Women's Retreat

So I went on a women's retreat for church this weekend. It was nice overall but not entirely what I expected. I met a lot of really nice people. Saturday I went for a bike ride on the Centennial trail. I rode 4 miles out and 4 miles back. My butt and legs are sooooooooooo sore. It was nice though. And then I went and jumped in the river to cool off. It was freezing and felt great. Saturday night we went swimming at midnight. Some of the girls went skinny dipping because they never had before. I won 3 prizes. One for having brought the most shoes....which was really embarassing. Two for being at the tables that won the activities they set out at meal times. They were puzzle type things. I could have claimed three more prizes but thought being greedy at a church function was not ok. Me and my friend Liz were the last two to go dancing. She had danced most of the night while I only showed up at the end of the night and danced with Jacob a couple times before we left for the bagel shop. I had just one for my shoes so I let her take the dancing prize. Later they asked everyone who is always chronically late to stand up. They all got prizes for being honest. I sat back down because I already had three prizes. The last day our table figured out the puzzle like 2 seconds before they revealed the answer and another table had the answer too. Our table didnt say anything since we barely made it. I just like to know I could have had more prizes.....I like to win!! :)

Yesterday Jacob and I went to dinner and then saw Tropic Thunder. It was really funny. One of his roommates is being an ass, so we spent most of the day elsewhere. Tonight I am staying home with Hillary and having roommate time. We havent hung out in awhile so it should be nice. She is renting some movies after work and I am sure we will order in pizza.

I got to visit my sissy and the kids a few weekends ago. I bought Spencer Singstar 90's edition for his birthday. Its a kareoke game for the PS2. We spent all day Sunday singing really badly. It was tons of fun though. I had gotten car sick from driving over there Saturday night. I felt ok Sunday but Sunday night while driving James and Alex to Spokane on my way home, I got a sore throat and started feeling sick. I ended up with a sinus infection and being miserable all the next week. That didnt stop me from riding with Jacob Monday night as he drove over to Bremerton. We left at 11pm and arrived at his friends house at 5 am. We slept until 8:30 then went and ran his errand. Then we drove back to Pullman. It was a very fun trip but exhausting. Didnt help me get better either. Oh well. I got a speeding ticket on the way to Sissy's house too. That sucked.

Thats about all I have done. I still spend most of my time at Jacobs but now that he has started school I usually just read or watch a movie while he does homework. fun stuff.

Keeping the Family Updated

Today I woke up between 630 and 7 am. I was not happy about that at all. I got up and ate some breakfast. Then I went back to bed. I woke up again at 11 to get ready for work. I then went to work from 12 -530. On my way home I stopped and got a happy meal. I talked to my sister on the phone for a long time. I played on my computer. I contemplated actually doing my laundry but decided against it. At 8:25 I drove over to Jacob's apartment to hang out. He showed me and his roommates some very old and totally politically incorrect comic book covers of superman and batman. they said things like slap a jap with war bonds. and called the japanese the japanazis. they are all online. then we cuddled for awhile because neither of us had the energy to make out. then i drove home. that should cover my recent goings on for you and be recent enough after my last blog!! I love you guys and miss you too.

I need a new job

Work is driving me nuts. It wouldnt be so bad if my assistant manager wasnt a condesending jack ass. Besides being rude and unapproachable he never checks over the schedule. He just signs off on what the computer prints out. Every other manager checks it and makes changes but ours just says he has to fill the hours as they come down. Doesnt matter that it schedules everyone but one person during the day and leaves the last person to close the entire apparel departments by themselves. I asked for a weekend off and he approved friday, knowing that i already have sundays off, but rejected saturday. he approved friday almost two weeks before he rejected the saturday. i asked him about it and he said he would take care of it. it wouldnt be so aggravating if he had rejected the whole weekend. but to give me one day and get my hopes up just to jerk me around is a crappy move. now i have to call in that day and get an unexcused absence. All the other managers felt bad for me and agreed it was a crappy move. he was like I will give you saturday if you come in on sunday. i dont have enough people to cover saturday. which is funny considering he let carol and alyssa have the last saturday off, leaving me as the only person covering fitting room and all of apparel on a saturday night. plus he didnt schedule enough cashiers so we only had two at 8 pm. I spent half the nigth on the registers and still managed to get all returns done and half the departments zoned. yet he cant spare me on a saturday and just work the other 6 people.

Enough ranting. Other than work things are going good. Jacob has been getting sick a lot lately. The past two Sundays he has had a fever, chills, headache, and been dizzy. I feel bad for him but enjoy spending the day snuggled on the couch. So far I havent gotten sick either. Walmart is completly revamping the backroom system as well. They are combining the ICS team and the unloaders into one position. Now there will be a 7am to 4 pm team, a 4 pm to 1 am team and a 10 pm to 7 am team I believe. It might just be 7-4 and 4-1. Anyway nobody knows yet where they will end up. Supposedly they are only keeping 4 people at 7-4. 3 of which are pretty much decided....one is the team supervisor, one has been at walmart for almost 10 years and has seniority, and one is the best friend of the assistant manager over that area. Most people who get put on 4-1 will apply for another position or quit. Its so frustrating when they change things around just for the sake of changing them around, so they can feel like they are being progressive.

My last bit of Wal-mart news....I was supoenaed to give my statement for that case. I have to meet with lawyers on the 23rd. Should be interesting. I havent decided if it should settle out of court or not. It would better if it did but it would be interesting to go to court. So many people in this area, and in general, hate walmart. It would be interesting to see how many people show up to watch the hearing. And the news coverage in this area would be scathing I am sure.

I am going to see my sissy and the kids this weekend. I am leaving saturday after work and coming back sunday night. Unless my manager approved me working overnights next week to help with a special project. Then i will come back Monday. I think. I might still come back Sunday night since the kids will probably be in bed early for school. Anyway it will be nice to see them if only for a day. The weekend falls fairly close to half way between Spencer and Sabrinas birthdays. I will be taking presents for them. Hopefully I can convince Sissy to make a cheescake or something so we can celebrate properly!! :)

Lets see...what else have I done lately? I have been dancing at CJ's of course. I re organized all my scrap stuff that had slowly become a mess as I piled up all the new stuff I have been buying over the last few months. Hillary has been up every night this week so we have spent lots of roommate time chatting and catching up. My friend Benjamin came home from Dallas for the school year so I spent a Saturday night after work over there watching movies, eating pizza and playing Monopoly. I was doing so well, winning, and enjoying taking everyones money. I put up 4 houses on each of the green spaces just past Go To Jail. Then they all kept landing on Go To Jail every time they got near my spaces. It was ridiculous. Needless to say I wasnt as lucky when it came to landing on thier properties so they just hung out in jail collecting rent while I quickly went bankrupt. That game is only fun if you can cheat.

That is about it I think. I was going to go to the Spokane fair last weekend but Jacob was too sick. Then we were going to go Tuesday morning before I had to work at 5, but the carnival side didnt open until 3 which is when we would have had to leave so I could get to work on time. I thought about going today but Jacob has to work and I would rather spend the afternoon with him before CJ's. I am such a girl. Its disgusting.