its been SO long since I last posted. Life has been busy. I work 40 hour weeks, clean house Monday, Avon Tuesday (plus dog park), pet-rescue Wednesday, more of everything Thursday, and lazy Friday (yesterday was swimming Friday!)
Ronnie's job got bought out effective April 1st but he still keeps his job. he will also now have benefits, and paid sick, and paid vacation time. I, on the other hand, have lost my job.
the building closes this year and we have to be out by the end of August. all year now, there have been various lay-offs in different departments. all around us the room was getting emptier and emptier.. then March 12th, they laid-off 6 people in my group (including 1 of the team leaders). 2 weeks later, the assistant VP was laid off, along with the VP's boss.. okay, now life started getting serious. 2 weeks later they laid off from another group near us, but no one in our group. then.. 2 weeks later.. I got my notice :( I am 1 of 12 who are being let go (including another team leader) 60 days left of work, then I can file unemployment & collect my severance. severance will include my medical & dental benefits.. and since I've been there many, many years -- my severance will last me a good amount of time.
it will be weird not being there.. it's all I've ever known. my 1 and only job in Corporate America. I've been thinking of going back to school to learn medical billing and coding-- now's my chance. we have 2 camping trips planned so far, and many more to come. a friend told me of a medical billing job here in town.. a few other friends have let me know of openings in collections, but that's not for me. for now I'll enjoy my time while I can :)
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Saturday, September 3, 2011
so..
..last Sunday, I wrote an update.. hadn't saved and my computer crashed - all was lost! =(
Ronnie's rash had gotten nice and crazy by last Friday (August 20-something-eth). I was at work. He was at work. Then I got a phone call from my "mom-in-law". Since I didn't answer my cell-phone while at work, I got a text message from my "sis-in-law". I received the call & text around 11:45 - both messages said he had checked into "ER a couple hours ago". I told my teamleader and signed out for the day. I called Gale as soon as I got outside the building. He had left before 10am and no one had heard from him since. He hadn't come back, and his cell phone was turned off (normal protocol for a doctor's office or hospital).
By the time I got to Northridge ER he had already checked out - they weren't very nice about it either (I would expect people to be stressed when their loved ones are in ER - a little sympathy would be nice..) I drove to Ronnie's work - Gale had called me while I was on my way there. He didn't do a whole lot of working (Fridays are slow days for him anyway) and stayed in A/C'd offices as much as possible. Then we came home and spent the whole weekend inside the cool dark house (of course, it had to be the hottest weekend yet of summer).
Monday morning came way too fast.. back to work.. the grind stone.. slave labor.. I had a babyshower to go to. I had found out on Friday (before leaving work) that I had been UNinvited to the baby shower. I told 2 friends, who told my boss, who talked to her boss (the hostess'.. not the guest of honor) I received a text message later Friday that everything had been worked out and I was still able to go to the shower. It still wasn't the happiest of times. the hostess was still giving me the cold shoulder and giving me dirty looks - but I wasn't there for her, I was there for Brittanny. I didn't take every gift that I'd planned to give.. just didn't have enough hands.. and it was a surprise shower so I couldn't be so "big" and cumbersome.. I kept part of the gift here, it will have to go to another person that has a girl.. probably my other friend who's wife is due in January. The only other girl I know that's pregnant is due in November but they don't want to find out what it is. I can't give a bunch of girl clothes, then she'll end up having a boy.. just because of me. =)
Brittanny's last day was Wednesday - that is the first day I started helping out there - to help take over where she left off, so I could keep track of her progress. It was fantastic to finally have work to do again. Every day is a busy day. Every day is no question of my schedule... don't have to keep track of every second of my day, every moment of my time.
Ronnie and I just worked our way through the week.. looking forward to our 3-day weekend. well, things weren't as nice as we had hoped. Thursday, Ronnie hurt his shoulder helping his mom with a new tv (both shopping, and installing). took a pain-pill before bed. 1 a.m., he woke up with another rash.. again.. ((not that the pain pills were to blame)). Today he went to the doctor (finally, a real General Practitioner). They determined that he didn't give enough time for the medication to clear his system. They are claiming that the antibiotics - Cephalexin - that is what he is allergic to. He had gotten prescription Benadryl (dephinhydramine) and a steroid (prednisone) after the ER last Friday. Today the doctor extended his prescription for the steroid, and we will get the benadryl from Walgreens. We will just have to double up on the benadryl - the over-the-counter will be half-strength.. and the new diphenhydramine is half-strength too.. so it will be 4-times-a-day, instead of 2-times-a-day. that way it can be consistent in his system - not 2 big doses, but 4 smaller easy-peasey doses. So this is our life until the doctor gives him the all-clear. I'm hoping to still go camping in a month and a half - it will be nice to get away from it. It is for Ronnie's birthday and I know he needs a break from it all - if even for just a weekend.
