1. Oh, I can't wait until I have a better "after-baby" body!!
2. Milk is the first thing I see when I open my refrigerator.
3. I never leave home without my kids and my cell phone.
4. If I were a condiment, I would be BBQ sauce, somketimes sweet, sometimes spicey and sometimes smokey - unique in every way!
5. Poor grammar is really high up on my list of pet peeves.
6. The last thing I thought of before I went to bed was will tonight be the night that I get a full night sleep (nope!)?
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to trying my new workout CD once the boys are in bed, tomorrow my plans include lunch with a friend and the pool and Sunday, I want to hang out with the boys and get ready for my parents to come next week!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Thursday Thirteen
13 Things from my To DO list:
1. Send thank you cards - I am so far behind on this (very A-typical of me) that it almost seems dumb at this point.
2. Call Comcast - Our promo ended this bill and now we are stuck with a monster payment.
3. Buy Poison tickets - My sister is actually coming into town and we are going to go together .... need to get that done before the weekend comes and goes!
4. Order Big J's playhouse/sandbox (see previous post).
5. Mail Eric's package
6. Take maternity clothes to the basement - I think I have been slow on this one because my belly still looks like I am expecting! :(
7. Cancel my dentist appointment. I am FINALLY trying a new dentist and getting away from the quack of a woman that CALLS herself a dentist ..... now I just have to say bye-bye!
8. Take my car in for an oil change. When the HECK am I supposed to do this?????
9. Get my car cleaned- it is BEYOND filthy.
10. Hook up the TV to the receiver to the DVD to the CD player to the IPOD dock ... uummmm... am I a retard or is it TRULY rocket science??????????
11. Wash the bedding and towels ..... I REALLY need to before everything starts to walk.
12. Buy a new bra. I have to face the cold hard truth. This weight aint going anywhere any time soon. Living with one bra is NOT cutting it anymore!
13. Finish decorating little j's room .... at some point it will become crystal clear that he really is the second child!!!!!
1. Send thank you cards - I am so far behind on this (very A-typical of me) that it almost seems dumb at this point.
2. Call Comcast - Our promo ended this bill and now we are stuck with a monster payment.
3. Buy Poison tickets - My sister is actually coming into town and we are going to go together .... need to get that done before the weekend comes and goes!
4. Order Big J's playhouse/sandbox (see previous post).
5. Mail Eric's package
6. Take maternity clothes to the basement - I think I have been slow on this one because my belly still looks like I am expecting! :(
7. Cancel my dentist appointment. I am FINALLY trying a new dentist and getting away from the quack of a woman that CALLS herself a dentist ..... now I just have to say bye-bye!
8. Take my car in for an oil change. When the HECK am I supposed to do this?????
9. Get my car cleaned- it is BEYOND filthy.
10. Hook up the TV to the receiver to the DVD to the CD player to the IPOD dock ... uummmm... am I a retard or is it TRULY rocket science??????????
11. Wash the bedding and towels ..... I REALLY need to before everything starts to walk.
12. Buy a new bra. I have to face the cold hard truth. This weight aint going anywhere any time soon. Living with one bra is NOT cutting it anymore!
13. Finish decorating little j's room .... at some point it will become crystal clear that he really is the second child!!!!!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Milestone Updates
OK ... so, it has been over a week since Big J went into big boy pullups .... yesterday he had not ONE accident. He is doing so well! The ladies at day school are amazed at how quickly this is all going for him. I am so darned proud of the little dude!!!!
Now I just have to fulfill my promise and buy him his playhouse or sandbox (We used a chart for about a week. Once it was filled he was able to get one).
The only downside? Cleaning out that cursed potty ... GROSS! I will give him one more week in pull-ups. Then we go to big boy underpants during the day and pull-ups at night. Once that goes for about a week we are going to start climbing onto the big potty!
As for little j .... he rolled over from his back to his front on Monday! I brought the exersaucer upstairs for him to use as well .... We also fed him baby bananas ... he actually seemed to enjoy them so much more than the rice cereal!!!!!
They are both growing up before my eyes!
I will have to update the site with some recent pics!!!
Now I just have to fulfill my promise and buy him his playhouse or sandbox (We used a chart for about a week. Once it was filled he was able to get one).
