Thursday, December 17, 2009

Yay and Boo

Just as I am making Zack leave, the other one will not be able to pay rent in time next month. He will be paying in February and then some. SO, I will have some ads up again and being extremely careful about spending money.
I graduated from my class at work. The job is fairly easy. I was thinking how interesting it is transitioning from technology to medicated products. I had to keep thinking, "I didn't know satellite technology when I started working at the other place. This will be a cinch!." It is kind of like installation support minus the missing technicians. Well, maybe missing shipments if the information wasn't entered in properly.
I'm hoping to return mom's movie soon, I am growing tired of the damn thing. I had to beg Paul not to watch it anymore. I can't though. I have to meet with someone for assistance with the gas bill. I have to start working on a paper. I also have to start making the cookies. I have to prepare myself for the ten hour shifts. Need a game plan to fit work and school together. Maybe do stuff on my days off?

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I can't breath

It's been snowing. Of course, it is going away. I have to be waking up earlier in the morning to go to work. Which really sucks, I have a nasty cold. I am going to have a hard time resting.
Paul and I went to Wally World the day before yesterday. We decided to look at the dolls. I saw one that had all of this pink gear and it was cute. It was only $10. I grabbed that. Then I saw one with more stuff and cries when you take the pacifier away. I grabbed that one instead. There is going to be one wrapped present under the tree.
I started on some dough for cookies yesterday. So far, I have dough for gingerbread people and sugar cookies. I am pretty stoked. I think I'll have some time to put things together. I get a two week vacation from school.
It's almost time to talk on the phones again. My head is so stuffy. I hope everything is better by tomorrow.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

The Crib

I am warming up to write a paper for school. I also am getting a cold. You will have to bear with me. I had to try for a little bit to boot someone off my computer. It's mine damn it.
It's going to be fun once again. Paul failed to tell me the other night that he saw a weed pipe in Zacks belongings. Luckily, Zack's girlfriend didn't grab the bag when she took the dog. Yesterday, I took a look where his stuff was moved to. There was this odd looking orange tube. I had no idea what that thing was. I never seen Zack with it. I attempted to call his probation officer. Nobody was open. I called his grandmother and told him of the findings. Zack's mother called back and told me that he bought some fancy cigarette holder. Right, and the experts in the house said otherwise. We never saw him use it and who do you think you are kidding? She was probably calling so nothing will happen. I am certain she smokes weed with him. He talks about doing drugs all the time to.
So, sometime around the 21st, his mom will be by to take his things out of the house. I felt bad. But, not really since she kept on buying him beer. Evidently, he was never disciplined either. I saw cigarette ashes all of the room. I have said many times, no smoking in the house. Since he has no respect and thinks he can do things behind my back, I will go behind his back and kick him out. Take that and chew it.
So, Paul's daughter wants a baby doll. I saw some really cool toys we could get her, but okay. I thought about maybe going to the Dollar Tree and making a cool baby doll kit. Get a little doll, some of those cool bottles, and a rattle. I was thinking of maybe getting a crib for it. Then I started to think of this really cool crib I had a long time ago. I think I may have given it to good will since then.
I don't remember what day it was, dad and everyone else decided to begin a project. Me and the other kids kept on trying to get down into the basement. What were they up to? The secret club kept us kids out of there. Then on Christmas day, I had me a home made baby crib. It was white and had some of those weird plastic stickers. I think they were the type of stickers that get painted on. I can't remember. I was tickled pink by the gift.
I kind of wish that I still had it so I could give it to her. Maybe I can swing by a thrift store and see what they have for toys. I think I can come up with something pretty cool.
I haven't done any Christmas shopping. I haven't had any money or the time. I am hoping that what I make will be fine.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Ha ha ha.