Ronnie's rash had gotten nice and crazy by last Friday (August 20-something-eth). I was at work. He was at work. Then I got a phone call from my "mom-in-law". Since I didn't answer my cell-phone while at work, I got a text message from my "sis-in-law". I received the call & text around 11:45 - both messages said he had checked into "ER a couple hours ago". I told my teamleader and signed out for the day. I called Gale as soon as I got outside the building. He had left before 10am and no one had heard from him since. He hadn't come back, and his cell phone was turned off (normal protocol for a doctor's office or hospital).
By the time I got to Northridge ER he had already checked out - they weren't very nice about it either (I would expect people to be stressed when their loved ones are in ER - a little sympathy would be nice..) I drove to Ronnie's work - Gale had called me while I was on my way there. He didn't do a whole lot of working (Fridays are slow days for him anyway) and stayed in A/C'd offices as much as possible. Then we came home and spent the whole weekend inside the cool dark house (of course, it had to be the hottest weekend yet of summer).
Monday morning came way too fast.. back to work.. the grind stone.. slave labor.. I had a babyshower to go to. I had found out on Friday (before leaving work) that I had been UNinvited to the baby shower. I told 2 friends, who told my boss, who talked to her boss (the hostess'.. not the guest of honor) I received a text message later Friday that everything had been worked out and I was still able to go to the shower. It still wasn't the happiest of times. the hostess was still giving me the cold shoulder and giving me dirty looks - but I wasn't there for her, I was there for Brittanny. I didn't take every gift that I'd planned to give.. just didn't have enough hands.. and it was a surprise shower so I couldn't be so "big" and cumbersome.. I kept part of the gift here, it will have to go to another person that has a girl.. probably my other friend who's wife is due in January. The only other girl I know that's pregnant is due in November but they don't want to find out what it is. I can't give a bunch of girl clothes, then she'll end up having a boy.. just because of me. =)
Brittanny's last day was Wednesday - that is the first day I started helping out there - to help take over where she left off, so I could keep track of her progress. It was fantastic to finally have work to do again. Every day is a busy day. Every day is no question of my schedule... don't have to keep track of every second of my day, every moment of my time.
Ronnie and I just worked our way through the week.. looking forward to our 3-day weekend. well, things weren't as nice as we had hoped. Thursday, Ronnie hurt his shoulder helping his mom with a new tv (both shopping, and installing). took a pain-pill before bed. 1 a.m., he woke up with another rash.. again.. ((not that the pain pills were to blame)). Today he went to the doctor (finally, a real General Practitioner). They determined that he didn't give enough time for the medication to clear his system. They are claiming that the antibiotics - Cephalexin - that is what he is allergic to. He had gotten prescription Benadryl (dephinhydramine) and a steroid (prednisone) after the ER last Friday. Today the doctor extended his prescription for the steroid, and we will get the benadryl from Walgreens. We will just have to double up on the benadryl - the over-the-counter will be half-strength.. and the new diphenhydramine is half-strength too.. so it will be 4-times-a-day, instead of 2-times-a-day. that way it can be consistent in his system - not 2 big doses, but 4 smaller easy-peasey doses. So this is our life until the doctor gives him the all-clear. I'm hoping to still go camping in a month and a half - it will be nice to get away from it. It is for Ronnie's birthday and I know he needs a break from it all - if even for just a weekend.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
the weekend part 2
so, things got worse.. spreading down his legs, and his upper lip swelled up over night.. on a comical note, he looks like a Simpson character.. but the internet says that it is an anaphylactic reaction.. urgent care it will be (once they open..).. the big mystery is what the allergy is. Nothing out of the ordinary - normal food, no new soaps, no new laundry detergent or fabric softener.. we thought it was a plant, but nurse-friends are saying 'food, not plant'. there is some strange item growing in our garden & Ronnie was pulling veggies on Friday.. will still need to determine what that strange plant is. we feared it is/was poison oak, but too young to tell.. all the pictures we found are mature plants..
