So, I got a new job. I haven't had a job (besides Tastefully Simple consulting) since the beginning of the fall semester last year, after I quit working at The Children's Place. I finished the semester and kind of wanted a job, but doubted anyone would hire someone that far along in their pregnancy unless the place was desperate. So, I had off until Archer was born and now he is 4 months old and things at Zach's work place were not getting any better.
Zach worked 40 hours a week at his job until his hand injury the day before Halloween. Two surgeries and months of physical therapy and 8 months later, he was finally cleared to go back to work full-time. Only, the business had hired other people while he was gone and the first week he got 14 hours. The following week it was 13, and last week it was 21. Obviously, we cannot survive on this income, and with the economy being in a downward trend there was nothing legally we could do to make his boss give him his hours back, even though it would be the fair thing to do in this situation. The whole thing had him depressed and in a bitter mood all of the time, and I started filling out applications for both of us online and emailing resumes and so forth.
I had an interview last week, and was offered the full-time position today. I will explain more about the job once I have worked at it for a few days, but I think I will like it a lot. It's 40 hours a week, so I am going to be bringing home the bacon, while Zach does daddy duty at home. He is also going to look for something part-time, I think this is important because I don't want him to become demoralized by not contributing (even though I understand staying at home is MORE work sometimes) and I'll be damned if my paychecks go towards golf more than once in a great while.
I start on Thursday and I'm super excited about it...although I'm not sure how I will manage taking classes in the fall. I think it is important I get my degree, but I already had to forgo massage school because I just can't be there 20 hours a week while working 40- I would never see my kids or hubby.
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Zach and Declan are off at Vacation Bible School for the third night in a row (2 more nights after this) and for the second night in a row, Riley is opting to stay at home with me. It was important to me that he try it, and he did the first night... but it is supposed to be fun. If he wasn't having fun, I wasn't going to make him go back over and over again- that's not necessary. Declan is painfully shy at times, so Zach has been volunteering to be nearby when Dec needs him. Archer is in bed (for now, anyway) and it's so peaceful I may just crack open my book. I'm on the second book of the game of thrones series and it is fantastic!!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Potpourri...or is it hodgepodge?
Thought I'd take a quick moment to jot some thoughts down, although it is risky considering Archer took a wonderful nap this morning, so the nap he is currently embarking on is probably not going to be that long!
What's new:
Zach started back to work. He worked full-time at this job up until October 30, 2010 at which point he donated his dominant hand to the company. He will NEVER regain more than 50% grip in his right hand. Upon arriving at this job, he was actually only allowed to work 3 out of 5 days, only 2 of which made it onto his paycheck due to the way the pay periods work. So, to support his family of 5 he is now expected to make ends meet with only 1/3 of what workers comp was giving him, which was obviously less than what he made with full-time hours as well. They don't appear to be working him into the schedule either since he was already told not to come in until Tuesday.
We already contacted a lawyer and unfortunately due to the economy, there isn't anything we can do. It's so frustrating. I've started looking for jobs, but the whole thing has Zach so pissed off that he isn't really in the mood for looking. Everything was fine, and now not only is he fucked for the rest of his life by this company, they don't even have the decency to give him a straight answer about his future with the company. "I'm going to see what I can do", he has heard. Which means, despite everything he gave up for the company (including the paid golf tournament he was scheduled to play in the Saturday (non-workday) he came in to work on the day he got injured), those are the breaks. It's enough to make me cry. In fact, I have.
Other than that, things are going great. Diet is going fabulous, not even hungry most of the time.
Archer is doing so well, laughing and trying new foods. Mostly sleeping well at night, but not always just to keep me on my toes!
My school starts in 2 weeks, which is also when Declan's 4th birthday party will be.(A week early so to avoid the people unable to attend on the holiday weekend his birthday actually falls on).
Oh, and since most of my shows are on hiatus until the fall (except for Game of Thrones), I have been able to read a lot more, which I love.
Here is my reading list, if you have a book you would recommend I add to it, please let me know!
Red Princess Series (halfway through the 2nd of 3 books)
Of Ice and Fire Series (game of thrones is based on this)
The Hunger Games Series (because it is too trendy to be ignored!)
and for some crazy reason, I am planning to reread the Madeline L'Engle series that includes A Wrinkle in Time, etc.
That's all for now.
What's new:
Zach started back to work. He worked full-time at this job up until October 30, 2010 at which point he donated his dominant hand to the company. He will NEVER regain more than 50% grip in his right hand. Upon arriving at this job, he was actually only allowed to work 3 out of 5 days, only 2 of which made it onto his paycheck due to the way the pay periods work. So, to support his family of 5 he is now expected to make ends meet with only 1/3 of what workers comp was giving him, which was obviously less than what he made with full-time hours as well. They don't appear to be working him into the schedule either since he was already told not to come in until Tuesday.
We already contacted a lawyer and unfortunately due to the economy, there isn't anything we can do. It's so frustrating. I've started looking for jobs, but the whole thing has Zach so pissed off that he isn't really in the mood for looking. Everything was fine, and now not only is he fucked for the rest of his life by this company, they don't even have the decency to give him a straight answer about his future with the company. "I'm going to see what I can do", he has heard. Which means, despite everything he gave up for the company (including the paid golf tournament he was scheduled to play in the Saturday (non-workday) he came in to work on the day he got injured), those are the breaks. It's enough to make me cry. In fact, I have.
Other than that, things are going great. Diet is going fabulous, not even hungry most of the time.
