And the day goes on...and on...and on...

The day seems to be dragging on just a tad today. There is plenty to do but I can't seem to make the day progress. I can't even get my lunch hour (well half hour) move along. The good news is there have been no anxiety attacks, no chest pains, and no swearing (the last one is the biggest one).

Surrogate parent for the team today...

Well atleast I won't be able to get into trouble on the phone today. I kinda feel worthless though. I am a busy body. I need to feel like I am actually being productive. Well this will give me time to reread training material.

So I have been told that in order to help reduce my stress level I should begin blogging again. So here I am "BLOGGING" because Blizzard has decided to crash the login servers with thier newest patch to WoW.

I guess that I have come to rely on to World of Warcraft to help me unwind at the end of the day. Maybe, I should find a different outlet. Nah!!! What fun would that be? I seems to be the one thing that we all like in this house. If it keeps Crystal out of trouble, Claudia entertained and me a little less wound up at the end of the day, well then, keep it right?.

What else can I write about.....????

Work? Work is going just fine. I have about 2-3 hours a day that I am actually taking calls and then the rest of the day I work on back office projects. Now who can complain about that? Hmm.

I guess that there really isn't much in the here and now to talk about. Maybe I should try this during the day when there is actually something going on so I can have an actual comment that sounds more than abstract ramblings?

I miss the beach!!!

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Why is it that the work is never done?

It seems like no matter how hard I try I can never catch up or get ahead. It doesn't matter if I save or try to invest. The money just is never there. Maybe I should look at a part time job as the answer. Who knows maybe it would help.

It's who I am! 

Ok so we are going to try this one more time....

What do you do when all that you want is flipped upside down? Eat pineapple upside down cake.

So what do you do with a pissed off teenager?

Anyone with advice on this topic is welcome to send me info. Crystal really hates her new school. She is now hit the rebelling point. She comes how, stalks into her room, slams the door, and stays there the rest of the night. Any attempts to communicate with her are met with either snarls or tear and neither are understandable. Both are accompanied with a shove out the door. Anyone have any clues on what to do?

I am back online!!

It took Roadrunner forever to get me up and running but I am finally wired again. I thought I was going to have to go in to San Antonio and get myself hooked up, but a nice lady finally did the job right last night.

Texas is good. Crystal hates her new school but she has only been ther a day and a half so I am hoping that she will start to make a few friends. She hates the idea of riding the bus but there really isn't much of choice. Claudia and I walked her down to the busstop today and made certain she climbed on board before rushing home to get ready for work. I am learning just what a problem I was when I was that age. I now understand my parents frustrations a whole lot better than what I did.

Ok I get the message...

and yes, slacking is an artform.

Just in case you all didn't know, I am getting married. Claudia and I will be formally commiting to each other on April 12, 2003. I am moving to Texas offically. I will be out of Utah on Friday. I wish I had more to say but I need to get back to packing and let Claudia get back to surfing.

I will chat with you all soon. Be looking for anouncments and invitations in the next few months.

Wow, so I have been slacking!

Things at work have been really chaotic. I have been working to get trips extended and change policy and prep for interviews and handle escalated issues and train and and and. So I am really sorry. I am still alive and things are going well. Sleep is actually becoming a regular thing, which is really nice since it's been quite awhile since it was.

I need to run. I will try to find time this week-end to update everyone on the going's on down here.

Love ya'll!!!

Another Day

Man have we been busy down here. I am beginning to think that I will never have to exercise again. I am sure I walk/run 15 or 20 miles a day. I finally got some sleep last night though. After a bowl of Spaghetti O's I crashed hard.

Tonight is a movie night for me and the kid. Bonding time for us. I am not sure what we are going to see. That should be interesting.

I have been slacking

Sorry guys. I have been running my ass off here at work for the past week and a half. It has been very busy. We had over 100 people hit the floor in the last week so no time to breathe for me. On the one day I had off I actually got dragged down to Mexico for a day of shopping and eating. Not a bad day at all.

Claudia and I have been working on the relationship and it's going well. The kid thinks I am the bomb. Since I am not good with teenage girls this is a good thing.

I am doing the apartment hunting thing as well so you can imagine how pleasant I am at work. I am going to be back in Utah sometime this month but when is still up in the air. We'll see.

