Jarom and Amber start school today. Jarom's all alone in high school now since Cameron has graduated. Jarom's in 11th grade now. He's going to be in Jazz Band again this year. Maybe tomorrow we'll get to start getting up at 5:30 am again. We are so looking forward to it!
Amber is starting 8th grade. Amber is excited for art and French, they're her two favorite classes.
This summer we were in the kitchen and I looked at Amber and said, "Can you believe you're going to be in 8th grade this year?" She rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, Mom," in the tone of voice that meant she thought I was an idiot for thinking that she couldn't possibly be that old yet. Amber is officially a teenager now, attitude and all. Wait til she gets her own kids and they grow up much too fast.
Meagan and Cameron start SLCC on Wednesday. We have to go set up a checking account for Cameron and buy him a bus pass. Then Meagan is taking him to SLCC to get his OneCard and show him how the bus system works. I think she's taking him to buy his textbooks, too?
Today is Meagan's last day working in skate. They gave her tomorrow and Wednesday off, so she's got a day to get ready for school, then on the second day of school she starts her new job at HC. The first 6 weeks she'll be working full time because it's training, then she'll have a regular schedule of 8:00 to 12:30, from what I understand.
Meagan has found a car she wants to buy - a '95 Olds Cutlass Ciera with 101,000 miles on it. As soon as the owner gets a new title for it, I guess she'll have a car. The owner's daughter cleaned up his house after his wife died and now he can't find the title - he thinks his daughter threw it away. So, he's applied for another one and should get it the middle of this week.
Cameron has found a job as a substitute sweeper. I think all he has to do is finish filling out the paperwork, then wait for someone to need a substitute. After a month of being a substitute, he might get a permanent part time position. It's better than no job. He's applied about 20 places and hasn't heard back from any of them. Today would probably be a good day to call them all and check on his status with them. The sweeper job he got through a man who lives in our neighborhood. Jarom might start working as a sweeper, too.
The Primary Sacrament Meeting Program practice yesterday went quite well. If I could ever find out how much money we have left in the Primary budget, that would be great. I've been asking for months and haven't ever been given a print out or told any concrete figures. Apparently the church changed their financial software and no one knows where to find anything. I promised the Primary kids pizza at our last practice this coming Saturday. The Bishop approved me buying pizza, so I guess it will all work out somehow.
Now it's time for me to head out to work...fun, fun work. I worked almost 10 hours on Friday and still had to make 2 hours of phone calls from home on Saturday. Some of the patients I called were a little hesitant to answer the phone, until they realized who I was.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Oh, the Drama!
Summer is almost over and I'm happy about that. Until it starts snowing. Then I'll realize I didn't spend enough time outside during the summer.
Most of my summer has been spent dealing with gallbladder issues. Thank goodness I've pretty much recovered from surgery. Still a bit tired, but I'm feeling better than I did before surgery and immediatley after. That surgery hurt way more than my nose surgery. I wasn't expecting that much pain. Thank goodness for ibuprofen!
Last week I got a letter in the mail from Davis County. I'm not sure how many people applied for the Children's Librarian job, but I came in 15th of all the applicants. That's not bad considering I've never worked at a library. Of course, having to have a bachelor's degree to even apply probably whittled down the field quite a bit.
Everyone had to take a test on "current general library knowlegdge." How do you study for a test like that? I spent 3 days memorizing the entire Dewey Decimal system. Guess how many Dewey Decimal questions were on the test? None. The upside? I bet I can find books in the library faster than most people now. In any case, I think I did pretty well on the test. The first question was: "The current governor of Utah is ______________________." I would have been embarrassed if I hadn't known that one!
I've decided I'm going to spend the next 2 months learning MS Office, then I'm going to apply for administrative assistant jobs. Or any other job that I'm qualified for, pays enough, has benefits and sounds fun. I don't want another boring job I dread going to. Two months from now, Meagan's wedding will be over and done with and I will have worked for Lorry while she's helping her daughter with her new baby - the baby is due the last part of September. I feel like I owe it to Lorry to work for her since she worked for me while I had my surgery and recovered.
Now I'm just trying to figure out how and when to break the news to Joe and Lorry that I'm leaving. I think I'll try the very valid angle that I need decent health insurance I can afford. My current job has no benefits.
Once I've settled into my fun, new job and gotten Cameron off on his mission, I'm going to start taking web design classes. I've wanted to be a web designer for the last 10 years now and I've found a place I can learn the skills I need for a reasonable price of $1800 dollars - less if I work for SLCC or someplace that will help pay for education.
