day reading (I can see Lora drooling right now). Well, the day before were were going to have one, a group of girls (myself included) BEGGED our teacher to say it was okay for us to wear our PJ's the next day. It took her awhile, but she finally agreed. Everyone PROMISED they would wear them the next day. I went home and, who knows why, picked out my one piece, pink pair with cats on it to wear the next day. My parents weren't going to let me wear them stating, I could be the only one that wears them. I continued to argue and fight until I think they gave up and let me go to school in my pink cat PJ's. As luck would have it, I was the ONLY one who wore their PJ's. I think I made it worse by wearing a one-piece PJ suit with cats on it. I just remember having an assembly that day and they made me sit in a chair in the middle of the gym while all the other kids sat on the floor.
I guess it had to be a lesson learned. I told my parents about it and of course they starting laughing, also remembering that day as good as I did. I told them I must have been ahead of my time. But I learned two things: Always make your kids take an extra set of clothes when they are "experimenting" and also LISTEN to your parents. I guess they really do know what they are talking about!

I have come back from the dark side!

All is fine in the land of Gigs. Had a couple of stressful/bad days, but everyone has them, and I'm glad I got mine out of the way for the month!
I am sooo looking forward to this weekend! It will be so nice to hang out with all the girls! I got a new outfit because I had to do some retail therapy (see Tuesday) earlier this week, so that's always exciting!
Not much else going on. My mom is getting better everyday and not having to be on her oxygen as much anymore.
Maybe something exciting will happen this afternoon...I just wanted to get a more positive post up sense the past couple days have been kind of dark.
Bye for now....

Today

Cube Work

I sit here in a cube of thumbnails and paper
wondering my next move in my mind and my life
I wish satisfaction upon my dead marrow
hoping to find my place in this sour world
Lonely as I can be there must be something good
to rest my numb mind on in search of my heaven
I find the clear window
punch my white fist through it
smell the heavy damp air and finally breathe life


Daniel Remsen

Delayed 'Case of the Mondays'....

This morning I have already....
1. woke up on the wrong side of the bed
2. dialed the wrong number at 6:30am trying to make sure my brother was up
3. had to yell at my brother for being mean
4. been blinded by a huge fireball...aka the sun
5. passed up the opportunity to hit meryl with my car
6. argue with meryl about NOT knowing the source of the papers left in her folder. Like I would lie about not knowing who left them there!
7. try and sit at my desk without pulling my hair out in frustration

I'm sure I could go on but I will spare you all my misery...Have a Nice Day!

Having fun with Ma

having fun with Mom's extra long oxygen cord!

Yeah for me!

It's official...I went two whole weeks without overdrawing my account! Not sure how I did it, but I did. Its so nice not giving like 1/3 of my paycheck to the bank. Ha Ha, the Fremont National Bank Christmas party will not be on me this year. Suckers!
I'm trying to be a lot better with my money but its so hard. I totally fell into my old habits last night when I took my mom to Wal-Mart. It's probably one of the few places she can go with an oxygen tank and not feel out of place. I started grabbing things left and right. I fought with my mom in the cosmetic isle, like I probably did when I was younger, because I really wanted some eye firming cream and she didn't think I needed it. I was like "are you serious! Do you see the lines I have under my eyes!" She shook her head and I put it in the cart and said "I will think about it." I don't know why I do this. I know I am going to purchase it when I get up front. I think it just makes you feel better and it at least allows me to enjoy my shopping.
A billion dollars later, or at least it felt like I spent that much for what little I got, we left wal-mart. I already had urges to go to Wal-Mart again the next day(which is today!), when I officially have money in my account. I think they must put something in the ventilation system. Or maybe I am just addicted. Maybe I will write a Wal-Mart addiction self help book and audio CD's. I could introduce others to the vast other varieties of discount stores.
Chapter One: You can overcome your addiction
Chapter Two: Discover the joys of Big Lots
Chapter Three: Let "Everything's a Dollar" Store get rid of those dollar bills you have laying around.

and so on...Cant give it all away! You will have to wait for my informercial!

Bathroom chatter

To avoid the evil meryl this afternoon, I decided that I would take the mail down. I guess it's not a discussion but rather a daily chore because meryl always makes me take the mail down. It gets me out of the office so I can't complain...too much. I thought I would take a detour on the way back and stop at the restroom. I just got done cleaning the rooms, so I thought I would try and get the lysol off my hands sooner today so the smell didn't stick like yesterday.
As I closed the bathroom stall door, someone two doors down goes "Are you there?" This is why I hate public bathrooms. I don't like to hold conversations with people while people are doing their business. Just a random weird fact about me.
I thought about answering her but then I thought maybe she was talking on her cell phone? Why people do that is beyond me! I just stood/sat in silence. I walked out and the person was still in the stall. I quickly sang Happy Birthday to myself while washing my hands (you are supposed to wash your hands for at least 30 secs and if you sing happy birthday its a fun way of knowing how long to wash your hands) and quickly started heading out the door before she got out. I wasn't fast enough and she came out holding her cell phone to her face. I knew it! I was so going to say something like "Are you talking to me?" but I am so glad I didn't. Bad moment avoided...yes!
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till next time

L

Really clean hands

Is it bad that I can still taste the Lysol on my hands? Probably is! Both Meryl and one of the workstudy girls came in today saying they didn't feel well. This is great. I think I have gone a record two weeks without feeling like pooo and now there is a new threat. I thought I would try and stop the spread today while meryl was on break. I grabbed the lysol bottle and HOSED down her desk and every door handle and file cabinet in the office I could find. So, I went a little crazy but I think I might have improved my chances of not getting sick. Not sure how I am going to get the lysol taste off my hands.
I did catch myself rocking out to Diana DeGarmo a little too hard coming back from lunch. Kind of forget that my back window is open most of the time and everything echoes when I am driving around the parking garage on my daily stocker route (long story...). Im sure a few people caught my performance. Next time, if I forget and catch someone watching/laughing at me, I will pull up next to them and ask "Got any requests?"

