new is good.

My back is sore.

My feet hurt.

My hands smell like antibacterial soap.

My nails are cracked and dry from the powder covered gloves that I wear throughout my entire shift, and change frequently.

My schedule is screwed up, because I get up at 6 a.m. and am home by 2:30.

Everynight feels like a day off.
It's cool.

I am actually WORKING!!!! Not standing around and 'housecleaning.'

I missed actually working, feeling it in my muscles, the next day ache.

It's great. I am very happy.

There are, of course, downsides, like only working 7 hour shifts, and only 4 shifts a week.

However, I am now unionized, and could be called in on any of my days off, but I think I want to get a second job, maybe at Timmy's... I hear they get free coffee... I don't know.

because of the union thing, I can only change my availability twice a year, but I am not sure if it is anytime, or at certain times in the year that it will just come up... ... but I like my new job.

And am happier by the day that I no longer work for the evil RS. I still need to finish unpacking... It's so hard, because of the limited room in here, separating things is real tough.

Plus, it would be good to be able to pile up all of the garbage and then bring it all down at once, but there isn't really room to do it.

And it is so demotivating to move everything all the way down the hallway, and out the front to the dumpster. It's almost a 10 minute trip. For garbage. Yeah.

Gonna go now, talk to you all later...

Moi.

it just occurred to me

I don't even know my own blog addy...

This is just me finding out.

I will write l8r.

moi.

New things

Well, I am starting a new job soon,

Yay!!!

No longer a RS employee!!! Going to be working in the meat department in a big green building right behind my house! Not going to mention names of places, just cause.

I thought one thing was funny about my getting this new job... One of the radio stations in Edmonton has a contest where they will phone random people who are registered in the phone book, or register on their website, and you win money and prizes if you answer your phone "I listen to Joe". You can also win simply by putting "I listen to Joe" before or in place of your typical greeting. Well, we have caller id, and I decided to register my phone numbers online, and we now just let the machine get it if we don't know the number.

And it is even cooler that if someone goofs and answers "hi" the $1000 cash and $1000 in prizes gets added to the pot for the next day!!! There have been winners that got $14,000 in combined cash and prizes... So hopefully luck will be on my side, and maybe they will call when no one is home.

Oh yeah, the funny part! Duh. (Blonde Moment) My new bosses name is Joe, and he left a message on my machine, so I know he heard the phrase. He didn't mention it, but I plan to mention it, and he's a nice guy, so I am sure it will be a big joke.

Gonna go now.

Don't want to be a lifer

I have toyed with the idea of quitting my job, and even went so far as to tender my resignation.

However, the lack of any other potential employers calling for an interview has made me decide to retract my resignation, and at least remain until I have another job.

Hopefully we will get our damage deposit back from the other place soon. Supposed to be ten days.

We gave up possession on the 27th (a Sunday) So hopefully by no later than tuesday we will receive a cheque.

I need to find a new shopper's drug mart. Or another place to pick up prescriptions...

Thanks to Mom for coming to get me to go to Cold Lake last week. I had fun, and feel much better now.

Gotta go now, I am at work, so maybe I should find something to do...

It's surprisingly dead in here for a Sunday. They are usually the busiest day of the week.

Have a great week everyone, and try not to blow away! This wind is crazy!!!

Moi

I realized something...

With Chris's help.

We were discussing my family's tendancy to call me, concerned as a result of my talking about Pookie, or even just random comments about whatever...

We were mostly discussing the tone of my weblog, and Chris said it sounds pretty 'blah' most of the time. He said that other people may be taking my random thoughts as my being unhappy with something all of the time. (Which I am not, I am usually in a pretty good mood.)

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am fine, and I do appreciate that you call, concerned, and talk to me.

I love you guys a LOT!

And, just for informative purposes, I have a very strong amount of support, whether it be emotional, spiritual, physical, mental, etc. Chris and Jarrod are great that way, they live with me and are there if I ever need them.

Neither will let me get away with walking away from a problem, and usually make me more angry in the process of discovering the true problem. But it makes me appreciate them even more in the end.

