well, i went almost a whole entire week without posting on this blog. wow! i was extremely busy with work this week. i ended up putting over 10 hours of overtime in, 4 of which i won't really get paid for but....yeah....tues and wed of course were road school at purdue. i met several big wigs from INDOT and that was neat. then thurs and fri i was working with the corporate IT guy (from columbia, sc) on installing our server at work. in the midst of that, my boss had eye surgery, so i had to spend a lot of time thurs & fri getting a proposal out the door for him. this week was critical in changing my attitude about work. some weeks i feel that i wouldn't work overtime if my life depended on it, and this week i found myself enjoying being busy and needed.
last night there was a really big storm here. there were tornadoes SW & SE of us. on my way home from work last night at 7:00, just before sunset i attempted to capture the amazing cloud formations welling up over central IN. that's what all the pics represent.
today dave went with brad to ohio to tear down steve's carport and load it on to a trailer. next weekend phil & shan are tentatively planning to bring it out here and help set it up. i hope they do come out. i love spending time with them =) and finally, we will have a "garage" for dave to work in. he is sooooo excited!! and so am i!!!!!!!!!
we have had more indications from duke that they are less likely to buy our house any time soon. so we decided we are not putting our whole entire lives on hold for them anymore. no longer is dave going to do without a garage thinking that it would be a waste to put the carport up here for just a few months...no more are we going to get our hopes up about moving....no more are we going to put off having a family....*april fool's* sort of. we've been talking about it this week, but when it comes down to it i'm still scared and not sure i'm ready for a total life change. maybe this summer.............? that's a big MAYBE.
i have had a VERY productive saturday. i got up with dave at 4:30 and started on laundry, paid bills, balanced the checkbook, then i headed for the gym about 8:00. i had a great workout then showered and got ready there. i headed from the gym to the bank, and then to office depot to pick up copies of the proposal for work. then i stopped by the office, ate a WW meal, cleaned up a bit, printed a transmittal letter for the proposal and turned in my timesheet for the week. after that i went to target, picked up some pics and got a whole bunch of stuff we've been needin'. then i came home about 2:30, mopped, cleaned the bathrooms, did more laundry, etc. now it's 5:30. i want to vacuum but the vacuum smells really hot and gross when i run it and i'm afraid it's a fire hazard. i might wait to use it till dave gets home. he should be here in a couple hours.
it's funny how people in different situations can think that things are so bad, when they aren't. today i was in the target checkout line and there were a husband and wife there with a baby boy. they were talking. apparently the husband had just taken a new job. so the wife was telling the husband that he wasn't "allowed" to work overtime at his new job b/c she wanted him to come right home at 5 to be with her and rescue her from their son. she said the last hour (when he works till 6) kills her. well, while i can sort of relate with her b/c i remember how it was babysitting kids, i would get so tired of dealing with everything by the end of the days, etc., but yet i can not relate to her telling her husband NOT to work. that is not a very supportive thing to say. perhaps they really need that money. i don't know. i can see if he spent like 2-4 hours extra each night working. but 1 hr OT per day is pretty much expected in most offices that i've been in. people he works with would probably look down on him if he left right at 5 every day. they do me when i leave at 5. eventually that could cost him his job. they would think he wasn't "Commited". while i think all of that is BOGUS i know that you kind of have to play the whole game in corporate america. and i think it is terrible the way she was verbally putting down his hard work and efforts to support their family. in public, no less. i remember when we were first married and i was in school, i would often call dave at 5 and not leave him alone till he came home. now i see the error in my ways. i vowed to encourage and support him on our wedding day and that's what i intend to do. that includes leaving him alone at 5, letting him work his tail off to support us................i got sooooooooooooooo mad at that lady in target. i almost started yelling at her and telling her to appreciate her husband for trying to make a good life for them. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... maybe some of this anger comes from hearing a friend whine and complain about her husband working a lot when they really do need the money...............
anyhow, this next week looks to be pretty busy as well. monday morning i'm turning in the proposal in lafayette. i will be in lansing tues-thurs. friday phil & shan might come out. that's pretty much it for now. i better go figure out what's for dinner..... see ya later!
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