I have been in touch with a few companies in Rochester, NY, and I am thinking I have a pretty good shot! I have been applying for jobs all over the country. I have been applying for research jobs of all types, not just title abstracting. I HATE the idea of moving, but if I HAVE to, at least Rochester is near my brother. My father is just a few hours from him so I will be geographically closer to him than I have been in 25 years. I thought it was kind of weird that Rochester has the most promising leads for me out of all the places I have applied, especially given their reputation for not hiring outsiders often. I hope to know something soon. *fingers crossed* WISH ME LUCK!!! 
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Finally went to the doctor…
It is likely a staph infection. Kinda figured it. It feels like someone cut my leg open, jammed a softball into my muscle and sewed it back up. I got a pain shot and an antibiotic shot and have to go back every morning for a few days to get more shots. She couldn’t drain it because she said it would take TONS of shots to numb such a massive area and she still didn’t think she could numb it all that well. I also have antibiotics to take by mouth as well. I am supposed to take it easy. Not hard to do right now…
Still Waiting for Karma!
I am wondering why Karma can’t be the b!@tch she is known to be when I need her to be! lol I am just cranky, I guess. Going on 48 hours of being practically bedridden has turned me a tiny bit bitter. Too much time to think, I guess… Oh well, I told James if I wasn’t getting better soon I would go to the ER. He asked if by soon I meant like 6:00. I told him I meant more like Thursday… – ish… He swears my leg will fall off if I don’t go right this minute, but I am pretty sure it is getting better. I have been able to get up and cook supper two nights in a row now (well, I helped cook tonight). That is more than I could have done Saturday night, that’s for sure. Besides, I am getting star treatment right where I’m at. Reice fixes me drinks, Cady “reads” fashion magazines to me, Champ builds the coolest LEGO inventions to show me all day long, James plays with my hair and the kittens keep me entertained. Like right now, they are tangled up asleep on the cable box. That is their new favorite place to nap since it is so warm. Fine by me because it is right beside me and every time they wake up they crawl over here to get some sugars. Dobby fell off earlier while he was sleeping. It was one of those cute as a button but oh so pitiful moments!
NOT Winning!!!
So…. Today I will not be winning any awards for mother/wife of the year, that’s for sure! I wanted to make this Father’s Day weekend pretty freaking awesome, but now that I am unemployed my plans were scrapped. Not that they were concrete, anyway. I hadn’t decided on camping for a couple days or going to Metropolis to check out all the Superman stuff and maybe visit some family. But that didn’t happen…. Not just because of money, but also because of an infection on the inside of my leg that goes all the way down to the muscle and makes it nearly impossible to walk and almost as difficult to sit. I got fever, chills, sweats, dizziness… The whole nine yards. So Father’s Day was spent at home with me laying on the couch most of the day crying like a baby! lol
Swelling finally went down enough that I was able to get up and cook supper. I cooked corn on the cob, which my little ones love, but halfway into dinner we realize Champ is having a HORRIBLE time trying to eat it! He doesn’t have his top two front teeth and one of his bottom front teeth is just now coming through, so he has to eat it with his side teeth. It was the cutest thing ever, but I felt so bad that I should have known better than to cook it! lol
Yesssssssssssss
I have been trying to think of all the things I can do now while looking for another job. I am hoping that I find a job so quickly that I do not have time to even begin my list, but… Here is my short list:
- Work more on my novel. We have barely worked on it this year. We could have already had it finished!!! Now I can’t say I don’t have the time.
- Finally be able to take up knitting. I have always wanted to learn to knit. Now I have the time, but sadly I have no one to teach me.
- Definitely spend more time with my munchkins. It is summer time and my babies need some Mommy time.
- Have a HUGE yard sale or sell a bunch of stuff on eBay. I recently sold several of my Torrid dresses, and I have at least a few more I can get rid of. Goodness knows I could use the cash!
- LONG OVERDUE Spring cleaning!!!! My house is super cluttered! I think some spring cleaning and having a yard sale kind of go hand in hand.
IF I don’t get a job soon, I will add to the list later I am sure. Any suggestions?
New books on my list!
I updated my Books page today. I only added two more, but I hope to add a ton more over the next fiew days. Check it out! Feel free to comment. If you have any suggestions of books for me to read, I would love to hear them!
What an odd week!
I haven’t been able to blog in a while. Things have been crazy since I started my new position last week, and I am now currently unemployed as of yesterday afternoon. I have been with the same company for 5 1/2 years, and before that I was with the same company for 3 years (began there the week after high school graduation), so I am really nervous. Everyone says this will open new doors for me. I liked my old doors! I LOVED my career as well as my job. I am going to take the rest of this week to spend some time with my kids and relax. I have had a lot of tension for a few months now, and I think I was probably taking some of it out on my kids.
Monday morning I will begin exploring my options. James and I have always wanted to get out of the area. We want our kids to see more of this country than West Tennessee. Maybe we can do that now. I would love to be a little closer to my older brother and my dad and younger brothers.
Yesterday I was hurt and angry, today I am scared and in shock… Hopefully tomorrow I will begin to feel a little better. What I hope more than anything is that the decision I made yesterday will cause some changes that my good friends can benefit from. I love them and I don’t want them to ever get to the point that they feel how I did. Too late for me, but maybe not for them.
That Insidious Smiley!!!
Sometimes when I see this , rather than inspiring warm fuzzy feelings for the person who typed it, it makes me want to barf… Or throw something at my computer… Or both… Not always, though. In fact, only a few times a day, and only a couple of specific people (none of them being my fb pals – thank goodness! That would get pretty messy – all that barfing and throwing things!!!). It is because I know what is really behind that , and I know for a fact it is nothing warm and fuzzy, rather evil and twisted. How can a simple emoticon convey such sarcasm and vile irony???
Don’t get me wrong! I use the all the time and with the utmost sincerity. What can I say? I am just a smiley gal.
Sorry for eavesdropping
Overheard last week: “Fat chicks aren’t real people.”
I’ll set the scene. I was in a gas station getting a bottle of water because it was scorchingly hot and my van had no air. I paid and was walking out. As I came though the door, there were two guys standing outside the door smoking. One said, “Oh my God! That was harsh!” to which the other one replied, “What do I care? Fat chicks aren’t real people.” I know I had to look shocked or something because the one who had said it rolled his eyes at me.
Yeah… I was going to give my two cents, but whatever… Let’s go with that. Fat chicks aren’t real people. Too bad we still have to pay taxes.
Bone Marrow Donation
I found out that I cannot donate my bone marrow due to my sleep apnea and BMI. Since both of those are totally related, I will definitely be more focused from now on so that I can get those both under control and get on the Registry. This is something James and I have both wanted to do for a long time but have never sat down to begin the steps. About a year ago, I started looking into it, but did not look at the medical requirements. That won’t be a problem for long, though.
