Eeeeeee, I finally got notification that I am officially authorized to go fill out official paperwork so I can be officially hired! FINALLY! \O/

It's been a long couple of weeks. I needed some good. I may have to work two jobs to get my 40 hours, but finally being on the way to getting 40 definitely qualifies as a good thing.

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Business of the day: Cookies! Maybe Cupcakes, I'm not sure ( Read more... )

Roommate is sitting in the window, looking out at the nightscape, watching the bats swoop around the streetlights and listening to the racoons chitter and burble in the alley ( Read more... )

Today I went in to work early to try and figure out the *real* reason they didn't want to let me interview for that position. I asked my department manager if there was something I was doing or not doing that was holding me back, and he said he had no idea why they wouldn't let me interview, since he'd never had a problem with me. So. That meant I ( Read more... )

Recent History Note: When I was hired at my place of employ five years ago, I was hired as a checker. Originally. I was 19, it was my first job, I didn't know the business, I didn't know the store, I didn't know the clientele or wtf I was doing... you get the picture. At my 50 day eval I was told that I wasn't learning fast enough and that I could ( Read more... )

It's my Saturday, and I am *determined* to do something today. Idk what yet, but I have been reading craft blogs all morning and now I'm looking around at my messy living room thinking "Holy shit, girl, look at all these supplies you're wasting!"

...Is it still considered hoarding if you plan on actually using all the shit you've collected? Oy.

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Kayla: HOW ART THOU MAH BB?
Echo: Good! how are you?
Kayla: Could be better, but it'll pass. How's everything at the house?
Echo: It's going well, I think
I'm a mass of itch and ow from my wrists to just above my elbows, but other than that
Kayla: What happened? D:
Echo: um ( Read more... )

[We are working towards getting our foster-adopt license so we can adopt our current foster kids. This is an epic saga; you have been warned ( Read more... )

Just finished watching the Parade of Nations. It was highly educational, and also highly entertaining. I've never watched it before; H has, but said all she was really looking forward to was the Norwegian crew and their pants ( Read more... )

First off I would like to say that I actively avoid seeing movies in 3D for a reason, and that reason is that it actually detracts from the experience; still, H has wanted to see this movie for like a month, so even though the only showing we could make was a 3D one off we went. I was much less excited about this movie than H was (we take turns ( Read more... )