Well I need to go and finish up the day here at work so I will try to catch up with you all later.

LOVES!

The Sunrise just got better

All I really have to say is...WOW!

I'm Moving On

What an absolutly true to life song. It's 2:00am and I can't sleep. So many things are going through my head right now and that song is in front of all my other thoughts.

I survived the horrible 10 hours of airports and airplanes. I should be exhausted but I'm not. When I got to the hotel I was greated by roses and candy kisses. I love the whole falling in love feeling. I am glowing inside and apparently outside as well.

I am moving. I will be here in Texas on a permenent basis. I have thought about this and even sat down and wrote out the whole pro's and con's list. I was actually thinking about it before Claudia came into the picture. She just helped seal the deal. I went into work before I flew out yesterday and put in the paperwork for the transfer. When the rest of the world wakes up, I am going to go in and talk to H.R. down here to see what is instore for me when I start the move. For once I'm confident that what I am doing is the best thing for ME.

Sunrise's on the phone

they are just not working for me. It is killing me to be so far from someone I care so deeply about. Every morning we have the sunrise together. I can't imagine what it would be like if we didn't have phones. Ok, I know it's sappy shit but it's true, and you all have been there before so don't even give me shit. I am leaving in about 24 hours and I can't wait to get back there. I distinctly recall saying there is no way in hell I would ever live in Texas, can someone please tell what the hell happened to the little bit of sanity I had? Oh well, there is a reason for everything, right?

I had fun, did you?

Last night with the gang was a blast. I enjoyed getting lost in mazes, watching Lorene go stiff as a board and need to be dragged through the halls, and receiving obsene phone calls from Toni. All in all it was a very pleasant evening. I wish I could do it again next week end.

Good Morning Everyone

Well I am back even if it is for a brief stay. I arrived in Salt Lake at around 7:45pm last night. The flight into SLC Int'l wasn't bad. The landing would have been better had the Captain bothered to tell the flight crew he was landing. Needless to say, we were all a bit suprised when we heard the landing gear going down. After waiting 45 minutes for my bag to present it's self on the carousel, I got to endure the family tradition of taking Grace out to eat after she lands. I haven't figured this one out since I know they know I ate on the plane. It may not have been good food but it was filling. On the way home from dinner I got a very nice phone call from the girl. Yep, there's a girl waiting for me back in Texas. She made me promise I would spend this time we have away from each other figuring out what I really wanted. I was not allowed to call her and she was't going to call me. I thought I was going to die when I agreed to that one. So the call was a very nice one to get. I can't believe I have to go all the way to Texas to meet someone. She's incredible though and I am certain you guys will love her. We are trying to take it slow and just see where we end up at the end of this whole trip, but you have no idea how hard that is when you know you are on a time table. I have my pick of jobs at the end of all of this and I am seriously considering taking the job down there. I guess we will have to see.

Well, need to get into work. I have to go in and make certain everyone who flew home yesterday gets paid and that everyone who is flying out on Monday is ready to go. I will see everyone tonight at the haunted house.

OH, and just so you know, I MISSED YOU!

BTW

Pictures people, I am still waiting for B-day pictures.

Weekly report from the butt of Texas.

Week 2 is done and over. Thank Budda! In the past week I have learned more about patience than anyone ever need know.

Monday night Pitsburg dropped the ball, several times, and lost horribly. Not that I really expected them to win but, come on, they could have at least played the damn game.

Tuesday was realitivly quite. The guy's took me to the local strip club, Stilletto's, wher I found out quite quickly that I was no longer in Utah. I had to call it an early night because work only allows me to sleep in until 4:30am.

Wednesday was quite again.

