Stupid Co Workers

Yes these people fit the profile of your standard state employee with the following phrases leaving their lips:

*if I don’t know what it is I don’t sign it.

                -you’re thinking I’m a bitch, but here is my response, READ IT THEN! Someone was passing around something that needed signatures for them to RUN FOR A POSITION on a board; all they needed was like 30 signatures to get them in the running. It wasn't to vote for them it was just to say you acknowledge their candidacy… The HR lady came around and ANNOUNCED it saying “she just needs some signatures acknowledging that she works here and is eligible to run, I can tell you that she’s over in XYZ dept and as everyone who is on the board currently, highly overqualified...” and yet, DUMBASSES.

*I know what you’re saying but I want –manager- to say that as well.

                - again, this sounds perfectly logical, except that this was in a response to an email that was SENT BY THE MANAGER to me that I forwarded to the group. Did ANY of the minions get up to go ask the manager or even hit reply to send her something? NOPE! But I got four responses saying the SAME THING… I had to go tell the manager what a bunch of dumbasses there are and she had to resend out the email to which SHE got a response from head dipshit of “can we maybe talk about this at the meeting for more clarification” are you KINDING me!?!?! It’s about a form, telling people to fill out a form instead of just emailing in a request…. *banging head against the wall*

*Oh no thanks, I’ve had enough to eat and I’m on a diet.

                -AGAIN, all in the context. She was being offered cucumbers AS SHE WAS REACHING FOR PIZZA… so I know I’m not the diet guru, but last I checked Cucumbers are a hell of a lot healthier than PIZZA especially when you say you’re DONE eating….

AND these examples are just from the last four hours of being at work. I’m taking my break to type this out cause I need somewhere to vent and can’t hold it in until I get off work to call a friend.

Good GOD!

I should make it clear that not EVERY employee here is a dumbass, I’d especially like to think that I’m not “one of them”, but there are a few people here with some basic common sense. One of the guys in the department actually pointed out to Ditzy (when she wouldn’t sign the form) that “you’re not voting for her, nothing could happen to you positive OR negative if you sign” she still said no and he shrugged his shoulders and walked away….

On the one about the form, I had Schizo (these are the nicknames given to them) tell me that I called her stupid when she was relaying a call and I said to have them fill out the form, at some point I said, “well that’s just stupid” and she thought I was talking about HER. While I could have, since in that moment she was being incredibly STUPID, I had to reassure her that no, I mean the caller who can write all this out on a piece of paper but can’t fill out the form…

WHATEVER

I don’t get paid enough to put up with this stupidity. I’m demanding a damn raise at my review. Not for my job but for my patience with the dumbasses that make up 70% of my department….

Snow days

It snows too much here.
It's frickin April and there is 15 inches on the ground right now with more falling. On a good note the Mexican food night was a hit and a lot of fun. I got to get to know some of the people we've been hanging out a little better while enjoying some great food. Thankfully, it didn't start snowing until AFTER I left to come home.
I woke up this morning to a text from a friends saying "looks like it snowed after all" just as I was taking a peek outside, and BOY DID IT.

So here I am hoping that tomorrow gets called off. Since I work for the man out here if the state, federal, school, etc buildings call it quits for the day it means that I don't have to shovel myself out of this mess and drive to work WOOT WOOT. 

That's what I'm hoping for since the forecast says it will be snowing until 7am tomorrow. 

But the update I just read says "officially" the public service offices will be closed until noon tomorrow. Maybe because it's tax day and you can't let all those people who waited until the very last second just NOT have a post office to go to or a capital building to drop their paperwork off at. Craziness

Either way it's a new experience. We had our first snow weekend in November, the first weekend I was up here actually, and now A is trapped up north at work thanks to the snow and I'm here chilling at home with the snow. Can't go out and no one to send out lol. 

ALTHOUGH

Since we're finishing the basement the framers came in today and worked their asses off. Hope they made it home safely. They're going to try to come back tomorrow but I will be MORE THAN UNDERSTANDING if they can't cause seriously. Everything is CLOSED and shit just got real! lol

So what did I do while trapped inside today. 

I ate leftover enchiladas's (pretty sure I'll be sick of those by tomorrow), did laundry, put away clothes, played with the cats, took a nap, unpacked THREE boxes in the kitchen (finding room is getting harder and harder), skyped with Mares, Sis & the kiddos, talked to A and basically just chilled. Thinking of making some hot cocoa right about now. Getting kinda bummed that RIGHT in the middle of Game of Thrones the dish decided to stop responding.... not. too. thrilled. about. THAT. 

SO yeah, if you're reading this, your taxes are done, and you're sitting there happily in whatever climate you're currently in, give me a call and try to remind me why I came here....

Stress

STRESS

It makes my stomach go to knots and feel like I can't totally juggle it all. But then I do, I'm not sure how, but I do. I remember going to school full time, working, boyfriend that I had to baby all the time, babysitting, and all the other stuff I had to do daily, and yet somehow I did it. Not sure how, but I did, and I find myself feeling that way again now. Only with different set of challenges. 

