So the most recent update I have is that I am now officially working 2 different jobs, both Pier 1 and Barnes and Nobles. Both are part-time, so hopefully I can work my way up to 40 hours at -least-. Seriously, I have no friends in the Valpo area at the moment, so I might as well use my free-time to earn some money. A flight to Japan isn't going to pay itself!! Err.. unless I do JET, but that didn't work last year... T-T. Ugh I have no idea how long I'll be working in the US for, but I don't want to hold Adam back. I'm pretty sure he is ready to just make his way over there now. However, I can't because I'm -really- poor, and I haven't been with my family in like... 3 years. Its a little hectic here, dealing with random drama, but I'd rather have this than to be alone in Bloomington. Plus all the kitties make everything a little more enjoyable. =(^_^)=
It seems like Hoshi/Yoshi are settled in upstairs, and are not -that- curious about exploring the rest of the house. I do think their ears perk up when they hear Cuddles "yowling" for like 10 minutes straight at night, but thats about it. Plus, I don't think Patches/Cuddles really care about loosing access to the upper-half of the townhouse. I think we're going to avoid trying to merge the two families together, it'd be too much stress for Patches. Plus she is finally coming out of Robyn's room a little more, and thats a huge step for her.
Anyways, back to the topic of new jobs, I really love both of my jobs. Heres why:
1- they are literally next-door to each other. That makes changing shifts -really- easy!
2- they both are about a 5 minute drive away from my house. Schweeeet!
3- Best discounts ever. I won't go in details, but I will not drop either job. No friggen way lol.
4- Pier 1 is very fast-paced. Especially when I unload the truck, my god you don't have a free moment there, you are just hauling ass! I love it! I'd rather be really busy and have time fly by versus things going slow and feeling like you've been there forever.
5- Barnes and Nobles has a really diverse staff, but they all know how to be nice/fun/goofy. I love that. Especially since I can rarely hold my goofy side in ^_^. I had to train with 2 other people during orientation, and all of our names start with A, so we're now the "A" team. Muhhahahahaa, I love it XD
I really think working at both of these places will be a perfect fit for me. I just hope that I earn good money and start saving it properly. That means no big shopping sprees T-T Besides, I did that yesterday at the Lighthouse Outlet Mall so I would have more work clothes X3. Thinking of the future though, I am -very- afraid of when Xmas time comes.... buying gifts for people, having to call of work days to see friends... I just hope it all goes smoothly T-T.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Go Figure...
So I start off the day, thinking everything will be A-okay! Granted I didn't get enough sleep on my crappy mattress (I'm having a new one delivered Friday, just a little longer!!), yet I was excited because I had an interview with Barnes and Nobles :D. I was lookin good, running on time, and ended up having a wonderful interview with one of the assistant managers. He immediately plans a second interview for me and the store manager. Then I go into Target, and I find Mario Kart, which my sister has been trying to get for ages. I call her up, tell her I'm going to get it for her, and make my way out.
I wish I would of stayed in the store just a few minutes longer.
As I leave the Target-shopping mall area, and turn left onto Laporte Ave., some dumbass bitch runs a red light and hits me. She had to of been doing 38 mph at LEAST.. and keep in mind I'm just started to increase speed as I make it to the point of the turn. Even though she hit me, she manages to pass in front of me, as I stay in the middle of the intersection. At first I thought she was going to drive away, but luckily she was just making her way into a nearby parking lot. I follow her, and notice that the crash took one of her hubcaps off (serves the f'in ass right...). Immediately after I park I call my Dad, since he was expecting me to be home to indulge in some delicious BLT sandwiches. Then I call the police so we can file an incident report. I check myself, and thanks to adrenaline and shock, I'm not really feeling much, but I'm still a bit shaky. I get out of the car, and on my front right side, my corner is completely crushed in. Peachy. As I go and check out the other person's car, go figure THERE ISN'T EVEN A DENT. Damn Toyota, you make your cars tough. I ask her what happened, and she doesn't really manage to say anything. What I gathered is that she was coming off of 49, and she needed to make her way to 30. Oh no, but she was soooo confused, and had no idea where she was going. You would think that in an unfamiliar area, she would be more CAUTIOUS ON THE ROAD. Apparently for her, it turned out that she became more oblivious. So I told her my part of the story, and with me having a green light, that left her to run a RED light. After explaining things to her, she admitted it, both running a red light and the accident being her fault. I guess that made me feel a little better, considering the last accident I had with Adam in Indianapolis and the damn bitch that hit MY car was -not- at fault. OI VE. My dad stopped everything he was doing at home and made it to the parking lot to make sure I was okay. For some reason I expected to see him in tears, considering the luck our family has had with car accidents lately, but it was the complete opposite; HE WAS PISSED. He was basically calling the other woman every name in the book, just out of ear-shot range. LOL he was saying everything I wanted to say at the time, but I didn't want to become uncomposed before the police arrived. They didn't take too long to get there (but what was weird was there was a young boy with the officer.. was that the guy's son or something? i don't even know..), and he filled out the incident report. He didn't give me a card like the last officer in Indianapolis did, but he said that I could pick up the report tomorrow.