update: doc's diagnosis is allergy.. either an allergy to the cephalexin.. or the eggs in the mayo from our tuna fish sandwiches.. he got a shot of steroid, a shot of adrenaline, a shot of benadryl.. benadryl and staying cool (avoid sweating) - those are the "prescriptions". I'm thinking perhaps, the cephalexin lowered his immunity making him more sensitive to the eggs in the mayo..
update: doc's diagnosis is allergy.. either an allergy to the cephalexin.. or the eggs in the mayo from our tuna fish sandwiches.. he got a shot of steroid, a shot of adrenaline, a shot of benadryl.. benadryl and staying cool (avoid sweating) - those are the "prescriptions". I'm thinking perhaps, the cephalexin lowered his immunity making him more sensitive to the eggs in the mayo..
Saturday, August 20, 2011
oh.. what a weekend..
I know it's been a while since I've been on last.. the night before last Tuesday (over a week ago) Ronnie was incredibly nervous.. so we didn't get much sleep. Then that night, we didn't get much sleep because he was in such pain and discomfort.. I can't believe the doctor didn't give him any pain medicine! He ended up getting some from his friend that afternoon, but by 2am that had all worn off.. so for a whole week he was "getting-by".. oh, and he was still working every day (no chance for recovery time)
in the middle of that week.. last Saturday to be exact.. we had a problem with our fence.. the neighbor's dog split a piece of wood on the fence between us. I had to go to meet my parents for my mom's birthday.. so Ronnie was stuck fixing the fence by himself. He had actually tried calling Mike (busy with family stuff) and Daniel (working) and Doug (no answer) but he was stuck. He left 30 minutes before I did - or so I thought. I went outside and discovered his van was still here.. and, he was sitting behind it, with the crow-bar removing the lugnuts off his flat tire. The man who can barely get onto the ground on a "good day".. I helped him lower the spare tire from underneath the back of his van. Then he sent me on my way to meet up with my mom who would be irritated with my tardi-ness.
5 hours later, my friend told me that Doug was meeting up with him to fix the fence. 2 hours later I came home because the guilt was getting to me. the fact he was working alone was more of an issue to me than it was to them. He and Doug were just working on the fence. I found out that the "flat tire" incident was worse than I thought. Not only was the tire flat, but the spare tire was flat.. and he had to pump it up with a bike pump.
This week, he was finally feeling better, no more antibiotics, no more pain and sensitivity. Life was finally getting back to normal. Then this morning, all changed again. He woke in the middle of the night, itchy.. in the morning, major rash! lots of research but no self-diagnosis. was going to go to urgent care but decided against it.. put calamine lotion on, and took some Benadryl.. left to help a friend as planned. 8 hours later, comes home and it had spread!
well, 2 seperate diagnoses from friends said it's food allergy reaction.. more calamine and cortisone-10-plus.. it seems to have gotten better.. oh, and an epson-salt bath..
let's see how tomorrow ends up..
in the middle of that week.. last Saturday to be exact.. we had a problem with our fence.. the neighbor's dog split a piece of wood on the fence between us. I had to go to meet my parents for my mom's birthday.. so Ronnie was stuck fixing the fence by himself. He had actually tried calling Mike (busy with family stuff) and Daniel (working) and Doug (no answer) but he was stuck. He left 30 minutes before I did - or so I thought. I went outside and discovered his van was still here.. and, he was sitting behind it, with the crow-bar removing the lugnuts off his flat tire. The man who can barely get onto the ground on a "good day".. I helped him lower the spare tire from underneath the back of his van. Then he sent me on my way to meet up with my mom who would be irritated with my tardi-ness.
5 hours later, my friend told me that Doug was meeting up with him to fix the fence. 2 hours later I came home because the guilt was getting to me. the fact he was working alone was more of an issue to me than it was to them. He and Doug were just working on the fence. I found out that the "flat tire" incident was worse than I thought. Not only was the tire flat, but the spare tire was flat.. and he had to pump it up with a bike pump.
