Rant Rant Rant Super Rant: I don't know what I did to piss the karma gods off, but I go from having walking pneumonia to THREE FUCKING KIDNEY STONES!!!! Today has been the most painful day of my entire life, and I haven't even passed them yet.
Rant- I thought I absolutely nailed two rounds of interviews with a company. The follow up date they told me for a decision came and went and a call and email I sent that week went unanswered. The hr lady just replied today saying they have "froze" the position and would let me know if they open it in the future. My guess a white lie about them filling the position. Feel very defeated.
The SO is in Vegas for the trade show, staying at the Mirage with some big fancy hoohaa dinner tonight. He said it was 70ish and nice and sunny. Meanwhile here I sit at my desk watching it pour down rain and planning dinner for one. I'm sure he'll be having a porterhouse or something equally as delicious. I'd be all about the seafood. He's doing it wrong. Sure I get the house to myself but VEGAS. I'm whining and I don't care.
Rave: I LOVE my new job. It was an ungodly amount of work for the first bit, but as a system slowly emerges, I couldn't be happier. Love the team and the work. I'm tempted to knock on wood or not get too excited for fear that I will jinx it; however, I'm also trying to enjoy the good when it's here. Things are good, and I am happy. Rave: A 10% raise yesterday, plus flowers from my parents today. Rave: It's official: stamp and certificate arrived in the mail. I can officially seal things as an engineer. One More Rave: A huge wind storm wreaked havoc yesterday. Some massive force blew my gate through the frame and bent 1/8" steel clean in half, rendering it totally inoperable. Why is this a rave? I texted a coworker, who came by when I was at work and fixed it. I thought he just hammered it back or maybe put it in a vice. Nope. Completely replaced the gate hardware and never said a word. What a guy.
RANT: Was out in the shop building cabinets for the shop and my table saw packed it in. Thought it might just be the brushes on the motor, or the switch, but after some poking and prodding and other testing it seems like the fucking motor itself has given up the ghost. Piss me off... looks like I'll be sourcing a new motor this weekend. RAVE: Going to the Farm Show tomorrow. Should be a blast!
RantyRavey: The last week or two of prepping my my mother in law's visit has been busy. I used some shitty clearance caulk in the bathroom the last time I caulked it so I had to figure out how to remove that mess. Dap all the way. Dap is the only caulk I'll ever use again. I want to be excited for her visit but all I feel is panic. My back is killing me. However I have an epidural scheduled today, hopefully it does something because I had one 5 years ago and it didn't do shit. Also as wonderful as my insurance is, these diagnostic test copays and treatments that I put off for so long are still damned expensive with insurance....$150 for an MRI, $150 for a colonoscopy, hundreds for glasses, $150 per epidural and I might need as many as 3....all my flex spending dollars I put aside are long fucking gone. I got my medical records and I now am afraid that if this thing progresses anymore I am going to have even worse issues down the road. I am really afraid of surgery and I am afraid that I am going to be a surgical candidate sooner rather than later. I won't be able to do anything after the epidural. I am starting to think I have a touch of anxiety. I run around cleaning things and finishing projects and can't stop. It is almost compulsive.
Rave: My yearly bonus was deposited overnight. All I knew about it beforehand was my boss had told me I'd gotten the biggest one in my department again. As happy as i was with last year's, I figured it would be about the same amount. Nope. It was 50% larger then last years. Time to put money into my truck. Rant: Another one of our temps is fucking up and possibly down the road. What the fuck is wrong with these people? I just got a bonus that was more then their monthly wage. How they can just blow this job off like it's nothing is beyond me. I've seen so many people fuck themselves out of a job here by being lazy or indignant it simply blows my mind.
FUCKING RANT: Just knocked a fire extinguisher with a bent pin and it went off. It is a dry chem extinguisher and it is -11 out. Guess how cold my office is now?
Rave: Just formally accepted a position with a start-up. Been on a week-to-week contractor basis with my current employer since I gave my notice in January, but Im glad to finally pull the trigger.
RAVE: I've spent the entire day so far watching Auntie Fee youtube vids. Apparently she has been around for a few years now. I clicked and there she was. Although as of right now she is in ICU after having a major heart attack. Where the fuck was I at the beginning?
RANT: My Mother informed me she will be in town from the 23rd-26th. Yeah, she gave me a weeks notice. Thank Mom!
Well? Rant or rave? If only there was some sort of standardized formatting that this thread followed in order for us to determine that... SGEDIT: OH BITE ME.
Rant: Tomorrow, St. Patrick's Day 2017, will be the one year mark on a new post being made to the boobie thread. Sad.
Rave: Last night in the dressing room after our hockey game, we hear a knock at the door, so the guy sitting there says come in(you can come and only really see the first seat until you come around the corner). There was a lady in hockey gear asking if everyone was decent and if she could come in, the guy sitting on the first seat says sure come on it. She walks in turns the corner there are four guys in the shower and a couple taking there gear off. The look on her face was priceless.
DOUBLE RANT: ^ Remember that anti-litter commercial with the Native American shedding a single tear? Picture that, but about boobs.
Rave: the mother in law visit went well. I got to spend time with her 1 on 1 and got to know her a lot better. Rave: she flew back Wednesday and I definitely spent the majority of that evening sitting in my underwear on the couch. Ahhh sweet freedom. The world keeps spinning. Everything seems to be progressing. Life is smooth. I'll have enough vacation saved to take the trips we are planning later. I feel like I am allowed to relax now.
RAVE: Booked a room at the coast for me and my Mom. RANT: I had no idea it was Spring Break. Say a prayer.