Thanks to this damn accident, my ulcer is flaring up like mad, and I just wanna sit inside and do nothing. Furthermore, my dad is all upset as well, and he feels really sick just from the stress of it all. I guess we have tomorrow to look forward to, seeing as we'll get the incident report and then make out way to State Farm. I hope this doesn't cost us a dime, because we're not at fault!!
I wish I would of stayed in the store just a few minutes longer.
As I leave the Target-shopping mall area, and turn left onto Laporte Ave., some dumbass bitch runs a red light and hits me. She had to of been doing 38 mph at LEAST.. and keep in mind I'm just started to increase speed as I make it to the point of the turn. Even though she hit me, she manages to pass in front of me, as I stay in the middle of the intersection. At first I thought she was going to drive away, but luckily she was just making her way into a nearby parking lot. I follow her, and notice that the crash took one of her hubcaps off (serves the f'in ass right...). Immediately after I park I call my Dad, since he was expecting me to be home to indulge in some delicious BLT sandwiches. Then I call the police so we can file an incident report. I check myself, and thanks to adrenaline and shock, I'm not really feeling much, but I'm still a bit shaky. I get out of the car, and on my front right side, my corner is completely crushed in. Peachy. As I go and check out the other person's car, go figure THERE ISN'T EVEN A DENT. Damn Toyota, you make your cars tough. I ask her what happened, and she doesn't really manage to say anything. What I gathered is that she was coming off of 49, and she needed to make her way to 30. Oh no, but she was soooo confused, and had no idea where she was going. You would think that in an unfamiliar area, she would be more CAUTIOUS ON THE ROAD. Apparently for her, it turned out that she became more oblivious. So I told her my part of the story, and with me having a green light, that left her to run a RED light. After explaining things to her, she admitted it, both running a red light and the accident being her fault. I guess that made me feel a little better, considering the last accident I had with Adam in Indianapolis and the damn bitch that hit MY car was -not- at fault. OI VE. My dad stopped everything he was doing at home and made it to the parking lot to make sure I was okay. For some reason I expected to see him in tears, considering the luck our family has had with car accidents lately, but it was the complete opposite; HE WAS PISSED. He was basically calling the other woman every name in the book, just out of ear-shot range. LOL he was saying everything I wanted to say at the time, but I didn't want to become uncomposed before the police arrived. They didn't take too long to get there (but what was weird was there was a young boy with the officer.. was that the guy's son or something? i don't even know..), and he filled out the incident report. He didn't give me a card like the last officer in Indianapolis did, but he said that I could pick up the report tomorrow.
Thanks to this damn accident, my ulcer is flaring up like mad, and I just wanna sit inside and do nothing. Furthermore, my dad is all upset as well, and he feels really sick just from the stress of it all. I guess we have tomorrow to look forward to, seeing as we'll get the incident report and then make out way to State Farm. I hope this doesn't cost us a dime, because we're not at fault!!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Back into Reality
I can't believe how incredibly exhausted and fatigued I am, even though I've been back in my hometown for 4 days. True, I recently returned from a 6-day chaperon trip in NYC to Cleveland with crazy H.S. kids (I'll give alll the juicy details tomorrow nite most likely), but I should of recovered by now. The ol' body ain't what it used to be! Seriously, I need to get back in the gym or something... >_>...
