A Very Brady Christmas

I got my second direct Twitter message from Melissa Peterman today. Awesome!

I put in my two weeks notice at Kroger last night. Get this: So, I type up the notice, fold in half, write my supervisor's name on it, and lay it on the desk when I get there. She was not there (obviously) but I worked with two other ladies last night. Both of them at separate times for some reason went into that office, and...READ THE NOTE. With someone else's name on it. Nosy! And one of them even asked me if it was just too hard for me now that Lori (another girl we worked with who recently left) was gone. Please, bitch! I don't need the support of a coworker to get through the day! What an asinine question!

I plan on going out and doing some serious drinking to celebrate leaving there. Hopefully I can make it that long!

This is the week that will not end. Yes it goes on and on my friends...

I. Am. So. Tired.

This week will not end. Seriously. I am so tired. This is my first day of not working both jobs this week, and I am ready for the weekend. I'm really enjoying this extra money, but it sucks that Kroger doesn't put out their schedule until Friday. It's Thursday, and I won't know until 10 pm tomorrow whether or not I work Sunday night. This is dumb.

Twitter is quite possibly the greatest invention of all time. Today, Michelle Branch retweeted a question I asked her. I love celebrity/human interaction. And no, celebrities are not human.

Buffalo Wild Wings tonight. Anybody wanna join?

Long Time Gone

Wow. It's been a while since I posted. Didn't realize it had been that long.

I don't really have that much to update, honestly. In my mind, I've come up with a few commentaries on life over the past couple of weeks, but naturally I didn't write them down, so where does that leave us? Why, right here, with nothing to talk about.

I've been on a Cher kick lately thanks to some CDs and DVDs I borrowed from Kent. I used to really love Cher back about ten years ago, but I guess I've sort of neglected her lately. Sorry Cherilyn.

Bogie is getting ever larger and sometimes more feisty, but I still love having him around and wouldn't trade him for anything.

Looks like I won't be dressing up for Halloween this year. Not only am I broke and can't even afford to piece together a costume from Goodwill, I don't really have any good costume ideas either. I thought of being either Stevie Nicks or Karen Walker, but Stevie would require a wig that I don't really want to wear and Karen would not be recognizable to enough people. Granted, recognizable isn't exactly my bag anyway. Halloween 2007, anyone?

I am supposed to be working about twenty hours a week in the third shift time slot at Kroger, but I haven't heard anything from them since Friday, when I went in to take my drug test. At the time it sounded like a sure thing, but now that they haven't called to set up my orientation I am a little concerned. Not that I have any reason to be worried, but still...

Guess I ought to head to bed now. I haven't been sleeping very well lately. In fact, I'm overly tired most of the time. Anyway, gotta get to bed so I can try to get up on time tomorrow. I'll try to think of some topics at work to blog about and get back to you in a couple days.

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone.

A couple of weeks ago I hung out with one of my closest friends from work. It was the first time we'd ever done anything outside of work together. We had a really nice time, got to talk a little bit, but the best part was taking a walk around her neighborhood. She was telling me stories about her neighbors. It was amazing. Every house we passed, she knew personal details of these people's lives. It was like it was 1957 or something. I was so impressed that in a place as big as Lexington, people still know their neighbors. Made me a little nostalgic.

I stopped by the theater earlier and saw Extract. I also put in an application because I need a little part time work. Anyway, this month marks two years since I worked there. It's incredible. Sometimes it feels like longer since I worked there, and other times it doesn't feel that long. I'm confident I could go behind that counter and still work those registers today.

I'm really low on money right now, so I will be trying to get a part-time job, at least for the holidays. So, if anybody knows of someone that's hiring...

The world is coming to an end.

Why didn't anyone tell me that Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson broke up?? I will be lost without them!!!

Things are going well today. I'm in a good mood and work hasn't been unbearable. In fact, job #1 was swell today. We weren't all that busy and I actually got to relax and take my time doing my work. It was nice.

