Damn blog gremlins!

Damn blog gremlins!
Current mood: chipper

So I just went to look at my blog, and apparently the blog gremlins ate at least one post... I'd posted about how my Tastefully Simple meeting went and it's not there. Grrr... Anyhow, it was a truly inspiring and uplifting experience and one I'll never forget. I learned a lot from Jill, and came away with a couple pages of notes. Things I'll be using (and am using) in both my business life and home life. I'm so glad that I went!!!

WHEW!

WHEW!
Current mood: calm

Thanks to all who came to the "surprise" bring Kelly beer BBQ he decided to throw. It was a bit strange being only one of 3 females (4 if you count the cat) at the thing. So seriously outnumbered were we! lol... But it was great and it was wonderful to get to see those of you that I'd not seen for a while, (and those that I see all the time as well, ;) ) We actually had just a little bit of leftovers, not much at all though. Which is what I was hoping for! I hope everyone had a good time and that you all left stuffed like a thanksgiving turkey!!! Now it's my turn to throw a bbq and invite a bunch of women I think, ha ha ha!!! Now, where can I meet some women to invite?? lmao! I came to the realization that I have far more male friends that I actually hang out with than I do female. Strange. Anyhow, I had a blast and we'll have to do it again!

Should be fun!!!

Should be fun!!!
Current mood: excited
Today should be a fun and hopefully inspiring and uplifting experience. I get to go to Tumwater (for those who don't know where that is, it's a couple hours drive south of where I live on the I-5 corridor) to go to a open team meeting for Tastefully Simple. Why, pray tell am I going all the way down there for a stupid meeting? Because the President and CEO of the company, one of the 2 founding partners, will be at this team meeting. I figure it's probably going to be my only chance to meet her, or at least only chance in the next few years, as I just don't have the funding to be able to go to a national convention all the way in Minnesota. And this is the first time she's visited WA in the past 5 years. So I figure if she's going to make the effort to come out here to see/meet us, then I should make the effort as well. She's supposed to be speaking at the meeting I guess and I've heard that she's a very inspirational speaker. So hopefully I'll get the motivation and knowledge I need to help build a better business and build my client base and get my crap together and make some money. Wish me luck ;) And the bonus is I don't have to drive. My team leader is picking me up on the way down, (she's coming from Coupeville, which is another hour or so northwest of me even) so that's way cool. I don't have to spend $40 in gas to go, lol!!

YEA!!!

YEA!!!
Current mood: calm

We finally have fixed our rent situation. DSHS has pledged 1340 to cover May's rent and we just paid off the rest of what we owed for April. We're now back on our feet again. And according to dumbass, he paid the van payment and the insurance on the van yesterday. So that should be good as well. Much less stress now. MUCH MUCH less stress now. Now I just need to come up with money for at least 2 new tires for the van, because my front 2 are bald as all get out.

Stupid People

Stupidity. That's one of the many reasons I left Steve. Example: He calls me up last night to inform me that the check he wrote to pay the van payment bounced, so he won't be paying the payment until the 15th (next week-next payday) because he apparently does not know how to keep a check register or bank balance accurate. He never has really. When you write a check, you write it down in your register, and then keep track of the balance when you spend more money either via pulling $ from the atm/bank or using your card by also subtracting those amounts and then you follow what is in your register as available balance, not by what the bank online statement says is your available balance, unless the checks you've written and the debits you've made have all cleared. (Of which you check against your register and mark as cleared as they clear.) Am I right? Or am I wrong? It's not the banks fault you don't keep track of your balance properly. 1) they are waiting for you to screw up so they can charge you fees 2) they also feel it is your responsibility, not theirs, to keep track of how much money you have available and only spend that amount.

Now that I've lectured all the people in my life that actually KNOW what you're supposed to do with a checking account, I'm going to conclude by saying I'm really fucking pissed that I now have to hide my van for the next several days until he makes the payment. Fucking jackass retard! Grrrrrrr

Me + School = ACK!!!!

So I've decided I want to go back to school. My only problem is that I have no idea what path I want to go down. I'm interested in so many things, that I can't decide! Most of which would create a good paying job for me upon completion (in theory). And none of which are related to each other! Among the many things I want to pursue are culinary arts, massage therapy, medical coding and billing, geology, and also throw in some language studies as well. I'd like to become fluent in a few different languages. I'd like to learn to speak spanish again, mostly because I've already learned a lot, but I can't remember a lot of it. Also Japaneese, and Italian... I know, very unrelated! I'll have to take a lot of refresher courses too, in math and english I'm sure, for just about anything I pursue... See my hesitation in pursuing anything at all! I'm too confused about what to take! I can't make a decision to save my life! It's driving me MAD! lol...

my landlady

Rocks. So you've all read my bitching about this place that said they would help us then has us jumping through hoops and then decides they don't really want to help us. If they didn't want to help us in the first place, they should have said so instead of stringing me along. Well, I was talking to my landlady about this yesterday on the phone. Last night I got this email from said place:

I just received a lovely e-mail from your landlord. Can you give me a "We'll
pay this much on this date, this much on this date,.... until _______ when we
should be caught up."? Then I can do something.

Now, mind you, I already sent her this information yesterday morning. I sent her our 2 different plans on how to fix our rent situation based on the different factors that could play either in our total favor or still in our favor but not as much of a quick and easy fix. So since I also sent this information to my landlady so she could take it to the property owner, I copied/pasted the info back into an email to her and asked her if it was sufficient to her as it was to my landlord. I know I shouldn't be snotty in any way shape or form towards someone who is prospectively helping me save my place of residence, but let me tell ya, I don't think I'd recommend turning to these people in a time of crisis or need to anyone. They've had me on such a roller coaster over the past month it's ridiculous, going back and forth about whether or not they will help us. You just cannot do that to someone who is desperate and in this sort of situation. You can't give them false hope, turn around and tear them down, to turn around and give them false hope again, and continue that cycle. So I'm glad my landlady emailed them and told them how hard we've been struggling and trying to make ends meet. We've been doing the best we can with what we had and sometimes that's not enough... Anyhow, thanks to all our friends who've been a HUGE help and support through all of this!!!!!! We love you guys!!!!

Glimmer of hope...

So, though I'm not out of my pj's yet and it's noon, I still have had a fairly successful day. I've been on the phone and internet all morning, trying to figure things out for our housing situation. I think I *might* finally have it fixed. Depends on how nice our landlord decides to be, is what it comes down to. We have applied a second time for the Diversion Assistance program to pay towards our rent. Hopefully we will get that. If we do, then things will turn out great! If not, we have a backup plan that won't be great, but will hopefully still be doable. Like I said, depends on the landlord and how nice he wants to be.

Now, the rest of what I've been doing today, argh! I have to say, I hate insurance companies. I really really do! It's really messed up how much they dictate our care as patients. I have to now go get a second referral for Skye, as he now needs to be seen by a neurosurgeon, which is a different department than neurology, so therefore, requiring a whole new referral. What a bunch of crap. It's all for the same condition for christs sake! Anyhow, after that goes through, which if I do today, I can in theory be able to call next week to get him an appointment. At some point today I may get a shower and out of the house to go to the dr's office. In fact, I should shower now, as I need to go pick up a friend in about an hour. She's going to be garage sale-ing and craigslist-ing a bunch of our stuff so that we can put more money towards our rent. I always work weekends, so it's been near impossible for me to try to hold a garage sale like I've been wanting and needing to. Anyhow, I need to get off here and get my other things done. Still need to figure out dinner!