This week, he was finally feeling better, no more antibiotics, no more pain and sensitivity. Life was finally getting back to normal. Then this morning, all changed again. He woke in the middle of the night, itchy.. in the morning, major rash! lots of research but no self-diagnosis. was going to go to urgent care but decided against it.. put calamine lotion on, and took some Benadryl.. left to help a friend as planned. 8 hours later, comes home and it had spread!
well, 2 seperate diagnoses from friends said it's food allergy reaction.. more calamine and cortisone-10-plus.. it seems to have gotten better.. oh, and an epson-salt bath..
let's see how tomorrow ends up..
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
"terrible two's-day"
so Tuesday - not much out of the ordinary.. I did actually have work (which was awesome! - the having of work, not the work itself) I kept getting interrupted by the lady I used to train.. she's allowed to ask me question still, whenever she wants.. but yesterday's questions were of a different nature.. 2 were on errors she'd made that she wanted me to help fix.. 3 were on computer-troubles that she wanted me to help fix.. I'm quite sure my boss is going to start rethinking this ask-questions-whenever-you-want "dealio"..
today however, I'm already out of work - so I got a new project, that I'm all confused about.. and lady is still asking me strange questions.. someone asked her a question yesterday and she wanted me to answer for her - excuse me? I have my own research questions to answer.. she's gonna have to learn to handle her own 'stuff'.
former co-worker starts Monday but he'll be in a different area than I thought. he's not in my old job, or my new job.. so I have no clue what he'll be doing..
yesterday, also.. a girl ordered Avon from my 2 weeks ago.. I received it that weekend and brought it to work last Monday - she was out on vacation all last week.. so I emailed her this past Monday to let her know I still have it at my desk. I emailed her around 2:30.. but she responded at 7pm (I leave work at 4) if I could please bring it by Tuesday when I'm leaving work.. I went to her building and called from lobby up to her - she wasn't at her desk.. I waited and called 2 more times - still wasn't there. So I took her stuff home with me, and brought it back to work today.. I emailed her at 3:30 I still have her stuff - tried to bring it by but she wasn't at her desk when I called. I also said that I would bring it by again around 4, but would call first to be sure.. called at 4:03 - she wasn't there again..
and again.. yesterday, got the mail from mailbox - found a whole stack of mail from previous tenants (in front unit) who moved out almost 3 months ago.. some was new mail, some was stuff I'd already returned.. how is the post office not understanding "not at this address".. this time I wrote "DOES NOT LIVE HERE" and put back in mailbox.. I'm about to trash the stuff - is that a Federal offense?? I've tried to return it, but the USPS isn't listening..
today however, I'm already out of work - so I got a new project, that I'm all confused about.. and lady is still asking me strange questions.. someone asked her a question yesterday and she wanted me to answer for her - excuse me? I have my own research questions to answer.. she's gonna have to learn to handle her own 'stuff'.
former co-worker starts Monday but he'll be in a different area than I thought. he's not in my old job, or my new job.. so I have no clue what he'll be doing..
yesterday, also.. a girl ordered Avon from my 2 weeks ago.. I received it that weekend and brought it to work last Monday - she was out on vacation all last week.. so I emailed her this past Monday to let her know I still have it at my desk. I emailed her around 2:30.. but she responded at 7pm (I leave work at 4) if I could please bring it by Tuesday when I'm leaving work.. I went to her building and called from lobby up to her - she wasn't at her desk.. I waited and called 2 more times - still wasn't there. So I took her stuff home with me, and brought it back to work today.. I emailed her at 3:30 I still have her stuff - tried to bring it by but she wasn't at her desk when I called. I also said that I would bring it by again around 4, but would call first to be sure.. called at 4:03 - she wasn't there again..
and again.. yesterday, got the mail from mailbox - found a whole stack of mail from previous tenants (in front unit) who moved out almost 3 months ago.. some was new mail, some was stuff I'd already returned.. how is the post office not understanding "not at this address".. this time I wrote "DOES NOT LIVE HERE" and put back in mailbox.. I'm about to trash the stuff - is that a Federal offense?? I've tried to return it, but the USPS isn't listening..
Monday, July 25, 2011
aarrgghh!!
so back to Manic Monday..
Monday morning is always slow in my new job.. so, like last Monday, I sat and sat and sat. Last Friday, I had given my numbers to my "new" boss. Last week was, of course, small productivity in my new job.. Today she said my numbers are too low. She had me scheduled as Monday & Tuesday with my new job giving me a productivity quota of 60 loans - I did 13.. If I don't have 60 loans, how can I say I did 60 loans?
