In other words

In Other Words Currency communicates. Bovine fecal matter perambulates. In other words…money talks. Bullpoo walks. Located near the headwaters of excrement estuary with no available means of propulsion. In other words… up poo creek without a paddle. Sailing leisurely on behalf of a hematoma. In other words… cruising for a bruising. Neuroses commensurate with a milliner. In other words… mad as a hatter. Equal auditory challenges as that of a basketball offensive position played close to the basket along the key. In other words… deaf as a post. J As unsightly and displeasing to the eye as a violation of moral laws. In other words…as ugly as sin. As completely devoid of clothing as a Cyanocitta cristata. In other words… as naked as a jaybird. Symmetrical conflagrations on opposing ends of an obsolete unit of luminous intensity. In other words… burning the candle at both ends. Improperly forward as a Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. In other words… fresh as a daisy. Utter obscenities and profanities in the characteristics of a man in the naval service. In other words… cuss like a sailor. Proceeding on foot at a rapid pace similar to that of a canine with small areas of contrasting color upon its pelt. In other words…running like a spotted dog. You wager the fleshy part of your body upon which you sit on the outcome of an issue. In other words… you bett you’re rear. As inebriated as an American musteline mammal that typically ejects an intensely malodorous fluid when startled. In other words… drunk as a skunk. That which is floating in the colorless, odorless compound of hydrogen and oxygen found in a deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth will ascend in a cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquid. In other words…what is down in the well comes up in the bucket. Unable to locate his own gluteus maximus with either of the the terminal parts of the human arm located below the forearm, used for grasping and holding and consisting of the wrist, palm, four fingers, and an opposable thumb. In other words…he can’t find his butt with either hand. An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony in the general vicinity of the human anatomy where the cranium joins the torso. In other words…a pain in the neck

Relief

We got our tax return, we got paid, I'm getting a small student loan disbursement.  The bills are paid up and some credit cards are almost paid off.  Whew.  You never really realize what a stress money can be until you have some to pay off and look back.  I feel so relieved to have a little money saved.  I just pray we can keep it for awhile.

Feeling a little burned out with school.  I just started my third semester to become a broadcast captionist with an online court reporting school (a requirement to become a captionist as you use the same machine court reporters do).  We are required to practice on our machine 1 1/2 - 2 hours daily.  YIKES!  I'm lucky if I can read my book for 10 minutes every day.  So...I'm feeling quite under right now.  Though my advisor, who is also my shorthand teacher's husband, called yesterday after I wrote his wife (my teacher) about burn out.  He really encouraged me and offered to help me with scheduling my days to allow time to study.  I'm sure that will help me, as I am an unscheduled person.  Please pray! 

I'm also getting a new computer in the next week.  This one has something going on...think I might clean it out and let the girls use it for gaming while I use the new one for school and such.  We'll see if we have the room to set up 2 computers...not sure if that will work either way.

Well..the girls are jamming to a cd of Celtic jigs so I'm off to riverdance with them!  Tallyho, mates!

A taxing job

2007 taxes are filed and all is well with the world.  Sigh.  That's a relief! 

Three Victorian Maidens

Don't burn your bridges

I got a job at an answering service shortly after moving to Minnesota in July.  In October I was being courted by another company who indicated 99% that I had another job in the bag and I could start within a week.  I really, really wanted to go to Omaha to visit my family and home Church before starting the new job so I called the service and quit two hours before I was supposed to start my shift (on a Friday evening - the busiest of the week).  Oh, I was so smug about it. 

I got back to Minnesota after our trip and found out the aforementioned new job was NOT in the bag as I thought.  So...I was out of work.  I thought, no problem, I'm marketable.  I have seventeen years of customer service experience, surely I can find something. 

Not quite...

In late November I got a job at a fabric shop which I hated for two reasons; 1) I was being paid just above minimum wage  2) My multiple sclerosis was peaking with a vengence and I could barely function after a long shift.

I realized my mistake leaving the answering service and felt very sorry for quitting not just for my sake, but for the service, because I know what it's like for someone to quit or simply not show up for a shift like that. 

Shame on me. 

I wrote my former manager and apologized and said I'd be willing to come back if they would have me. 

Let me tell you, I felt like Rabbit on Winnie-the-Pooh when he was trying to get Tigger lost but ended up lost himself.  I was a Humbler Amy, an Oh-I'm-SO-Sorry Amy, an OMG-that-was-really dumb-of-me Amy

The manager asked me to come in and pretty much hired me back on the spot, but not without having me sign an agreement and take a small paycut during a 90 probation.  I jumped at it.

I was prepared to take some nasty looks and possibly have some tomatoes chucked at me the first shift back.  Much to my surprise everyone was very welcoming and I fell right back in as though I'd never left.  One guy told me, "Don't worry, I've quit this place three times and they always take me back!"  LOL!

Two things I've learned in all this? 

1) Don't burn your bridges
2) If you do burn your bridges...ask for forgiveness and do your best to repair them because people can be more forgiving and merciful then you think!