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[Aug. 21st, 2008|09:17 pm] |
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Well, yes, it's been over a year since I posted. I've been crazy busy this year. My new job (well new last year) ended up turning me into the the assistant to the senior vice president. Yeah, my job is a lot more than I ever expected it to be and I love it. I absolutely love my job, and I love my co-workers. My boss is awesome. I'm very happy on that front, I just wish I lived closer to work, or work was closer to me. Commuting isn't fun, especially when my husband works from home. The bum! :)
Everything is going well for me in general. We're going to visit friends in a couple weeks and then going to a wedding in November. This weekend, we're going out with friends to see Rocky Horror in Portsmouth.
I'm writing again. I had taken about a year off, thanks to working as much as I do now, and I just got back into it. I had to give up something in the process, so WoW had to go. My account expires later this month and I am not renewing it. I grew tired of it and just need a break. I'll probably go back at some point, but for now, I'm going to enjoy my free time.
I had emergency surgery back in June. I had a ruptured ovary cyst. I was in a lot of pain, and it took a long time to heal, but now I have yet another scar to add to my collection, this one right on the bikini line. It's very glamorous. I'm still going to a bunch of doctors appointments to figure out what all they removed, but one day, we'll have it figured out. I had an HSG test two weeks ago and it was horrible. I was in such pain during and afterward, and I ended up not going back to work that day. I have to have a hysterosonogram (I believe that's how it's spelled) next month.
That's about all I have to say. Other than to say that if it's raining out, turn on your freaking lights. Idiots that drive on the highway without lights on when it's pouring out suck. I'll list my second pet peeve the next time I write. |
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| Random (And Scattered) Thoughts |
[Apr. 5th, 2007|07:46 pm] |
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It's been a while since I have posted. I have been so busy as of late with my job, my volunteer work at the animal shelter that I work with, keeping up with the recruitments in the guild that I'm an officer of in WoW. Oh, and I am on a new workout schedule that is kicking my ass. Throughout that, I have to read my home email, as I can't read it from work (damn blocks!), and try to spend some time with my family, oh yeah, and try to fit dinner in there at some point! I tend to get home between 5:30-6:00PM every night. I am in bed by around 10:00PM. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time to do much of anything. But, I love my job. I work with the most wonderful people, and although the job is a glorified receptionist position, I am paid really well, and the work that I do get to do is rewarding and incredibly helpful to my co-workers. I am highly appreciated and I just love that my work counts for something. I don't feel like I'm spinning my wheels and getting nowhere. I'm very happy with my job. The only drawback is that my days are incredibly long and I have so many other things that have to get done when I get home at night. I don't really feel that I have a lot of time to unwind, because there is so much that I need to do. I'm sure as time goes by, I will get my schedule down better, where I will know where I can cut corners and free up a little time for myself, but it's just a little crazy right now.
I really like being an officer in my guild in WoW. I really actually care about what is best for our members, and what more I can do to help keep everyone happy. I don't have a lot of time to actually log into the game, but I am on the forums every single night doing everything I can to help out. Kathria is at level 70, so it's not that I don't log in at all, because if I didn't, I still wouldn't have a level 70 character. But, it's not like before. I never really logged in a lot, but it's even less than I was before. I do feel like a failure in some regards, because I'm not in game to help out as much as I would like to. I don't get to be around when conflicts come up. I just get to hear about it if it gets posts to the forums. I do bust my ass to make sure the recruits are being done correctly. I have my own spreadsheet that tracks every single person that applies to the guild. I update it every evening. I make sure to post as much as I can into the recruitment threads. Recruitment is my baby, I take a lot of pride in doing it. But you know, it really is a thankless job. No one sees you working on it. They see that you aren't online. That seems to be the important part for many of our members. And it bums me out because of it. I've had quite a few members come up to me and point out that I'm not around much and not showing much of an officer leadership within the game. There is more to being an officer than just in game work. I am proud to be a part of Genesis and so proud to be able to be an officer and try to make things better all around, but when everyone else thinks you are slacking, is it really worth it? I was asked earlier this week if I would be running for officer again and you know, I probably won't. I don't think anyone would vote for me, based on my lack of being "seen" as an officer. I would be very happy to be an officer and continue doing what I've been doing so far, but the lack of being in the public eye makes it hard for people to think I'd be an effective officer a second time around. And, wouldn't it be better if we had someone to over my responsibilities that could also be online more often than I am? Of course, my term isn't over until mid-May anyway, so it's not really a done deal right now, but soon enough, we'll have to start campaigning for the next officers. It'll be a sad day when I step down to veteran status again, because I really do love helping the guild the way that I currently do right now.