Okay, not liking this job so much anymore.. it doesn't give me enough work..
Today I didn't get any numbers again - so, I won't meet my 30-per-day quota, again..
Also, my last week's loans.. just following up on those whenever the closers decide to close their loans..
is it Friday yet??
Monday morning is always slow in my new job.. so, like last Monday, I sat and sat and sat. Last Friday, I had given my numbers to my "new" boss. Last week was, of course, small productivity in my new job.. Today she said my numbers are too low. She had me scheduled as Monday & Tuesday with my new job giving me a productivity quota of 60 loans - I did 13.. If I don't have 60 loans, how can I say I did 60 loans?
Okay, not liking this job so much anymore.. it doesn't give me enough work..
Today I didn't get any numbers again - so, I won't meet my 30-per-day quota, again..
Also, my last week's loans.. just following up on those whenever the closers decide to close their loans..
is it Friday yet??
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Wednesday & Thursday, I was in a funk.. wasn't feeling so well at work, at all..wasn't the kind of thing to take off work for though so I had to just stick it out and bear with it.
things at work were definitely going much better. my new job has been slow and my old job has been busy, so I was back to helping out the old team.. I will continue with that tomorrow at work, until I get my "new" work in the afternoon..
Friday was a pretty boring day.. just work, work, work, and loads of laziness.. then came home and attempted to accompish something productive - cleaning, lundry, organization.. that sort of mumbo jumbo..
Saturday morning was shopping and then pool party at a friend's house. that was "LOTS" of fun.. I never actually went in the water (just put my feet in twice). lots of talking and mingling and socializing.. it was a good time, can't wait to do it again. came home from the pool party to a stinky house. took out the trash, and watched you-tube videos.. then off to bed..
got up this morning and it was still stinky!! looked around for what could be the problem. finally found it..
we had gone to the asian market "Island Pacific".. what did we buy? geeze, what DIDN'T we buy?? beef bones, fish, shrimp, spices, herbs, veggies.. I think there was lots more to it.. I just know we had to un-pack the fridge, re-arrange the fridge shelves, and re-pack the fridge to fit a lot of it in. That's when we left for the pool party..
This morning.. nasty smell.. still made Ronnie nauseous.. I started desperately searching for where the smell was coming from - finally found it on the kitchen island - grocery bag with 2 produce bags inside - inside those "produce bags"? large shrimp & medium shrimp - nasty smell!! now the dumpster trash can stinks.. thankfully WM comes tomorrow.. but it's 90-something outside.. those rotten shrimps are cooking out there! ick!! =P
really not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow - why is work never fun? i really wanna home job so I can do my job without dealing with office politics & office drama..
things at work were definitely going much better. my new job has been slow and my old job has been busy, so I was back to helping out the old team.. I will continue with that tomorrow at work, until I get my "new" work in the afternoon..
Friday was a pretty boring day.. just work, work, work, and loads of laziness.. then came home and attempted to accompish something productive - cleaning, lundry, organization.. that sort of mumbo jumbo..
Saturday morning was shopping and then pool party at a friend's house. that was "LOTS" of fun.. I never actually went in the water (just put my feet in twice). lots of talking and mingling and socializing.. it was a good time, can't wait to do it again. came home from the pool party to a stinky house. took out the trash, and watched you-tube videos.. then off to bed..
got up this morning and it was still stinky!! looked around for what could be the problem. finally found it..
we had gone to the asian market "Island Pacific".. what did we buy? geeze, what DIDN'T we buy?? beef bones, fish, shrimp, spices, herbs, veggies.. I think there was lots more to it.. I just know we had to un-pack the fridge, re-arrange the fridge shelves, and re-pack the fridge to fit a lot of it in. That's when we left for the pool party..
This morning.. nasty smell.. still made Ronnie nauseous.. I started desperately searching for where the smell was coming from - finally found it on the kitchen island - grocery bag with 2 produce bags inside - inside those "produce bags"? large shrimp & medium shrimp - nasty smell!! now the dumpster trash can stinks.. thankfully WM comes tomorrow.. but it's 90-something outside.. those rotten shrimps are cooking out there! ick!! =P
really not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow - why is work never fun? i really wanna home job so I can do my job without dealing with office politics & office drama..
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