You have GOT to be kidding me...

So the bad news just keeps pouring in.

While I was driving home from my annual dr. appointment this morning (if you are a male, be glad you don't have to go through that every year!) and on my way to get my nails done,  I received a phone call with more effing bad news. I think it's fair to say that I have hit my limit for bad news. NO MORE BAD NEWS PLEASE!

How can there possibly be a God and if there is, why does he hate me so much? I know things could be worse but I do have to say that I am a good person with good ethics and morals so how much shit do I have to take? I tell ya, the payoff better be REAL EFFING GOOD! At least my nails look nice. :-)

I think when I get off of my retail job tonight at 9, I will have to engage myself in some self-destructive behavior. I've earned it right???  ;-)

So, GOODBYE 2009, do not let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

I'm going to post a few pics in here of the good things of 2009 because I feel I should end on a positive note!

May 2010 bring us all the peace, love and happiness that we deserve. (unless you are evil!!!) ;-)

xoxo,
Cindie

Wednesday Hump Day Thought...

When a tube of mascara says "tested on animals" does that mean that they literally take the mascara and apply it to the animal's eyelashes?????????? Do they use animal tested eye make up remover to get it off????

Just sayin'?

xoxo,
Cindie

You are overqualified!

I hate those three little words! What defines someone as being overqualified? If they are willing to do the job, what the hell does it matter if they are overqualified? I am thankful that my retail job has given me a chance to create and develop a new career. I was totally shocked when they called me for an interview. I had no previous experience.  I took a pay rate of half of what I had been making as a teacher. They knew what I was making prior to joining their company and they still called for an interview. THANK YOU!  Aside from that job, every job I've interviewed for has told me that I'm overqualified. How can that be???? What defines me as such? I'm getting so aggravated with the job search. I am happy at my retail job. I'm feeling happy with my tutoring job, even though the commute is ridiculous. Now I need to figure out if I can support myself with just those two jobs. At this point, that would be ideal for me.

I spent my day being pissed off about some things. Unfortunately, I had three jobs to do today and I could not be in a bad mood for any of them. I had to put my anger aside. It wasn't too difficult because I was keeping busy. But as soon I was heading home tonight, my rage returned. LOL. I think I need to take it out on some machines at the gym tomorrow. Sorry machines.

On a lighter note, I have a funny story...

I was working tonight at retail job and the store was getting ready to close. I was running around putting the go backs away, straightening the tables, etc., etc. While I was doing this, I noticed a scent of BO. I was thinking, "What the hell??? Why do I smell? This is gross. I cannot let anyone get near me and smell me!!!" Every where I went in the department, the smell followed. It had to be me. I was the only one there. I just wanted to make it through the next hour or so and get home and rectify this horrific odor. I was in the back gathering some things and I heard a coworker from another department ringing up a customer. He had come over to help me recover the department and I guess a customer was there needing to pay for some things. After the customer walked away, my coworker asked, "Did you smell that?" OMG!!! I was HORRIFIED. Not only could he smell me, but he called me out on it!!! Damn it!!! I was completely embarrassed. So I said, "The BO?" He said, "Yes. That guy reeked!" Holy crap...it was the CUSTOMER who had the BO. It was so bad, it was lingering all over my department. I thought it was me! I told my coworker that I had been running around thinking I was the stinky one and it was the customer! What a relief! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I am going to go back to being pissed off. LOL.

Good night.

xoxo,
Cindie

Just another manic Tuesday...uh...tomorrow.

Hi Peeps!

Tomorrow I have a 10 hour work day divided into three different jobs: tutoring, admin assistant temping and suit selling.  YIKES. Good thing I have Wednesday off!!!

I was going to blog about my first two days as a Men's Suits Salesperson but I just got some sad news about a family member who passed away last night.

I hope you all had a great weekend and I'll try to give you a funny update tomorrow or Wednesday.


xoxo,
Cindie

It's Official!

I just OD on milk.I couldn't help it.

But really...what's official is that my retail job has gone from seasonal employee to permanent employee. Crazy, eh? Never in a million years would I have believed that I would be working in retail. It always scared me. But apparently the people with the power there felt I was good enough to keep on. While this doesn't enable me to stop working the 18 other jobs I have (exaggerating, it's really 3 other jobs), I will now be in a department that works on commission. For the holiday season, I was working in the Young Mens department. As of tomorrow I will be IN THE MENS SUITS DEPARTMENT!!!!! I put that in caps because I don't believe it myself yet. As a preschool teacher I worked with all women (except with Grandpa in SD but he conformed to all of us gals). Now, I am the only female in my area. What a switch. Except I will be working with men which is basically like working with children, right?? HEHEHE Just Kiddin' boys! But really, you can apply the same principles used in communicating with children when communicating with adults. You should try it. Soooooooooooo if you or someone you know is in the market for a Suit or Tux, let me know and I will tell you where to find me.:-)  We shall see where this new adventure takes me...

Well, I barely got home from work and I already have to be back at 9am this morning. I better try to get some sleep! Oh and after work it's a Whoop it up Cousin night....we're going to see ZEBRAHEAD. WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo,
Cindie

Opera Singing

Ok, here it is...a sample of singing opera style with children. I'm telling you, they love it! This is in reference to an early blog post from a week or two ago.

xoxo,
Cindie

P.S. I never said it was GOOD opera singing!

Giving Thanks

For the past couple of days I've been thinking about how I have spent a lot of time hating 2009 and no time on what good came out of the year. So I decided to take a few moments to document via my blog about what I am thankful for in 2009, even though I'm glad to see it go soon.

My family was given an amazing blessing in April this year. My niece, Audrey, was born. Sis-in-law had a really tough pregnancy and everyone in the family chipped in to help their young family get through it. We are all very grateful to have a beautiful, healthy baby girl added to the family.

My family and friends have been a huge support system for me. They've listened to me cry, vent and they even attended some of my pity parties.I have reconnected this year with family members and old friends who have always been important to me and I am so, so happy to have them back in my life, even if I don't see or talk to them everyday. I am very fortunate to have them!!!

My friends G and her Hubby have been very generous this year. I've been able to see them 4 times in 2009!!!!! I am VERY thankful for that. During my Texas visits, I met some really great new friends. Love all of you!!!!

I had a couple of visits with Aimz...we even went camping in our old spot...Carp! Great memories.

In addition to all of that, I have taken major steps in my own life to move forward and spend some time taking care of me. While I have much more to learn in this lifetime, I have become stronger and taken on challenges that I never thought I would be faced with. I have spent most of my adult life taking care of other people before taking care of myself. While I still very much enjoy helping others and being part of a support system for the people I love and care about, I am learning that I still need to take time for myself and get my needs met sometimes. I've taken on jobs that have required me to step out of my comfort zone and have had to find ways to succeed in those roles. I feel that so far, I've done a really good job at doing that. As far as my career is concerned, I am very excited to see what this coming year has in store and grateful that I had the the past 3 months to get started on my next career adventure.

Oh ya, I almost forgot...I've lost 60lbs this year! WoooooHoooo!

During some of my 2009 trials, I've been able to have a clear picture of who my friends are and have sadly had to learn about putting my guard up against those who are not. It takes a lot of strength to be able to do that. I thank the people in my life and the Good Lord for that strength. Even though I've been pretty mad at Him lately. I'm working on that!

I know that 2010 will not be magically perfect after having a bad year. But I accept that challenge. Bring it on! ;-)

Thanks for reading.

xoxo,
Cindie