Feb 19, 2010
So I spent all day coding this theme and when I say all, I mean all.. well mostly. I think I started around noon and was semi-distracted by other things, but still, it took quite a bit because I’m super picky, but I really do like how it turned out. Sure, it’s simple, but I find that now a days I am enjoying simple much more than I did before. It’s not a bad thing I don’t think, I suppose it could be worse, but still, simple seems to suit me. I am still tweaking the damn Flickr stream– for some reason, despite all my efforts the borders refuse to show, but other than that I am pleased with it. I also managed to get all of my pages fixed and turned off comments on them, which I’ve been meaning to do, but have been much too lazy. I also removed my portfolio, mostly because I found I didn’t really update it so there was no point in having it there. Maybe one day when my creativity returns once more and not in spurts as it tends to do.
I had the past week off from week as a means to just recover. I have been so burnt out and I really needed to just take some time to refresh. I’m sad that it went by so quickly, but I did my best to not over exert myself. I still need to clean the house which I fully intend on doing tomorrow (no excuses damnit!) and then I think my funk, well at least I hope my funk will be over. For the most part a lot of those I know have experienced it and I’m not sure why. It seems to have caught on like the fucking flu which thankfully I have never had. Instead I just sink into bouts of depression that threaten to claim my sanity and I wonder if one day I will be able to fight my way back from the edge. G-d, I sound morbid.
Last weekend was my sister-in-law’s reception in San Diego. I would say I enjoyed myself, but to be honest, it was a bit drab. It was nice to catch up with old friends, but the reception itself was lame. I actually ended up crawling into bed at about 8:00 because I was bored out of my mind. Is that mean to say? Lol. She looked gorgeous and it was good to see her, but I don’t think I would have shed a tear if I had missed it, though if I had then we would not have had such a great laugh at the expense of Robby’s aunt who thinks she knows everything. No one can stand her, I mean NO ONE. She sticks her nose where it doesn’t belong and it drives everyone crazy. Case and point: my mother-in-law tells me Sunday morning that Helen said, “Angie was really flirting with Robby’s friend.” I look at her and say, “What the fuck?” and she laughs and says, “Brion!” To which we all start cracking up. Why you ask? Because Brion is gay. We all love him to pieces and all giggle like girls with him, which coincidentally was exactly what we were doing when she said we were flirting. Of course when Robby’s mom told his aunt all she had to say was, “Ohhh, that’s why.” What’s that saying again? When you make assumptions, you make an ass out of you and me, or in this case her. Retard. Lol.
In other news, I turned 24 on the 17th. I got a ton of Facebook wall messages, texts, and phone calls, to which I pretty much ignored. Don’t get me wrong I thanked everyone who wished me a happy birthday because it is appreciated, but I just don’t get excited about my birthday. I despise getting treated extra special one day of the year when in all honesty, everyone should be treated extra special every day of the year because tomorrow is not promised. You never know when you will wake up and the people you love will no longer be there so rather than cherish them on one day of the year, cherish them always, life is too short for anything else. I know it’s probably a cynical way to look at it but I view it as realistic; though I’d rather be viewed as cynical than wake up and regret that I never took that extra step to tell those I love that I love and appreciate them. I never want to be that person with so much to say when its too late to say it. So if I leave you with anything tonight, it’s food for thought, love and appreciate those with you now, for once their gone, they may never know how much you did.
Feb 10, 2010
Today proved to be one of the most aggravating days I have had in a very long time. Oh, it started out well enough, however two and a half hours to the end of my shift everything went to hell and I decided it was time to look for another job. Most know that when I had moved to this new department my hours were originally M-F 3:30-10:00 EST, which wasn’t all that bad as I’m two hours behind EST so my hours translated to 1:30-8:00. The problem however with this shift was that it was preventing me from doing a lot of things and also meant Robby had to spend 2 hours after getting home from work being quiet and taking care not to disturb me. It frustrated him and it frustrated me so I asked for a schedule change to 11:00-5:30pm EST, which meant I was off at 3:30 each day and also meant I could get a lot more done.
Now as it was the night shift was already short staffed and I was surprised that they allowed the shift swap, but also quite grateful. However, after hearing my success at changing my schedule, another co-worker who worked the night shift also asked to have her hours changed which I was quite certain would not be approved and I was wrong. I had talked to my supervisor regarding this matter during our one on ones and how they needed to do something to balance out the morning and night crew, because I often felt bad at how slammed the closers got, being as I was one of them.
This morning when I logged on to work, I busted ass to get as many hours of my shift covered next week as my sister-in-law has a wedding reception in San Diego that we have to attend this weekend and my birthday is on Wednesday and I normally take the day of and after off and decided it didn’t make since to work Friday and then have Sat/Sun off. I was feeling pretty accomplished by the time lunch hit until it all went to hell in a hand basket.
After waking up from my brief lunch nap, I received an e-mail stating my schedule had been changed to 4:00-10:30pm EST, effective February 15th. I was livid. Not only had I spent a lot of time and energy attempting to get my shifts covered the following week, but I also was not allotted enough time to make arrangements to adapt to the new shift. In addition, our HOOPs1 are 9:00am-10:00pm M-F and now I’m forced to stay 30 mins past HOOPs and lose out on 5 hours of pay each week? Um, no, I do not think so. I immediately PCed my supervisor regarding the matter and she said she was going to send an e-mail to the head of the department regarding the matter as when I had originally agreed to move to this new department I was told HOOPs and agreed to them. I did not agree to stay past 30 minutes, nor did I agree to the lessening of hours. I’m pretty infuriated by the entire thing and have thus commenced a more serious job search than the one I had started.