Thursday I needed more than a few of those drinks I had passed up the Wednesday night for the sake of work. The class is out on the floor now accepting calls and since they are new to the whole consept I go around listening to calls and helping them through them. Every once and a while the agents need to call escalations because someone wants to speak with a supervisor. This department is in Florida. It's bad enough that they have to call someone they don't know but to have to call these people and be told they are incompetent (not exactly in those words but you know what I mean) but that the supervisor is not going to take the call. Now if you want to really piss me off just go ahead and tell me that I can't teach people things. If someone doesn't know how to do their job and I am the one teaching I tend to take it in a way that say's I can't teach. Well after listening to 2 different people told they can't do their job and following proper channels to see to that the escalations agent is told by the right people that it is in fact them that can't do their job's correctly, I blew at the third escalations agent. I took over the call the agent on the floor had I began by telling her that she did infact have to take the call and she had to correct the customer's issue. She actually had the nerve to try to tell me how the job as done. Now, trying in vein to explain to her that what she was doing went against company policy, I asked her to go and get her supervisor and have him listen to the situation and have him decide which one of us was correct. After sitting on hold for an eternity, she comes back with a,"Well he's on the phone right now". I don't give a damn if he's on the toilet right now. I tell her she is accepting the call and that my guy is not going to do anything more than introduce her to the customer. She begins in on her little tantrum again sooo, I found the Sr. V.P. and had him explain to her what her job was. After personally writing her letter of termination and sucking down a pack of Marlboro's, I felt much better.

Friday was not much better than Thursday. After running my ass off all morning I took a much deserved lunch hour, or so I thought. I went back to the hotel and fixed myself a lamb chop and so steamed veggie's kicked off my boot's andwatched mindly cartoon's. Now thinking that I will go back a bit early and read emails and maybe, just maybe update my blog, I walk in to work with 15 minutes to spare. What the hell was I thinking?! I get cornered by 2 of the women who came down with me who want to go to lunch. I explain I have 15 minutes but hand them the key's to the car fully thinking that Jeff is going with them. Jeff is working the same shift has lunch at the same time AND has had his name added to the car as a permissible driver. I sit down at my computer and while the damn thing is loading look up to see how thing's are on the floor. Low and behold Jeff is the only on out on the floor. I stand up and walk over to him and get greated with, "Did they leave?" Now being the idiot that I am I actually look around for the bloody bitches. Sure enough, they are gone. I tell Jeff if he need's to go to go ahead, after all I am Queen Shit I can handle anything. Jeff stuck around and helped me out which is a good thing since everyone seemed have trama all at the same time. Now I am not certain but I seem to recall saying lunch HOUR. I have been wrong on occasion but I am finding it hardto beleive that I would ever say lunch hour times 2. After an hour and a half I began to pace. after and hour and 45 minutes I began breaking pencil's. At 2 hour's I began looking for flight's home for them. The excuse I got was that the restauant they went to is slow. I ask them if it had ever happened before and they actually said yes. Now if you know someone is going to cause you to be late why on earth would you even consider associating with them when you are suppose to be following a time table. Not to mention the fact that THEY had no right to take the car without Jeff. Now thinking that I am going to just let things go and go out and enjoy a night of Drag show's I go back to the hotel, climb into a nice warm bubble bath throw Josh Groban in the CD player and relax. AHHHH! 2:00am rolls around and I discover the bath water is freezing and there is nolonger a Drag show to be found.

Saturday they all stayed away from me :). I left early to take Dave around since it was his last day in Brownsville. We went out to the island with Jeff. Found a hole-in-the-wall,bar shot pool, played darts, and talked about sex. It was very refreshing. After the island we went back to the hotel and changed, well I changed because I had a date, they didn't change because they were going to the girlie bar. Then the guy's took me out Mercede's. I got to enjoy real Mexican hopitality. We bbq'd and watched the fight on HBO. Mercede's took me back to my hotel around 1:30am and I crawled into bed to enjoy my 4 hours of sleep.

I woke up this morning to crashing thunder and a fear of having to drive Dave to the airport. Thankfully the storm moved quickly and by the time I had to leave the rain was gone. After dropping Dave off I headed back to the hotel thanking Budda once again that the rain was gone and that I had a bed I could crawl into when I got back to the hotel. Then Karma threw her ugly face into the picture. I walked into the hotel to be greeted by Jim (The Boss). He asked me to join him for breakfast. Now knowing that the only way to go up in a company is to be smarter than those above you, I quickly said yes. 2 hours later I am full of coffee, yep I even drank the coffee, and wide awake. So I did my laundry and am nowgiving you all the scoop on the week. I need a nap.

I will be homeon Friday night for a few day's so I promise to get in touch with you all before I come back. It looks as though after I am done here I will be going to Florida to start all over again. I am certainly looking forward to that. Florida isn't but I am. *CACKLE*