It snowed last night. Again. And although it is beautiful now with the snow covering the trees, it's also a pain in the ass that I have to drive on horribly plowed roads in order to get to work in the morning. What's most disappointing is that we've had some beautiful days in the past couple weeks where we've been in the 50s and 60s. And then it plunges us back into the cold again. And since it goes from cold to warm then back to cold so quickly, it also makes many of us get bad colds that we can't get rid of. One of my co-workers has a horrible cold right now. She's got the cough, the congestion, the sinus infection, the head cold, everything. And of course, since we're friends, she comes over and talks to me a lot. I have anti-bacterial hand gel at my desk that I use every time someone comes into my area and hands me something. There's no way I'm getting their colds. I've had enough of sickness this year, and I've been struggling the past couple days with a little cold myself, so I'm not taking any chances. I'll just keep drinking my vitamin C, taking my vitamins, and exercising. I worked out last night despite feeling like crap. It's hard to do cardio when you cough every couple minutes, but I made it through the workout. It hurt like hell, but I did it. Now, I don't have to workout again until Friday night. Yay! :)
I'm trying to lose weight, or I should say, lose fat. I don't care if I end up weighing exactly what I do now, as long as I convert the fat I have into muscle. I'm fine with that, numbers in weight mean nothing if I feel good about how I look. It's when I'm not happy with how I look that causes me to complain about my weight. I've already lost a couple inches from my hips and some around my stomach, so I already feel better. I haven't stepped on the scale since I began working out as I feel it unfairly convinces us that we aren't working hard enough if we don't lose a certain amount of weight in a certain amount of time. I'm going by how I feel and look. From now on, my doctors can worry about how much I weigh.
Randy and I are going down to NC in a little over a month to hang out at the beach house we rented with some of our friends that we met through WoW. I'm so excited. The people we are going with are wonderful people and I miss them a ton. Of course, while we're gone, there are going to be 3 less officers in our guild. But, oh well, the others can handle the work. :) I need a vacation, and I'm going to enjoy it!
One of my best friends biological mother died last month. Part of my job is to go through the obituaries every day and make sure none of our clients have passed away. I ran into the obituary and I just knew it was her mom. The reason there was even a doubt was that my friend was basically estranged from her mom. They hardly spoke, and she just wasn't around when Jess was growing up. And Jess didn't want her around. Her dad remarried later on, and Janice has been a better mom to Jess than her own mom was. Since I hadn't heard that her mom had died from Jess herself, I panicked, thinking that Jess didn't know. I called Randy, who IM'ed her fiancée, who said that they knew. I faxed over a copy of the obituary (as they hadn't seen it yet) and I checked in with Jess later on. She seems fine about the whole thing. I just worry, nonetheless. That's kinda my thing, I worry about the people I love. And it really got me thinking about life in general. It can be cut down so quickly, and when you are so young.
I think I need to buy gas for my car on my way home tonight. That is something that I really should check, because I'm not sure I can put 60 miles on my car tomorrow and get home with gas in the tank. And it's better to get gas on the way home tonight than to worry about it tomorrow morning, in case I'm running late. And, I also don't want to run out of gas. That has never happened to me before, and I never want it to happen, so I just need to be careful. ** As an update, I did buy gas tonight, cost me almost $27 for 10 gallons of gas. ARGH! **
I've kinda jumped around to a bunch of different topics just now, but I've had a lot to write about and who knows when the next time I'll write in my journal, let's just be honest here. :) The only reason I've gotten this together is that I am writing it at work during my slow times, and sending it to my home email, so that when I get home tonight, I can put it up. I'm one busy girl! That said, I'm wrapping this up. I hope everyone is doing well. I miss you all. |
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| New job! |
[Feb. 12th, 2007|02:56 pm] |
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So, it's no big secret that I have been unemployed for quite a while. I've been dealing with my medical issues and needed some time off to recuperate. I started job searching a couple months ago, sending out my resume to quite a few companies. Well, about a month ago, I got a call from a lady that I worked for as a temp over 16 months ago. I was there for 2 weeks. She remembered me and the position that I had temped in was going to be coming available and she wanted to know if I was currently employed. When she heard that I wasn't, she actually said the words "this may be my lucky day." I was floored, but I still needed to go through the channels, interviewing, sending in my resume, etc.
