I need a drink and I don't drink

This class I am taking is not one of my favorites. I am working on team projects for the next few weeks and I am beginning to think I may need to start drinking. I don't know if everyone is trying to be nice so that no one gives them a bad grade or what. Several of the girls are like "okay, okay, okay"...give feedback people! What is going to happen is I am going to be labeled a dictator....and the only thing I am doing is giving suggestions and then ask for what other people thoughts are. "Okay, okay, okay is not an answer." The only guy on the team doesn't sign in but maybe 2 times a week and then gets ticked off and has strong suggestions for the team. I was voted team leader and another gal asked if we could dual share the role. I don't' want to be team leader every week....and she hasn't done anything to lead the group with me this week...she hasn't even posted her assignment like she was supposed to do. I think the team leader should rotate from week to week. I suggested this but no one commented. One person said they thought we were doing a good job at being team leaders. That wasn't what I asked. I asked and suggested ideas for coming up with how we should go about picking a new team leader each week. I don't think being a team leader means making all decisions. I think it means making sure each member stays on track or target with tasks determined and made by the group. Of course there are other things a leader should do but dictate is not one of them. I hope the team project goes smoother than it has this week because I don't know if I can deal with these people each week if it doesn't get easier. I don't want to be a dictator or labeled as such but I won't settle for a bad grade because of others not participating either.

Tuesday Blues

A friend and I were going to go on a rode trip to South Carolina. Her boss kept messing with her and wouldn't tell her if she could have 3 days off work. "We will talk about it later, we will talk about it at 11, we will talk about it after you get back from lunch..." After hearing all my friends struggles, I am feeling really sorry for her. I knew that her boss was a witch and controlling but really...come on...you know if you are going to give someone time off or not. The boss kept saying, "Are you sure your husband is going to let you go?" "How about your kids? Who is going to take care of them?...and on and on...I was like "IS IT NONE OF HER BUSINESS...My friend told me how controlling, among other things she was...but I guess I just didn't have any idea. My friend is looking for a new job (among everyone else in her office, to get AWAY of this boss). She is currently an administrative assistant but she has her CNA licence for Indiana. She is going to school for nursing too. She is very capable so if anyone know of a place hiring, she is needing a new job. She lives in Noblesville so a 20 mile radius of Noblesville would be awesome!

So I have the blues. I felt like a puppet on a string waiting to hear. I don't want to go on a trip that far without company so I won't be going either.

On a side note, I believe everything happens for a reason...so I am trying to stay open to knowing I wasn't supposed to be going at this time. It just stinks because it seemed like everything was going to work out and didn't.

How is your Tuesday?

Easter

Today is Easter day. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Are you egg-cited?

Have you gotten your eggs ready for the bunny yet?

I Quit!

Well, I did technically quit, but I did give notice. Since I am about to start St V's I quit the terrible, awful, hurt my head, neck, shoulders and back job. Today was my very last day there and I WILL NOT MISS IT! There is a new guy who has been there for about 3 days now. I heard him ask if it was okay to switch chairs as his back was hurting and he thought it was the chair. I wanted to say, "IT IS NOT THE CHAIR!", but I held my tongue. Soon enough he will know it to be true. I saw a girl diagonal from me, her name was Shannon and she was stretching and stretching her neck. I felt so bad for all the good and decent people who are working there. I hope they find something too. I was left to do the dirty job today. The worst job, at least in my opinion. I had to hold my head down all day...8 hours of looking down, putting checks together with invoices and then in alphabetical order. I think the manager was being mean on purpose. I never let up with my job duties. I fulfilled them with gust and the best I could, but it seems it wasn't good enough. The manager came up to me and told me I need to have all the checks sorted by noon. I just looked at her. It wasn't like I wasn't working the entire time or chit chatting or anything. I was sitting there doing my job as quickly as I could and she came up to me and said that. I just looked at her like she was a total loon. I think secretly she was mad I was leaving. The day I gave my notice, I heard the head boss tell her I was leaving and she said NO NOT HER. So I think she wasn't real happy I left. You know with all the training I had and all...(all one and a half minutes!)

This is the last post I will EVER post about this job!

NEW JOB FOR ME

I was offered and accepted a position at St. Vincent's today! I will be working at a pediatric orthopaedics group's office. There are only 3 doctors! I am very, very excited about this job!!!! Great benefits! I wish I was getting paid a heck of a lot more but it is a start and I am grateful and happy to have this job!!

Hurting

I can't believe how badly I feel! My shoulders, neck and back are a complete mess! It is because I SIT ALL FREAKING DAY now! I know there are other people in the same shape because I see them wiggle around too! The job just isn't healthy for any of us! I want out! I want a good job! I want one which will not HURT!

Is that sound coming from my head?

I forgot to tell you about that awful sound. The second day I was working there I asked the most friendliest person (Angie) if the sound I was hearing was coming from my head or if others could hear it too. She assured me that it was an awful sound and unfortunately everyone could hear it. She said when it turns off, everyone makes a sound of relief. It reminds me of a concentration camp for some reason...sometimes they will turn off the awful sound so that when it comes back on, you go crazy. The sound did go off yesterday and I was like "YES! That is much better!" Only to find in a short while the sound came back. Now, at home and anywhere I am, my ears are hearing sounds. I think I am picking up radio waves and other high pitched sounds and it is driving me insane!

I made it through the wilderness.....

