After getting dismal results with the recent employee survey, my manager was fired today. Four kids. Wow - did not see that one coming. We are now under the management of Angela Johnson and her current team and will be moving back to the AS side of the business (where we should have been all along). Apparently Janet will be moving to LRC (thank God for little favors!) so I guess Kathy will be handling the editor job on her own (as it should have been). That should open up opportunities for the rest of us to contribute more than letters as Kathy will need some help. Now if we can just hold on to our jobs - things are always changing at ACI.
I went to the orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Bruce, this morning for X-rays and a year-out check. The knee is perfect - 0 degree extended (which is perfect - fully extended) and 125 degree bend, which isn't perfect but actually better than the left knee. I am suppose to go back in two years to make sure the implant is holding well. Hopefully I will remember that!
I think I'm going to go see Harry Potter again this afternoon. I have the day off and it's been eventful so I might as well do something other than sit in front of the TV.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Vacation News
Back from the mountains of Colorado with John and his family. Had a great time, though I felt like a third wheel when their friend, Dan, and his girlfriend, April, showed up. I was kind of out of the loop after their arrival. Oh, well, can't complain too much. The whole vacation cost me about $300. Not bad.
Next week we have to pay for our Disney trip - somewhere I'm going to have to come up with $1,600 or so. Guess I'll be pretty much cleaning out my Vacation Savings account. I think my planned trips next year are going to have to be put on hold - and I'm going to need to take a second job to get my credit debt down faster. I've been treading water for several years and am now drowning. Cost of living has gone up much faster than my paycheck and there's not a lot I can cut out without it affecting Shawn. He works too hard to have to give up cable because of my overspending. So, my only solution is to earn more money, which means taking a second job and working all the overtime I can get. Fun.
Next week we have to pay for our Disney trip - somewhere I'm going to have to come up with $1,600 or so. Guess I'll be pretty much cleaning out my Vacation Savings account. I think my planned trips next year are going to have to be put on hold - and I'm going to need to take a second job to get my credit debt down faster. I've been treading water for several years and am now drowning. Cost of living has gone up much faster than my paycheck and there's not a lot I can cut out without it affecting Shawn. He works too hard to have to give up cable because of my overspending. So, my only solution is to earn more money, which means taking a second job and working all the overtime I can get. Fun.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Off On Vacation
The girls are getting ready to leave for Alabama (they are staying with Kelly at the hotel tonight) and I am getting ready to leave for Colorado Springs with John and his family. I'll be heading to Wichita tonight and just riding with them as Charlie backed out, Susanna won't allow her girls to go and Dan has to be in class tomorrow. I feel badly as I had John rent a huge house with a big price tag and now it's only going to be half full. I try and fail.
Dan has decided to not stay with George if he can find a studio apartment for under $500. He has a call in to a friend of a friend of Shawn's who rents small houses and such mostly to military folk in for class. Fingers crossed he'll have one available for Dan because I don't think Dan will survive in that house. I'm going to miss having Bailey around to walk - I might have to go over to Dan's and walk him a few times a week! And I'll miss having Snowy tiptoeing around (Kelly's taking Snowy with them) and Reynolds demanding attention while I work. And mostly I'll miss the girls and Dan around keeping me company. It will be very quiet and still here when I get back next Friday.
But my boys will be glad to have their house back and Tom's kids are always just up the street.
Dan has decided to not stay with George if he can find a studio apartment for under $500. He has a call in to a friend of a friend of Shawn's who rents small houses and such mostly to military folk in for class. Fingers crossed he'll have one available for Dan because I don't think Dan will survive in that house. I'm going to miss having Bailey around to walk - I might have to go over to Dan's and walk him a few times a week! And I'll miss having Snowy tiptoeing around (Kelly's taking Snowy with them) and Reynolds demanding attention while I work. And mostly I'll miss the girls and Dan around keeping me company. It will be very quiet and still here when I get back next Friday.
But my boys will be glad to have their house back and Tom's kids are always just up the street.
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