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Hello Happy New Year folks! Since my last post my family came down to visit with my sister and nephew this time. I'm glad they were able to all come and had fun. They stayed at a hotel this time and I understand why.
We've been busy nonstop since before my family came down. My mother-in-law had a party, then my family came and then Christmas and New Year came. We also got sick with a strain with COVID-19 since both my husband and I lost taste and smell. It took about a week for it to go away and so we stayed indoors during New Year's and a bit after to get better.
After we got better, we had a freeze and during this freeze we decided to bring in two kittens from outside. We named them Buddy and Pippin since they were born in Sept 2024. We knew Ms Buddy would not make it through the cold since she was very skinny. We finally found a home yesterday for them since then and we're both a little sad but happy for them. We're about to have another freeze or cold weather this week and hopefully the rest of the outdoor cats stay under our house to keep warm or the houses that stay warm that we got for them. Also we decided to take a plumbing class and we're about to finish it. We only have 2 Saturdays to go and one of them being our graduation day.
This year we decided to have another theme in our lives. Last year it was simplicity and we will extend this theme for this new year. The other theme we added is Self Care. Whatever makes us get better with our health or make us feel better about ourselves, we will do. It can be visiting a massage place once a month, the Dr office for a checkup, playing a video game or an arcade, anything that relaxes us and distresses us and makes us feel better about ourselves.
I'll start exercising next month and maybe do something about an issue I don't like that I have. I know my hubby has a few things he would like to take care of as well. We'll see how these things go for us. I also just thought about capturing certain notes or messages that I've been wanting to add my 2 cents to. Basically write my experiences from them and it's purely cause I want to get back to writing. For example my next post in a later tIme will be about the below. Hope you guys like it and understand my words. Until next time and post.
11/13/2024:
Since my last post, many things have happened, as always. I'm not sure if I mentioned in any of my posts that my supervisor added me to a list of promotions. I was happy when she told me this and well it was a long wait and process. At the end of last month, I got the news and got promoted to Senior agent. I got noticed my actions and that is why I was added to the list. I didn't do anything different with any of my actions and I just keep asking questions and writing notes down of changes. I also got my certificate from a course my supervisor signed me up for called Lean Six Sigma, which I never heard of before this but it's very educational in learning how to break down a problem with different methods to get to a solution. There are different levels of this Lean Six Sigma, but I got my Yellow Belt Certificate.
My husband also got a job at the beginning of this month. We both were taking an Electrical class our community pantry church provides. It showed us the basics of installation of outlets, GFCI outlets, wiring and a bit more of that. We took it towards the middle of September and it ended in the beginning of November and we went every Saturday for it. We graduated and got a certificate for it and at the same day, my husband got offered a job from one of our instructors. It's something out of his norm and he has been wanting to get out of the IT field and go into a different career path. The IT field has not been stable and it may continue from what he has seen. This will be a great new path for him and he just needs to adjust to it. So since then I've been home alone and still working from home. They also offer a plumbing class there and we are planning on taking it when available again. It doesn't hurt to learn new skills especially that will help around the house.
Since he got a new job, our schedule has changed when we wake up and the tasks we do around the house before I clock in. We wake up earlier during the week and go to sleep earlier. Our stray cats do still get attended to and some do still show up. We have noticed that some have not come by much or at all. Calypso, Drox, Sherbet, TJ and Cleo have left the crowd and it makes me sad every time I look out our windows and not see them. We also gained kittens from Salt, 4 total, and Pepper also 4 total, and their mother Callie had 5 total. As of last night, we finally saw Juniors' kittens and she had 3 total. Indoors we gained another kitten which was Salts' baby and we named her Mittens. She's happy, healthy and at times a troublemaker. We got 6 cats total now indoors and that is our limit. Alas, they get attended earlier than before and before bedtime as well.
Since we wake up early, I have some time before I clock in to work. I decided to make a list of things I want to organize around the house and do. So far I have done 4, if not 5 tasks completed that were on my list. There are more, but some will need to wait for the weekend for my husband to help. Not only that I have decided to make and sell calendars with the photos I took. I did it last year and decided to do it again and I got people already asking to buy a copy. I'm hoping we can travel more than we did this year, but next year. I didn't get to photograph much this year, nor mainly had the ambition and I don't want to loose that. I need to find ways and places to use my drone and get better photos with it. I'm also hoping that we can do something different and big next year for our anniversary. It will be our 10 year one and I want it to be special. We shall see how the new year goes. Until next time, which might be the new year!
6/23/24:
So it's been a good while. I'm better from my surgery and it's been 8 months. I had a follow up appointment with my Dr and that's what I might have left off with on my last post. Everything is still good and I do have scars, but now I got leftover flub there. I'm thinking of working out that area and starting sometime in August or September of this year and doing it for a year. I gotta find the right workout exercises for that.
My sister and nephew came to visit me in December and had a great time. We showed them around, of course, and they looked and felt more relaxed than ever before. I hope they come visit more often now that they see that they can come and see me and actually not need to worry.
Happy New Year by this point and well, work is work. I actually can say that I love my job. I never really could say that before. The only time my mind hates it is when I get placed in a specific queue since a coworker never puts comments of the actions they have done. I always need to read their responses and what they have mentioned to the customers previously and that can take awhile. Even though I started off in this queue and learned the actions I do now in other cases, but comments on the actions you have done are crucial in our department and mainly with the type of cases/accounts we handle. Maybe it will nip it in their butt of not adding comments one day. I also am the only one who is adding or working on a guide for those type of accounts for others and putting my heart or soul in it and nothing from others, yet I'm not included in crucial meetings as well. Hopefully they notice that sooner or later that they should include me in these meetings , but we shall see how that goes and that it will backfire on them one way or another.