It is definitely December. I am not talking holiday decorations. Oh no. I'm not speaking of the music of movies. I am talking of all the crap that goes down in my house. If it were up to me, it would be me and me only here.
Zack got a DUI not too long after he moved in. He blamed it on Paul. He told a cop that was just at the house that Paul had all of the beers. This guy is a real douche bag.
So, he goes to court. Has to be on supervised probation. Has to spend 9 days in jail. He continues to drink and party. Causing a delay until jail time. I think I put his months notice in for him. He told Paul not to tell me that he does not have enough money to pay rent next month.
I don't see any officers come by the house. Today, I told Paul that I hope Zack gets arrested. He is causing my issues. He lets his dog tear up the house. He doesn't lock the doors. He leaves the lights on. He picks on the other room mate. He uses other peoples razors and clogs the drains. He pisses in the backyard. He let's minors drink in my home. He needs to go.
Then, tonight, I get a phone call from his grandmother. Apparently, he has not checked in since court. He had a $1,000 fine and a warrant out for his arrest. He told them that he had checked in and he was told that there wasn't enough room. Like that will fly. They arrested him. I was to watch his dog for the night. Someone stopped by and picked up the dog.
I am reluctant on looking for a new room mate. I have had way too many flakes to want to deal with it anymore. I can't afford it. They make my bills go high and they cause me stress and other people living in the house stress. I am hoping that Paul gets a job soon.
Around this time of the year, I had the same exact scenario. Tonya was paying later in the month and blaming it on the economy. I warned her not to pay late anymore. She kept on having one guy after another come over. She was meeting all of these people off the Internet. Then she started to vanish for long periods.
The other room mate told me that Tonya had been fired because she said something offensive. She had ran off to her boyfriends house in Twin Falls. Lo and behold, people were calling left and right concerned about her. Tonya was running away with this mysterious man. I had met him on Halloween. Seemed harmless. He wasn't bringing her beer or anything like another guy was.
Two weeks into December, no rent. I text Tonya's father to see where she went to. About a couple hours later, I get a text from someone else. It was the guy she had ran off with. I told him that she has not paid rent. He told me that money was coming.
No money. I get reached by him again. He did not understand that she did not pay anything. She told him that she paid two months in advance in November. Why would she need anyone to send money if she was paid in full? He told me that Tonya was fired because she had stolen from the store. She was gone because she was in jail.
In the long run, I am pissed because she is lying. I am also pissed because she lied to the other room mate. It's not a good thing to do. This causes paranoia and locks to be put on doors.
I told him that she needs to come home. She is going to be asked to leave. This was a struggle. I would get phone calls from the guy. He wanted to date me instead of her. I told him, getting her here was more important. He nearly dropped her off at her fathers house. She needed to come home. Her ass was grass.
He finally got her back over here. She told me that she paid two months in advance in October. Really? She would still be a month behind. Paul was this guy by the way. She was sponging off of him, using his cell phone to text boys, and eating all the kids food. I had him hang out with me. We watched Good Luck Chuck all night. Tonya kept on knocking on the door. She was using the other roomies phone to text him pretending to be someone else. That really pissed me off because nobody let me know until she was out of the house. Had I found out, she would have been on the street that night.
She knocked again on my bedroom door. I answered. She was in shock. The look on Tonya's face was priceless. Her plan didn't work. She was telling Paul that I had all of these men over and that I had STD's and that I wear a push up bra. That ploy doesn't work.
So, now Paul is living here. He has been living in my home for the past year now.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

