Mish Mosh
After Tuesday's epic vomit, Sophia is feeling better. She never did get sick to her stomach again, but she does have some lingering cold symptoms (specifically, the poor kid's nose just runs constantly). Sarah went to bed relatively fine last night, though my parents did say that she was pretty tired and not quite herself during the day. I woke up in the middle of the night to her breathing being kind of rattlely, and her nose was pretty gross. I told Kevin he was going to have to stay home with her cause there was no way I was going to drag her out in the first near negative numbers of the winter. She promptly started running around like a banshee as soon as I left according to him - which he was not too thrilled about cause he didnt think she was sick at all - but as of just a few minutes ago according to him she had taken a nap, got up, played a little, hit a wall and climbed back up on the couch for a rest. And she feels warm. If all goes as planned, Maddie should be sick right about Monday or so :-\
Which leads me right into the scramble to cover sick time and trying to do that whole "is she (or am I) sick enough to take time now? do I wait a day? will I be better by tomorrow or worse?" I love that game. I thought I wouldnt have to be doing that game much longer....
My coworker extended his sick leave. He's out until at LEAST May at this point. He went out in October. I had planned to ask to go part time for January 1st when all this hit the fan. He was supposed to be back the first week of January, but he extended his sick leave to the first week of February. First week of February came and he's now out till May.
After hemming and hawwing, I told Kevin that I will wait as long as May-ish. I obviously first have to get the ok to be able to go part time (though at one of the union meetings, our rep said that we cant be denied the request so...) but my new plan was/is July 1st.
And then yesterday I found out that the cashier downstairs (who is under my boss) is retiring. She's the one who is currently battling colon cancer, has the port and constant chemo - who my boss has given a hard time about her taking time for tests and being sick... When she found out G wouldnt be back till May she basically said F* It, I'm out. She told me yesterday she would have tried to stay long enough for him to come back (he used to work for the cashiers office but was brought up here to help out both departments) but after she had a test last week, had an issue with her port AND a bad reaction to the prep she had to take resulting in her having to call out for two days after the test only to be given an attitude and guilt trips and "but I dont understand..." comments... she said she was done. She's out. She gave six weeks notice (instead of the standard 3) and she was given an attitude about that as well. Ridiculous...
As for the extra work... since I was out when all this went down on Wednesday, apparently my boss made some comments to the other girls here about how *I* could either take the job and/or the work. I dont want it. That's more responsibility when I'm looking for less. And while the girls were all like "that's a step up - go with it!" realistically, its not. Title SOUNDING wise, it sounds better, but on paper it looks more like a lateral move - if not a step down paygrade wise. So unless they're going to give me an increase... and then let me work three days a week... I'm not sure how this is doing me any good. In fact, its just making me more stressed out (see above re: sick kids and needing time off)
Add to the fact that Maddie's Book Fair at school is coming up and I want to ask for time for that... and I got the flyer for Kindergarten Orientation on Wednesday and of course that falls right in the middle of the closing week and there is no way in hell I'm going to miss that cause there are papers that need to be shuffled here... but at the same time I can feel my stomach cringing at the thought of having to ask for that day (or at the very least morning) off... Ugh...
There's a Part Time position open for a Program Coordinator over at Veteran's Affairs and I am seriously thinking of applying. The posting is a little wonky though and I'm not sure if the salary listed is the full time amount (which would be kind of LOW for a program coordinator) or its the part time amount (which is really HIGH for a part time position). Plus the FTE is .75 which comes out to 4 days per week based on a 37.5 hour week... unless its a 30 hour week which would be perfect cause that's exactly three days... I dont know... I havent even decided whether I should apply and I'm already worried about anything and everything, from ending up in a worse position, to a worse boss, to the absolute far fetched of "do I want to put myself into a position dealing with PTSD and all that could come with that?" I'm driving myself nuts, I swear.
In better news, I did end up taking Sophia to register for Kindergarten the other day. It was a little weird, considering its not what we had to do for Maddie (we missed registration cause who would think FEBRUARY would be when you would do it?). We had to take her to the township education building and just fill out paperwork. Yesterday, there was a teacher there for evaluate Sophia to see if she spoke English well enough to attend (not spoke well enough in general, but that she specifically spoke ENGLISH well enough... sigh...) Then we had to sit with the nurse who told me she has to have all her shots. Ok, that's fine. She's due for her last MMR at her next well visit, to which the nurse told me "You know, these old pediatricians tend to stick with the OLD timeline when it is perfectly acceptable for her to have had the second MMR at her 4 year well visit". Ok, thanks? But my insurance company wont cover it until her next well visit, which they wont cover until she's, you know, 5. "Well, I'm not about to make you fight with the insurance company on this but I just find it ridiculous". Well thanks for your input SCHOOL NURSE. Sigh... I swear everyone is just ready to fight with people lately.
In other news, apparently a town fairly close to where I work is currently burning down. I exaggerate; its a huge warehouse fire, but it made it to the national news last night and this morning. I could see the smoke from our house on the way to work - and we're about 40+ minutes away from it. It stunk when I got out of the car at work. My cousin's wife's brother is currently there and has been there for HOURS (it was going on 16 as of this morning). Crazy.
The plan for tonight was supposed to be Kevin taking the girls to dance class, but he just gave me an attitude on the phone about not wanting to sit there. I feel like crap and am getting the same cold the girls have. I really would prefer if tonight of any night he take them. He usually takes them anyway so I can get a head start on weekend crap around the house. He thinks its in my head that I'm getting a cold - cant wait till I get home to show him my snazzy red and raw nose :-\
The Philly Please Touch Museum has a big Curious George party for the grand opening of their Curious George expo. Ughhh... I wonder if Sarah will be better by Sunday to be able to take her. That's her boy! (well, monkey...)