The mothership has returned

My mom was released from the hospital Saturday morning. I think she would have sneaked out in the middle of the night if they made her stay any longer. She didn't find it funny that I left notes on the marker board in her room that the Dr. had requested she stay an extra two days. Although I did think my pictures of Jasmine when she is sad when mom's not home and then when she's happy when my mom is home helped her get out sooner!
We had to have a company come out and set her up with all her oxygen equipment at home. The guy that came to set it up had obviously not seen a can of deodorant in a couple months. I had to sit in the other room it was so bad. It got better when he got up to leave I saw that he had been sitting on a magazine which was now soaked with booty sweat. Then he was kind enough to leave his paper towels he had been wiping his other body sweat on. I quickly located the Lysol can and hosed down the house. Before he left he goes "I'm going to stand out by my van for a second. If you wonder what I'm doing, I'm just having a smoke. There are too many cans of oxygen in the van, so we aren't allowed to smoke in the van." I'm glad he was able to follow that rule.

Thanks

I wanted to thank everyone for all the warm wishes for my mom to have a speedy recovering. I am happy to report that she is getting better and hopefully be able to come home soon!
This week has really been crazy! Anyone else feel me?
I have been dividing my time between sleeping, driving to work, working, driving back to Fremont, hanging out at the hospital, then returning home to feed jasmine and play with her, and then starting the day over again. I did get the chance to catch the new Laguna Beach (I want hair extensions!) and the Season Finale of The 70's House (Joey SHOULD have won!). A hour well spent!
Hope everyone's week is going smoothly and just think, tomorrow is the end! WHOO HOO!

Eventful

Eventful weekend...to say the least. Mom is still in the hospital and doing a little better, I think. I'm just hoping she was actually able to get some sleep last night. I wish I could have stayed home today. There is not much I can do, other than sit and watch her sleep but it still would have been nice to be with her. I probably would have taken the day off but my boss was going to be gone on vacation and I knew I couldn't leave meryl alone..I would never hear the end of it. Well I walked into work and meryl looked up and said "Go talk to Marion, she's here!" All I could think of it was a trick about her going on vacation and she choose today to fire me. My eyes must have been huge because my boss was walking out of her office, probably because she heard meryl squawking at me. She laughed a little bit, and said "I just couldn't leave you guys alone." A sigh of relief came over me. I have been called into the bosses office before and when the discussion was bad, it didn't usually start with a joke.
Come to find out, there had been a family issue and she wasn't able to start on her vacation. I immediately thought about taking the afternoon off. I decided to think about it and started working. Then meryl was like "I need to call my husband and tell him I am taking the afternoon off." She is getting new cabinets in her kitchen and she was wants to be there to watch! Are you serious! So while she sits there and watches somebody put in cabinets, I could be sitting in a hospital with my MOTHER keeping her company. What can you do though. I hope while she's not watching they put them all in backwards and leave before she notices! oppps, there goes the evil horns again. I better stop before the tail comes out too!

Just another Sunday, I thought!

First off: SPAM COMMENTS NEED TO STOP! GRRRR
Second: You will find out in a minute, but I can't have pop-ups so I can't do a spell check. I apoligize ahead of time for any spelling mistakes!

So here I sit in the hospital emergency room and they are cool enough to have internet! I should probably mention why I am here. Well as I said we have all been sick and my mom has been on a business trip all week. She came home last night and not in the best of shape. She hasn't been able to sleep and is coughing all the time. From what I remember, those were my symptoms when I had phemonia (aka The Brush of Death!) We called the "on-call" doctor and he said to take her to the ER. So here we sit and wait. They only let my dad go in with her...beavers! The ER is also full so there are people with bleeding toes and fingers just hanging out. A kid did all of a sudden faint, which was scary. His mom was freaking out. He of course got to cut in line and go in before the people with bleeding wounds.
Hopefully things go well and she won't have to stay long. My dad did just come out and give an update...We are about up to $1000.00. I guess that means they are doing tests and she is just sitting there. Gotta love HMO's....

In a week

First off, Im sure everyone has heard about the devastation in Louisiana and other states in the south, but please take a moment and try and help in someway. A prayer, volunteering, donations, ect.

To recap my week, I will sum it up in the new groups I will be forming. These groups will hold regular meetings and anyone can join. Here we go:

1. Green Tea Frappucino Addiction support group: First meeting will be held at the 114th and Dodge location to try and become more comfortable with other drink choices.
2. Starburst-Baja California version addiction support group: Can't explain but I'm sure there are others who are suffering from this terrible addiction.
3. My co-worker is Satan club: Bring stories to share...I bet I can top you!
4. Road Rage anonymous or RRA: I don't think there needs to be an explaination
5. Tired of the Dodge street construction support group: I will be starting to make signs to post about the dangers of construction during the day and work should only be done at night.
6. Self diagnosed unknown disease support group: Got some unknown disease? You will be welcomed with open arms...dont forget to bring a full body suit.
7. How to live under the same roof as your sibling(s) who are stupid 98.99% of the time support group: First agenda will be to think of a shorter name for group

Any other groups are open for suggestion.

quick side note: My mom left for a business trip on Monday and I mentioned how all of us were sick this week and she left just in time to miss it. Well, she called to say that she also came down with something on about the same time! Too crazy. I think for fun maybe I will put yellow tape around the house for when she comes home!