Don’t get me wrong for the most part I love my job and I adore (almost) all the people I work with, however I do not appreciate how I have been treated, considering how hard I have worked for the department to help ensure its success. I deserve more than 3 days notice for such a huge change and I certainly deserve more than the treatment I have been given. Here’s to hoping that I find something quickly, something I enjoy, and something that pays well.
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Nov 21, 2009
I missed blogging yesterday because I was trying to spend as much time with Robby before he left. I’m a mess to say the least. I didn’t take it well at all, actually I’m not taking it well. I was doing pretty good tonight and then suddenly out of no where I just become depressed and started crying. I hate being away from him, really do. I have HUGE abandonment issues and this is not helping. I just want him to be home already so I can snuggle in his arms and be whole. Ugh, it’s going to be a very long next 10 days. 
Nov 18, 2009
So I’ve decided to avoid all things net for awhile (minus my blog, of course) while I work to bring up my grade in my programming classes. I finally sat down today and read some of the text and after using my beading as an example finally started to get it. I hope that this means I’ll be able to pull my grade up because right now I’m in pure panic mode and I don’t like it.
Tomorrow is Thursday, which makes me incredibly sad. Yes, it means I’m one day closer to the weekend, but it also means that I’m 2 days closer to Robby leaving. Boo. I also haven’t had Pepsi all day so that’s sucked. I really, really need some. Ugh.
Nov 15, 2009
Today has been a good day. Robby and I went and had Tippanyaki and also went to B&N so we could use the 25% off coupon that expired today. We had a good time and I discovered my love for Tokyo Iced Tea! So yummy.
I’m sad though because he leaves on Saturday and it breaks my heart. I don’t do well when he goes away. Seriously. This is why he could never been a truck driver or do anything that meant he’d be away from me for long periods of time. I don’t sleep well and usually end up with about 2-3 hours of sleep at most. Ugh, I’m so sad. The last time he’s been away from me was when we moved out here and that was the hardest thing ever. I hated it. Bleh, I am not looking forward to this– not at all. =(
So I started to work on crafting jewelry and I’m pleased with the results. I still have a lot to learn but a lot of people liked what I made so I’m hoping once I get good enough I’ll be able to sell them relatively easily but we’ll definitely have to see. I don’t think it should be too much of a problem though.
Alright I’m going to finished my drink and postwhore some more on Ecstasy– activity has been awesome these past few days!
Oct 12, 2009
Well we’ve been down in San Diego for 4 days now and so far I’m loving every minute of it. It’s been a blast being able to catch up with friends, relax, and not have to worry about customers who whine because they can’t have something their way. Of course this illusion is going to end eventually, tomorrow evening to be precise, but I am enjoying it while I can. Last night we went out to a karaoke bar with our friends and it was just pure hilarity. I had 2 1/2 drinks last night and that was enough to do the trick, but the best part was I couldn’t taste the alcohol AT all. 
So props to the bartender for that because apparently there was a lot of alcohol in the drinks he poured me. 
In my drinking stupor I had my good friend Brion, who’s gay, touch my boobs to tell me what he thought and he just kind of looked at me confused and said, “I don’t know what to do with them.” Obviously, that was a blow to my ego, so in order to soothe my wounded pride and also for affirmation, I went around having people grab my boobs to see what they thought. Among that group was the bartender, Russ, who then admitted that if I wasn’t married he’d do me. Robby and I got a kick of that– and I also got a free drink! ^_^ The best part is I did receive affirmation, both from men and women alike that my boobs are pretty damn awesome. My mission at that point was complete. I am such a stooge when drunk– but I had fun and so did Robby which is nice because we don’t usually go to bars (not really our scene) and I was afraid he wouldn’t have fun, but he did. =]
Tonight we are going to have dinner at our favorite restaurant, Panda Country, with friends and family. I’m looking forward to it because I love, love, love me some Panda Country. Nothing out in Arizona compares so it’s good to have some decent food. It’s the one thing I really miss about San Diego which is why I grub out whenever we’re down here. =]
On a not so great note, I was pissed to log on to our account to check our account balance and find that Massage Envy, the fucktards I’d had to deal with last month, charged our account again AFTER telling me that they would terminate the membership which should not have been activated to begin with (background)! So I had the lovely task of calling my bank and requesting that they close out my card and send me a new one. Obviously there is no guarantee the charges will not go through so if they do I will again have to get on the phone to add the charge to the claim we already have on file. I’m just tired of dealing with them and hope that this will take care of the matter and I won’t have to worry about it next month.
Alright, I’m going to catch a few z’s before we head out tonight. We are leaving tomorrow night and then resting up on Wednesday before we have to return to the working world. Really not looking forward to that. Oh well, I’m switching departments at the end of the month so I can only hope that will be an improvement, though after talking to someone who does work in that department, I suspect that won’t actually be the case. Oh well, ’tis life, we all have to make a living somehow. 
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