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September 30 Rambling about HolidaysI hope you all are having a nice weekend. It's nice and cool here and I'm enjoying it. The sun is shining and it's not humid!!! I can't believe that this is the last day of September!!!!!!!! Where has the time gone? October is one of my favorite months and I just LOVE Halloween. It's hard to get inspired to decorate and "spook" out the house when we never get any little "trick-or-treaters". I kinda feel that maybe this tradition has just fallen by the wayside. My parents never get any either and I can't say that I know anyone who does. Our town has a giant festival the last Thursday in October and most parents just take their children to that. So, I guess that's one reason why we never get trick or treaters. Well, at most I think we had like 4 last year, but still, that's hardly enough to buy a bag of candy for. I just enjoy doing holidays to their fullest whether it's Halloween, Christmas, whatever.
Speaking of holidays, I'm saddened to say that I will be spending Thanksgiving with just me and hubby. It's the first holiday without Granny, so I feel more dedicated to spending Thanksgiving with hub's family. Heck, we've spent the last 3 years with all of my family. My brothers have invited us to a rented beach house for Thanksgiving, but hubs doesn't really want to go. I haven't seen them in a year! Then again, I haven't seen any family in nearly a year (except my sister and niece who came by for a visit). My mom probably feels that I'm abandoning her but she and my dad NEVER come to see us EVER!!!! In the 4 years that we've been in this house, they have come down here ONCE!!!!!! It's rather sad and annoying that I always have to do the driving. Christmas is going to be a little lonely as hubby is working his 24 hour shift that day. I don't feel like driving to Mom and Dad's (read 3 hour drive one way) for just a day. That doesn't seem fair. I invited the whole family here for Christmas, but Mom said that since my niece would be with my sister this Christmas that they were going to be having Christmas with them (yeah, my sister lives a mile away from them!). Mom said it was too much for all of them to come here and it made more sense for me to just drive up there. Needless to say, I'm not going. Hubby has promised me my new puppy for Christmas and I think I'm going to get a Pug. It's the only dog we can seem to agree on. So I'm going to stay home, just me and my pug. New Year's eve will be my 8th wedding anniversary and hubs is going to be working that day too. How crappy is that????
Oh well... I still have the dream job and I'm antsy already wanting to get back to work. I just don't ever want to get burned out though. LOL I almost wanted to work on Christmas, but decided not to. LOL Well, at least I can look forward to Halloween and then I get to plan our Post Christmas party which will be quite difficult. LOL Take care!!!!
September 26 Here I come to save the day! (Mighty Mouse theme)Sometimes I just have to brag and be so proud of myself. I came in to work today and was the first person here. The Senior Radio Operator decided she was too sick to come to work so when I came in an hour after she should have been here, I was alone. Knowing that we had Troopers out, I "saved the day". LOL Yes, I was the hero today as I jumped right into Dispatcher mode and opened the Post. There's a lot that goes to it, but I did it all without blinking. Apparently, one of the Troopers was supposed to come work the radio today, but he got called out to a wreck this morning and was busy doing his job. Then the Post Commander was going to come in and run radio, but he ended up getting called out to work another wreck so there wasn't anyone here but me. I surprised the Post Commander when I answered the radio. I KNOW I shouldn't be so boastful, but I said last week that I wanted to prove to the command staff that I should have been picked first. I KNOW that the woman who WAS picked first would have never had the idea to open the post herself and she wouldn't have known how to even open the post!!! So, I'm on the road to proving my worth to this post. I'm still trying to get everything settled here i.e. putting together files and stocking up on supplies, but this job is still a high for me. I LOVE working here with the people I work with. The stress level is down to about 1 or 2 which is fantastic. I still hear my old Troopers on the radio sometimes and I have this urge to answer them, but I restrain myself. I love this job and this environment. I'm once again, HOME!!!!
