Sorry I've been a most miserable friend in the last week or so...I've been unpacking and unpacking.
My parents rented out my house...and my dad, impatient as he is (this is obviously where I get it from)...rather than letting me come over and sort things over the period of a day or so to get rid of it, he just puts EVERYTHING in bags and forces my man and I to bring it over to our place. SO, I've been spending almost all my time trying to go through the 30 garbage bags of shit. I finished today. Of all that stuff, I kept the equivalent of maybe one bag. Two of my best friends took a great deal of the knick-knacky stuff, as they both have places of their own and no furniture/stuff. Goodwill got the rest...most of my wardrobe, I must admit. By the 10th bag, I was in a hurry to get it over with, so if I opened a bag and the first few things were things I didn't want, I put the whole bag in the pile for Goodwill...but, knowing how randomly my dad filled these bags, I'm sure something good was in there somewhere...but I was too frustrated to find it all.
That means, once I get my student loan check, I shall have to make a tiny shopping spree to put back some of the things I've lost in my wardrobe during the move.
Everything is going well. My boy's mother found out about our living situation, and she is actually surprisingly calm about it and very supportive. At the Mother's Day cookout in her honor, she spent almost all of the evening talking to me....much to everyone's surprise as she is usually not like that at all. Apparently this means she loves me and really thinks that my boyfriend has made a good choice in me. She's wanted him to date a Vietnamese girl (she's Vietnamese, his dad is American) to carry on the traditional blood as much as possible, but he's never been interested in Vietnamese girls. She told me this weekend that I was the best white girl he could've picked and she was very happy. She told me all kinds of stories about her childhood, and how she met his dad....we really did bond, and it makes me incredibly happy.
What else, what else...oh, everyone is quitting at my work, except my manager and me. I'm doing really well as far as my apprehensions...and I seem to have an eye for catching credit card fraud and associate dishonesty, as well, something that has been getting upper level managers eye-balling me as a potential Loss Prevention Supervisor over my own store here in the near future. This is a great big wonderful step...as they start out at $45000 a year with NO experience at all...and it goes up to $75000 if you have LP experience AND managerial experience ...of which I have both. I'm to be trained as best as possible over the next few months at my store, and moved into the manager position as soon as my territory manager finds an opening. He says if I keep up the caliber of work I am doing now, he'll CREATE and opening for me. I'm very happy to have made such a stellar impression. This is a good career option out of law enforcement, but still in my field of study...more money making opportunity AND something I still would enjoy doing. Keep fingers crossed for me, loves.
Had some drama with Brandi over the state of her boyfriend's marriage...she, Jessi, and I hung out the other night, and Jessi brought up how Chris treated her the night she met him, and flat out said "I don't like him, he's an asshole." Apparently, Brandi hasn't been listening to me when I tell her how I feel about the situation, because later she asked me if I liked him or not, and I had to tell her again, very candidly. And of course, as it is arguing with someone who feels like they are in love, she defended him and made Jessi and I the bad guys. I'm trying very hard to make sure I don't alienate her completely, as Chris is very possessive and is using everything that happens as more reason for her to move away from her friends...it's just very hard to watch her in this situation. He's now convinced her to lie under oath in his divorce proceedings and say they've been dating for over a year, so he can get the divorce done quicker and piss off his ex wife. *sigh*
My back is killing me. I am around due to start my period. I haven't yet, but my skin is in a revolt, my boobs are tender, and my back is throbbing, so I know it's soon.
love and hugs to my wonderful friends!!
My parents rented out my house...and my dad, impatient as he is (this is obviously where I get it from)...rather than letting me come over and sort things over the period of a day or so to get rid of it, he just puts EVERYTHING in bags and forces my man and I to bring it over to our place. SO, I've been spending almost all my time trying to go through the 30 garbage bags of shit. I finished today. Of all that stuff, I kept the equivalent of maybe one bag. Two of my best friends took a great deal of the knick-knacky stuff, as they both have places of their own and no furniture/stuff. Goodwill got the rest...most of my wardrobe, I must admit. By the 10th bag, I was in a hurry to get it over with, so if I opened a bag and the first few things were things I didn't want, I put the whole bag in the pile for Goodwill...but, knowing how randomly my dad filled these bags, I'm sure something good was in there somewhere...but I was too frustrated to find it all.
That means, once I get my student loan check, I shall have to make a tiny shopping spree to put back some of the things I've lost in my wardrobe during the move.
Everything is going well. My boy's mother found out about our living situation, and she is actually surprisingly calm about it and very supportive. At the Mother's Day cookout in her honor, she spent almost all of the evening talking to me....much to everyone's surprise as she is usually not like that at all. Apparently this means she loves me and really thinks that my boyfriend has made a good choice in me. She's wanted him to date a Vietnamese girl (she's Vietnamese, his dad is American) to carry on the traditional blood as much as possible, but he's never been interested in Vietnamese girls. She told me this weekend that I was the best white girl he could've picked and she was very happy. She told me all kinds of stories about her childhood, and how she met his dad....we really did bond, and it makes me incredibly happy.
What else, what else...oh, everyone is quitting at my work, except my manager and me. I'm doing really well as far as my apprehensions...and I seem to have an eye for catching credit card fraud and associate dishonesty, as well, something that has been getting upper level managers eye-balling me as a potential Loss Prevention Supervisor over my own store here in the near future. This is a great big wonderful step...as they start out at $45000 a year with NO experience at all...and it goes up to $75000 if you have LP experience AND managerial experience ...of which I have both. I'm to be trained as best as possible over the next few months at my store, and moved into the manager position as soon as my territory manager finds an opening. He says if I keep up the caliber of work I am doing now, he'll CREATE and opening for me. I'm very happy to have made such a stellar impression. This is a good career option out of law enforcement, but still in my field of study...more money making opportunity AND something I still would enjoy doing. Keep fingers crossed for me, loves.
Had some drama with Brandi over the state of her boyfriend's marriage...she, Jessi, and I hung out the other night, and Jessi brought up how Chris treated her the night she met him, and flat out said "I don't like him, he's an asshole." Apparently, Brandi hasn't been listening to me when I tell her how I feel about the situation, because later she asked me if I liked him or not, and I had to tell her again, very candidly. And of course, as it is arguing with someone who feels like they are in love, she defended him and made Jessi and I the bad guys. I'm trying very hard to make sure I don't alienate her completely, as Chris is very possessive and is using everything that happens as more reason for her to move away from her friends...it's just very hard to watch her in this situation. He's now convinced her to lie under oath in his divorce proceedings and say they've been dating for over a year, so he can get the divorce done quicker and piss off his ex wife. *sigh*
My back is killing me. I am around due to start my period. I haven't yet, but my skin is in a revolt, my boobs are tender, and my back is throbbing, so I know it's soon.
love and hugs to my wonderful friends!!
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hehe, reading about the garbage bags reminded me of when i had to move last. garbage bags are the new box
*sniffles*
LOL
In all actuality, it was a really shitty birthday, but it had nothing to do with the above statement. But thank you anyways for the birthday wishes - they did put a smile on my face.