I went back to the oral surgeon this morning and he doesn't seem too concerned about the feeling of swelling that I still have in my left cheek. My mouth wasn't sensitive on the inside, so he thinks any infection I may have had must be gone, but wants to see me in two weeks just in case there are any flare-ups.

It seems like there was a reason I decided to post a blog today, but I can't think of it now.

Eight days until Fleetwood Mac!

Sleepwalking Angel

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

*deep breath*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

I have been working without a day off since March 12 and working two jobs since the 16th. My brain feels like it is trying to claw its way out of my head. I can't relax, and even when I manage to it isn't for very long. I'm still cooking myself dinner almost every night and managing my laundry and cleaning. I will be so glad when I finally get two paychecks at once because I have yet to reap any financial benefits from this seeming torture I am putting myself through.

I still like my new job, don't get me wrong. It's way better than all of the kissing ass I have to do at Whole Foods all the time. Customer service is a joke and anyone who works it, with the exception of people who never finished high school and have had five children within the time they get their driver's license and their thirteith birthday (Am I spelling thirteith wrong? It looks wrong.), deserves better.

Yesterday they set me loose and my work no longer has to be double-checked. Yay! I have been called awesome by my bosses. ("You are doing an...," wait for it, "awesome job.") Things are running quite smoothly, but I what I do is so repetitious that it constantly leaves me second-guessing myself. (Did I already check that form? Did I have enough copies of this one?) I have to find a way to make it exciting again. I know that if I weren't so wiped out in general that I would probably be okay with everything there, but right now I am just going through the motions everywhere. The only thing that has brought me joy in the past week is Stevie. Watching her, listening to her, and thinking about my next day off: April 18th, when I will be driving to Columbus to SEE HER LIVE. She is the only thing that is getting me through.

I wish I had some wonderful, wise Stevie words to say now. Ah! I shall leave you with this:

Take me sleeping angel,
Catch me if you can,
And unbraid with all the love that you have
Like a soft, silver chain

(Thanks Kent!)

grumblings

Alright, so my gums/jaws still hurt occasionally from getting my wisdom teeth out. I really don't want to go back to the oral surgeon about it, but I may have to. Apparently different people have different healing times, but it's been three weeks. I just don't want to deal with another infection. I can't afford to buy any meds right now.

The job's going well. Over the past three days, I feel like I've really gotten the hang of things. I'm getting better all the time.

Three weeks and one day until Fleetwood Mac!

excitation

I am currently working job #2 for today. I'm sure I'll be tired tomorrow. I was at DFS from 8:30 to a little after 5 and I clocked in at WFM at 5:34. I'm here until 10. But tomorrow I get to sleep a little longer in the morning, so that will be nice.

Today was the first day I and the other new employees were able to get out on the floor and start learning our jobs. I haven't gotten to do much yet, but I am still REALLY excited. I finally got to go to my own cubicle today. I have my own computer, my own space, a wireless headset for my phone, and my phone EVEN HAS MY NAME ON IT. You know, like, on the screen. How freakin' awesome is that? I feel like a kid in a candy store in this place. The only bad thing I've found so far? I don't get my first paycheck until April 15.

I'll be glad when Friday rolls around so I can buy some groceries and have something other than oatmeal and pasta to eat.

news

Here it is, almost a week after my oral surgery and I am still in pain. The most solid food I've eaten is pizza (yesterday) and that was a long process. I'm pretty sure my stitches are coming out though, which is kind of gross. I go back to see the oral surgeon tomorrow, so hopefully he can tell me why my cheeks are still swollen. :(

I start a new job on Monday. I am going to be working as a contract auditor with Dealers' Financial Services. I'll be staying on part-time with Whole Foods for some time. I'd like to get my credit card paid off and buy some amenities for myself. You know, couch, washer, dryer, that sort of thing. Maybe I can even send myself to Vegas (since Ellen clearly isn't going to). I'm really excited about getting to do something new. I even get my own cubicle!

That's it for now. For some reason I'm still really tired.