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« December 2008 | Main | February 2009 » January 29, 2009I'm a Shitty Neighbor to Shitty NeighborsYeah, so last night I kinda snapped. Actually... it was this morning, but whatever. At 2:30am I hear the fakest laugh from some guy outside. Loud and just... ew. The kind of laugh you picture some guy named Biff doing while wearing a polo shirt with the sweater tied around their neck while lobbing the tennis ball past some chick in a short tennis skirt and sneakers named Mitzy. Then I hear Mitzy. Mitzy's drunk. Biff alerts the whole neighborhood of this with his "Hah hah hah! You are a little drunk!" comment. Oy joy. Mitzy denies this, but ads an equally obnoxious laugh that makes me pray for drunk drivers veering off the road and plowing into the two outcasts from the 90s. A half an hour later of annoying back and forth LOUD chit chat and I get up and slam the window shut. I'm half surprised it didn't crack. I then climb back into bed and use Jake's pillow to cover my ears... but it's no good. After a few hushed moments of annoying chuckles and 'I think we woke someone up' it was back to loud laughter and chit chat. By 3:30am I had lost all of my patience and went to the kitchen window. After another round of "I really think you're a bit drunk! Hah hah!" I yelled, "OMG! Take her inside and fuck her already!!" That seemed to do the trick. They slinked away either to fuck each other's brains out or she decided Biff was a tad too icky and drove away, taking her chances with light posts and parked cars." The last thing I remember thinking before finally drifting off to sleep was, "Oh G-d. What have I done. They may procreate."
[keywords: neighbors stupid people tricks] January 28, 2009Office Smack-Down 2009Oh yes there was butthurt. Serious butthurt. Yesterday I had had enough of Mr. Nosy butting into my office training and trying to dictate what happens. Ever since my friend ( we'll call her Giddy) arrived he has been trying to be the main trainer and trying to take over the whole process. The hardest part is that there are only two computers. Instead of him allowing her to use it he sits there and makes her sit off to the side. While I didn't mind at first (she was watching me and being trained) it's become a major annoyance. I've been hinting at him about the job he was there to 'create'. He hasn't done shit and it looks as if the duties will be merged into ours and no third person. That's just fine. I have no problem with that. Now he just needs to push to make a decision so we can move on... without him. Yesterday I finally told him he needed to log off so Giddy could sign on and start working. He decided that it meant he was to pull another chair and coach her on what to do. After a few minutes of this I said, "Mr Nosy, I want her to do this on her own. She won't learn with you telling her. She can ask me questions." He backed off but still sat there. Later on she decided to type her notes out. After watching her and telling her incorrect stuff I started correcting him. Again, he backed off. Then he let her be only to come back and start being nosy. I snapped. Mr. Nosy: "So... how are those notes coming along?" With that I turned and continued my phone call, leaving him standing there. I don't think he's a bad guy... I just don't like that he thinks he can assume duties by simply being in the office. His role in my office is to create a new position or see if it's needed. That's it. My office is run by me and my boss thinks I'm doing a fine job. I shouldn't have to tell someone that just because they're in an office doesn't mean they can start ordering people around. He soooo needs to go. At least I am finally speaking my mind. I am hoping he wants to continue the conversation so I can really lay it down. I honestly don't think he realizes how much of a pain he is. I'm just the person to let him know too.
[keywords: Work coworkers smackdown] January 26, 2009When Death Hits HomeJake is on his way to Texas right now and I feel lost. His grandma had a stroke last week and bled into her brain. He left at 3:50am to try and see her before she died... but wasn't able to. She died while he was in the air. Now I have the person I love most in the world hurting and can't comfort him. I can't hold him, console him or just be with him. I hate that I am unable to be there for his family. I hate that all I can do is reassure him over the phone and via text messages. Now he'll have to deal with the 'What ifs' and I can't even rationalize it. You can tell someone that they know how much you loved them til the cows come home... it doesn't help when all you can think about is what else you could have done. I'll be alone until Saturday, which is going to be hard. I'm so used to having him beside me at night and there to talk to throughout the morning and evening. I'm just grateful to have friends to support us and be there during this time. I think I'd be climbing the walls if it weren't for them.
