hmmm weird
So today I had my "interview" which didn't turn out to be an interview at all. It was an open house for the temp place which peeved me a little because not once was it mentioned in the listing OR did Sonal mention it to me over the phone. So I did some more tests and filled out a few papers. I had my interview with Lance. He was really nice and reminded me of my dad so I wasn't as nervous as I normally am during an interview. I guess once they get my background check back he'll call me and tell me when (and if) I'll be starting. There are two start dates the 15th and the 29th. He said that if you start on the 15th you have a 50/50 shot of being hired on after 3 months. He said if you start the 29th probably not so much since they've already been reviewing the first 2 sets of people whom already started (the first set started last week). It'll be a boring job but hey, I could do it. He said it's just looking at prescriptions on the computer and checking them to make sure they're correct. It's a continuous thing for 8 hours straight. Business casual so I can wear jeans XD. But it's $10.25 an hour and basically around $410 (before taxes) a week. You know how fast Ray and I could get outta debt and start saving for our own place? He makes about $400 a week after taxes so say we're making around $750 a week total. I owe around $1,500. That's basically going to take about a month (you have to factor in food, gas, Xmas shopping, and such). Rays debts are going to take some time to pay off but at least the creditors will stop calling 6 times a day.
Ray and I were thinking about getting a place away from Fairfield. I dunno, I think it'd be nice. We'll have to see where he and I could work that'd be close to where we wanna live. His job has been jerking him around lately and he's really not happy there anymore. So he's been looking for jobs everywhere. He was offered a really great job (before he took his current job) that was making $23 an hour but the location was about an hour away from Fairfield so he turned it down. If he gets another job offer like that, we might just try and move closer to his "work". His machining experience is vast and now he has all sorts of new machines and talents to add to his resume.
Anyways I'm going to go into this whole Madco thing with an open mind. So many people have told me bad things about them and honestly I don't want to hear it. I don't want to start a job thinking I'm going to hate it. That just puts a damper on everything. Like I was so excited about finally finding a job and I feel like all anyone has to say is negative things. I just want someone to go "Congrats!". I mean when I told Ray he was kinda like "that's great baby. ;changes the subject to his work related problems;. My dad was just like "well you don't have it yet and if you don't end up getting it you'll need to try McDonalds or something." My mom was happy about it. I just want people to be like "YAY for you!!" not.. "I've heard bad things. You're going to hate it." I have spent like entire days in front of the computer doing basically nothing while my parents were out of town. I think I can handle sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours just fine. I want office work. I don't want to deal with crabby people. I'm not a people person anymore. I fucking hate about 80% of the people I meet because they're either 1. an asshole 2. a racist 3. stupid or 4. oblivious to the fact that OTHER PEOPLE exsist in the world. I just want to get away from "customer service".
This job is going to be so good for me. And if it sucks, oh well. I can at least stick it out for 3 months and hope that they don't hire me on full time. At least I'll have the experience to add to my resume, ya know? I'm willing to put up with a boring job because I want to pull Ray and I out of the depressing drain we've been circling for awhile now. This is going to help out so much, I can't even begin to explain.
Sigh. Besides work and money stuff, I hung out with my mom for a little bit today. We went to the dollar store after my temp thing. Dollar stores are so great for so many reasons, lol. We watched Wall-e tonight and exchanged shoulder rubs, lmao. My mom gives the best shoulder rubs, for real. I haven't watched a movie with my mom in a long time. We've been spending a lot more time together now that my dad works nights. It's nice most of the time then it's like a switch is flipped and all of a sudden she's super mean. I don't really understand it. I'd like to belive it's all the medication she's on that causes drastic mood swings. Or menopause, lol.
Tara and I went to the bookstore today to find a book on homemade things. The lady said they didn't have any, but after we searched, we found some. This year I'm making hommade chapstick. Next year I think it'd be nice to make a gift set with homemade lotion, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face scrub, a candle, and chapstick with knitted body scrubbers and wash cloths. I think that'd be a really nice gift. I looked up a lotion tutorial and it looks way super easy. So does the chapstick. Ray and I are going to order the materials next week so I'll be able to make enough in time for Xmas. I'm really excited!! I love making hommade things and I think if I could make my own body care stuff that'd just be freaking amazing. XD My mom is allergic to a lot of beauty products (like avon and mary kay). She even breaks out from deoderant so she has to use some freaky powder (kinda like baby powder). So I think it'd be extra nice for her to give these all organic homemade products too. I've heard about making your own foundation and such but that's not something I'm really interested in at the moment. I'm just so pumped about all this. We're not in the postion to buy all the materials to make all this before Xmas, and we're certainly running out of time! 21 days until Xmas!! OH ME OH MY, I'm so excited!
I'm really sleepy. I woke up around 10am this morning, watched the season finale and reunion show of Paris Hiltons My New BFF while knitting. I also watched the newest episode of The Hills. I really wanted to watch Gossip Girl but I needed to jump in the shower and couldn't. pout. I think I'll go watch it now before I crash.