They ended up getting a lot of response this time around (last time, Arlene mentioned that only a couple people applied for the job), and there were quite a few applicants that needed to be interviewed. I went in for 2 interviews with 2 separate people. I was a "front-runner" according to Arlene each time she spoke with me, but she never promised me the position. So, I got a call the day after my second interview to answer one more question. She said that I would hear back either way by the end of the day, or the next at the latest. I told her that was fine and that I wasn't in any rush.
HR called a couple hours later with an offer. I'm going to be working starting on Thursday! I am absolutely incredibly happy. I am feeling a little stressed out right now, as I don't want to make any mistakes, and I want to show them that they made the right choice by picking me. But, I'm confident in my own abilities that I can do this job and excel at it.
I get full benefits starting on April 1st. I have 2 weeks paid vacation, 5 days accrued sick time, and holidays off. This is a huge change for me, since when I worked in retail, I always have Monday's off, and never got an extra day to make up for "missing" the holiday. Now, I get the days off. This is such a big deal for me. I'm so excited.
The job itself is an Administrative Assistant position at a bank 30-40 minutes away from my house. It's actually the bank that I do my own banking with, just not the same branch.
I can't wait to start. If I could just get my nerves under control, that would help. :) |
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| Silence |
[Sep. 24th, 2006|12:53 am] |
It's been a while since I posted, I know. But wanted to throw a quick update up to let everything know I'm okay and will post more when I can.
We went to LegacyCon last weekend, which is a get-together down in North Carolina for those of us that play WoW within the Genesis guild (or that played FFXI with some of the members in the guild). It was a lot of fun, and I got to meet some amazing people. I'm so glad that I went and it was nice to get out of the house for a while.
I miss everyone that I became friends with. You guys sure know how to throw a party.
Gala, I will reply to your email soon. I promise. (See, you get a line in my LJ, that's a good thing, right? *HUG*) |
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| I've arrived |
[Aug. 19th, 2006|07:30 pm] |
So, I'm in Colorado now. The weather is a little bit yucky right now, lots of rain, some thunder, but being here is better than any bad weather there could possibly be. I'm happy.
My flight wasn't great. I got stuck by a German speaking lady who yelled at me in German. I ended up having to go through security again at Laguardia, and they took away my lipgloss from my purse (because I'm James Bond and have explosives in my lipgloss, of course!) I barely made it to my connecting flight because of me having to wait for a bus to take me over to the other terminal and then being held up in security.
My checked bag didn't end up making my connecting flight, so I was told it would be delivered between 6:30-10:30 that evening. The time came and went with a woman that barely spoke English calling to tell me that there was no way she could deliver it that evening. So, she agreed to deliver it between 9-10 the next morning. Well, the next day, I got a call around 9:30 from a guy saying that he had my bag and he'd deliver it by 3PM. Well, okay, I have no clothes, no toiletries, no contacts, but whatever, what can I do at this point? So, the same guy called me up around 2PM and told me that the airline had put my security tag on the wrong bag, so I had the wrong luggage, therefore it would be by 8PM that I'd have my bag. My luggage was still at the airport. So, at this point, I went off on the guy. I demanded that he get my bag to me at 3PM, as promised, as I had a concert to leave for at 5PM and I really wanted to take a shower and put on my clothes for that. The guy quickly reassured me that he'd call and make some arrangements. Sure enough, my bag arrived just after 3PM.
Thankfully, all of my possessions were still in the bag. So, I was a happy camper. Taking a shower was heaven after all that.
So, although this was a horrible experience, everything finally got here, so it's okay.
I'll post some pictures when I get home. It is gorgeous out here.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm here, I'm safe, and I'm happy to be here. |
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| Colorado, here I come! |
[Aug. 14th, 2006|10:03 pm] |
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So, I'm going to Colorado on Thursday.
It's a last minute thing (just bought the tickets on Sunday) and I'm going for 10 days. I'm heading out to stay with my friends Derek and Jess, whom I love so much and miss dearly.