The only downside? Cleaning out that cursed potty ... GROSS! I will give him one more week in pull-ups. Then we go to big boy underpants during the day and pull-ups at night. Once that goes for about a week we are going to start climbing onto the big potty!
As for little j .... he rolled over from his back to his front on Monday! I brought the exersaucer upstairs for him to use as well .... We also fed him baby bananas ... he actually seemed to enjoy them so much more than the rice cereal!!!!!
They are both growing up before my eyes!
I will have to update the site with some recent pics!!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thursday Thirteen
13 Things that men should not wear
1. Capris. Gross. Go to Europe where it is fashionable ... you just look like a dork in pants that belong on your girlfriend.
2. Pointy toe shoes. WTF????? Did you really want to wake up and look like one of Santa's elves?
3. Wife Beaters. Unless you have abs of steel .... you just look like TPT ... put on a real shirt.
4. Tapered Jeans. You look like men on chopsticks ... ew.
5. Shorts that hang below your boxers. Why? How old are you anyway?
6. Crocs. I am sorry if I offend - but ANYONE who wears these just look like DORKS!!!!
7. Baseball hats with flat bills. Did you buy your hat at the dollar store? You look like an old man on a farm! Where is your tractor?
8. Jeans with worn out pockets. Nothing bothers me more than looking at a butt in front of me and seeing a man's boxers through the holes he has worn through his pockets.
9. Tattered jeans. I just don't understand the love of jeans that look like someone went dumpster diving. It was cool when I was 16 .. but if you are a hard working adult - look like one!
10. Sandals with socks. No comments necessary.
11. Short shorts. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
12. Speedos. Gross! I have NO desire to see a man's thingy .... they aren't that attractive anyway.
13. Biker shorts. Unless you are on a bike ... take them off and get some REAL shorts!
1. Capris. Gross. Go to Europe where it is fashionable ... you just look like a dork in pants that belong on your girlfriend.
2. Pointy toe shoes. WTF????? Did you really want to wake up and look like one of Santa's elves?
3. Wife Beaters. Unless you have abs of steel .... you just look like TPT ... put on a real shirt.
4. Tapered Jeans. You look like men on chopsticks ... ew.
5. Shorts that hang below your boxers. Why? How old are you anyway?
6. Crocs. I am sorry if I offend - but ANYONE who wears these just look like DORKS!!!!
7. Baseball hats with flat bills. Did you buy your hat at the dollar store? You look like an old man on a farm! Where is your tractor?
8. Jeans with worn out pockets. Nothing bothers me more than looking at a butt in front of me and seeing a man's boxers through the holes he has worn through his pockets.
9. Tattered jeans. I just don't understand the love of jeans that look like someone went dumpster diving. It was cool when I was 16 .. but if you are a hard working adult - look like one!
10. Sandals with socks. No comments necessary.
11. Short shorts. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
12. Speedos. Gross! I have NO desire to see a man's thingy .... they aren't that attractive anyway.
13. Biker shorts. Unless you are on a bike ... take them off and get some REAL shorts!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Milestones
I forgot! So .... Sunday night? Joseph rolls over from front to back! I also fed him cereal last night for the first time. His face was priceless!!!! He looked so confused as to what the heck was going on in that mouth of his!!!!
Joshua is in big boy pants .... pull-ups for now. Started OFFICIALLY potty training yesterday. It is going to take some work, but I am sure we will get there. I just have to remember to take him every hour - on the hour!!! Ugh ... add ANOTHER full time job to my ever-growing list!!!!!
Joshua is in big boy pants .... pull-ups for now. Started OFFICIALLY potty training yesterday. It is going to take some work, but I am sure we will get there. I just have to remember to take him every hour - on the hour!!! Ugh ... add ANOTHER full time job to my ever-growing list!!!!!
Another day ... another dollar
So .... we begin another Tuesday sitting in the office taking phone calls.
I STILL cannot believe my talents are wasted once a week - every week - saying this over and over again: "Thank you for calling. How can I help you?"
I already did this ... for THREE effing years I plugged away on the phone, putting in my ten hours a day - 50 hours a week - padding my resume with experience.
Now - 10 years later - I am back doing the same thing? Having to sign in and out for breaks, lunches, dealing with petty office crap?
