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1:10 a.m. - 01-22-2004
Ramble, Ramble and a bit more ramble.
"Monkey!"
Well, it's been a while since my last update. Sorry. Been busy, what with the new baby, work being a total shitter and trying to keep from getting evicted (still). But, now I've taken the time out to do an update so I'll try to make it worth your while.
On the job front, I may have very good news. One of the Broward County positions I interviewed for called me last week and asked if I was still interested in the job. Of course, you know what I said. I told him that I had a lot of lucrative offers and that I was still weighing my options and would get back to him. Yeah, right. I did my best to keep from dropping to my knees and screaming 'Thank you!' at the top of my lungs. Anyway, the guy told me to come down to fill out some paperwork because they were going to "recommend" me for the position. Turns out, I filled out a W4, and all kinds of official shit. The guy even took my size information for my uniform (basically pants, shorts and t-shirts but oh well). That doesn't mean I have the job, however. He spent the rest of that week checking all my information, calling my high school and previous employers an shit. Then, Tuesday, I went and had a physical/drug test. The sad part is that he won't have the results to the drug test until a week from then so that means one more week at TAG. Anyway, as of the first week of Feb., I could be an official Broward County employee. Woohoo!
Speaking of TAG, things there have gotten, well more annoying. The past 2 weeks they've been making overtime mandatory. I didn't know you could do that. I was able to successfully dodge overtime, however. Yes, we could use the extra money, but I don't think I could take the stress of extra days at that stress pit. I'd probably go nuts and strangle someone with the cord to my headset. And it's been busy as hell. All of the idiots are coming out of the woodwork now. They've purchased computers over the holidays and have had 30 days to fuck them up and now they're calling in for help. I don't want to get into some of the fuckin' stupid calls I've had the past week, because I'll get all worked up. Monday was a nightmare. Sunday was a pretty easy day, even though we seemed to be a bit short handed, but Monday. Damn. We had like 20 overtimers but the phones were ringing non-stop. Literally. I didn't even get to take a lunch. I worked 12½ hours straight without anything to eat. I was dying. It's not like I wasn't allowed to eat, because I was. A lot of people were eating at their desk. It's just that I can't eat at my desk and work at the same time. One, it's rude to try and eat and talk on the phone at the same time and two, I don't want to go to all the trouble to run to the lunch room to heat up my food, only to have it sit and get cold while I'm helping Jimmy the Idiot figure out why the Compaq Windows 98 restore CD won't work on his new Sony running XP. I'll be so glad to get out of there.
The baby is doing great. She's already gained a pound so she's at 10 lbs. 11 oz. She's eating well and at her first check up a week or so ago, the doctor said she was perfect. She pretty much eats, sleeps and eats again, but there are times where we're blessed with her attention for about 30 minutes or so. She basically sits in her car seat or bouncy seat and just stares around at everything with this totally adorable wide eyed stare. Can get kind of creepy if she stares at you like that for a little too long, but mostly, she's just totally adorable and precious. Oh yes, I'm smitten. She's my little princess.
Well, looks like we get to stay in the house for another month, sort of. The month's almost over. I had originally planned to dump my 401(k) and then get a payday advance to cover the rest of the rent and actually pay early, but no, things never go the way I plan. We needed formula and food so I had to go get the payday advance early. Then, it's taking longer than the "3-5 business days" that they told me it would take to get my money. So, I've already gotten paid, but that will have go to cover the payday advance check I wrote. If we don't get the 401(k) money by tomorrow or Friday at the latest, we're fucked. We've got to the 23rd, Friday, to pay rent. The shitty thing is, not only am I getting the 401(k) money, but the wife was able to get approved for her disability and they're sending her a check too. Problem is, they both might not get here in time. Time is against us...again. The only good thing is that the wife found a mobile home that's for sale for a very great price. I know, you're thinking "mobile home?". This thing is like a triple wide. It's a 4 bedroom, 2 bath setup with a fire place in the living room. It's huge. And the kicker. It's less than ½ the price of a regular house with 1 less bedroom and 1 less bathroom. It would be really great if we could get it. I could probably handle the mortgage payments with just my paycheck and the wife wouldn't even have to work anymore. But, I don't want to get too excited about it. That's the best way to hex the whole damn thing.
Well, I've rambled on enough and haven't really said anything. I'll try to have something more interesting later on. Gonna go to bed and get me some. Laters.