[keywords: Personal jake family death] January 22, 2009The Mouth That WhinedThe stitches are out and the doctor said that so far all looks good. I have a six month check up to seal the deal and say goodbye to the abscess from hell. I've been in so much pain lately that the last thing I wanted to do was talk, blog or do much of anything. Hell... I couldn't even pout. As much as I joked about Vicodin the most it did was make me punchy. I don't see why people treat it like some wonder drug that is a cure all for pain. It took the edge off, then added it to my personality. Weeeeee! As much as I like blogging it was nice to get away from it. It's funny how I think about time after I've stepped away from the web. I really think that Jake and I spend too much time staring at the monitor and not at each other. With online being such a big part of our lives I am trying to find people who manage to even out both so that there's not that communication issue. Don't get me wrong... Jake and I talk and are sharing better than ever. But I think a lot of the issues that we've had could be ironed out quicker if we just took more time together to do them. We started off on the web chatting with each other, and even now are constantly sending each other web pages and pictures as we chat to friends and surf the web. But yeah... the question remains: What does one do at home together besides surf the web to spend some quality time? Besides sex, that is. :p
[keywords: Health jake relationship teeth] January 15, 2009You're So VainI just got back from the oral surgeon and I look like Carly Simon. If my lip extended anymore I could use it as a cup holder. The procedure took about an hour and a half, complete with mystery 'bright green something' that is going to the pathologist. Mr. Nosy, who loves to talk out of his ass, claimed I would get 'a few stitches that dissolved'. Yeah... Seven NON dissolvable stitches later I am now going to have to go back to get them removed. The surgery went well... except for when the numbing medication started to wear off while he was working on the tooth. That and when I had to pee and they decided it was a good time to squirt water all over the place every ten seconds. I don't know what pain was worse... feeling the root of my tooth being worked on for a moment or having to pee so bad I thought my bladder would burst while water was being 'spritzed' across my face every ten seconds. The surgeon said that he thinks this 'might' do the trick, even though he didn't find particles or something that would explain why the other treatments didn't help. He then described the puss as something that probably 'evolved' and was self sufficient so the cleanings didn't help. Oh great... I just caused a mass murder of lower life forms evolving in my mouth. That will rock me to sleep tonight. Then again... the Vicodin G-ds should help with that area.
[keywords: Health coworkers surgery teeth abscess] January 13, 2009Not a Good WeekPersonal crap aside... the abscess opened and I have a fever. I was trying to hold out until the surgery but my boss said to make sure all was well. So now I'm playing the waiting game until my oral surgeon calls me back and tells me if this is something that I need taken care of earlier or if it's something that can wait. At this point I am two breaths away from yanking out the damn tooth my self. Tube tops and Coors beer are in this year. PS: This means don't expect much in the way of blogging unless I get really annoyed/pissed off/upset... Or PMS. Same thing...
[keywords: Life Health drama teeth] January 09, 2009And Then There Were THREEMy boss called me last night to let me know there was going to be some reorganizing in my office. I needed to get rid of the big desk she asked me to get and then get two other desks. As a last minute afterthought she said "Oh and keep the little desk for hotelling for when Mr. Nosy or I need a spot to go". After biting half my tongue off I said okay. I spoke with my friend who was just hired and she's pretty easy going about it. She also knows how annoyed I am about Mr. Nosy being there and isn't too thrilled with him either. Apparently he knows even LESS about what he's supposed to be doing than I lets on. He tried training her one day and she had to show him things. Oy. It's been so hectic lately I haven't had time to blog as much and it really bothers me. I always feel better after letting it out... and there has been so much going on that I really need to get out. Hopefully we can get the new desks in quickly so everyone can have a spot and then my friend can work.
