Blissful Shelley

Yesterday I had a heavy nosebleed that lasted at least a half hour, just before it was time for me to leave work.  Then I had a GYN appointment… what fun!  This afternoon I get to go have “the girls” smashed for a mammogram.

This morning while I was driving to work, I was so deep in thought, that I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going.  I drove right on by the street where I usually turn, and several blocks more before I realized what I was doing.  LOL  Luckily there is more than one way to get to work, so I just took an alternate route this morning.  Sheesh!

Tonight is the Christmas party for Tim’s work.  The menu sounds delicious, and it is always interesting to see/meet people that he works with.

My first attempt at a crocheted hat.

I’ve been trying to rest most of the weekend, since the last week has been filled with coughing fits due to my bronchitis.  I found some you tube videos on how to crochet, and learned that I had been doing it wrong all these years!  I am self taught, and I was doing it left handed.  I learned yesterday that I can crochet right handed just as easily.  Sooo, I have become addicted to this blog “The Art of Crochet – Teresa”.  Her videos are amazing!  Anyway, I made a hat this weekend…. though my tension is way too tight so it won’t fit the intended recipient.  It DOES fit me, though!  LOL

So, I’ve been passed up twice for getting hired as a full time, permanent employee at work. I’ve been working for 5 months at a job where I was hired as a temp for 8 weeks. The other person in the Tier 1 service desk here has decided it is time to move on. That leaves me…. just lil old me… here to handle all the IT needs of two floors in two different buildings. Sounds easy right? ha! Not only that, but we also handle email requests from offices in CA, VA, PA, and GA.

So, the this is the third time they have a reason to hire me full time. Will it happen? Time will tell.

Last Sunday, September 6th was our first Wedding anniversary. It made for a great weekend! We went to Church in the morning and got lots of “congratulations” after our Pastor announced it. Then we went to lunch at Red Lobster. The food there was delicious! We exchanged gifts too. I tried to go traditional since this is my first truly happy marriage. I found a website that prints poems, along with your names and anniversary date. It is matted and framed, and has a place to place your wedding picture. I really love it, and I hope Tim does too.

He got me a digital picture frame that holds oodles and oodles of photos! We haven’t had time to load it yet, but I did put a few pictures on it. I have it sitting on my desk at home, next to my computer. I kind of want to bring it to work so his smiling face can brighten my day when he isn’t here, but I also want to leave it at home so that he can enjoy it too. What a dilemma!

I love you soooo much, Tim. I thank God every day for bringing you into my life.

I’m back at work after a 3 day weekend for Labor Day. I didn’t get paid for being off yesterday (Monday), but it was still nice to have the day off. I drank way too much at a neighbors party on Saturday. Tim was there for me though, and made me switch to water after a while. Then we went for a walk around the lake, I’m sure I was quite the sight to see, since I couldn’t walk in a straight line! When we got home, me made me eat some honey. They say the fructose in honey helps your body burn the alcohol off faster. About 15 minutes later I was no longer slurring my speech. The best part is that I didn’t have a hangover Sunday morning!

I was hired in April, for the remaining 8 weeks of a contract, doing technical support for a medical management company. When I started, there was one “permanent” employee, and one other contractor. FOUR months later, I am still here. The other contractor left back in July (i think). They then hired a second “permanent” person to fill a position that I applied and interviewed for, but didn’t get. Two weeks later he quit. I’m still here!!! I thought maybe I’d get hired this time around, since the position was again open. Nope. They put a freeze on all IT positions. Oh, they are also spending tons of money creating new teams, ordering new computers for all the new people on the teams, and getting them all set up…but they can’t hire ONE measley IT person. Whatever. The “permanent” employee that was here when I got here, will most likely be putting in her 2 week notice soon. That leaves me…. STILL a temp…and STILL here. I wonder what they’ll do?

With Monday being a holiday, I’ve been thinking today is Tuesday, silly me!  On Monday, we went to the dollar movie theater (where it costs $1.50) and watched “Knowing” with Nicholas Cage.  It was pretty good, and you can’t really beat the price, compared to the $9 regular theaters charge for admission.  After the movie we went home and grilled some ground turkey burgers.  They came out really yummy, and so did the baked sweet potato fries that Tim made!

It is 6:09 pm and I’m sitting at work, waiting out the last 20 minutes of my day.  I really don’t like this shift, but I have to work it at least once a week.  We rotate shifts every day… I like either the 6-3 shift, or the 7:30-4:30 shift.

My clothes smell like cigarette smoke, yuck!  Thats what I get for taking a break from securing computer cords with bundle ties and going to the smoking area with my co-worker.  I can’t stand the smell of cigarette smoke now, but we were at the building across the street and I didn’t have anything else to do during the break.  It makes me want to go home and shower!

Today has been crazy busy at work, but at least the time has passed fairly quickly. I’m working the 9:30 am to 6:30 pm shift today and tomorrow. Tonight when I get off work, I have to go straight to Church to stream the service for shut-ins that cannot leave home. It was nice to be able to sleep in this morning. Plus I had time to TTapp before work… which is good since I won’t feel like it later.

DH has a gig tonight, they are putting on a free, private concert for the wounded soldiers from overseas. I miss him when he’s gone in the evenings, but I’m so glad that he gets to enjoy himself and get paid for something he loves.

I am SO blonde sometimes!  I tried a recipe last night that I got here.

Chili Coke Roast:

1 roast
1 can Coca-Cola
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 bottle chili sauce (I use BBQ sauce)
Place all ingredients in crock-pot and cook for 7-10 hours depending on size of roast. The meat will flake apart when done. Serve over mashed potatoes.

I had walked all over the grocery store at least three times, looking for chili sauce…. I finally found some red chili pepper sauce and decided that is what I needed.  So yesterday morning I poured the whole bottle into my crock pot, with the coke and onion soup mix.  I added the meat, turned it on, and went to work.

Let’s just say, that was NOT the chili sauce they meant.  The entire dish was too dang spicey to eat!   I felt like such a moron!  *laughs*  My husband worked hard to try to salvage the dinner, and we all ate some, though we had big glasses of milk and a salad with ranch dressing to go with it.  I had two bites and gave up.  DH and my son both ate theirs.  What troopers!

On another note, I found out that the company I’m working as a contractor (aka temporary) for has posted the same position as a permanent job.  I updated and submitted my resume this morning.  I’m on contract with them for about 4 more weeks, and then, if they want to, they could hire me permanently.  I’m not thrilled about working full time again, but it does help pay the bills.

Saturday there was a community garage sale in the neighborhood where we live.  We decided to walk around and see what we could see.  I’m so glad we did!  One house had 3 VHS cassette racks that could be mounted to the wall, that will be nice once we find somewhere to hang them, since we have boxes full of tapes.  Another house had this cool liquor dispenser that we got for $1!  We’ve been having lots of fun with it.

The best thing we found though, was a Roomba for $5!!  It works perfectly, and the floor is getting vacumed every day while I play with it.  *laughs*  Maybe this will help cut down on our sinus problems since the floor will be getting cleaned more frequently.

I did my TTapp on Friday, and got my measurements and photos done.  I was so sore Saturday that I could hardly move.  I didn’t exercise Saturday since I was so sore, and Sunday I did the MORE workout, because the BWO+ seems to aggravate my knee.