I'm Gonna Bitch a Bit First......Then to some fun!!!

The last couple weeks have been really hectic, one of my coworkers was fired and another couldn't make it to work over the weekend because his brother was out of town and didn't have a ride. Here's the problem I have with the a fore mentioned scenario, when I couldn't make it to work because of the heavy snow, my boss threw a fit, someone else calls in over the weekend because he doesn't have a ride to work, t hat's O.K. Oh well, what's done is done and being bitter will only cause stress. I ended up working 12 days straight, and that led to a very nice pay check. It was a poor trade off though, the weekend are the only days I have to do thing with my family, so I had to give that up. I mentioned before that I got in some trouble at work because I didn't make sure the gate to our parking was closed and locked. During my extra "time off", I did some thinking, for years I've been coming in early to help out swing shift as there is only one person there from 10-11pm and it can get a bit busy for one person. I thought to myself ", Why am I doing this? Where is it getting me ?" I don't get paid for that extra time I am there, it never got me employee of the month. (which, by the way, is a popularity contest, not a who does their job best contest). Two management positions opened up and I was never so much as asked if I would be interested. No one else comes in early, I get off at 7am, my relief doesn't walk in the door till 6:59 AND I'm there 10-15 min a day doing paper work that I don't get paid for. I sat down and figured it out dollar wise, an hour early a day, 5 days a week. At regular pay that would be 58.25, times 4 weeks, 233.00 a month. That's a payment on a brand new car!!!!, and I have been giving that away. Well, now I have been getting there about 20 min early, early enough to get the trash outside changed and get my till counted down to get swing shift out on time. Things are getting interesting at work now, there have been a couple of guys who stuck six packs of beer in their coats and walked out( How the F@#$ do you miss that?) and a fight that broke out in the store. All situations I could have stopped or prevented had I been there early. My wife and I are enjoying the extra hour I am spending at home, and it's great that we don't have to rush to get stuff done in the evening before I have to leave for work. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I am mad at the boss or don't care about the place. My attitude now is, do my job well, what happens at work, happens and don't get upset over things I cannot change. I am just tired of putting a job at a gas station ahead of my wife and child, it should have never gotten that way, even when I was with my first wife.
I have been really sick for the last week and I mean to the point where Darlene was insisting I call in at work and see a doctor. It was bad, body aches, throwing up, sore throat. I am much better now.
My wife, Darlene has plans for me today, we are going shopping, going to my magic club meeting, and then going to a book store. She wants to have us each pick out a book, then discuss why we chose that book while we have coffee, then to dinner....... Okay... this is new. She wants to try a different type of date each month. I get the feeling she has been reading relationship books. This will be awkward, as we have COMPLETELY different tastes in books....and music.....and movies. I am gonna have a hard time discussing with her why I picked out this months issue of Teen Jugs (just kidding) Really, as for books, I, if I'm gonna read one, tend to lean toward graphic novels.... or magic books. The thing is last night, Andrew was up late and woke up early, I got up with him this morning. By the time we get to the book store, I will be wiped. This still sounds like it may be interesting, we'll see......

Don't Know Where I Am....

It's been a bit since my last post, there has been a lot on my mind lately. We did manage to scrape through the heavy rains with out too much damage, we got about 4 inches of water in the basement. Luckily we put the new washer and dryer on bricks so they didn't get wet, the sump pump just couldn't keep up with all that water coming in.
The company Darlene works for, Community Health Care, had their Christmas party on January 10, yeah it's late, who cares? The employees and their families were treated to dinner at the Ram in Puyallup, nice digs, good food. Darlene talked me into donating a show as a treat for her coworkers. I have always been leary show donation thing, it has been my experience that most people do not appreciate something unless there is a value on it. The crowd was DEAD, and I KNOW I hit all the effects perfect!!!!! There is an effect I do where I make a prediction before anyone arrives and place it under the center piece of a table. The group comes in and I start the show, I write 1,2,3,4 on a sheet of paper and ask some one in the audience to circle a number. He circles #3, I ask him to name a vegetable, he calls out carrot. I ask someone to open the paper under the center piece and read what's on the paper, 3 and carrot. NO !@#@# reaction!!!!!!!! No more donation shows, no money, no magic!!!!
I am beside myself right now, times are hard, money is tight, VERY tight. Darlene told me the other day that because feed prices are so high, that all the farm animals must go. This is giving me some bad flashbacks. My first wife, Cathy had a lot of cats and dogs, and I mean a lot!!! Well to make a long story short, the Humane Society found out and she had to put most of them down. When they went, she sent me on my merry way, as she didn't need my help anymore with the pets. I don't want this to happen again, I can't handle missing another child grow up. I am depressed, I made an appointment with my doctor to up my meds, maybe that will help.