That said, I'm flying. Alone. With the heightened security. I can't even bring toothpaste in my carry-on bag. I'm a little freaked out.
Also, did I mention I'm flying alone? For the first time in my life? I've flown numerous times before, but I'm flying alone this time. Did I also mention that I hate flying? No? Well, I do.
Perhaps someone could give me hints of things they do to make their flights go smoothly? I intend to have my Ipod, game boy, books, magazines. I'm terrified of doing something wrong, drawing attention to myself, then being picked on by security. I know, the ramblings of a crazy person, I know. But, it's true. I am really worried.
Someone reassure me. Please. |
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| Peaceful, but incredibly sleepy |
[Aug. 11th, 2006|12:30 pm] |
I slept okay last night. Got about 5 hours of restful sleep. No dreams, no nightmares, nothing to wake me before I was really ready to wake up.
So, it's no surprise to anyone that has read this that I can't sleep well any longer. I do get a couple hours of sleep every night, but not all of those hours are restful. Every time I have a nightmare, I wake up, and I'm up until the morning. And every time I have a nightmare, I barely eat that day.
Well, I was just thinking of the amount of food I've eaten this week. It consists of 2 bowls of cereal, 2 breakfast bars, a handful of pretzels, a salad, a yogurt and some fruit. For a week.
And today, despite the fact that I've slept with no nightmares, I haven't eaten yet, nor do I want to. I last ate 22 hours ago.
I'm thinking there might be something wrong. |
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| They're back |
[Aug. 10th, 2006|12:25 pm] |
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So, I thought my nightmares were gone. I've had about a week of wonderful dreams. And last night, they all came back.
I woke up screaming after a particularly bad one. I sat up in bed and hugged my dog to me, shaking in fear. I slowly got up, walked out to the living room and sat on the couch and stared at my computer screen for hours, not really seeing it.
What are these nightmares trying to tell me?
Even now, I hear the dream, I see it, I can focus on it if I close my eyes. I can't get rid of it. And it scares the crap out of me. |
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| August is here? |
[Aug. 1st, 2006|03:07 pm] |
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It's 13 days after my 28th birthday. And it's August. Where the hell is the summer going?
When summer starts, my birthday seems so far off. It's halfway through the summer, so it will be a while before that happens, right?
Wrong.
Summer is over halfway over. We don't have many more incredibly hot, sunny days left. I complained the other day over how hot it was outside. I'm not going to do that anymore. It's the last of our warm weather before winter hits. I'm going to enjoy every minute I can that is left of summer.
On that note, I'm heading outside. I'm going to enjoy my time and I hope you sit back and decide to do the same. Life is too short and goes by too quickly to waste it complaining about the weather. |
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| Independence Day |
[Jul. 4th, 2006|01:23 am] |
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So, I'm back to writing. My goal in life is to write for a living. But, that being a fantasy for most people, I have to work to pay my bills. And my writing goddess has been avoiding me lately, and that makes it hard to write.
I had a dream the other night that sparked my interest again. I spend the next 45 minutes writing up a rough outline for it and have that in my log of "stories to write when I get the chance". I also began writing again on a story I started months ago. I've written 14 pages so far today, which for me, is a lot. I tend to write tops 5 pages in a day when it's a good day. Today has been wonderful and I'm still not done, although I needed a break to look at something other than my story for a while.
It's technically now Independence Day, so, happy Independence Day, everyone. Randy and I are heading over to a friends house tomorrow for a BBQ. I was excited about the concept, now I realize that I'll have to put my story down for quite a few hours, and I could get some serious writing in during that time! (I know, what a geek I am, right?)
Our friends wedding is on Saturday. It's going to be a billion degrees out and it's an ourdoor wedding. The bridesmaids dresses are strapless, so I guess that either keep us cool, or make me burn a nice bright red, and I'm betting on the latter one. Should be interesting.
That day, my parents also come out for a week of visiting. I see them once a year, so I should be looking forward to it, but I'm not. It's...hard to explain and I don't want to get into it right now, just know that I'm not looking forward to the visit.
So, Sunday morning we have to get up early and drive the 2-3 hours to get back to our house to meet up with them. They'll have free run of the house if they get there before we do, so that'll be fine.
Wish me luck. I'll need it. |
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