Tag: "Work"

Back to reality

I was on vacation from my full time job from Christmas Eve until yesterday. I had fun hanging out with my kids, watching them play, staying up late, watching movies and just relaxing. I stayed up really late a couple of times and slept past 6am every day. I let the kids stay up late too, although I started trying to move them back to their regular school night bedtime two nights ago.

When my alarm went off at 4 am yesterday morning I received my rude awakening that I had to go back to the daily grind, and was once again reminded how much I will enjoy retirement (in another 25 years).

My children’s rude awakening comes at 5:30 am Monday. I’m sure they’ll be as displeased as I was.

Jan 03, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

Great starting out of the gate but not much for stamina

So hubby’s been working nights. If you know me then you know I’ve been bitchy as hell. Well, more like our whole house has been. Let’s just say things are very tense. So RB was originally hired for a supervisor spot but when he started they put him on the floor as a stock person making much less pay. He was to work five nights a week and his two nights off wouldn’t be back to back. He found out today that everyone’s hours have been cut and he’s down to working four nights a week max. I told him he ought to open that paper and start looking again now, before the holidays are over because then all of the seasonal help will be looking for jobs again too. Christmas is looking pretty bleak. I’ve got somethings for CJ but I don’t know what I’m doing for TJ now. He doesn’t really ask for a lot and everything he really wants is so expensive. Can we get a rain dance for video games to fall from the sky? Ok, just a PS3 or an Xbox? Anyone know anyone who knows someone?

Dec 08, 2008 | 1 comment | View Post

Who wears the apron in your house?

RB’s been home three weeks now and we’ve run out of money. Our cabinets don’t have anything fancy in them and hubby’s cooked three or four nights in the past week. Like I told him, we’re just going to keep eating what we have and buying as little as possible. He can be quite creative when it comes to ingredients so I’m sure he’ll have no problem. He’s not the type of guy that needs easy green bean recipes, in fact he doesn’t use recipes at all. He wings it. I’m not nearly as creative as he is in the kitchen, I like recipes and I have opinions on what goes with what. With the exception of certain dishes, I’d say my hubby is a better cook than I am. Who’s the better cook in your house?

Oct 08, 2008 | 1 comment | View Post

Still no work so still working around the house

No work for RB yet. The soonest it looks like he might be able to get any work is Monday. I’m not too optimistic. So in the meantime he’s still doing stuff around the house. He even put the two leaves in my dining room table that we found up in the attic last week. Tomorrow it looks like a big project may begin. The boys have their first day of school tomorrow so hubby won’t have anyone underfoot.

Sep 02, 2008 | 4 comments | View Post

I owe, I owe, he’s not going to work, no no

It’s been really slow at work lately for RB. He’s a painter and 99.5% of his work is done at a huge apartment complex. Today he came home and told me the complex didn’t have any more work for them and he was off until at least Tuesday. He’s supposed to get a call then letting him know if there’s work or not. I had a long talk with him, during which he was surprisingly calm, and he thinks this may be a long term problem. We agree it doesn’t make sense to do anything before Tuesday, what with the long holiday weekend and everything. So for the next couple of days he can stay home and hopefully get some stuff done around the house like taming the flower bed (I must remember to take pictures of that and you’ll know what I mean), finding out why one of the bathroom sinks is backing up,and maybe even painting a room or two. I really hope his work situation ends up to be a short term problem. Keep your fingers crossed.

Aug 27, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post

Quick question about your job

Do you like your job? Do you think it’s better to work for a large or small company? I like my job, it’s just about the ideal job for me. I work for a company with maybe 200 employees or so but my department has less than 20. It’s so completely different than my last three jobs. Well, let’s not count the very last one since I was only there three months and left to make more money. My last job was for a super small company that had little money and a lying, thieving, shifty owner. Insurance was super expensive and only available for me. There was no money in the budget for raises. My job before that was for a very large company. I worked there for more than eleven years in sales. At times the money was very good, at times it was adequate. Sales is an awful field if you ask me. I hated the stress, the sales quotas, the queues for calls, timed bathroom breaks, and the cpm (corporate performance management) observations and matrixes. Where I work now is a happy mix. If I had to pick I’d say a medium to large employer is best. Do you think it’s better to work for a large or small employer?

Aug 15, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post

My funny cookout story

Deb’s having a contest over on Just A Mom’s Take On Things that reminded me of the funniest story. The prize is a Roseda Beef summer cookout kit including 20 Steakburgers and buns, a Roseda spatula and a Meat 101. (I’d love to review this, it sounds yummy.) Since I’ll be posting this story over there I thought I’d share it with you as well.

Going back about a dozen years I invited all of my coworkers over for a cookout, many of whom my hubby RB had never met. I also invited my family over. RB would be arriving late because he was working that day. Since I didn’t want to wait for him to get the grill started, and because I have a fear of grills, I asked Jay, one of my male coworkers, to get the grill going. The grill was tricky to start, and it took Jay about a fifteen minutes to figure out the trick to getting it started. About fifteen minutes after he got it going RB got home. I was standing with Jay when RB came out back and asked me who’d gotten the grill going. I told him Jay had, after much trouble and effort. Before I could introduce Jay to my hubby, RB said well we both know Jay’s not known for his intelligence. I was mortified. Jay my coworker looked astonished and hurt and wasn’t saying anything. At that moment I realized hubby thought I was referring to my brother Jay, not a coworker. I quickly regrouped, grabbing and extending RB’s and Jay’s hands toward each other and introducing them. My husband turned bright red in embarrassment and apologized for making an ass of himself. Jay was a great sport and forgave him. The rest of the cookout went smoothly.

Jul 13, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post

Maybe there should be an expiration date on resumes

I haven’t had to job hunt in over two years. Back then I put my resume up on all of the big job sites and applied to anything I was qualified for and some things I was not. One thing clear on my paper resume and my online resume was the type of job I was looking for. I had no interest in sales jobs. Yes, I have more than ten years in a sales call center but I knew when I got out I never wanted to go back to that type of job. Except for the money (for which I only have myself to blame) I very much like where I am now. Which is why I’m not looking for a job. When I got home today I had an email from someone from a company I interviewed at more than two years ago, asking me if I wanted a job. I couldn’t believe it. Who does that? I actually started wondering if resumes out to have expiration dates. If beverages have a born on date than I think resumes should have a best if used by date. what do you think? What’s the longest period of time that went by after applying for a job that you heard from the company?

Jul 08, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post