oh the craziness of young married life
So it's been quite a while... Can't say it's been boring. I still work my four 10 hour days at Day Nursery, though the kids have now managed to make me cry. They just sit there and scream for no reason!! Not all of them, but the 18-24 mo. olds are horrid. My director had mercy on me the next day and left me with the little bitty babies. =) I LOVED it!! I wish I could go back, but I was filling in for someone who is normally full-time so I'm not sure how far I'll get with the baby thing.
I've also had several run-ins with a co-worker that are about to end up with somebody getting hurt. This... young woman... just graduated, I believe, and the only reason she is an employee of our daycare is because her dad works with the director's husband (who works in Israel.) This young lady is an Israeli, though she's lived in the U.S. for about 15 years, and she LOVES to brag about how she's going to have dual citizenship once she marries her (loser of a) boyfriend who just signed up for the Air Force and how she's going to spend his entire sign-on bonus on her wedding. Furthermore, she is totally and completely the rudest laziest person I have ever worked with. She's nosy; if she thinks you're doing someone wrong (which she always does) she takes charge to fix it herself. (When there was usually nothign wrong to begin with.) She contradicts everyone and takes EVERY opportunity to leave early, no matter the bind that leaves anyone in. I found out, however, that most people at day nursery are sick of her. One of my co-workers, a middle-aged slightly timid woman, actually told her off today, and i was SO proud! I wish I had the guts.. I just don't want to make my life miserable by upsetting her. Nothing might ever come of it, but then again, who knows what trouble she'd make for somebody that made some for her.
In other news, AARON PASSED HIS MEDIC!! This is absolutely wonderful, and I knew he could do it the whole time. We're talking a 3 dollar pay raise.. Yeah buddy, $40k per year. So this means we're moving to Lubbock, right? Wrong. Aaron is going to apply but the chances of us getting in anytime soon are slim to none, which means my educational opportunies extend to, say, Abilene, TX. This probably won't be a problem; I should be able to get the classes for Covenant as cheaply and as easily here at Cisco as I would at South Plains, and if we decide to move in the spring, then I'll be set. If not, I can get my ADN so we can move later on down the road.. but I'm terribly impatient because I'm excited and I'm in an in-between stage. I'm not really in the "college years" because I'm married and have financial responsibilities now, but I'm still in college so I'm not really in the "young married adult" category.. because we can't settle down and buy a house and fix it up like our own, which I really want to do.. I guess I'm in both categories, but I feel a little out of place in either of them. Aaron and I have talked some and it really will probably be best for us to stay here for now... but like I said, it's hard for me to wait. I don't want to leave Natalie and my other ACU friends, but goodness, I haven't seen them all summer so I've pretty much left them as it is. And staying partly makes me want to go back to ACU, but we can't afford it.. even with all the loans, we'll be in debt up to our eyeballs. I also thought, too, that if for some reason we can't move in the spring and I can't get into nursing school yet, that I could work on my intermediate... I don't know, but it never hurts to try. I feel like I'm SO at the bottom of the totem pole.. I need experience and education just about as badly as I need air.
Dianne at citizens told me today that practically the whole month of July is open, which is wonderful, because it means that I can go to part-time at Day Nursery, spend less time with those kids, and keep looking for job opportunities. Meanwhile, I can work somewhere I really enjoy and keep on good terms with an employer for once. I'm applying at the new hospital tomorrow. The woman said applications go through about 3 people, so maybe I have a shot. That would be nice.. I might could Tech from like 3-11? Then I could still go to school. Who knows, but it's worth a shot!
Well, that's really about all my news. One of my best friends from high school isn't a virgin anymore, and she's really young.. It bothered me a lot, but there's not a lot I can say. It is kind of neat to be able to talk about sex knowing she's been there, but I still feel like I'm contributing to the delinquincy of a minor or something. Well, it's 8:00. I've had a cold for almost 2 weeks and 3 decongestant medications, a kenalog shot, and 1 antibiotic later, and I still can't breathe. I'm off to find my inhaler...
I've also had several run-ins with a co-worker that are about to end up with somebody getting hurt. This... young woman... just graduated, I believe, and the only reason she is an employee of our daycare is because her dad works with the director's husband (who works in Israel.) This young lady is an Israeli, though she's lived in the U.S. for about 15 years, and she LOVES to brag about how she's going to have dual citizenship once she marries her (loser of a) boyfriend who just signed up for the Air Force and how she's going to spend his entire sign-on bonus on her wedding. Furthermore, she is totally and completely the rudest laziest person I have ever worked with. She's nosy; if she thinks you're doing someone wrong (which she always does) she takes charge to fix it herself. (When there was usually nothign wrong to begin with.) She contradicts everyone and takes EVERY opportunity to leave early, no matter the bind that leaves anyone in. I found out, however, that most people at day nursery are sick of her. One of my co-workers, a middle-aged slightly timid woman, actually told her off today, and i was SO proud! I wish I had the guts.. I just don't want to make my life miserable by upsetting her. Nothing might ever come of it, but then again, who knows what trouble she'd make for somebody that made some for her.
In other news, AARON PASSED HIS MEDIC!! This is absolutely wonderful, and I knew he could do it the whole time. We're talking a 3 dollar pay raise.. Yeah buddy, $40k per year. So this means we're moving to Lubbock, right? Wrong. Aaron is going to apply but the chances of us getting in anytime soon are slim to none, which means my educational opportunies extend to, say, Abilene, TX. This probably won't be a problem; I should be able to get the classes for Covenant as cheaply and as easily here at Cisco as I would at South Plains, and if we decide to move in the spring, then I'll be set. If not, I can get my ADN so we can move later on down the road.. but I'm terribly impatient because I'm excited and I'm in an in-between stage. I'm not really in the "college years" because I'm married and have financial responsibilities now, but I'm still in college so I'm not really in the "young married adult" category.. because we can't settle down and buy a house and fix it up like our own, which I really want to do.. I guess I'm in both categories, but I feel a little out of place in either of them. Aaron and I have talked some and it really will probably be best for us to stay here for now... but like I said, it's hard for me to wait. I don't want to leave Natalie and my other ACU friends, but goodness, I haven't seen them all summer so I've pretty much left them as it is. And staying partly makes me want to go back to ACU, but we can't afford it.. even with all the loans, we'll be in debt up to our eyeballs. I also thought, too, that if for some reason we can't move in the spring and I can't get into nursing school yet, that I could work on my intermediate... I don't know, but it never hurts to try. I feel like I'm SO at the bottom of the totem pole.. I need experience and education just about as badly as I need air.
Dianne at citizens told me today that practically the whole month of July is open, which is wonderful, because it means that I can go to part-time at Day Nursery, spend less time with those kids, and keep looking for job opportunities. Meanwhile, I can work somewhere I really enjoy and keep on good terms with an employer for once. I'm applying at the new hospital tomorrow. The woman said applications go through about 3 people, so maybe I have a shot. That would be nice.. I might could Tech from like 3-11? Then I could still go to school. Who knows, but it's worth a shot!
Well, that's really about all my news. One of my best friends from high school isn't a virgin anymore, and she's really young.. It bothered me a lot, but there's not a lot I can say. It is kind of neat to be able to talk about sex knowing she's been there, but I still feel like I'm contributing to the delinquincy of a minor or something. Well, it's 8:00. I've had a cold for almost 2 weeks and 3 decongestant medications, a kenalog shot, and 1 antibiotic later, and I still can't breathe. I'm off to find my inhaler...