Another 100 Things

I am bored today at work, so here it goes...

101) I once won a trophy for writing an essay titled "From Liberty's View".
102) I won second place; first place went to a refugee from Vietnam.
103) A week before the award ceremony, my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Krupich, accused me of plagarism.
104) I had no idea what plagarism was; I had to look it up in the dictionary.
105) I love to write fiction.
106) In my collection of writing, I have an unfinished screenplay that I began writing when I was in college.
107) I always imagined Lou Diamond Phillips being cast as the lead of my screenplay.
108) During my time in college, I starred in two independent films that were produced by my film studies classmates; "Night of the Living Beer" and "The Eye in You".
109) I miss my former film studies classmates.
110) In my lifetime I have owned 10 vehicles.
111) The coolest ride I had was a 1979 Mercury Gran Marquis (two-door).
112) When I was in high school, we used to play a game on the backroads that was called "Hey Cow!".
113) "Hey Cow!" would consist of an individual yelling out of the car window to a cow and if the cow looked at the person, the person would have to take a shot of alcohol.
114) I don't remember how or when the "Hey Cow!" game would end.
115) Throughout my life I have had 22 jobs.
116) On May 21, I will start job #23.
117) The worst job I ever had was working as an accountant for a fence company.
118) It was the first job I ever quit working at before acquiring another job beforehand.
119) The longest I have ever worked at one job was two years, four months.
120) The shortest amount of time I have worked at one job was one week.
121) Once I figure out how to do a job, I become bored with it.
122) I have never been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD.
123) The search for the replacement at my current place of employment isn't going well for my supervisor.
124) I secretly hope that they do not find an adequate replacement before I quit working at my current job.
125) I believe, at times, I am the devil in disguise.
126) My favorite American film is "Titanic".
127) My favorite Foreign film is "Cinema Paradiso".
128) My least favorite film of all is "Seven Beauties".
129) The last film I saw in the theatre was "Dreamgirls".
130) I believe that Netfilx was invented with people like myself in mind.
131) The last book I read was "The DaVinci Code".
132) For the last year and a half I have been trying to read "The Sicilian" by Mario Puzo.
133) I miss reading books.

I will continue this on Monday, when I will be bored again at work...

Tear this circus down

In ring # 1: Last night Brody woke up screaming because he had an awful rash on his legs that he would not stop scratching. I made my husband take him to the ER ($75 co-pay) because I had no idea what would cause him to have such a bad rash. Mike was informed that it was due to laundry detergent. I found this hard to believe because I had used the detergent before and didn't have this sort of incident occur.

In ring #2: When they finally got home after filling a prescription for a liquid steriod that causes insomnia, it was almost 2 a.m. About a half an hour after we all fell asleep, Byron decided that he needed his breakfast at 4 a.m. His screams were heard throughout the house. I made his bottle and fed him until he finally fell asleep and I dozed off as well. I woke up at 6 a.m. and realized that I needed to get ready for work. If it wasn't for the audit going on at work right now, I would have called in sick today.

What I am trying to say in my blog today is that I am exhausted. I am exhausted from work and my home life. I feel like I am performing the circus act of the twirling plates on the sticks. If a plate slows down, I need to make sure it keeps going so it doesn't fall off and break into a million pieces. Am I the plate? Am I going to break into a million pieces if I slow down? I am so very tired and in need of some sort of respite. It needs to come soon because I cannot wait to tear the circus tent down.

Two for one

I just got off the phone after speaking to one of the "fish". It appears that the position I applied for has turned into two positions. Because of this, all of the original resumes received from applicants were copied and given to the two hiring managers in order to fill the two positions. When the two hiring managers met to go over potential candidates, guess who's resume was at the top of both piles? MINE! I guess that my line has caught two "fish" instead of just one.

100 Things

Since I have read these posts elsewhere, I decided to write my own. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

