When I grow up, I want to be in accounts payable...
Dear Diary,
Just when I thought I couldn't get anymore things added onto my plate, they go and fire Mikayla the AP/Purchasing person. I didn't care if she was let go or not but what I did care about was timing. In the accounting world, the worst time to go on vacation or be one man short is month end closing time. Not just that, they decided instead of hiring for the AP/Purchasing position, they would have me fill that position instead and hire someone else for my position. Frack! I liked my position because my responsibilities didn't require anyone to get really crazy with me when it came around to month end. Not to mention, no one would be calling my ass saying, "Where's my money?" and I would have no direct contact with the President and now with my new position, it's just that! Ugh! I hate A/P!! I tried to say I didn't want the position because I wasn't the right person for the job but TWS wasn't hearing or buying it.
Mikayla had it coming. The calling in sick bi-weekly wasn't the worst part of her employment but what was becoming an annoyance was her boyfriend calling her every 10 to 15 minutes just to check up on her. He has insecurity issues and what's frightening is, he's a cop! If she didn't pick up her land line or her cell phone when he called he would automatically assume she's out with some guy and so they would get into fights over the phone. We pretty much can hear every single detail about their fights. It's not that we eavesdrop, believe me when you hear these two fight, it makes you want to poke your eardrums out with a pencil. We sit in a small office so the slightest fart can be heard a mile away. She used to be a cop herself but had to quit because he took their fight to work one day and they had to do a full investigation. She quit hoping it would just blow over. It did, he got to keep his job but lost her dream job. You should hear her talk about her adventures of being a cop, you could tell she loved it.
When she did show up for work, she would disappear for hours at a time. She'd come in anytime and leave anytime she wanted and still wrote 8 hours on her timesheet. When she goes on vacation (without pay since she has no PTO left), she would never come back to work the day she's due back. Then at one point she was actually taking side business calls at work. Her boyfriend had a side business she helped run and she would answer her direct land line as her bf's side business company's name. Three weeks ago, she got another warning about her personal phone calls. She called in sick the next day. She came back to work and she would take her cell phone into the bathroom and spend 15 minutes to half an hour in there just talking on her cell phone every day for like 2 to 3 times a day with her boyfriend. Mind you they live together so it's not like they won't be seeing each other after work.
Last week, she left to go Lake Tahoe for several days and she said she would be back at work today, Monday. She called in to say she wasn't coming in because she missed her daughter and wanted to spend time with her. Mikayla does this all the time but today, since it's crunch time with closing and all The White Shark wasn't having it. Don't get her wrong, TWS is truly understanding about a mother being with her kid but Mikayla used her kid as an excuse one too many times already (and it's usually not because of her kid) and she took the knowledge of TWS having a soft spot for kids for granted. TWS tolerated it long enough and she knew it wasn't fair to us.
The reason why Mikayla and her bf took this trip is because her boyfriend was getting jealous that Mikayla is spending all her attention on their 7 month old daughter. So he suggested a trip without the baby. I told her I don't know how she'd managed being away from her baby because when she's at work, she gets separation anxiety. She's a really nice person it's just that she hooked up with the wrong kind of guy. I hope she sees the light. Here's hoping she finds another job quick. Good luck to her in finding another job like this one. Here if you did your work and didn't let anyone else pick up your slack, then you could get away with anything here.
In other news, we finally had Amy's surprise baby shower this past Saturday. Boy was she surprised! It was a success. Less people showed up than expected but we had so much fun, nonetheless. I didn't take as much pictures as I wanted to because I was having too much fun. I'm relying on the girls to e-mail me a copy of the pictures they took.
With the baby shower off my plate, I can concentrate on planning my wedding that should happen in less than 4 months. We originally planned to have it in Hilo with August 16th as the date. My Bro doesn't come home from Iraq until the 2nd week of August and I really want him to be there so that's why I opted to have it August. Now, I'm not so sure because I don't think my doctor will let me fly at 8 months pregnant.
