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JadedLegend3
12-14-2003, 06:03 PM
I am in a severely bad mood!!! :pissed:

I worked in the mall today, and as if that wasn't bad enough, this orchestra came along and set up shop right outside our store and started blaring the Christmas music (and as most of you know, I can't stand Christmas music except on Christmas), which put me in a bad mood. But, once they left, about an hour later, I was good.

Then, this girl that I know who I used to work with at another job, works with me at this job, too. Well, she and I never got along at the first job we worked at together, but now she thinks we're best friends and that we have always been best friends. That's fine, I'm not mad at her or anything, we were in high school the first time around, and I give people way too many second chances. So she starts with her usual b****ing and moaning about how poor she is (and then goes and buys $100 watch), complains about being fat (while eating a Blizzard from Dairy Queen), how much she hates everything (pretty much what I'm doing now, LOL), and then she generally makes a big deal out of nothing all of the time. That just pisses me off. And it put the two other people there in a bad mood. Grrr.

Plus, two of the people who were supposed to be there "forgot" they had a band concert today and called out on Friday. So we were two people short, b/c everyone else was already maxxed out on hours, or honestly couldn't work.

So then, on the way home I stop at Walmart to get tapes for taping Farscape, since I ran out. These idiots who built this shopping center in May built it on a sinkhole. Who does these things? Because of this, all of the roads and parking lots have like, 3 feet deep holes that just randomly appear. So I bottomed out a few times in my car. But, no real harm done.

OH! And it snowed this morning, and somehow both the state and the township forget that my town exists, and there was not even any salt down on the roads, let alone a plow!

So I finally get home, go up to my room to change, and discover that my charming, darling, angel cats have knocked over the crystal vase with my roses in it that my mom had given me for finals week, and had chewed them up. The water naturally fell on my friend's outfit that I had borrowed and it's dry clean only.

Not only did these lovely felines do all that, but since they ate the roses, they proceeded to throw up all over my room.

My parents claim not to have heard a 5 pound vase come crashing to the ground. My dad was probably asleep, since he's on the graveyard shift this week. My mother was most likely too lazy to get up off her fat a$$ from in front of the television to notice.

Then! I decide to make dinner, and when I open the cabinets, everything comes crashing out at me. Frelling cabinets.

So now I'm making dinner, and the phone rings. It's my boss from the mall, calling to give me my schedule for this week (That's right, when I left today, I didn't know what I was working tomorrow). Well, I've 38 hours at the mall, and 12 at my other job. That's a 50 hour week, folks. Which pisses me off to no end. But, they need the help at the mall, and the other job pays really well, and I'm the boss there so I have to go.

As I'm cooking, I remember that today is one of my employees birthday's, and I promised to make him a cake for tomorrow. But I work from 11-5 tomorrow, and go straight from there to the other job where I'll see him. Which means I have to bake the cake tonight, and leave it sit in my car all day tomorrow (if I take it in the mall, the people I work with will eat it anyway, even if I tell them not to).


Grrr. Sorry about that. I just needed to get that out. Thanks for listening...erm...reading.


Jacqui :love:

talyn3
12-14-2003, 06:11 PM
Be happy :)

I know what you can in the snow:):):)

grinner
12-14-2003, 06:22 PM
Originally posted by JadedLegend3
Well, I've 38 hours at the mall, and 121 at my other job. That's a 50 hour week, folks. actually wouldn't that be a 159 hour week? Considering that there are only 168 hours in a week... you are going to be awfully tired. guh


Just kidding...

JadedLegend3
12-14-2003, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by grinner
actually wouldn't that be a 159 hour week? Considering that there are only 168 hours in a week... you are going to be awfully tired. guh


Just kidding...


grrr. grinner! Sorry for my typo! LOL I'll fix it.

and thanks, talyn3, but the snow turned to rain and there is no more snow here.

Edited to add: Now I'm mad at myself for the typo!!! I'm usually pretty good about that, so now I think I'm an idiot!!! And, my dad is working the graveyard shift, as I already said, but it always upsets me because he's old, he doesn't need to be doing all that! And another thing! Frell. I forgot what I was going to say!

Jacqui :love:

grinner
12-14-2003, 07:35 PM
:hug: Buck up... it'll be alright. :aok:

VBKatLou
12-15-2003, 03:56 AM
Well, I'd feel sorry for you, but I'm too busy laughing at your descriptions. :rollin:

Ah, the days of going to school and working part time jobs. :squish:

Don't worry. It's just temporary. Ten years from now when you've got your degree and a good job, you can look back and laugh at all this. Except for the cats throwing up the roses. :rollin:

JadedLegend3
12-15-2003, 07:27 AM
Originally posted by VBKatLou
Well, I'd feel sorry for you, but I'm too busy laughing at your descriptions. :rollin:

Ah, the days of going to school and working part time jobs. :squish:

Don't worry. It's just temporary. Ten years from now when you've got your degree and a good job, you can look back and laugh at all this. Except for the cats throwing up the roses. :rollin:


Thanks, guys. The sympathy around here is overwhelming! LOL J/K You're great.