Several years ago I went to an orientation for a web design school in Sugarhouse called PC Training West. They wanted $40,000 for 2 years. There was no way I could afford that. They're out of business now. Big surprise.
More drama? On August 6th, the Primary was in charge of our Ward's Summer Pool Party. Someone told me she could get some stuff for the party at a great price. I said "OK" and didn't think much of it until I priced the same items at CostCo. We could have saved $100! Ack! Luckily the items didn't make us go over budget. Now this person is not talking to me - even though she got paid the total amount she asked.
So, I've learned my lesson. Next time I'm in charge of a party, I'm buying EVERYTHING at CostCo. I'll have everyone on the committee figure out what we need, I'll go to CostCo and have them figure out the total price, then I'll have the Bishopric (or whoever) make a check out for the total amount. Way - less - Drama!
Even more drama? Apparently about $700 has come up missing from the change machine and vending machines over the last couple of weeks at Meagan's work. Meagan's one of 3 managers that has the keys, so all 3 managers are under investigation. If they don't figure out which of the 3 it is, all 3 get fired.
The good thing about this? They don't really suspect Meagan. The even better thing? Meagan got a job at Harland Clarke. She'll get paid better and I'm sure they'll treat her way better. Thank goodness!
I think that's enough drama for now. My next projects are helping Meagan find a good car in her price range and helping Cameron find a job.
Most of my summer has been spent dealing with gallbladder issues. Thank goodness I've pretty much recovered from surgery. Still a bit tired, but I'm feeling better than I did before surgery and immediatley after. That surgery hurt way more than my nose surgery. I wasn't expecting that much pain. Thank goodness for ibuprofen!
Last week I got a letter in the mail from Davis County. I'm not sure how many people applied for the Children's Librarian job, but I came in 15th of all the applicants. That's not bad considering I've never worked at a library. Of course, having to have a bachelor's degree to even apply probably whittled down the field quite a bit.
Everyone had to take a test on "current general library knowlegdge." How do you study for a test like that? I spent 3 days memorizing the entire Dewey Decimal system. Guess how many Dewey Decimal questions were on the test? None. The upside? I bet I can find books in the library faster than most people now. In any case, I think I did pretty well on the test. The first question was: "The current governor of Utah is ______________________." I would have been embarrassed if I hadn't known that one!
I've decided I'm going to spend the next 2 months learning MS Office, then I'm going to apply for administrative assistant jobs. Or any other job that I'm qualified for, pays enough, has benefits and sounds fun. I don't want another boring job I dread going to. Two months from now, Meagan's wedding will be over and done with and I will have worked for Lorry while she's helping her daughter with her new baby - the baby is due the last part of September. I feel like I owe it to Lorry to work for her since she worked for me while I had my surgery and recovered.
Now I'm just trying to figure out how and when to break the news to Joe and Lorry that I'm leaving. I think I'll try the very valid angle that I need decent health insurance I can afford. My current job has no benefits.
Once I've settled into my fun, new job and gotten Cameron off on his mission, I'm going to start taking web design classes. I've wanted to be a web designer for the last 10 years now and I've found a place I can learn the skills I need for a reasonable price of $1800 dollars - less if I work for SLCC or someplace that will help pay for education.
Several years ago I went to an orientation for a web design school in Sugarhouse called PC Training West. They wanted $40,000 for 2 years. There was no way I could afford that. They're out of business now. Big surprise.
More drama? On August 6th, the Primary was in charge of our Ward's Summer Pool Party. Someone told me she could get some stuff for the party at a great price. I said "OK" and didn't think much of it until I priced the same items at CostCo. We could have saved $100! Ack! Luckily the items didn't make us go over budget. Now this person is not talking to me - even though she got paid the total amount she asked.
So, I've learned my lesson. Next time I'm in charge of a party, I'm buying EVERYTHING at CostCo. I'll have everyone on the committee figure out what we need, I'll go to CostCo and have them figure out the total price, then I'll have the Bishopric (or whoever) make a check out for the total amount. Way - less - Drama!
Even more drama? Apparently about $700 has come up missing from the change machine and vending machines over the last couple of weeks at Meagan's work. Meagan's one of 3 managers that has the keys, so all 3 managers are under investigation. If they don't figure out which of the 3 it is, all 3 get fired.
The good thing about this? They don't really suspect Meagan. The even better thing? Meagan got a job at Harland Clarke. She'll get paid better and I'm sure they'll treat her way better. Thank goodness!
I think that's enough drama for now. My next projects are helping Meagan find a good car in her price range and helping Cameron find a job.
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