[keywords: Work coworkers Mr. Nosy] January 06, 2009The Mouth That Pussedyeah so... I still have the tooth abscess and have to have surgery. It's the last resort before they have to pull the tooth and then put in some sort of bridge or something. To say that I'm nervous is an understatement. Between that and the whole 'you're going to be mighty sore for a few days' speech I am NOT looking forward to the 15th. I took the 16th off so that I could rest up. My friend started work this week and so far it's been a blast. The only issue is that they neglected to tell her that they are changing her hours and she's not happy. I think she was trying to suggest I do the later shift... which is a no go. I worked too hard for too many years to have to do that shit. And with Jake going back to school it will be the only time we may have together. I'm just happy that she's here and that Mr. Nosy will soon be out of my hair. He's been especially bitchy lately and I am not amused. We FINALLY got back online Friday night so I spent the weekend playing catchup with all the websites I frequent. It was nice but by Sunday I was climbing the walls. I really need to get out and go somewhere. There had better be a day trip in the works soon... hopefully set up by Jake.
[keywords: Health Work coworkers tooth] January 02, 2009Oh No You Dint'I should have canceled the damn service. Verizon has put me through all sorts of hell over the past three weeks. All I want is for my DSL to work. Is that so fucking hard? Apparently the answer is 'yes'. The DSL has been down since last weekend. You know that shiny new modem we got? Yeah, didn't need it. The problem ISN'T the modem. So it's not a slight issue, not a major outage, not a modem... Now it's the line. They also said they couldn't be out here before January 2nd at the earliest. Enter bitch-mode. I started stomping my feet and asking for supervisors. Each one said they'd call me back. When the time passed with no call I called THEM. On the 31st I had had enough. The last supervisor who ONCE AGAIN didn't call back apparently wasn't a supervisor at all. He didn't put in the ticket or any notes and I was told the earliest they could be out was on the seventh. THE SEVENTH. I pitched a fit that would make a two year old seem civil and they put me through to the resolution department. Resolution = disconnection department. Oh yeah, I was fit to be tied. The guy tried his best to help. He said that he's 'sort of' the resolution department in that they try to talk you out of going to a competitor. Nice... I mentioned the corporate complaint number that I had used before and he said it would be the time to use it. After telling him it wasn't worth it I would be going elsewhere I hung up and dug out the number. I was stuck. They had dicked me around to the point where finding another provider to help would have been the same amount of time. I called the number and when the woman answered I said, "Hi. You are the last person I will be speaking to at Verizon about my issue before canceling my phone, cellphone and DSL. After listening to me go on about the bullshit and how I felt lied to and that I had no faith in the service because they couldn't figure out WHAT was wrong, gave me wrong info and then didn't escalate it she apologized (standard) and said that she wanted to put me through to the technician in her department to work with me. He would be the only one I had to talk to and would work to resolve it. I agreed and off I went. The guy tried a few things, including switching to another outlet. It seemed to work and he said that he would call me before he left to let me know about the issue. He had to send it to the supervisors over the technicians so they could push the date up. Guess who DIDN'T call. The next morning he called to apologize and I bit my tongue. He was trying to help so all I could do was wait. The section that he was waiting for a response from was closed for the holiday (of course) so we would have to wait til Friday. Since he gets in later he asked if I could call his associate at 6am so she could push the ticket being taking care of today. I agreed. Welcome to today... This morning I called his coworker and made her listen to the whole song and dance. I swear it sounded as if they orphaned me by the end of it, but i couldn't hold anything back. She was very understanding (standard) and said she'd push to have them call. I explained how I was made to wait and would call her back if they didn't call me. So yeah... I called her back. She called them and the supervisor said he'd have someone call me on my cell to push getting it done today. There have been problems because of the storms so they have been backlogged. While I fought back commenting on the term 'storm' for rain in California I reminded her that I have been having this for three weeks. That means I've been dealing with this longer. Time trumps mother nature, damn it! The supervisor calls Jake instead of me *grumbles* and says they can't move it up and they will be putting it BACK into the corporate escalation department's hands to decide if they want to give the okay to push it. I call the tech and they agreed that me calling might help. So again I get on the phone and leave a message for this woman. It's now close to noon. She calls me back and says she authorized them to come out this afternoon by 4pm to look at the problem. Since Jake is home on vacation (what a way to spend it) he'll greet the guy and try not to kill them. Now I have to wait and see if it's a problem they can fix or I need to go elsewhere. I miss my internets...
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