Ugh. That is all I can say about this. Ugh.
It doesn't help when, to be here on time, I have to take the 7:20 train ... meaning I have to be OUT of the house BY 6:45 .... meaning, I had to wake both boys up, get them changed and run out the door to be in time. I HATE it!
Oh well ... suck it up ... until I have time to get my resume together - or start playing AND WINNING the lottery ... my days will be spent running from here to there ... or attached to a phone cord all day .....
I STILL cannot believe my talents are wasted once a week - every week - saying this over and over again: "Thank you for calling. How can I help you?"
I already did this ... for THREE effing years I plugged away on the phone, putting in my ten hours a day - 50 hours a week - padding my resume with experience.
Now - 10 years later - I am back doing the same thing? Having to sign in and out for breaks, lunches, dealing with petty office crap?
Ugh. That is all I can say about this. Ugh.
It doesn't help when, to be here on time, I have to take the 7:20 train ... meaning I have to be OUT of the house BY 6:45 .... meaning, I had to wake both boys up, get them changed and run out the door to be in time. I HATE it!
Oh well ... suck it up ... until I have time to get my resume together - or start playing AND WINNING the lottery ... my days will be spent running from here to there ... or attached to a phone cord all day .....
Friday, June 27, 2008
Friday Fill-Ins
1. Birthdays are days that everyone is given to feel extra special!
2. Summer is my favorite season because I love sun, long days, grilling and the pool.
3. I feel my best when 50 pounds lighter!
4. Mexican is my favorite food!
5. First impressions are usually right on.
6. The best piece of advice I ever received was Let go and Let God.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to dinner and a play with friends, tomorrow my plans include hanging with the boys and going out for a girls night and Sunday, I want to go to Mass and watch the Cubs!
2. Summer is my favorite season because I love sun, long days, grilling and the pool.
3. I feel my best when 50 pounds lighter!
4. Mexican is my favorite food!
5. First impressions are usually right on.
6. The best piece of advice I ever received was Let go and Let God.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to dinner and a play with friends, tomorrow my plans include hanging with the boys and going out for a girls night and Sunday, I want to go to Mass and watch the Cubs!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Thursday Thirteen
13 Things I am afraid of:
1. Enclosed places - this has gotten worse for me with age. Don't ask me to crawl into a small tunnel, I hate covered water slides .... yuck, yuck, yuck.
2. Spiders - they are too creepy for my liking
3. Going Broke - I think we ALL feel this these days!
4. Losing my parents early - I DREAD this phone call and hope it won't happen for a VERY long time.
5.Staying Fat for the Rest of my Life - This has been a battle since I can remember knowing what the word "fat" meant. What if I spend the rest of my years battling this crap?????
6. Rats/Mice/Rodents - eeewwwwww
7. Getting a wax - Everyone says it is no big deal - but - come on! RIPPING your hair out of the root .... I cannot even begin to imagine the pain it causes!
8. Throwing Up - I always joked that I could have never been a bulimic because the mere THOUGHT of throwing up makes me cry. Not good on those days where one good heave and the world would be a better place!
9. The Economy - What of it really DOESN'T get any better??????
10. My husband and I never being truly happy after this deployment - What if this whole thing effs everything up??? Ugh. I cannot really think about it too much.
11. Losing my babies - I will not even go there.
12. Basements - always have been - always will. There are just too many scary things that could happen down there!!
13. Heights - AKA - Ferris wheels, tall rides at amusement parks ... um, yea, NO! I like my feet on solid ground!!!
1. Enclosed places - this has gotten worse for me with age. Don't ask me to crawl into a small tunnel, I hate covered water slides .... yuck, yuck, yuck.
2. Spiders - they are too creepy for my liking
3. Going Broke - I think we ALL feel this these days!
4. Losing my parents early - I DREAD this phone call and hope it won't happen for a VERY long time.
5.Staying Fat for the Rest of my Life - This has been a battle since I can remember knowing what the word "fat" meant. What if I spend the rest of my years battling this crap?????
6. Rats/Mice/Rodents - eeewwwwww
7. Getting a wax - Everyone says it is no big deal - but - come on! RIPPING your hair out of the root .... I cannot even begin to imagine the pain it causes!