A sad realization I had is my "college life" is over now. The big knock on the head is that I'm job-hunting for something that will let me work a 40 hr week >0<. Too bad my job won't be in my "area of expertise", but its kinda hard finding something that needs an EALC major prerequisite. Although I was always bitching and complaining about just wanting to get my "real life" on track, I guess since I just moved I am already remembering the good ol' days. Hot-pot parties, Guitar Hero, studying for a Japanese test, Karaoke, lots of drinking, running around College Mall, tutoring my students, and everything else that isn't coming to mind right now. Wow, college was just a humongous chapter in my life...I miss all of my friends now that we've gone our seperate ways. All my nihongo buddies (Jackie, Nick, Alipon, Becky, Yuki, Mami, Lexxy, EVERYYOONNEE), and everyone else I met along the way (Courtney and Ian, Ife, Katy, Chika, derr I'm having a brain fart for the rest..), I miss you all soo much *tears*
Anyways, since I came back home, I've been in and out of everything. I've had to take some of my dad's medication because I was in SOO MUCH physical pain (this is just from the trip, being exhausted and fatigued). All I remember when I went to sleep is that I was soo drugged up LOL. One nite I kept waking up and staring out the window because I thought someone was going to break into my car.. turns out that every few nights there is a man who pushes a metal shopping cart and goes "dumpster diving" for salvageable parts that he can sell back. Another random note, we had this INTENSE storm the other nite. OMG I thought we were going to be hit by a tornado.. we actually had all the cats locked up in their carriers, and scrunched in the downstairs bathroom. My sister, dad, and I were in our gym shoes and were ready for anything. Thank god nothing bad happened to us *whew*. Lastly, I went to the 4-Winds Casino tonight with my dad, and I am up $200!!! I swear everything I touched turned lucky, ESPECIALLY Pai-Gow. I have never been so lucky with the bonus bet.. I kept hitting things (4-of-a-kind, 3-of-a-kind, flush, straight, full house). Plus, I was -actually- doing well on the machines as well! I remember playing King Kong Cash, Lucky Lemmings (my personal fav), and Chinese Fortune. Usually my dad does better than me, but when he sat me down, I guess I was on the better machine. Wooohooo! Thats all going to bills and friggen loans T-T. Maybe I'll spoil myself and get a nice pair of sandals :D
Alrighty, I'll write more later, but now I need to get some sleep. I have to make it to my grandparents pretty early tomorrow morning. They had their power knocked out by the storm, and I get to help clean the debris in the yard, woohooo!!!
A sad realization I had is my "college life" is over now. The big knock on the head is that I'm job-hunting for something that will let me work a 40 hr week >0<. Too bad my job won't be in my "area of expertise", but its kinda hard finding something that needs an EALC major prerequisite. Although I was always bitching and complaining about just wanting to get my "real life" on track, I guess since I just moved I am already remembering the good ol' days. Hot-pot parties, Guitar Hero, studying for a Japanese test, Karaoke, lots of drinking, running around College Mall, tutoring my students, and everything else that isn't coming to mind right now. Wow, college was just a humongous chapter in my life...I miss all of my friends now that we've gone our seperate ways. All my nihongo buddies (Jackie, Nick, Alipon, Becky, Yuki, Mami, Lexxy, EVERYYOONNEE), and everyone else I met along the way (Courtney and Ian, Ife, Katy, Chika, derr I'm having a brain fart for the rest..), I miss you all soo much *tears*
Anyways, since I came back home, I've been in and out of everything. I've had to take some of my dad's medication because I was in SOO MUCH physical pain (this is just from the trip, being exhausted and fatigued). All I remember when I went to sleep is that I was soo drugged up LOL. One nite I kept waking up and staring out the window because I thought someone was going to break into my car.. turns out that every few nights there is a man who pushes a metal shopping cart and goes "dumpster diving" for salvageable parts that he can sell back. Another random note, we had this INTENSE storm the other nite. OMG I thought we were going to be hit by a tornado.. we actually had all the cats locked up in their carriers, and scrunched in the downstairs bathroom. My sister, dad, and I were in our gym shoes and were ready for anything. Thank god nothing bad happened to us *whew*. Lastly, I went to the 4-Winds Casino tonight with my dad, and I am up $200!!! I swear everything I touched turned lucky, ESPECIALLY Pai-Gow. I have never been so lucky with the bonus bet.. I kept hitting things (4-of-a-kind, 3-of-a-kind, flush, straight, full house). Plus, I was -actually- doing well on the machines as well! I remember playing King Kong Cash, Lucky Lemmings (my personal fav), and Chinese Fortune. Usually my dad does better than me, but when he sat me down, I guess I was on the better machine. Wooohooo! Thats all going to bills and friggen loans T-T. Maybe I'll spoil myself and get a nice pair of sandals :D
Alrighty, I'll write more later, but now I need to get some sleep. I have to make it to my grandparents pretty early tomorrow morning. They had their power knocked out by the storm, and I get to help clean the debris in the yard, woohooo!!!
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