First off, I've been added to the organizer side of a Meetup Group. You know, that website you go to when you want to get out and meet people, network, and maybe make some friends based on common interest or something like that. Well, I had joked about making my own for California Crazies, which I could've, but there was already a group put together of people that are from all over and found themselves trapped here in the great white north with NO support system. I fell in love with this group. Everyone (except that one guy thats kinda a douche)  has been super nice and wants to hang out and spend time together. Hell, I even have a group of women to work out with, we're challenging and motivating each other, and just having a great damn time. I LOVE IT. Plus, after being here a few months and only hanging out with A, I kinda want to murder him. I need outlets that I can go grab lunch with, or have a drink with to bitch about things that A wouldn't understand or doesn't care to hear about. So yea, I have that now. It's exciting and terrifying and I love it. My best friends are great with keeping up and skyping and they are totally there for me and I love them for it. But I need people here. Heaves pointed it out tonight, I need to call my new friends cause I don't have my friends that I've known for 20 PLUS years to call to help me move lumber from my driveway into the garage. Anyways, I've been recruited to be one of the organizers for this group to get in there and plan and be at events consistently and honestly, it's A LOT to take on. There's something going on roughly every fourth day with only 5 organizers, one of which is going to be working out of state for the next couple of months. BUT I figured, since the weather is improving A is going out to the field more so I really need to build up some external relationships and have something to do besides mope around at home.

Ah, yes, home. Let's discuss that area of stress. WE FINALLY FUCKING MOVED IN. Yes, unbeliveable, I KNOW. It's crazy, everything is still in boxes. We've unpacked one bathroom and our bedroom. I even set up the extra bed in the second bedroom as well as a partial set up of the guest bathroom. But the cats are in the third bedroom/office. So they are finally home and loving life back in the normal routine of having a home. They are running around the room around already stinking it up. Along with that we are finishing the basement so that they can roam the house freely and we can have people over and actually have the fun place to hang out. With that A is discovering how much "stuff" I have. He's seen my storage but never really thought about how much those boxes translated into. Example, I have over 15 pieces of Corningwear, at least three SETS of glass mixing bowls, and more than enough glasses (especially the orange juice ones) but everytime I tried to tell him he must've just blocked it out. So now he's seeing it all and freaking out, in a good way, but I have to say I'm finding it funny. 

So with the house, we're realizing how much SPACE we have and trying to decide what to do with aforementioned space. Originally, we I first moved him out here and we put the money down for the house we threw words around like "nursery" and "kids room"... after some doctor visits we're using phrases like "office space" "guest room" and "storage".... and I HATE IT. I feel like we just got here and there's stuff everywhere but it's EMPTY. Ya know? I'm hating it. I love being in the house and the new good friends (all of which don't have kids - thus the point of the group) and getting to know the area, at the same time I feel like something is missing. So cliche I KNOW, believe me, I cringed typing that right now. It's been majorly depressing the last few months after finding out that my chances of baby are slim to none. While there is NOTHING I can do about it as of yet, doctor appointment coming soon to see IF there are any options, it's just a bummer sitting around knowing that nothing is going to happen unless we can MAKE it happen and all the mixed emotions there... so of course, I turn to school, thinking maybe if I dive in there I can distract myself for a couple of years until something might happen or until I just give up completely. 

My work will help pay for part of my tuition so I'm looking at going back for a degree in Accounting so I can try and do something from home. Cause, let's pretend that I CAN have kids, I'd like to be able to stay home with them without breaking the bank or A. So for now, college is the place to be and the thing to do. I just need to figure out where I'm going and how I can make it happen IF work doesn't come through and pay for it. 

And then, there is this other thing I'm getting into, called kickball. I know, lame, right. NOT. It's really cool. There is a group that develops teams and does all the "work" really, like getting the t-shirts made, getting teams together, and setting up the schedule. Oh wait, "they" don't, a marketing director does. But wait, it gets better, that market director, GET'S PAID. Seriously?! To organize, arrange and PLAY, ummm yes please. SO it's in the works. I just need to get some more information before I book my flight to hotlanta for training and more education on how it all works. Once that is all ready then yea I'll be organizing, arranging and PLAYING kickball for some extra cash. C'mon, there isn't a whole lot of goings on out here for a large chunk of the year, in the summer this place comes ALIVE. BUT not for adults who don't have kids in sports. So it seems like a great fit to bring something out here for those people, much like myself. 

Anyways

all of this is the stuff that is going on, about to be going on, or (as in case of baby) not at all. I'm just not sure how to process it all or what to do when and the order of operations. 

GAH

life is crazy and I love it and hate it all at the same time.... 

Small rant on wheelchairs and haters

Wheel chairs. Does anyone ever CHOOSE to need one. I mean I guess when you think of scooters you think really fat people, and then you think about them being fat cause they ate too much and were gluttons, or whatever.

North Dakota seems to be behind in A LOT of areas and mostly from ignorance, not their fault, just a lack of exposure.

In California, ADA was KING, you could not have an establishment without it being ADA accesseable. Because the queen of California, LAWSUITS. Thus, another reason the state is broke.

ANYWAYS

In the building I work in they redesigned the layout for the cubicles, which are all HUGE, and this tiny old lady I work with can NOT stop complaining. We ALL lost at least 6 inches on our desk to make way for this layout and the reasoning behind it was that it would allow wheelchair access. I for one, am all for it, I hate the layout just as much as the next person but for different reasons. But she just keeps harping on and on about “oh you can fit TWO wheelchairs through here, how big are the people they want to make room for going to be?” someone said something, and I want to buy her coffee. Her response was “well, if heaven forbid you end up in one you’ll see that even a little frail woman like yourself requires an extensive chair to get around, assuming you can move your chair with your weak arms”. I love her. I don’t know who she is, but I love her. I’ve spoken up before saying that the building needs to be ready for change and whatnot and she just got puffy about “having to change for people who AREN’T ND’ers” WHAT THE FUCK EVER

I stopped trying and just when I did, this woman comes in and hands her a smack down.

She just smiled and said nothing, it was beautiful.

I just wanted to rant about the fact that even with my parents generation (the baby boomers) heading to wheelchairs … that one of that generations elders would still be so ignorant of wheelchairs and what they require.