Oh my goodness, what crazy days my family has been having. Cripes man, life is not settling down. But when one door closes, another opens.
Yesterday, Scott came home with the news that he was getting laid off from the Gaden Center. He knew it was coming, since it is seasonal, but was hoping to make it through the Christmas Tree shopping period. He was given 2 weeks notice and they are keeping him on payroll so if they need him to cover hours, they can call him in, and they want him back in the spring. That was a bit of a mixed bag for him.
But the open door part was that his old boss at the restaurant was in Shop Rite the night before and saw Brendan who works there. He knows that Brendan is friends with Scott, and said that if Scott ever wanted to come back to work, he wanted him. (Did I tell you that last summer he followed Scott one night, high beaming him? When Scott pulled over, he ran out his car and was begging Scott to come back to work). Brendan has said this to Scott before he went to work the morning, and had called his old boss to see if this was still open. He thought he would be able to work both jobs until the end of Dec.
When he found out about being laid off, he went right over to the restaurant, set up his schedule and starts on Tuesday.
The best part for me is that Scott now thinks he is going to stay in school next semester instead of taking it off. I was worried that if he took the time off, it would hard for him to go back.
I also hard a hard time getting the stuff done that I needed to do. I had 4 things, and not one could be accomplished. My first was to pay my Sprint bill since I couldn't do it yesterday. The site was now officially down for technical difficulties. OK, on to the next which was to call the state Medicaid office to see what the application status was. They are closed due to the holiday, which meant I couldn't do #3 which involved the bank. On to the last thing. That was getting Caitlyn's last year's report card so we can maintain her Good Student car insurance discount. We can't long into the school website because she is no longer a student. We have no hard copies of her report cards since they are all digital now. And of course, the schools are closed too. :faint2:
After wasting too much time on all that, I get back to fighting with my computer/printer/tape that is needed to print and label the F-W's products. And heat sealing the foil packets- I have activated charcoal and clay mask dust everywhere! hahaha!!!!! Tell me again why, oh why do I do this to myself every year!!??
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I can tell you why- Gary and I are already getting orders for the wine bottle holders and I have 4 baskets being ordered from my neighbor. This will help pay for Christmas. I cannot put anything at all on my credit card. Nothing, Nada. Zp. I about cried when I realized how little I can put down on it and it is 99% medical/auto repairs. Dammit why can't it at least be for fun stuff? JK!
My car is going in the shop today, this time for potentially something with my ABS/brakes. A month ago. A Panel Truck ran a stop sign- blew though it totally- but I saw it coming and was able to slam on my brakes or he would have t-boned me at high speed. But since then, my brakes are acting funny, but not the brakes themselves. So while I am very, very glad that I am ok and my car wasn't totaled, it bites that I need to get that fixed.
To say that it is always something-- sometimes seems to be an understatement.
Leah is coming tonight and I am making her favorite, baked macaroni. It will be nice to have an upbeat dinner together. NancyP, Leah is my son's long-term girlfriend whom I adore!
I better get going, Jaida is running around and wants to go outside.
We have 2 dogs (Ravyn and Jaida), 2 cats (Heather aka Catzilla and Floyd) 2 rats (Clover and Muffin, they belong to my DD and are super sweet!) and 2 albino garter snakes (Timber and Patches and they are Scott's). Does Brendan count as part of out Menagerie? He is Caitlyn's long-term boyfriend who got kicked out of his house last year and has been staying with us ever since. He is supposed to be moving back home in Dec as long as his stepfather doesn't give his mom trouble about it. Which is always entirely possible, sad to say.
enjoy your day, I will be back for personals soon!
Yesterday, Scott came home with the news that he was getting laid off from the Gaden Center. He knew it was coming, since it is seasonal, but was hoping to make it through the Christmas Tree shopping period. He was given 2 weeks notice and they are keeping him on payroll so if they need him to cover hours, they can call him in, and they want him back in the spring. That was a bit of a mixed bag for him.
But the open door part was that his old boss at the restaurant was in Shop Rite the night before and saw Brendan who works there. He knows that Brendan is friends with Scott, and said that if Scott ever wanted to come back to work, he wanted him. (Did I tell you that last summer he followed Scott one night, high beaming him? When Scott pulled over, he ran out his car and was begging Scott to come back to work). Brendan has said this to Scott before he went to work the morning, and had called his old boss to see if this was still open. He thought he would be able to work both jobs until the end of Dec.
When he found out about being laid off, he went right over to the restaurant, set up his schedule and starts on Tuesday.
The best part for me is that Scott now thinks he is going to stay in school next semester instead of taking it off. I was worried that if he took the time off, it would hard for him to go back.
I also hard a hard time getting the stuff done that I needed to do. I had 4 things, and not one could be accomplished. My first was to pay my Sprint bill since I couldn't do it yesterday. The site was now officially down for technical difficulties. OK, on to the next which was to call the state Medicaid office to see what the application status was. They are closed due to the holiday, which meant I couldn't do #3 which involved the bank. On to the last thing. That was getting Caitlyn's last year's report card so we can maintain her Good Student car insurance discount. We can't long into the school website because she is no longer a student. We have no hard copies of her report cards since they are all digital now. And of course, the schools are closed too. :faint2:
After wasting too much time on all that, I get back to fighting with my computer/printer/tape that is needed to print and label the F-W's products. And heat sealing the foil packets- I have activated charcoal and clay mask dust everywhere! hahaha!!!!! Tell me again why, oh why do I do this to myself every year!!??
ound:I can tell you why- Gary and I are already getting orders for the wine bottle holders and I have 4 baskets being ordered from my neighbor. This will help pay for Christmas. I cannot put anything at all on my credit card. Nothing, Nada. Zp. I about cried when I realized how little I can put down on it and it is 99% medical/auto repairs. Dammit why can't it at least be for fun stuff? JK!
My car is going in the shop today, this time for potentially something with my ABS/brakes. A month ago. A Panel Truck ran a stop sign- blew though it totally- but I saw it coming and was able to slam on my brakes or he would have t-boned me at high speed. But since then, my brakes are acting funny, but not the brakes themselves. So while I am very, very glad that I am ok and my car wasn't totaled, it bites that I need to get that fixed.
To say that it is always something-- sometimes seems to be an understatement.
Leah is coming tonight and I am making her favorite, baked macaroni. It will be nice to have an upbeat dinner together. NancyP, Leah is my son's long-term girlfriend whom I adore!
I better get going, Jaida is running around and wants to go outside.
We have 2 dogs (Ravyn and Jaida), 2 cats (Heather aka Catzilla and Floyd) 2 rats (Clover and Muffin, they belong to my DD and are super sweet!) and 2 albino garter snakes (Timber and Patches and they are Scott's). Does Brendan count as part of out Menagerie? He is Caitlyn's long-term boyfriend who got kicked out of his house last year and has been staying with us ever since. He is supposed to be moving back home in Dec as long as his stepfather doesn't give his mom trouble about it. Which is always entirely possible, sad to say.
enjoy your day, I will be back for personals soon!