8. Throwing Up - I always joked that I could have never been a bulimic because the mere THOUGHT of throwing up makes me cry. Not good on those days where one good heave and the world would be a better place!
9. The Economy - What of it really DOESN'T get any better??????
10. My husband and I never being truly happy after this deployment - What if this whole thing effs everything up??? Ugh. I cannot really think about it too much.
11. Losing my babies - I will not even go there.
12. Basements - always have been - always will. There are just too many scary things that could happen down there!!
13. Heights - AKA - Ferris wheels, tall rides at amusement parks ... um, yea, NO! I like my feet on solid ground!!!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!
WOO HOO! Its about time Ramirez got hot ... let's go for #2 tomorrow!
YES!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!
Friday Fill-In's
1. A smile is a sign of a Cubs win.
2. Euchre is my favorite board or card game.
3. I would love to have more time in my life and less responsibility.
4. When I think of the Summer Solstice, I think of the longest day of the year - time to picnic!
5. I just remembered I need to call a client.
6. One of my favorite song lyrics goes like this: I raise a glass to all of us who are breaking our backs every day, if wanting a good life is such a crime, Lord than take me away.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to tacos and putting my sick kids to bed, tomorrow my plans include getting little j's 3 month pictures taken, exchanging a Cubs T-shirt and Dick's for a different size, hopefully going to the pool and then a cookout at my Uncle's house, and Sunday I want to go to Mass, the pool, enjoy a cookout with girlfriends and then cheer on the Cubs!
2. Euchre is my favorite board or card game.
3. I would love to have more time in my life and less responsibility.
4. When I think of the Summer Solstice, I think of the longest day of the year - time to picnic!
5. I just remembered I need to call a client.
6. One of my favorite song lyrics goes like this: I raise a glass to all of us who are breaking our backs every day, if wanting a good life is such a crime, Lord than take me away.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to tacos and putting my sick kids to bed, tomorrow my plans include getting little j's 3 month pictures taken, exchanging a Cubs T-shirt and Dick's for a different size, hopefully going to the pool and then a cookout at my Uncle's house, and Sunday I want to go to Mass, the pool, enjoy a cookout with girlfriends and then cheer on the Cubs!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Thursday Thirteen
13 Reasons I have decided to start looking for a new career:
1. My kids. This is my main reason. I hate that I have to put them in day acre all the time. I hate that I am expected to work all kinds of funky hours and subject them to it. Oh what I wouldn't do to be a SAHM.
2. Gas prices. Even though my company considers me a "sales rep," they certainly do not treat me as such. I am expected to drive all over God's green earth for business, yet I am not even given a car, mileage, an expenses account - NOTHING. It all comes out of my pocket.
3. No more flexibility. When I first started at this job I was told, "we don't care how or when you get your job done, just get it done." It has now become a "Where the heck are you its 8:00 am/ its not 5:00pm?" job. Yippee.
4. Office Days. When I took this job eight years ago, I had basically just finished "padding" my resume in a call center for 2 1/2 years. I did my time on the phones. We have now gone from coming in once a month to cover the office phones, to every other week, to now, once a week - yet my goals for production have not changed. So, let me get this straight. I am STILL supposed to bring you over $1 million of production but I am now called away from the field ONCE every freaking week to answer the phone (because the customer service rep on the office doesn't????)? WTF ever.
5. The economy. This job has become a crap shoot. I am supposed to get people to put in more money to their retirement program ... but most of them can no longer afford to put gas in their cars. How can I talk them into anything with that argument? Then, on top of that, they hear that we are going thru inflation, recessions and the market is taking tumbles every day. Happy, happy. Joy, joy.
6. My home. I would do ANYTHING to find a job that kept me there all week ... shoot, I would settle for 2 times a week ..... less driving, less day care expenses, more time with the kids .... its a win-win situation!
7. Coworkers. We used to be this great team. People would help each other out of the numbers weren't great. We would cover for each other and hang out. Well, times have changed. A few scary people have been hired that just don't fit my "nice people" bill:
Coworker A - (we will call her "Queen Bee") Queen Bee is supposed to be on the phones all day long. The last time I was in the office she took a total of FIVE, yes, FIVE calls. When it is time for her lunch, she first, takes off her shoes and changes into walking shoes. Then, she goes to the bathroom for about ten minutes. Then, she chats with her office buddy for a few minutes about where she is going to go for lunch. THEN and ONLY THEN, she signs out for lunch. Only to take an additional half hour to reverse this process when she gets back.