Ok 15 more minutes in this hell hole then my weekend will officially commense. Cant wait to get home and in my pjs... and put some lotion on my poor burning nose!
Which leads me right into the scramble to cover sick time and trying to do that whole "is she (or am I) sick enough to take time now? do I wait a day? will I be better by tomorrow or worse?" I love that game. I thought I wouldnt have to be doing that game much longer....
My coworker extended his sick leave. He's out until at LEAST May at this point. He went out in October. I had planned to ask to go part time for January 1st when all this hit the fan. He was supposed to be back the first week of January, but he extended his sick leave to the first week of February. First week of February came and he's now out till May.
After hemming and hawwing, I told Kevin that I will wait as long as May-ish. I obviously first have to get the ok to be able to go part time (though at one of the union meetings, our rep said that we cant be denied the request so...) but my new plan was/is July 1st.
And then yesterday I found out that the cashier downstairs (who is under my boss) is retiring. She's the one who is currently battling colon cancer, has the port and constant chemo - who my boss has given a hard time about her taking time for tests and being sick... When she found out G wouldnt be back till May she basically said F* It, I'm out. She told me yesterday she would have tried to stay long enough for him to come back (he used to work for the cashiers office but was brought up here to help out both departments) but after she had a test last week, had an issue with her port AND a bad reaction to the prep she had to take resulting in her having to call out for two days after the test only to be given an attitude and guilt trips and "but I dont understand..." comments... she said she was done. She's out. She gave six weeks notice (instead of the standard 3) and she was given an attitude about that as well. Ridiculous...
As for the extra work... since I was out when all this went down on Wednesday, apparently my boss made some comments to the other girls here about how *I* could either take the job and/or the work. I dont want it. That's more responsibility when I'm looking for less. And while the girls were all like "that's a step up - go with it!" realistically, its not. Title SOUNDING wise, it sounds better, but on paper it looks more like a lateral move - if not a step down paygrade wise. So unless they're going to give me an increase... and then let me work three days a week... I'm not sure how this is doing me any good. In fact, its just making me more stressed out (see above re: sick kids and needing time off)
Add to the fact that Maddie's Book Fair at school is coming up and I want to ask for time for that... and I got the flyer for Kindergarten Orientation on Wednesday and of course that falls right in the middle of the closing week and there is no way in hell I'm going to miss that cause there are papers that need to be shuffled here... but at the same time I can feel my stomach cringing at the thought of having to ask for that day (or at the very least morning) off... Ugh...
There's a Part Time position open for a Program Coordinator over at Veteran's Affairs and I am seriously thinking of applying. The posting is a little wonky though and I'm not sure if the salary listed is the full time amount (which would be kind of LOW for a program coordinator) or its the part time amount (which is really HIGH for a part time position). Plus the FTE is .75 which comes out to 4 days per week based on a 37.5 hour week... unless its a 30 hour week which would be perfect cause that's exactly three days... I dont know... I havent even decided whether I should apply and I'm already worried about anything and everything, from ending up in a worse position, to a worse boss, to the absolute far fetched of "do I want to put myself into a position dealing with PTSD and all that could come with that?" I'm driving myself nuts, I swear.
In better news, I did end up taking Sophia to register for Kindergarten the other day. It was a little weird, considering its not what we had to do for Maddie (we missed registration cause who would think FEBRUARY would be when you would do it?). We had to take her to the township education building and just fill out paperwork. Yesterday, there was a teacher there for evaluate Sophia to see if she spoke English well enough to attend (not spoke well enough in general, but that she specifically spoke ENGLISH well enough... sigh...) Then we had to sit with the nurse who told me she has to have all her shots. Ok, that's fine. She's due for her last MMR at her next well visit, to which the nurse told me "You know, these old pediatricians tend to stick with the OLD timeline when it is perfectly acceptable for her to have had the second MMR at her 4 year well visit". Ok, thanks? But my insurance company wont cover it until her next well visit, which they wont cover until she's, you know, 5. "Well, I'm not about to make you fight with the insurance company on this but I just find it ridiculous". Well thanks for your input SCHOOL NURSE. Sigh... I swear everyone is just ready to fight with people lately.
In other news, apparently a town fairly close to where I work is currently burning down. I exaggerate; its a huge warehouse fire, but it made it to the national news last night and this morning. I could see the smoke from our house on the way to work - and we're about 40+ minutes away from it. It stunk when I got out of the car at work. My cousin's wife's brother is currently there and has been there for HOURS (it was going on 16 as of this morning). Crazy.
The plan for tonight was supposed to be Kevin taking the girls to dance class, but he just gave me an attitude on the phone about not wanting to sit there. I feel like crap and am getting the same cold the girls have. I really would prefer if tonight of any night he take them. He usually takes them anyway so I can get a head start on weekend crap around the house. He thinks its in my head that I'm getting a cold - cant wait till I get home to show him my snazzy red and raw nose :-\
The Philly Please Touch Museum has a big Curious George party for the grand opening of their Curious George expo. Ughhh... I wonder if Sarah will be better by Sunday to be able to take her. That's her boy! (well, monkey...)
Ok 15 more minutes in this hell hole then my weekend will officially commense. Cant wait to get home and in my pjs... and put some lotion on my poor burning nose!