We want a small and intimate wedding and if we have it Hilo, K's Mom has a different definition of what small is. She thinks small is 300 guests. I was all for it but when I found out we can't marry in the church in Hilo, which was a big part of the reason why I wanted it there, I decided to just have a real small wedding here. We have to take classes or lessons before we can marry in a church and these classes are at least 4 to 6 months long.
K swears he's going to call his Mom tomorrow and let her know that I want small I'm talking 20 guests small wedding here instead. We'll have the ceremony, then maybe have a small reception at our favorite place, Ruth's Chris in Waikiki. Then maybe 2 or 3 months later, do the whole nine yards. By then, we'll be done with classes, hopefully living in our new home with our little family.
K really wants to get a house more than anything first so he's been working on that. K's Mom is against the idea for now because she thinks we will need all the help we can get with baby and living with family will give me 6 pairs of helping hands instead of just a pair. Yeah I don't know how I would have done it without my Dad, his gf and my Bro's helping hands with CJ.
K told her if we had a house, she would be able to have her own room so she can stay with us and baby sit for at least 6-12 months now that she's retired. K's Mom's reply to that was, "Can I take baby home to Hilo with me after?" K, "Mom, it's not a pet that you can take home with you!"
K is super excited about becoming a daddy. When we first found out we were pregnant, he immediately took changing the litter box duty, I haven't touched it since. He created a classical playlist for me to listen to and picked names for a boy and a girl all in the same day when we found out. He will not let me eat sausage, hot dog or spam. He got superstitious and didn't want me to announce my pregnancy until I was at least 12 weeks. He can't wait for me to get all fat and see my belly form. He wants to take many pictures of me and baby. So this past Friday we went to Best Buy and bought the new Cannon Rebel XSI Digital SLR camera. They were sold out at the Best Buy near our house so we had to trek it down to the Leeward Side. It was the only one that shipped other than the display. They shipped only two per store. He got lucky since anything remotely new comes to Hawaii 3-4 weeks after the first shipment.
He is reading up on how to take great pictures and he takes it every where with him. Today when we walked to go get lunch during our lunch break, he brought it with him and took all kinds of pictures with every step he took. Now, he's looking for lenses and he bought this gay bag online. Honestly, it's OK, it doesn't scream hey-look-at-the-camera-nerd-guy but I wish he held out for the black one. He couldn't wait for the black to get restocked.
Anyways, he is so cute. One day, he woke up so tired and his body aching and he can't explain the feeling cause he's never felt it before. I told him he was experiencing something called sympathetic pregnancy where the expectant fathers feels the same pregnancy symptoms as the mothers to be. He said it was full of crap. Well, I haven't been having major cravings but K does! He's been craving steaks, apple pie with cheddar cheese on top (yuck) and those little pigs in the blankets from Saint Germaine's. He eats twice as much as me. Now he's a firm believer of sympathetic pregnancy. I craved steaks with CJ throughout my whole pregnancy. This pregnancy is so different from my first. I had it really bad the first time around. Aside from my nipples being super sensitive and I'm super tired at evening time, I feel great! Let's hope it's smooth sailing all the way through.
You can tell it's K's baby I'm carrying because I can eat the same meal over and over again for week in a row just like the father. Normally, I cannot eat the same meal for more than two days in a row, I would just get sick. I would crave coffee and soda which I don't normally drink at all but it's part of K's daily intake so maybe that's why I crave it. However, I have never partake in any coffee or soda indulgence so far.
CJ is cute. When I told CJ he was going to have another sibling his first reaction was, Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwww! lol Then he giggles and asks, "Fo Real?" The other day he calls me on my cell and asks, "Hey Mom, you want to eat some steak? Taste good the steak here." I'm like, Yeah Sure! He's like, "OK, I'll bring you home a plate. I have only $10 left so I'll get you a mini plate." Too cute I tell you.