Somehow I made it through...and survived what I can say one of the worst grueling work weeks ever. What I find amazing is I had Monday off, out for 2 hours on Wednesday for an interview and the out at 1:15 on Friday for an interview! How am I going to survive a 40 hour week? My neck, shoulders are a mess and my back feels like a board! I went walking last night even though all I wanted to do was lay down and sleep. Now, it is 1:30 a.m. and I can't sleep at all but I am exhausted!!! The worse part is my school studies. It is the last thing I want to do is read when I come home. I still have 2 chapters yet to read and a test to take by Saturday night!

The job interviews were awesome. Interviews were for a first and second interview at the same place this week....I was told my references would be called...I won't count my chickens before they are hatched but I sure want this job a great deal! It is something I could do and be good at as well as move up into other areas in the company....more on this after I am given an offer...and I mean more than a verbal offer!

Jack AWFUL Nasty

I am talking about the job.

I have never worked for a factory before but I think this is what it feels like. Yesterday the boss told me 10,000 units to be paid. I only had about 2 minutes training on the computer system so I am learning as I go on my own. There are 3 of us, and my brother figured out it would be about 8 seconds each transaction in order to do 10,000. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 .... seconds....No way in HELL! The computer DOESN'T go that fast! You have to look up each account in a database and it takes forever! Also, the computers CRASHED 3 times yesterday...that doesn't count how many times our computer screen FREEZES when we are in between screens. This is hell. I can't wait to get a full-time job so I can get out of this place.

Side note...I am happy to be working and having money coming in. So don't think I am ungrateful. I just can't understand the environment and everyone is so UNHAPPY! You think??

Lots to discuss but oh so tired!

First day on the job and my eyes are killing me! So is my neck. I had to look down and sort invoices/checks all day. Then I had to come home and do homework. Good news about school...I had an assignment due and had to do several days of discussion last week and got 49 out of 50 and 50 out of 50 for each! Can't beat that with a stick. Hope I can continue. Tonight I had about an hour of work to do and being on the computer is the last thing I want to do but had to do it. I still have 2 chapters to read (25 pages for each chapter), a discussion to do and a quiz to take! H E L P!

Work was weird. There are many desks in one big room, yet no ones know each others names. More later....I only slept about 4 hours last night so I am tired and it is time for BED!

job

I have a job starting tomorrow. I will be working for a temp agency. The weird news is that is at where Paul and 80 of his friends were laid off several years ago. I am really happy to be employed, even though I don't know for how long. I will keep looking and interviewing and actually have 2 new interviews this week ... but the company will work around me interviewing! That is good news. The bad news is me and my friend will no longer be able to have breakfast and a movie during working hours now. That is a bummer!

Daylight Saving Time

Really dislike changing the clocks and losing an hour. Feels like someone has taken something from me...and this something is not replaceable...time. Okay, I understand the give and take of the hour...I just don't like getting up and finding it is an hour later than what I had thought even though I knew it was coming. I read online that it doesn't save $$ as the politicians told us it would. Go figure. Politician lied...who would have thought?

On another note, I had the worse headache I have had in a long time yesterday. When I say yesterday, I mean Y E S T E R D A Y and I mean ALL DAY!! I fell asleep upstairs in a chair several times then when downstairs to the theatre room but kept being woke up. I finally had enough and went to bed at 11:30. I haven't been going to bed until after midnight or ever 2, 3 o'clock in the morning...(side note...I still wake up before 8 a.m.!!!) but I couldn't take it any more. BOY did I have dreams! I don't remember much of the dreams but I remember dreaming. Feeling better today but still feel a little like a headache could pop up anytime. My neck and shoulders hurt really bad. I think the headache is from stress in those areas.

Oh No Say It Isn't So

All I hear is negative, negative, negative with politics. My question remains...if everyone is so unhappy with the way things are going and they are excited about the "new change", which is coming then why is everyone afraid of what is coming? I am out of a job and my brothers company just laid off another batch of 30 something people. If everyone is so unhappy with the way things are, and want a change and know change is coming then why are they so afraid? I was told people are afraid to spend money right now, which causes a recession because they are afraid of what is coming....but if they are unhappy now and they want the change, then why be so freaking afraid of it? More than likely I am not communicating what I am thinking very well because it makes me so mad I have a hard time spitting out what I want to say...so forgive my ranting.

I went and helped the economy today. My friend Judy and I met up with a couple friends and we ate at Gray's Cafeteria. YUMMY! Had some good ole' fried chicken! I normally eat chicken, corn and mashed potatoes (starch, starch, starch) and then go into a food comma but decided today to forgo the corn. It just wasn't the same but I didn't miss the comma one bit!

I am still looking for a job! I applied for over 10 positions within the last 2 days. I hope the job postings keep coming so that I have jobs to apply for! I am PRAYING AND PRAYING something comes soon!

Bad Job Hunting

Yesterday I only found one job and today I only found one job to apply for. I am not totally sure these are jobs I want to do but believe I should search them out any way. You never know. I am just disappointed in finding so few available. Something will come my way, I know it. I just wish it was on my terms and not the terms of the universe.

No Student Left Behind? I am with stupid!

After going through my orientation for school today, I can see where many, many and I mean many people have been left behind academically. People were NOT paying attention. They were asking the same questions over and over and over and I just couldn't believe it. How in the world do these people even find their way out of their bed and blankets each day? Is this really how the world is? Is the world really raising ignorant and spoiled children who are this stupid? I have heard it many times and I have seen it a few times but it slapped me in the face today. I am not saying teachers aren't teaching..or trying to teach...I am saying maybe many of these students just aren't learning....something is definitely WRONG with society!