Well, VBKatLou, I graduate from college May 16th, 2004, so look out real world! I'm coming your way! LOL

Well, I'm off to start my lovely work week!!!


Jacqui :love:

stellar
12-15-2003, 07:41 AM
Now that is a rant. :aok:

JadedLegend3
12-15-2003, 07:58 AM
Originally posted by stellar
Now that is a rant. :aok:

But wait, there's more!

I forgot to say that last night, not only did the felines eat the roses, but they also got into my closet where the Christmas presents I've bought are hidden, and ripped some of them up.

And this morning, that infamous cake that I bought, was sitting covered in foil by the front door so that I could just grab it and go. Well, my mother once again (this time b/c she was sitting on her a$$ on the phone) didn't hear Jesse James break into the cake and proceed to eat it. I was in another room, that's why I didn't hear anything.

Grrr...



Jacqui :love:

stellar
12-15-2003, 08:11 AM
I thought you were going to bake a cake. Not buy one.

grinner
12-15-2003, 12:30 PM
So... have you figured how you are going to split up those 9 precious hours of sleep you are going to get this week? :P

Kurt_eh
12-15-2003, 12:46 PM
It's like my dad always said:

"Cheer up! Things'll get worse..."

"And so I cheered up, and sure enough..."

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"Things got worse!" :D

grinner
12-15-2003, 12:51 PM
:lol

talyn3
12-15-2003, 12:59 PM
things always get worse

JadedLegend3
12-15-2003, 08:33 PM
Originally posted by Kurt_eh
It's like my dad always said:

"Cheer up! Things'll get worse..."

"And so I cheered up, and sure enough..."

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"Things got worse!" :D


Is your dad a 8th grade math teacher? Because mine always used to say that to us...particularlly after we'd failed a test! LOL

stellar, I did bake one. I think the stress has caused me to lose the ability to think and type!

And kids, I'm starting to get sick again, too! LOL As John said, "It's just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it guys?" Ugh. I'm going to bed. Tomorrow I have off during the day, it's the only day this week. So I look forward to your tormenting! :)


Jacqui :love:

Kurt_eh
12-15-2003, 11:30 PM
Nah, he's a wildlife technician.

I grew up going to the "falcon farm" once or twice a month where the Canadian Wildlife Service was breeding Peregrine Falcons for release into the wild!

And most importantly, they got the Peregrine off the "endangered species" list!!!!

Judith
12-15-2003, 11:31 PM
Peregrine is a cool word.

Kurt_eh
12-15-2003, 11:57 PM
And a cooler bird:

The fastest living thing in the world:

Falco peregrinis anatum

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~tull/falcon/images95/70039.jpeg http://www.ucalgary.ca/~tull/falcon/images95/70035.jpeg http://www.kodak.com/US/images/en/corp/features/birdcam2000/gallery/08_02/17_09__2000_08_02_fullcam1.jpg

Hear their birdcall:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/birdcam2000/index.shtml

I'll edit in more pics if I can find a good in-fligt shot...

Kurt_eh
12-15-2003, 11:59 PM
I love 'em

http://www.junglewalk.com/APics/623/70034.jpg

Kurt_eh
12-16-2003, 12:04 AM
http://www.ronausting.com/PergrineFlight72.jpg

http://www.ronausting.com/Peregrine5.jpg

grinner
12-16-2003, 05:15 AM
Those birds are always flying around my house... there are a bunch of them in western Michigan.

JadedLegend3
12-16-2003, 07:31 AM
Originally posted by Kurt_eh
Nah, he's a wildlife technician.

I grew up going to the "falcon farm" once or twice a month where the Canadian Wildlife Service was breeding Peregrine Falcons for release into the wild!

And most importantly, they got the Peregrine off the "endangered species" list!!!!


That is so awesome! And what a beautiful bird! I've always thought that falconry would be an interesting thing to get into, but those claws and beaks are a little disconcerting. LOL

Thanks for those pics!


Jacqui :love:

UTChick
12-16-2003, 10:34 AM
Great pics, Kurt eh!! I think my kids & I saw one hunting while we were on a walking trail - it was diving down to a pond. Just amazing!!