I Wish Things Would Mellow Out

I have been doing everything in my power to keep everything under control. Going between jobs has not been helping me. Waiting for unemployment does not help me. I have been trying everything to help Paul get a job.
Everything is going great as far as unemployment goes. It never is a good thing. Pay keeps getting lower. I qualify. There was not misconduct. The Department of Labor didn't hear anything back. So, I have a check coming my way.
I also have a concern with the 401k. I already liquidated the other one. What they do is they take 20% for the Federal people. Then another 10% because I am taking it out early. Then I closed the new 401k with the new job. I asked if there would be any penalty for the second within 4 months of each other. The rep said I would not. It's just 20% for taxes and then another 10% for taking it out early. So, I have to leave my savings account alone just in case they do come along and want the 10%.
I have been trying to lower things down as much as I possibly can. I reduced my minutes on my cell phone. This was just in time for me to lose the other job. After many phone conversations during the job hunt, filing for unemployment, and taking care of business my bill was $160. Lowering a cell phone bill does no justice. I removed my land line and I have just the Internet. Been using space heaters and not the furnace.
Today, I get my electrical bill. Last month was $37. This month it was $166. I always run into this crap. Nampa workers showed their laziness once again. I am so tired of living in this hell hole. My last bill was lower because the meter reader was too lazy to open the gate and come into the yard. I will be filing a complaint. Since the meter did not get read, they used a rough estimate. I paid for less than half. What doesn't make sense is that the bill wasn't that high last year. The gas bill is normally that high.
Right now, we are trying to find ways to reduce the bill. We have to take everything out of the freezer outside and put into the one in the house. The space heaters are going to have to go. Ultimately, the gas bill is going to go up. The lights keep on being left on, everyone is going to be spoken to about it. We took the light bulb out of the fixture in the backyard because people keep leaving that on at night. A lot of cutting back on electrical stuff.
Well, I'm gonna go. Phone is ringing. Paul and I are trying to get out of the house for now.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Even With The Long Johns

I have been going to class for the past few days. I am supposed to be on the phone on the 17th. Since I have that day off, I think I will be on the phone on the 20th.
It has been so cold for the past few mornings. I have been trying to keep the heater off as much as possible. It's not possible. At least we have some little heaters. We can cut around some of the gas bill. I have to talk to them on the 17th so I can get some assistance. I am sure I qualify, I have been making less than 4,000 in three months.
You would think that the heat would be on at work. Nope. I dug up my long johns. I am still cold. I thought about investing in some snow pants. The trainer stated that it gets that cold even during the summer. Geez, and I thought Directv got cold.
I have been getting up at about 4am. It has been virtually impossible. People are watching tv late. People are sending messages to my phone. I would turn off the ringer but I use that as another source to wake up in the morning.
I'm still doing really well in school. The professor in one of my classes is kind of weird. She doesn't speak much to anyone. The whole class doesn't really communicate much. I have to post about 8 responses a week in the class that is holding discussions. I have a hard time in there. Nobody freaking speaks. I think I'm going to ask my councilor and see if she can give me some pointers.
The other professor seems to be impressed with me. She comments a great deal on my enthusiasm. I never hear anything about grammar or structure. I post more in her class than the other.
I am doing pretty good over all. Well, I'm gonna relax for a bit. I have to get up early again tomorrow.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Happy Birthday!

Do you know how many people have a birthday in December? I can't believe how many birthdays I have seen on Face book this month. There are even people that I know that are not in the Internet that are having birthdays this month.
Today is my dad's birthday. Happy-birthday, Dad! My mom's birthday is on New Years Eve. My uncle Jim's birthday is on Christmas. I wonder what it is like to get presents once a year. So, I know alot of Sagittarius and Capricorns. I think sometime in January is Vikki's and Athena's birthday. Paul's birthday is in January. Oh yes, and the Aquarius, Shykia and little Nini have the same birthday on the 27th.
I never knew any one's birthday for the longest time. I knew everyone had a birthday. When was the hard part for me. I never knew mom's birthday was on New Years until she was telling me about a job interview that she was scheduled for on her birthday.
I think it was because I was always in bed on New Years Eve early. It never occurred to me that it was her birthday. I never realized that years went by either until sometime around 1987. I just aged myself you guys.
Speaking of forgetting birthdays, and I won't let him off the hook, dad forgot my birthday this year. He told me he confused my birthday with Shykia's. All I could think of was Sixteen Candles. I was just happy it was just him and nobody else.
I don't know what I want to do for my upcoming birthday. I would like to have people over and have a little dinner party at mi casa. Everyone is invited. Don't need to bring presents. Just bring yourself. BYOB.