1) I was born on a Tuesday.
2) I was the only child for 14 years until my brother Josh was born on my 14th birthday.
3) I liked being the only child.
4) I used to daydream as a child that I was adopted.
5) I do not get along with my mother at all.
6) I get along with my father very well.
7) When my mother dies, I think I will leave it up to my brothers to plan her funeral and pay for it.
8) I do not forgive people easily.
9) I hold grudges and can admit it.
10) As a child, my career aspiration was to be an actress.
11) When I graduated from high school, I wanted to be an English teacher.
12) When I graduated from college, I wanted it all.
13) I have two undergraduate degrees; BA & BS.
14) It irritates me when people think I had a double major in college when I actually attained two separate degrees.
15) I do not like it when people do not live up to my expectations of them.
16) When I was a child, my favorite film was "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
17) As an adult, I hate the film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
18) I have been engaged three times.
19) I was divorced.
20) I am remarried.
21) I believe my current husband is my soul mate.
22) I have always had a "thing" for Aquarian men.
23) I used to believe I would never marry or have children.
24) I have two adorable sons.
25) I always cry when I read or hear stories about missing or abused children.
26) I was an abused child.
27) I have been to two different countries outside of the U.S.: Jamaica and Canada.
28) Even though I took German in high school; I really wanted to take Spanish.
29) The only Spanish I know is what I learned on "Sesame Street".
30) When I was a child, at one point I owned every "Star Wars" action figure.
31) I brought my collection of "Star Wars" actions figures to day care and forgot them there for a week. When I returned, all of them had been taken by other children.
32) I hated going to day care as a child; when I was left there by my mother I cried hysterically.
33) My husband watches our children during the day while I am at work.
34) My parents divorced when I was three.
35) My father believes that my half-brother, Josh, could actually be my full-blood brother.
36) My mother will not admit to having an elongated affair with my father after they divorced.
37) I have skeletons in my closet.
38) Literally, there are no skeletons in my closet.
39) I tell my husband I love him everyday before I go to work.
40) The reason I tell my husband that I love him everyday before I go to work is because I am afraid that if I die in a car accident on the way to work, and I didn't tell him that I loved him, my soul will wander around endlessly for the end of time.
41) I am an imaginative person.
42) When I was a teenager, I thought about being a nun.
43) I went to prom; twice.
44) The first time I drank alcohol was when I was 10.
45) The last time I drank alcohol was last Saturday.
46) I wear my heart on my sleever.
47) I do not have a good poker face.
48) I believe in ghosts.
49) I believe in angels.
50) I was baptized Roman Catholic, but brought up in the Lutheran faith.
51) I do not attend church on a regular basis.
53) My favorite food is Old Home cottage cheese in the dark blue container.
54) My favorite color is dark green.
55) At one point in my life, I had a gambling problem.
56) At one point in my life, I had a drinking problem.
57) I consider myself a former smoker, even though I smoke when I drink.
58) I have had my heart broken more than once.
59) I have never had the heart to break someone else's heart intentionally.
60) I despise people who bother me when I am in the middle of completing a difficult task.
61) I have been told that I have a short fuse.
62) I use a lot of profanity.
63) I yell when I am frustrated.
64) I am of German and Irish descent.
65) I have pretended to be someone from a foreign country.
66) I have pretended to be blind.
67) I have pretended to be deaf.
68) For some reason I think I will die an unnatural death.
69) My greatest fear is that I will not see my children grow into adulthood.
70) I am obsessed with James Dean. During a trip to North Carolina I made my fiance at the time drive out of his way so I could visit James Dean's gravesite in Fairmont, Indiana.
71) At times I will pretend to be working when I am not.
72) I search the Internet over 50 times a day.
73) I believe that employers get what they pay for.
74) When I like a song, I will buy the CD and listen to it over and over. When I eject the CD from the player, I can see a groove worn into the plastic.
75) As I child, I consistently acted out my own interpretation of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". (See # 16)
76) I have been to Sea World in Cleveland, Ohio.
77) I have never been a "girly-girl".
78) I once hit a boy in my 8th grade English class so hard in the arm that he welled up with tears. I laughed at him.
79) At one point in my life I could bench press 250.
80) When I was a child, I would listen to vinyl Disney showtune records while I took a bath.
81) Out of all the bad things I have done in my life, one haunts me continuously.
82) I once left my infant brother in his crib while I took my parents car and went to a party in Hugo with two friends. (see #81) Although nothing happened to him, it still bothers me to this day.
83) I always cry when I think about #82. I am crying as I write this.
84) I am an emotional person.
85) Since becoming a mother, I feel that I am more emotional than most people about things.
86) The best job I have ever had is being a mother.
87) I used to make myself the center of attention just to hide the pain I was really feeling at the time.
88) I believe that I am constantly changing.
89) I always tip servers and bartenders.
90) I often play "what if" games with myself.
91) My "to do" list has not been completed.
92) I may not be someone to the world, but I am the world to someone.
93) I like using trite quotes and sayings on a regular basis.
94) I do not feel complete without drinking coffee in the morning.
95) Although I can cook, I claim I cannot in order to have someone else cook for me.
96) At times I am starved for conversation.
97) My biggest pet peeve is people who patronize me.
98) I don't like being by myself for long periods of time.
99) Although I complain about the cold and snow, I really love winter.
100) My favorite thing about the Sunday paper is the coupons.

Biting the line

Trying to support four people on one salary is very difficult. I sometimes wonder how my grandparents were able to support my mother and her six sibilings when my grandfather only worked during the spring and summer months. My grandmother, of course, did not work outside of the home. I always have to be sensitive when I make that statement because people who do not work outside of the home usually work much more inside the home.

When I found out that I would not be receiving a pay increase that was larger than our organization's three percent, I decided that I needed to cast a line out and see if there were any job prospects. The last time I looked for employment, I was so desperate to get away from my boss, I jumped at the first job that snagged my line. It wasn't a bad decision at the time; I had one less person to support in my family.

I have been "fishing" for three weeks now and I must say I am impressed. Out of 13 positions I have applied for, I have heard back on three. I guess I will have to keep casting and see what else bites my line.