Coworker B - (we will call him Pat) Pat started about 2 years ago. He has since become the top producer. Why? He is a poacher. He has been found in other people's territory - he steals, connives and lies his way to the top ... AND we wonder what it TRULY is that he has going on with the boss. Pat can do no wrong.
Coworker C- (we will call her Turncoat) Turncoat used to be a friend. Helped me out, told me how great this job is for raising kids. Used to tell me how to work only a few days and then make it look like I worked all week. Suddenly she has become best buds with the boss and I have been under the microscope ever since. And, oh yea ... I never did get a thank you for the gift I gave her at her wedding ......
8. Clientele. I think I am just OVER going and sitting in Streets and Sanitation departments, county hospitals, rodent control offices, etc. I need to feel professional again.
9. My salary. I used to think I was getting paid well. Until everyone else in this world got raises and COLA's ... and I stayed stagnant. I don't get paid enough to go chasing production at $4.50 per gallon five days a week!
10. Traffic. It seems that what used to take me an hour to get to, now takes and hour and a half ... no matter WHAT time of day it is. And could they EVER be done with construction?????
11. Complacency. I can honestly say that I just no longer give a shit. At all.
12. Jealousy. I see other people out there, making more, smiling more, getting the hours they want. I want to be that girl.
13. My Boss (we will call him Will). This is numero UNO. I think is he were gone I would think twice about leaving. He is just an all around ass. I have absolutely NO respect for him .. and no "like" for him either. He treats people like dirt and thinks he is the greatest. Working for a gay man, trying to get him to understand FAMILY situations is like asking a vegetarian to understand why I need a burger! And there are other things:
1. He is SO un-PC. He is consistently making comments about how he hates our President, church, government, etc. The other day I asked who was downtown since I saw Secret Service everywhere ... his comment? "Well, Shrub ( I guess this was supposed to be Bush) is out of the country, and the Vice-Asshole (I am not exaggerating) is somewhere else" WTF?????
2. He cannot stand that I have family obligations and makes it a point to make me feel bad about it. "I would have given this opportunity to you, but I knew you wouldn't want to put the effort in because you have a child." Ummmmmmmm - isn't that discrimination??????
3. He is the world's HUGEST, BIGGEST, LARGEST micro-manager anyone has ever had. He calls my cell phone literally 5 times a day, checking on me, telling me stupid shit that could wait until he saw me next, or asking me asinine questions. I had to pick up a guy from Corporate on Tuesday and take him to my locations to see what we do all day. I picked him up on time, we were where we needed to be. Will was at a golf outing. The man called me FOUR effing times to see if I picked this guy up. WTF? He then called later in the afternoon to make sure that I was taking care of him. Dude .... I take care of two kids all day, every day ... don't you think I can handle hanging out with a grown man? Get an effing life!!!!
4. He loves to micro-manage, but when it comes to HELPING. He sucks. I asked him OVER A YEAR AGO for contact information to help me get into one of my locations. HE has YET to give me an answer .... how am I supposed to get my numbers in when I cannot get into my territories .. and when I ask for help it goes unanswered?!?!??!?!?!
5. He has no clue what I do. He is a numbers guy. HE has NEVER been a sales rep and has no idea of the lifestyle of one. He should quit trying.
6. Everyone keeps telling me - hold off - he will be out of this position soon. They have been saying that for 4 years. Enough is enough already.
1. My kids. This is my main reason. I hate that I have to put them in day acre all the time. I hate that I am expected to work all kinds of funky hours and subject them to it. Oh what I wouldn't do to be a SAHM.
2. Gas prices. Even though my company considers me a "sales rep," they certainly do not treat me as such. I am expected to drive all over God's green earth for business, yet I am not even given a car, mileage, an expenses account - NOTHING. It all comes out of my pocket.
3. No more flexibility. When I first started at this job I was told, "we don't care how or when you get your job done, just get it done." It has now become a "Where the heck are you its 8:00 am/ its not 5:00pm?" job. Yippee.
