Little Things

I can’t believe that my day coworker signed up to work 20 hours straight because I have to go to the doctor.  That is a lot of hours and probably against the rules somehow.  What irritates me is that the night person should have been required to do it but she wasn’t.  She wants us to sign up for her time off but she NEVER signs up for anyone else’s time off other than a couple hours here or there.

I just signed up for 16 hours for her in January – why? Because I would rather work the extra time than have to listen to her bitch that no one signed up for it.  I don’t want to sign up for it but tell myself that it will be nice to have that little bit of extra money for my birthday in March since I won’t get paid for it until then.

The two times I’ve called in sick the past six months, she has made an excuse on why she didn’t answer her phone.  She knew she would be manditoried in for it if she did so she made someone else who had already worked a ton of hours do it.  The more I think about it, the madder it makes me.  She complains no one ever wants her hours and that isn’t it at all – no one wants to do her any favors when she won’t do any for them.  What goes around, comes around.

Still, the time I agreed to is clear off in January so no use worrying about it now.

On anther note – I’m suppose to go to Des Moines for a class later this month.  I have to come up with my own money for food even though they know how much they will reimburse me in the end – seems like they should be able to pay it out in advance.  But that is ok, I can wait for that.  What I don’t know about is the hotel.  They thought I was staying at a dorm thing near the meeting place but that is not what the confirmation letter says.  If they ask me to pay out for a hotel as well, then I won’t go because I can’t afford to do that.  If this is the way they are with their traveling crap, then I don’t want to travel.  The class is not manditory so I don’t care if I don’t go.

The class in December is mandatory and again, they are not paying me out for my food or gas in advance.  I have to drive back and forth to Davenport each day for five days.  This class is mandatory so I don’t have much choice with it.  It seems stupid to go to a week long class during the holidays…is it just me? I have holiday stuff to buy and mess with but they want me to fork out over a hundred dollars of my own money to send me to a class that they require me to go to.  Yes, I get reimbursed but not in time for Christmas…possibly not even until February.

Both these things make me think again that I need to find a different job away from the University.  I don’t like hassles – especially job hassles.  I like my job alright but am wondering if an 8-5 job wouldn’t better suit my needs in the long run.

Wishin

I am so wishing I had taken today off work so that I didn’t have to be back to work till next Saturday.  I know, one night won’t kill me and it will be good to get out of the house.  But, if I had my druthers, I would stay home.

Hopefully I will either get the urge to write this week since I’m off all week – or more of the books I have on reserve will come in so I have something to read.  I believe I have three more on reserve plus I picked up one yesterday when I returned the other books.  I’ll drop of the Navada Barr one on my way home from work tonight.

I still want to complain about spiders – I average killing two a day in my apartment…is that normal? I can’t believe all the spiders! Never saw this many down in Florida and that is a tropical climate! I just don’t get it – where are these damn, pesky archnids coming from?

On another note, yesterday was the first time Bennie was able to jump up on the couch.  He does it now all the time though he still has to try several times before he can make it up.  It is so cute – he seems so proud of himself when he makes it.  Course, Baxter isn’t happy about it because the couch use to be one of the places he could go that Bennie couldn’t bother him.  The other loveseat is a smidget higher so Bennie can’t get on that one  yet but it won’t be long now.  Bennie likes to jump up on the couch and sleep – something he wasn’t able to do before without being lifted up.  My couch pillows are no longer safe because he can reach them so likes to drag them down to the floor to chew on the corners. 

What a beautiful day out! Took the dogs on a nice walk earlier.  Had to run to the bank to wire money down to Sarasota to pay my car payment.  What was irritating about that was the bank told me when I opened my account that I could do it but never mentioned it cost $30 each time.  So I paid the $30 this time but won’t do that again.  How ridiculous! The computer does all the work so why the hell does it cost so much?

Anyway, that is all I can think to write about today.  Hopefully I will write more over the next several days since I’ll be off work.  I have to have the Novasure procedure done on Monday so will be off work recovering till next Saturday.  It is suppose to fix my iron problems – between that and thyroid pills anyway.  I sure hope so.  My doctor told me I’ll have so much energy I won’t know what to do with myself…would love for that to be true.

Winter Study

Yesterday, after my doctor’s apt and errands, I sat down to read the above titled book.  I had a little trouble with it at first so put it down for a bit and then started on it again.  The book is the latest by Navada Barr.  It is the same park as the book “Superior Death” only in this one, it is winter so things are a bit different.

The book is alright – not as good as the one where she went down into the cave but good.  I enjoyed learning about the park and think I’d like to visit it someday.  There was also a lot of information on wolves, their reaccliamation to the park and the ongoing wolf study they have been conducting the last 50 years.

The murder takes a long, long time to happen so that was a bit frustrating.  I like the other information, but I read her books for the mystery surrounding the murders.  Plus I didn’t like who got murdered in the book.  It kind of disappointed me that the one killed off would be the one who had gone through the most in her life and yet had survived.  It makes all the information about her life seem like a waste of time.  What was even more frustrating was that I had the book figured out BEFORE the murder was even committed.  I knew who was going to die, how they were going to die and who the killer was based on the first part of the book.  I’m afraid I like a bit more of a challenge.  Obviously the book was predictable.  I will admit I didn’t know the motive for the murder before the murder but figured it out right after it.

I recommend the book for the information on the park and the wolves.  The rest is not bad but not as good as I had anticipated when I got the book from the library.