So, basically thank you to everyone for caring enough about me to be concerned!

Lots of love and positive thoughts.

Me.

I feel sick

just thinking about next thursday. It will be one year since Pookie was struck and killed...

I can't even say much more than that right now.

...

Oops it broke...

Sorry Mom, I wish I could give you that beautiful glass dish. The one with the thin sides and heavy bottom.

Chris broke it.

It was on the counter and he accidentally tapped it with something else, and the rim now has a small 1/2 inch crack/dent, and it doesn't look very nice any more.

It's also already been thrown out.

Sorry, again.

I should have just given it to you when you first said you wanted it. I haven't used it since I put mud pie into it.

And I am going to look into doing some detox. HOWEVER, I have to be careful, because of the meds I am on, it coud really screw me up for a few days. That's why Dr. Godel told me it wouldn't be a very good idea... Not necessarily bad, but not good either...

Going to write more later.

Me.

Time for a change

Well, I loved the old format, but I felt it was time for a change.

Still not really making a dent in the unpacking...

I haven't even really done much, it was mostly Chris, and because of his motivation that I felt a surge of energy and decided to start on the kitchen. It will still probably be 2 months before I am happy with it all, because I usually change things around several times before I like it.

I can't really remember what all I was writing about last time, when the post disappeared on my screen.

Besides thanking everyone who helped!!!

Muchos Gracias, Amigos!

I don't know if that was spelled right or not.

Yeah, so here's my 'new' thank you list, that I had not originally intended to have to rewrite:

Mom: Thank you for coming up and staying for three days, you really helped get things moving, no pun intended. If you hadn't come up, we wouldn't have been ready. At all. And thank you for helping to organize everything.

Dad: Thank you for taking a day off and dragging Willy up here, and for hauling your old couch/my new couch. Love it! I really appreciate all of your hard work, and I promise that there will be lots less next time, and next time will be A LONG TIME FROM NOW!!!!

Willy: Thank you for taking a day off to come up, even if you were complaining an awful lot, I do appreciate it, and swear I will help you move, whenever and however many times you do.

Charity: Thanks for bringing over your spudling! She really helped me to calm down while I was putting together that shelf, which, by the way, I will probably not recommend to anyone, ever. Too much headache. And thank you for letting my Mummy stay with you while she was down! Made it easier to make a mess of my house not having to worry about where she was going to sleep.

Jason: Thanks also for bringing the spud! And for all of your hard work! I really do appreciate that you came over even after you had already worked a full day!

Mr. & Mrs. Bennett: Thank you for coming up to help us clean up the old place! Thanks to your help, we will probably get 90-95% back! (That was his estimate after the inspection!) I really appreciate your taking the time, and renting the carpet cleaner (and operating it- I sure as heck don't know how!).

So, again, everybody, thank you, very much! Chris, Jarrod and I each owe you one. (Or two.)

You are all welcome to come visit anytime, and I will be sure to mass email everyone when my house is fit for company...

Also, just so everyone knows, I am going to be getting rid of some kitchen stuff, including the following:

1-glass bowls
2-small glass dishes
3-funky designed plate-bowls
4-funky 8 sided black bowls
5-a bigger flower glass bowl
6-2 piece gravy boat
7-small knot pattern candy dish
8-small plain candy dish
9-2 triangle tupperware containers
10-5 big heavy dinner plates-stoneware- brown paint around rim
11-4 big not-so-heavy dinner plates- brown paint and flower pattern
12-1 dinner plate-matches #3
13-small wine glasses- set of 7-
14-set of glasses, comes with 6 small, and 7 large- with rounded "ribbed" pattern on the inside.
15- set of 4 mugs- marble pattern, large and heavy, two white/grey marbling, one green/grey marbling, one dark grey/grey marbling

I have taken pictures of each of these, and intend to find a way to display them. I also will give first dibs to my brother, as he will eventually need his own stuff...

So contact em if you want to see pix, in the meantime I will find a way to put them online, maybe at geocities...

I'll let you know.

Me