4. Office Days. When I took this job eight years ago, I had basically just finished "padding" my resume in a call center for 2 1/2 years. I did my time on the phones. We have now gone from coming in once a month to cover the office phones, to every other week, to now, once a week - yet my goals for production have not changed. So, let me get this straight. I am STILL supposed to bring you over $1 million of production but I am now called away from the field ONCE every freaking week to answer the phone (because the customer service rep on the office doesn't????)? WTF ever.
5. The economy. This job has become a crap shoot. I am supposed to get people to put in more money to their retirement program ... but most of them can no longer afford to put gas in their cars. How can I talk them into anything with that argument? Then, on top of that, they hear that we are going thru inflation, recessions and the market is taking tumbles every day. Happy, happy. Joy, joy.
6. My home. I would do ANYTHING to find a job that kept me there all week ... shoot, I would settle for 2 times a week ..... less driving, less day care expenses, more time with the kids .... its a win-win situation!
7. Coworkers. We used to be this great team. People would help each other out of the numbers weren't great. We would cover for each other and hang out. Well, times have changed. A few scary people have been hired that just don't fit my "nice people" bill:
Coworker A - (we will call her "Queen Bee") Queen Bee is supposed to be on the phones all day long. The last time I was in the office she took a total of FIVE, yes, FIVE calls. When it is time for her lunch, she first, takes off her shoes and changes into walking shoes. Then, she goes to the bathroom for about ten minutes. Then, she chats with her office buddy for a few minutes about where she is going to go for lunch. THEN and ONLY THEN, she signs out for lunch. Only to take an additional half hour to reverse this process when she gets back.
Coworker B - (we will call him Pat) Pat started about 2 years ago. He has since become the top producer. Why? He is a poacher. He has been found in other people's territory - he steals, connives and lies his way to the top ... AND we wonder what it TRULY is that he has going on with the boss. Pat can do no wrong.
Coworker C- (we will call her Turncoat) Turncoat used to be a friend. Helped me out, told me how great this job is for raising kids. Used to tell me how to work only a few days and then make it look like I worked all week. Suddenly she has become best buds with the boss and I have been under the microscope ever since. And, oh yea ... I never did get a thank you for the gift I gave her at her wedding ......
8. Clientele. I think I am just OVER going and sitting in Streets and Sanitation departments, county hospitals, rodent control offices, etc. I need to feel professional again.
9. My salary. I used to think I was getting paid well. Until everyone else in this world got raises and COLA's ... and I stayed stagnant. I don't get paid enough to go chasing production at $4.50 per gallon five days a week!
10. Traffic. It seems that what used to take me an hour to get to, now takes and hour and a half ... no matter WHAT time of day it is. And could they EVER be done with construction?????
11. Complacency. I can honestly say that I just no longer give a shit. At all.
12. Jealousy. I see other people out there, making more, smiling more, getting the hours they want. I want to be that girl.
13. My Boss (we will call him Will). This is numero UNO. I think is he were gone I would think twice about leaving. He is just an all around ass. I have absolutely NO respect for him .. and no "like" for him either. He treats people like dirt and thinks he is the greatest. Working for a gay man, trying to get him to understand FAMILY situations is like asking a vegetarian to understand why I need a burger! And there are other things:
1. He is SO un-PC. He is consistently making comments about how he hates our President, church, government, etc. The other day I asked who was downtown since I saw Secret Service everywhere ... his comment? "Well, Shrub ( I guess this was supposed to be Bush) is out of the country, and the Vice-Asshole (I am not exaggerating) is somewhere else" WTF?????
2. He cannot stand that I have family obligations and makes it a point to make me feel bad about it. "I would have given this opportunity to you, but I knew you wouldn't want to put the effort in because you have a child." Ummmmmmmm - isn't that discrimination??????
3. He is the world's HUGEST, BIGGEST, LARGEST micro-manager anyone has ever had. He calls my cell phone literally 5 times a day, checking on me, telling me stupid shit that could wait until he saw me next, or asking me asinine questions. I had to pick up a guy from Corporate on Tuesday and take him to my locations to see what we do all day. I picked him up on time, we were where we needed to be. Will was at a golf outing. The man called me FOUR effing times to see if I picked this guy up. WTF? He then called later in the afternoon to make sure that I was taking care of him. Dude .... I take care of two kids all day, every day ... don't you think I can handle hanging out with a grown man? Get an effing life!!!!
