BOOSHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! STUPIDLY AWESOME MASSIVE BIG RAVE: I finally found out that I got accepted onto the course I wanted so goodbye Townsville, it's been nice but you're a shit hole full of skanky people. This means I can finally start planning all of my removals and look for a place in the new location not to mention this is heaps closer to my family and a few of my closest friends and then I get to learn about putting explosives together so big jets can drop them elsewhere. The Cheshire Cat would look like he is frowning next to me today.
Rave: My production numbers are pretty awesome this month. Rave: Hopefully that will make my stress level go down.
Rant: I'm attending a conference tomorrow which is going to be full of stuffy boring science people. However, that's not my rant. Since it's a government-run conference, they're having it at the hotel that is inside the airport, so they can fly in and fly back out again without leaving the building. For everyone driving in, though, parking is going to be atrocious, getting there during rush hour is going to be a shitshow, and leaving there at rush hour is going to take my 25-minute commute home and turn it into two hours of riding the clutch. Mini Rave: Getting out of the office for a day will be fun.
Rave: Renaissancing myself, starting tomorrow. I deleted all my social media accounts (except LinkedIn), canceled my cable TV, started going to the gym again, threw out all my junk food, and Im trying to limit myself to one-hour of recreational internet a day. I think this will be a good thing.
Rant? Rave? Who knows? Why, yes. I have plenty of time to spend 30 minutes waiting for you to move your truck blocking my car. When you told me your partner was coming down I assumed it be within 5-10 min. I haven't seen anyone come down. Silly me. It's not like I have anywhere to go or anything to do. Fuck you, movers.
RANT/RAVE: I have a pinched nerve in my neck that is affecting both shoulders, so I finally broke down and went back to the doctor. He gave me a prescription for Vicodin and I'm remembering why I stopped taking pain killers. One lousy pill and I'm reduced to a jittery, blabbering mess. My roommate has yelled at me 3 times in the past hour for talking too much. My shoulders are feeling better though.
rant apparently last week an assistant manager at a different location killed himself. By jumping in front of a train. I didn't know the guy, but when i heard about it, i thought the person telling me was joking, so i made a pretty insensitive comment. Fast forward to this morning, when my boss called me on my day off to go cover that store so their managers could go to the visitation. Well played, karma. rave i feel like i'm ok about turning 28, or at least better than i did about 27 or 26.
Rant: I think a am going to lose 2/3rds of my pepper crop before they even make it outside. I think it was a classic case of over watering when the weather wasn't going to let them dry out properly. Almost all of my scotch bonnets have what looks like powdery mold and leafs that are starting to yellow. Praying they pull through and don't defoliate. Would kill my plans for jerk chicken this summer. The peppers I got from China are growing like weeds which is a plus. And the few Bhut plants I have haven't fallen prey yet. Rant: Work is slowing down and that means fewer hours, which means smaller pay checks. Ugh.
Rave: El Husband FINALLY got the powers that be to agree to give him an MRI. And he was right, his meniscus is fucked. As in, completely shredded. At least now he can get surgery and not be forced to run several miles every morning. Rant: The problems started THREE years ago. I'm sorry but the USMC doesn't give a shit about its people. They wonder why the reenlistment rates for this battalion is so low....
Rant: It was brought to my attention last week that I sent 760 personal texts on my company cell phone last month. And that we weren't covered for the out of province ones. Talk about an embarrassing gaff. I've put the firewall up on my Blackberry to discourage all my friends from fucking texting that number. Double Rant: Given that everyone, even my parents, have gotten used to texting me I had to go out today and get a cell phone. I've deliberately avoided a cell phone for years, and now I fucking have TWO. Ugh.
RANT: Sleep deprivation will catch up with you. Especially if you lift. Been clearing out my sinuses all day and I still probably haven't slept enough.
Rant Went back to court last Wednesday for the DUI and instead of getting to settle things, they drag it out a little longer and will go back on the 17th for sentencing. Meet with the probation officer on Wednesday. I couldn't even pay a dime on the court fees until I go back. Oh...and that 90 day license suspension apparently doesn't exist anymore, I'll be without it for 6 months. Rave First day of working on the civilian side today finally....it feels good to be productive instead of wallowing in the depression of this shit that has gone on recently. Rant Back to the Reserves this weekend, then a week of ORI (simulated deployment) in Michigan next week, ugh let's get this over with.
RANT Nan (mum's side) passed away tonight. She wasn't expected to make it to Christmas 2011, so considering it's May now that's a very strong effort. Saw her tonight hours before she passed, and she was definitely in pain and suffering. I'm glad that's all over. This follows the passing of my grandfather and cousin (dad's side), as well as my uncle (mum's side), all in the past three months. It's been a fucked up year for the family. I'm writing the Eulogy for Nan's funeral, whenever they decide that to be. I hope I do well
Rave: Passport finally arrived yesterday, damn thing ended up being way more of a hassle than I expected. Rave: That means I can finally get excited about going on vacation. In just three more weeks I will be spending a week at an all inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic, all on my girlfriends parents dime. Should be nice.
Rave: Just got home from night shift, only took three hours to do what we had to do so have the whole day off tomorrow as well for a nice simple nights work.
Rave: Put a deposit down on her ring today. Should be in my hand in a few weeks--and on her's...um, haven't thought that far ahead yet.
Rant: the gf is off to Malaysia for the next two plus weeks. She's off visiting relatives and for a wedding. Yay for bachelor for two weeks but damn am I going to miss her. It's been twenty four hours an I already do. Damn, I'm such a sap.
RANT: My agency has been on a decline for awhile, but my team/account has always been solid. Well today an emergency company wide meeting was called for Noon...at about 1030. I figured it couldnt be good, but then the second email 15 min later for just my media team and the creative/account teams for the client solidified it. The client pulled all work from my agency, creative/account for their 2 biggest brands, and media for all brands. In total, 3 teams totaling about 60 people, including my 40 person team. Out of NOWHERE. Now the agency who won the account is a sister agency of sorts and currently has nowhere near the staff needed for the account, or much of an office in Chicago where the work will need to stay, so there is a good chance my team may get brought along and assimilated into a new agency. However, this is uncertain at this point and I find it unlikely the whole team could be brought over, so there are likely a few changes coming. All in all it sucks. Ive been laid of twice before in the last 4 years and even though advertising is volatile, this was the most stable position I've had in some time. I'm confident it will work out well, but what a fucking Tuesday. Fuck a drink, I need to get laid...