I'm making a fish blanket for Ray out of Caron Simply Soft yarn (which is indeed simply soft... AND CHEAP!) Which, after I'm done knitting 403 fish (20 down, 383 more to go!!) it'll look something like..
Except the colors I'm using are a ton brighter.
I think the dark navy blue sets off the other colors really nicely. I'm excited to see how this turned out. Tara wants one too. I could tell by her very subtle hinting, lol. So far I've made 10 in the orange and 10 in the yellow XD. I'm very proud of myself!!
Oh and my mom bought me a "diamond grill" at the dollar store today. I'm big pimpin now.
Ray and I were thinking about getting a place away from Fairfield. I dunno, I think it'd be nice. We'll have to see where he and I could work that'd be close to where we wanna live. His job has been jerking him around lately and he's really not happy there anymore. So he's been looking for jobs everywhere. He was offered a really great job (before he took his current job) that was making $23 an hour but the location was about an hour away from Fairfield so he turned it down. If he gets another job offer like that, we might just try and move closer to his "work". His machining experience is vast and now he has all sorts of new machines and talents to add to his resume.
Anyways I'm going to go into this whole Madco thing with an open mind. So many people have told me bad things about them and honestly I don't want to hear it. I don't want to start a job thinking I'm going to hate it. That just puts a damper on everything. Like I was so excited about finally finding a job and I feel like all anyone has to say is negative things. I just want someone to go "Congrats!". I mean when I told Ray he was kinda like "that's great baby. ;changes the subject to his work related problems;. My dad was just like "well you don't have it yet and if you don't end up getting it you'll need to try McDonalds or something." My mom was happy about it. I just want people to be like "YAY for you!!" not.. "I've heard bad things. You're going to hate it." I have spent like entire days in front of the computer doing basically nothing while my parents were out of town. I think I can handle sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours just fine. I want office work. I don't want to deal with crabby people. I'm not a people person anymore. I fucking hate about 80% of the people I meet because they're either 1. an asshole 2. a racist 3. stupid or 4. oblivious to the fact that OTHER PEOPLE exsist in the world. I just want to get away from "customer service".
This job is going to be so good for me. And if it sucks, oh well. I can at least stick it out for 3 months and hope that they don't hire me on full time. At least I'll have the experience to add to my resume, ya know? I'm willing to put up with a boring job because I want to pull Ray and I out of the depressing drain we've been circling for awhile now. This is going to help out so much, I can't even begin to explain.
Sigh. Besides work and money stuff, I hung out with my mom for a little bit today. We went to the dollar store after my temp thing. Dollar stores are so great for so many reasons, lol. We watched Wall-e tonight and exchanged shoulder rubs, lmao. My mom gives the best shoulder rubs, for real. I haven't watched a movie with my mom in a long time. We've been spending a lot more time together now that my dad works nights. It's nice most of the time then it's like a switch is flipped and all of a sudden she's super mean. I don't really understand it. I'd like to belive it's all the medication she's on that causes drastic mood swings. Or menopause, lol.
Tara and I went to the bookstore today to find a book on homemade things. The lady said they didn't have any, but after we searched, we found some. This year I'm making hommade chapstick. Next year I think it'd be nice to make a gift set with homemade lotion, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face scrub, a candle, and chapstick with knitted body scrubbers and wash cloths. I think that'd be a really nice gift. I looked up a lotion tutorial and it looks way super easy. So does the chapstick. Ray and I are going to order the materials next week so I'll be able to make enough in time for Xmas. I'm really excited!! I love making hommade things and I think if I could make my own body care stuff that'd just be freaking amazing. XD My mom is allergic to a lot of beauty products (like avon and mary kay). She even breaks out from deoderant so she has to use some freaky powder (kinda like baby powder). So I think it'd be extra nice for her to give these all organic homemade products too. I've heard about making your own foundation and such but that's not something I'm really interested in at the moment. I'm just so pumped about all this. We're not in the postion to buy all the materials to make all this before Xmas, and we're certainly running out of time! 21 days until Xmas!! OH ME OH MY, I'm so excited!
I'm really sleepy. I woke up around 10am this morning, watched the season finale and reunion show of Paris Hiltons My New BFF while knitting. I also watched the newest episode of The Hills. I really wanted to watch Gossip Girl but I needed to jump in the shower and couldn't. pout. I think I'll go watch it now before I crash.
I'm making a fish blanket for Ray out of Caron Simply Soft yarn (which is indeed simply soft... AND CHEAP!) Which, after I'm done knitting 403 fish (20 down, 383 more to go!!) it'll look something like..
Except the colors I'm using are a ton brighter.
I think the dark navy blue sets off the other colors really nicely. I'm excited to see how this turned out. Tara wants one too. I could tell by her very subtle hinting, lol. So far I've made 10 in the orange and 10 in the yellow XD. I'm very proud of myself!!
Oh and my mom bought me a "diamond grill" at the dollar store today. I'm big pimpin now.