It's time for bed. I leave you with the first picture K took with his new XSI....
Just when I thought I couldn't get anymore things added onto my plate, they go and fire Mikayla the AP/Purchasing person. I didn't care if she was let go or not but what I did care about was timing. In the accounting world, the worst time to go on vacation or be one man short is month end closing time. Not just that, they decided instead of hiring for the AP/Purchasing position, they would have me fill that position instead and hire someone else for my position. Frack! I liked my position because my responsibilities didn't require anyone to get really crazy with me when it came around to month end. Not to mention, no one would be calling my ass saying, "Where's my money?" and I would have no direct contact with the President and now with my new position, it's just that! Ugh! I hate A/P!! I tried to say I didn't want the position because I wasn't the right person for the job but TWS wasn't hearing or buying it.
Mikayla had it coming. The calling in sick bi-weekly wasn't the worst part of her employment but what was becoming an annoyance was her boyfriend calling her every 10 to 15 minutes just to check up on her. He has insecurity issues and what's frightening is, he's a cop! If she didn't pick up her land line or her cell phone when he called he would automatically assume she's out with some guy and so they would get into fights over the phone. We pretty much can hear every single detail about their fights. It's not that we eavesdrop, believe me when you hear these two fight, it makes you want to poke your eardrums out with a pencil. We sit in a small office so the slightest fart can be heard a mile away. She used to be a cop herself but had to quit because he took their fight to work one day and they had to do a full investigation. She quit hoping it would just blow over. It did, he got to keep his job but lost her dream job. You should hear her talk about her adventures of being a cop, you could tell she loved it.
When she did show up for work, she would disappear for hours at a time. She'd come in anytime and leave anytime she wanted and still wrote 8 hours on her timesheet. When she goes on vacation (without pay since she has no PTO left), she would never come back to work the day she's due back. Then at one point she was actually taking side business calls at work. Her boyfriend had a side business she helped run and she would answer her direct land line as her bf's side business company's name. Three weeks ago, she got another warning about her personal phone calls. She called in sick the next day. She came back to work and she would take her cell phone into the bathroom and spend 15 minutes to half an hour in there just talking on her cell phone every day for like 2 to 3 times a day with her boyfriend. Mind you they live together so it's not like they won't be seeing each other after work.
Last week, she left to go Lake Tahoe for several days and she said she would be back at work today, Monday. She called in to say she wasn't coming in because she missed her daughter and wanted to spend time with her. Mikayla does this all the time but today, since it's crunch time with closing and all The White Shark wasn't having it. Don't get her wrong, TWS is truly understanding about a mother being with her kid but Mikayla used her kid as an excuse one too many times already (and it's usually not because of her kid) and she took the knowledge of TWS having a soft spot for kids for granted. TWS tolerated it long enough and she knew it wasn't fair to us.
The reason why Mikayla and her bf took this trip is because her boyfriend was getting jealous that Mikayla is spending all her attention on their 7 month old daughter. So he suggested a trip without the baby. I told her I don't know how she'd managed being away from her baby because when she's at work, she gets separation anxiety. She's a really nice person it's just that she hooked up with the wrong kind of guy. I hope she sees the light. Here's hoping she finds another job quick. Good luck to her in finding another job like this one. Here if you did your work and didn't let anyone else pick up your slack, then you could get away with anything here.
In other news, we finally had Amy's surprise baby shower this past Saturday. Boy was she surprised! It was a success. Less people showed up than expected but we had so much fun, nonetheless. I didn't take as much pictures as I wanted to because I was having too much fun. I'm relying on the girls to e-mail me a copy of the pictures they took.
With the baby shower off my plate, I can concentrate on planning my wedding that should happen in less than 4 months. We originally planned to have it in Hilo with August 16th as the date. My Bro doesn't come home from Iraq until the 2nd week of August and I really want him to be there so that's why I opted to have it August. Now, I'm not so sure because I don't think my doctor will let me fly at 8 months pregnant.