4. He loves to micro-manage, but when it comes to HELPING. He sucks. I asked him OVER A YEAR AGO for contact information to help me get into one of my locations. HE has YET to give me an answer .... how am I supposed to get my numbers in when I cannot get into my territories .. and when I ask for help it goes unanswered?!?!??!?!?!
5. He has no clue what I do. He is a numbers guy. HE has NEVER been a sales rep and has no idea of the lifestyle of one. He should quit trying.
6. Everyone keeps telling me - hold off - he will be out of this position soon. They have been saying that for 4 years. Enough is enough already.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Germs Germs and more Germs
Well - both boys are sick. Runny nose, scratchy cough. And what am I doing? Getting ready for work because I have to pick some dude up from O'Hare to show him what we do all day. WTF?
I mean, if my life TRULY was prioritized, these boys would be staying home with Mommy today. I decided last night that yes, it is time I brush up my resume and look for other opportunities. This job that I once loved (and would have been PERFECT for raising a family) is suddenly no longer fun, no longer flexible .... plain old yucky.
What am I going to do? Well - for starters .... we will be washing our hands all day today (we need to get rude of those yucky germs!)... and I will be washing up the cobwebs in my brain so that I might think of where I could actually work (and leave those "germs" that I work for) AND take care of my kids.
Anyone have any ideas?????
I mean, if my life TRULY was prioritized, these boys would be staying home with Mommy today. I decided last night that yes, it is time I brush up my resume and look for other opportunities. This job that I once loved (and would have been PERFECT for raising a family) is suddenly no longer fun, no longer flexible .... plain old yucky.
What am I going to do? Well - for starters .... we will be washing our hands all day today (we need to get rude of those yucky germs!)... and I will be washing up the cobwebs in my brain so that I might think of where I could actually work (and leave those "germs" that I work for) AND take care of my kids.
Anyone have any ideas?????
Monday, June 16, 2008
Working for the Weekend
Another Monday here ... and I am wondering if I am going to get another 50 calls from work this week. Its like my boss cannot handle NOT talking with every hour of every day.
I just need some space ... space to figure out what the hell I am doing and how I am doing it!
Ugh!!!!
On a better note. The weekend was nice. I took the boys out to dinner at Durty Nellie's on Friday after work. We sat on the patio so Big J could watch the trains coming and going. We shared some nachos, Mommy had a beer (a MUCH needed beer after being downtown in an office all day long).
Saturday we played outside and got Big J a haircut.
Then we went to a friends birthday party. Lots of kids - Big J got his fill of running around and acting goofy.
We spent Fathers Day at home, grilling out and relaxing. The boys talked to Daddy and wished him well. We also got a chance to talk to Grandma and Grandpa on his new web cam - it was cool! Big J was a nut case.
Like I said .. now back to the gross reality that I have to work for a living ... isn't being a Mom work enough??????? This little guy thinks so:
Friday, June 13, 2008
Friday Fill-Ins
1. An evening on the patio with a good glass of wine makes me happy.
2. I would like a day to sleep in, please.
3. Junk food tastes SO good!
4. Saturday is my favorite day of the week because I don't have to get the boys ready for daycare and I can ignore my voicemail.
5. My boobs (???) are my best feature. (Not the best question to ask a woman who had a baby three months ago!)
6. We could learn so much from our parents, if we let them teach us.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to picking the boys up from day care and going out for dinner, tomorrow my plans include getting Big J's hair cut and taking the boys to a birthday party and Sunday, try to get to the pool, call E for Father's Day and prepare for another work week!
2. I would like a day to sleep in, please.
3. Junk food tastes SO good!
4. Saturday is my favorite day of the week because I don't have to get the boys ready for daycare and I can ignore my voicemail.
5. My boobs (???) are my best feature. (Not the best question to ask a woman who had a baby three months ago!)
6. We could learn so much from our parents, if we let them teach us.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to picking the boys up from day care and going out for dinner, tomorrow my plans include getting Big J's hair cut and taking the boys to a birthday party and Sunday, try to get to the pool, call E for Father's Day and prepare for another work week!
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