On a sad note, we had a 3 vehicle wreck yesterday where 4 people were killed (3 from the same family) and 6 others were seriously or critically injured. Now, that's a part of this job I can do without, but c'est la vie. Take care! September 22 If I'm dreaming, let me never awakenHappy Friday to you all! I'm now sitting in my new office, on my brand new computer and working at a great job. It feels great to be back home. The people are so different from where I was posted before and the attitudes are now gone. After a hectic week, I'm exhilarated to know that I get to come back and work here again next week. I've never had that feeling of looking forward to work, but here, I do!!! This is a feeling that I've been looking for for YEARS!!!!! I'm actually doing some online buying right now, but I've been learning SO MUCH this week! I first found out this week that I wasn't the first choice, but HEY! I'm here aren't I??? I found out yesterday that the employees here knew that there had been a problem with my first Polygraph test so naturally some assumed that I'd failed it. I DIDN'T fail it at all! Prime example of why one should NEVER ASSUME! I decided that I'm going to make these people realize that I SHOULD have been the first choice and I'm not going to let them down. Although this week has had the few pitfalls that I mentioned above, I'm still LOVING this job. I can't believe that I'm excited to come to work and that I could be so proud of a job. There are still many more miles to go before I've learned EVERYTHING here, but at least I'm off to a running start. I'm off to the High School football game this evening. Ghost Whisperer has it's season premiere tonight and I'm going to be taping that and Most Haunted. Have a super weekend! Take care! September 19 A New ChapterWell, I've started a new chapter in my life. My new job, thus far, is awesome!!! I haven't met all of the Troopers yet, but my boss is great. He keeps telling me to take everything one bite at a time. I spent part of yesterday at HQ, but still, I have been able to get my OFFICE, yes, a real OFFICE, fixed up. I've gotten recertified for *CIC/NCIC which is a big help, and I've already started diving into learning as much as I can. The environment is super relaxed and I really feel like I've come home. The Sr. radio operator told me that I was actually 2nd choice, but the first choice woman decided to stay at her old job so I got the job. Now, I don't know why she felt the need to tell me that, but I've known her for a few years and she probably didn't think anything about it. The old me would have been upset and saddened that I wasn't first choice, but the new me is so grateful that I got the job anyway. I kept thinking, in my old way, how sad it was that I wasn't first choice, but then I thought, "Hey! I'm here, aren't I?" And thus, this is my new way of thinking. I'm grateful for everything that I've been blessed with.
My computer isn't quite set up yet, but it should be by Thursday. Then I can get back to my blogging. I hope you are all enjoying this great fall weather. Take care! September 09 Weekend UpdateWow! 5 more days to go in the hell hole! CA-RT is going on vacation this week so I won't see her anymore. A young lady has been given the task of shadowing me this week as I'm supposed to "teach her the ropes". There's not a whole lot to tell since CA-RT told her most of the stuff last Friday. Most of what she's supposed to be doing is billing anyway so I'm hoping that I will get some "down time" this week. Monday the 18th, I'll be starting my new job. Unfortunately, I'll have to go to headquarters to fill out paperwork, but what the heck!! I have to say that my starting pay was somewhat less than what they initially promised me, but I'm hoping that after next Monday, I'll have an explaination as to why and when I'll be getting the raise I was told I would get. I am supposed to be entering into another pay grade, but right now the money they are telling me about is 34 dollars LESS than what I'm making at the hell hole. I will say that right now, I'd gladly take a small pay cut to get out of that agency. More and more people are leaving daily and some of these people are friends of mine.
After more research, I've come to understand that Miniature Schnauzers are highly suseptable to getting bladder stones. My parents' Pekingese has this affliction and it's been VERY costly in vet bills. So sadly, I've asked hubby to get me another kind of dog. He said that I could pick what I wanted so I'm looking at the Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie) and the Pomeranian (Pom). I'm still doing some investigating so I'm not sure yet. Take care!!!! September 01 Celebration!!If I had a pile of confetti, I would be throwing it around. I DID IT!!! Whoo Hoo!!!! HQ called me this afternoon and offered me the job officially. I went ahead and gave my notice to my other job. CA-RT reacted completely different from what we all expected. She was calm and reassuring, but inwardly, I could tell that she was freaking out. One of the other clerks turned in her notice Monday and CA-RT thought she was okay because there were now 2 of us for her 2 sites, then I dropped this bomb. I wanted to laugh, but I was a little nervous about telling her too. I start my new job on the 18th, but I'll have to be at HQ for a while filling out paper work. I can't tell you how thrilled I am. I've been on the phone with the Post Commander nearly every day this week trying to figure out if I was going to get hired or not. The 2nd Polygraph went great and I did fine. I knew the examiner and he figured that I was probably TOO nervous to test the first time and that's why 2 results came back inconclusive. Well, I did great and now my weekend can be a good one. We've finished screening in the porch with the exception of the door and putting a few strips up. Looks great! Things have really been shaping up this week. We also found a good home for the Brittany we had, and 2 of the kittens got new homes. Hope you all have a great Labor Day!!! Take care! |
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