We want a small and intimate wedding and if we have it Hilo, K's Mom has a different definition of what small is. She thinks small is 300 guests. I was all for it but when I found out we can't marry in the church in Hilo, which was a big part of the reason why I wanted it there, I decided to just have a real small wedding here. We have to take classes or lessons before we can marry in a church and these classes are at least 4 to 6 months long.
K swears he's going to call his Mom tomorrow and let her know that I want small I'm talking 20 guests small wedding here instead. We'll have the ceremony, then maybe have a small reception at our favorite place, Ruth's Chris in Waikiki. Then maybe 2 or 3 months later, do the whole nine yards. By then, we'll be done with classes, hopefully living in our new home with our little family.
K really wants to get a house more than anything first so he's been working on that. K's Mom is against the idea for now because she thinks we will need all the help we can get with baby and living with family will give me 6 pairs of helping hands instead of just a pair. Yeah I don't know how I would have done it without my Dad, his gf and my Bro's helping hands with CJ.
K told her if we had a house, she would be able to have her own room so she can stay with us and baby sit for at least 6-12 months now that she's retired. K's Mom's reply to that was, "Can I take baby home to Hilo with me after?" K, "Mom, it's not a pet that you can take home with you!"
K is super excited about becoming a daddy. When we first found out we were pregnant, he immediately took changing the litter box duty, I haven't touched it since. He created a classical playlist for me to listen to and picked names for a boy and a girl all in the same day when we found out. He will not let me eat sausage, hot dog or spam. He got superstitious and didn't want me to announce my pregnancy until I was at least 12 weeks. He can't wait for me to get all fat and see my belly form. He wants to take many pictures of me and baby. So this past Friday we went to Best Buy and bought the new Cannon Rebel XSI Digital SLR camera. They were sold out at the Best Buy near our house so we had to trek it down to the Leeward Side. It was the only one that shipped other than the display. They shipped only two per store. He got lucky since anything remotely new comes to Hawaii 3-4 weeks after the first shipment.
He is reading up on how to take great pictures and he takes it every where with him. Today when we walked to go get lunch during our lunch break, he brought it with him and took all kinds of pictures with every step he took. Now, he's looking for lenses and he bought this gay bag online. Honestly, it's OK, it doesn't scream hey-look-at-the-camera-nerd-guy but I wish he held out for the black one. He couldn't wait for the black to get restocked.
Anyways, he is so cute. One day, he woke up so tired and his body aching and he can't explain the feeling cause he's never felt it before. I told him he was experiencing something called sympathetic pregnancy where the expectant fathers feels the same pregnancy symptoms as the mothers to be. He said it was full of crap. Well, I haven't been having major cravings but K does! He's been craving steaks, apple pie with cheddar cheese on top (yuck) and those little pigs in the blankets from Saint Germaine's. He eats twice as much as me. Now he's a firm believer of sympathetic pregnancy. I craved steaks with CJ throughout my whole pregnancy. This pregnancy is so different from my first. I had it really bad the first time around. Aside from my nipples being super sensitive and I'm super tired at evening time, I feel great! Let's hope it's smooth sailing all the way through.
You can tell it's K's baby I'm carrying because I can eat the same meal over and over again for week in a row just like the father. Normally, I cannot eat the same meal for more than two days in a row, I would just get sick. I would crave coffee and soda which I don't normally drink at all but it's part of K's daily intake so maybe that's why I crave it. However, I have never partake in any coffee or soda indulgence so far.
CJ is cute. When I told CJ he was going to have another sibling his first reaction was, Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwww! lol Then he giggles and asks, "Fo Real?" The other day he calls me on my cell and asks, "Hey Mom, you want to eat some steak? Taste good the steak here." I'm like, Yeah Sure! He's like, "OK, I'll bring you home a plate. I have only $10 left so I'll get you a mini plate." Too cute I tell you.
It's time for bed. I leave you with the first picture K took with his new XSI....