Archer is doing so well, laughing and trying new foods. Mostly sleeping well at night, but not always just to keep me on my toes!
My school starts in 2 weeks, which is also when Declan's 4th birthday party will be.(A week early so to avoid the people unable to attend on the holiday weekend his birthday actually falls on).
Oh, and since most of my shows are on hiatus until the fall (except for Game of Thrones), I have been able to read a lot more, which I love.
Here is my reading list, if you have a book you would recommend I add to it, please let me know!
Red Princess Series (halfway through the 2nd of 3 books)
Of Ice and Fire Series (game of thrones is based on this)
The Hunger Games Series (because it is too trendy to be ignored!)
and for some crazy reason, I am planning to reread the Madeline L'Engle series that includes A Wrinkle in Time, etc.
That's all for now.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Creamsicles
If you don't already know, we live with Zach's mom and his two brothers. There are a lot of people in this house and for the first month since the brothers have been back from college we have made it work relatively well. There's never any milk many mornings since they stay up til 5 am, and they fluctuate from scrubbing the kitchen floors in the middle night to leaving a crumby, sticky disaster on the counters. (I'll let you figure this out on your own, why they are like this.)
So yesterday, I saw one of them eating an orange creamsicle. We don't share food, everyone gets their own stuff, we keep our stuff on separate shelves in the fridge and corners in the freezer. Even though this "uncle" heard Declan asking me about the creamsicle that he was eating, I told him loudly that those weren't ours and that mommy would get him a box at the store.
I go to the grocery store and am home around 9pm, put the stuff away. Come down this morning and I noticed the creamsicle box in the freezer is open...oh no! I pick it up and there is ONE CREAMSICLE OUT OF 12!! WTF?? Who needs to eat that many popsicles??? I didn't let Declan have even one of their stinkin box, which by the way I saw in the trash before I even went to the grocery store. They also demolished half the box of cheezits, some of the chicken in a biscuit crackers, and quite a few of the pringles as well. We are on a fixed workers comp income for pete's sake. Don't eat all of our damn snacks. Those aren't snacks that I eat and they last an almost 4 year old and 6 year old a long time. They shouldn't disappear in the first night they are in this house.
We are lucky to have a home to live in, and I know when we moved here everyone had to adjust but I thought we all did a great job of working together before they came back. One of them is set to graduate after taking a class at hacc in the fall and the other one isn't even going back to school, so there isn't even a light at the end of the tunnel. I know that the food will be replaced by my MIL but all I want is just the respect we give to be returned.
Sigh...
They are both so touchy, that Zach won't even be able to bring it up without a huge argument breaking out. Sometimes I wish I could fastforward time...
So yesterday, I saw one of them eating an orange creamsicle. We don't share food, everyone gets their own stuff, we keep our stuff on separate shelves in the fridge and corners in the freezer. Even though this "uncle" heard Declan asking me about the creamsicle that he was eating, I told him loudly that those weren't ours and that mommy would get him a box at the store.
I go to the grocery store and am home around 9pm, put the stuff away. Come down this morning and I noticed the creamsicle box in the freezer is open...oh no! I pick it up and there is ONE CREAMSICLE OUT OF 12!! WTF?? Who needs to eat that many popsicles??? I didn't let Declan have even one of their stinkin box, which by the way I saw in the trash before I even went to the grocery store. They also demolished half the box of cheezits, some of the chicken in a biscuit crackers, and quite a few of the pringles as well. We are on a fixed workers comp income for pete's sake. Don't eat all of our damn snacks. Those aren't snacks that I eat and they last an almost 4 year old and 6 year old a long time. They shouldn't disappear in the first night they are in this house.
We are lucky to have a home to live in, and I know when we moved here everyone had to adjust but I thought we all did a great job of working together before they came back. One of them is set to graduate after taking a class at hacc in the fall and the other one isn't even going back to school, so there isn't even a light at the end of the tunnel. I know that the food will be replaced by my MIL but all I want is just the respect we give to be returned.
Sigh...
They are both so touchy, that Zach won't even be able to bring it up without a huge argument breaking out. Sometimes I wish I could fastforward time...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
sour grapes
Life is too short to spend it being miserable. I've figured this out, and I wish it would rub off on my husband. I love him, but he is the most ornery, grouchy, victimized person I know. I literally cringe when I hear his footsteps in the morning on a day like today where we didn't have anywhere to be first thing. Those footsteps are always accompanied by some type of bitter remark, as if he is persecuted. (This is what I get for allowing him to sleep in 3 extra hours that I didn't AFTER being the one that does night feedings.) He bounces back and forth between I should get a job, but yet when I am gone for a few hours (like doing a TS party), he is all but throwing the kids at me when I walk in the door!
School starts up again soon, I'm not going to have time for a job on top of taking care of three kids and schoolwork and my consulting.
Some people I know have husbands who they may not have around much longer...and no, of course I don't want that but what I do want is for him to realize that at any moment, I could be gone- and maybe then he will wish he hadn't spent our whole marriage complaining.
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Side notes: Diet going great, Archie's sleeping/schedule is much better!
Have a happy memorial day, everyone!
School starts up again soon, I'm not going to have time for a job on top of taking care of three kids and schoolwork and my consulting.
Some people I know have husbands who they may not have around much longer...and no, of course I don't want that but what I do want is for him to realize that at any moment, I could be gone- and maybe then he will wish he hadn't spent our whole marriage complaining.
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Side notes: Diet going great, Archie's sleeping/schedule is much better!
Have a happy memorial day, everyone!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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