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Jun. 30th, 2009 @ 06:06 am
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A brief update of substance before I hit the sheets.
I've been ignoring LJ in favor of my actual life (such as it is). I had the parents visit me for a few days recently. It was nice. Didn't get to spend as much time with them as I'd have liked, since I didn't have enough notice from them to take time off. Such is life.
I found out from Bill that the classes do indeed count as time and a half (and I verified this on a paystub). I don't know where Sherman got the idea, but it sure hit a nerve. I get paid little enough, I want to be sure I can milk it for all it's worth.
I have to go to two classes tomorrow (today, in a few hours, actually. Ugh!) and then to work a close shift. I don't mind the long day, but I do mind that I have to be off of the clock for a completely useless two hours in the middle of the day in order to prevent overtime. What the fuck am I supposed to do with two hours in the middle of a workday? It's not enough time to go home and do anything. I'm tempted to go out and have a late lunch at Sweet Tomatoes (across the street from where I work). But of course, that costs money. And I don't like to spend what I don't have.
I have more stuff to post about, but none of it's terribly important. I'll do a larger one of these (or at least one or two more with some actual substance) at some point during my time off over the next few days.State Of Mind:  rushed What's Playing: Freestylers - Don't Stop |
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I haven't been at my desk much lately.
Mostly because my parents drove down (1,300 miles!) to visit me for a few days. My mom suffers pretty badly from "empty nest syndrome", and really misses me. It was good to spend some time with them again.
My dad helped me put a replacement alternator into my car. With his hands (mine are large enough to have problems reaching into the tighter spaces) and tools, it was actually pretty easy. $160 was a lot more palatable than the $277 the mechanic quoted me. Honestly, the biggest pain in the ass was getting the serpentine belt on after it was installed. That really takes two people.
My father also found a junkyard with a replacement wiper arm, so my driver's side wiper arm is no longer flopping around like it was for a while now.
Eating out with them a few times with my folks was probably the best I've eaten in a good two months, possibly a lot longer. I actually feel good now. I wonder how long that'll last once I'm back to eating little but rice?State Of Mind: indescribable What's Playing: Red Hot Chili Peppers - On Mercury |
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