Recently I also was told and my coworkers as well, that I was the reason they made a club called the "Hundo Club". Meaning that if someone got 100% on their call grades for the whole month then you're in this club. Yes, I've been on this club since August and quite honestly longer than that. I was the same way in the last department I was in, always getting 100% on my calls/cases. I do with what I got trained with and add any new material as well. It's not that hard and when you see points were deducted that shouldn't have been, then defend yourself to get that back and throw the proof you found of it too. I've done it and got my points back. Now my supervisor is wanting the rest of the team to get into this club. I bid them good luck but that's the pressure they're not used to and shouldn't have been done. With this club and just other things being viewed, I've gotten points accumulating through the months and then for the quarter. This last time of points I almost fainted since our supervisor pushed for each of us to give us the max we could get and that was a lot of points. Lets just say that we were able to afford to get another electric litter box cause of my points, plus some accessories. Thinking of checking into Southwest gift cards or a cruise for us. Something for us to look forward to.
Other than this my husband got let go from his job around the end of January. Since then he's been getting unemployment and also studying to get his certifications up to date and others to get a better job. He has worked his butt off thus far and some job leads, but nothing grasping from the employers. I just pray he gets a job that's worth and sees his worth, time and better pay than his last one. We shall see what he gets soon.
My parents did come to visit and surprised me again. We had the talk of not surprising us cause it just stresses us out with organizing the house for them in less than an hour of being notified. Also what if something happens to them along the way, then what? They understood and they said they won't do it again. Lets also see if that happens.
We are now crazy cat lady and guy. We take care of all the strays in our area of our home. We got a total of 30 cats or over 30 since if you want to include their kids haha. We got 10 kittens roaming our properties and underneath our house, with their monsters of course. We only got 5 cats of our own indoors and 2 dogs, but they all have a spot in my heart and don't mind it at all.
We also decided to go and do Ancestry boxes. We shipped them about a week ago and we will see when we get our results. I just hope I don't get any bad news of half siblings or anything like that. I wouldn't know how to handle that type of news.
11/6/2023:
Hello folks! So on Oct 13, I had my surgery scheduled and done to remove my Fibroids. In total they weighed 10 lbs in which it made sense as to why physically it looked like I was 5-6 months pregnant. I had a Robotic Myomectomy surgery done and I'm just glad I had it and done it when I got the chance to. I'm also glad that my parents and husband were there. At one point they said I lost a lot of blood and needed blood and I had to spend a night at the hospital in which I'm glad my husband stayed with me. I had no strong pain through it all and once I got home, I didn't have to take much prescribed medications at all. Possibly once or twice I took Tylenol and that's when I felt I may have had a fever or very minor pain. I never had to sleep all day or be stuck in bed all day. I decided to sleep in my bed with my husband and not in the living room on the couch.
My job and their absence company was very flexible with me to start on being on a Short Term Disability for a month while already being away. My Dr suggested for me to take that long off of time to heal from all this. Not only did he get rid of the Fibroids, but he said I had a case of Endometriosis as well and took care of that too, during my surgery. I'm grateful for Dr Garza and all that he did for me. I would totally recommend him to anyone who may need to be examined or surgery. I did have to be examined several times by other Drs and an MRI with contrast and ultrasounds in and out. I'm just glad things were able to be located and just transferred in order for me to not go through those experiences again. Some were unpleasant since well I don't like needles. At the end of it all I'm glad I went through it and just getting back to normal and now need to keep an eye out on myself and especially during my periods and monitor any signs of this again.
During my follow up appointment with my Dr I did ask to see if there was any way to prevent both conditions from happening again and sadly he said no. Previously I looked up if there were any diets or any vitamins I can be taking or doing and there was so much conflicting information. There was mention of taking fish oil, reducing red meat, eating more fruits and vegetables, eating grains or just going vegan/vegetarian. The only change I have done so far is just adding krill and omega-3 pills and found one that was combined. I also read that both conditions or at least the Fibroids are due to hormonal imbalance and so I guess I need to determine if mine were about that and currently still happening and a way to control or balance them. I don't know, but I know it will bother me for a good while and if there's a way for me to take care of myself in order for them to not return. I'll just continue to eat healthier and heal more since I know my body is still adjusting from it all and probably in shock from knowing it got more room now ironically. I just know that I'll just need to adjust to it all and see how things will go.
5/21/2023
Hello folks! Its been awhile since the last time I typed in this thing. Since the last post, a lot of things have changed here. I believe I did mention that I applied for another department and possibly was waiting to see if I got hired by them or not. Well, I got hired!! I already went through training and have been out of it for like 2 months. The work has been confusing, but I am learning a lot of new things every day. It was a blessing in disguise with being hired because I was expecting to be taking calls once I was done with training, but that’s not the case. First I got hired during this upgrade which made this department I’m in shut their phone lines because of how many emails we have in backlog. Currently, we are still working on that and no phone calls yet. I suspect by the end of May and or into the middle of June is when we MIGHT get our phone line on and running again. Why I say might like that is because of another surprise that came to me, well, us as a whole team. Since we’ve been doing this all without phone calls coming in, then it may seem we will be a complete offline department forever. Another blessing in disguise is that I thought I would be taking calls, but once I was told that I was in specific team within this team, this team does not take calls. I was dumbfounded by this and happy at the same time. It makes me very happy, on top of recent news that we might just totally be offline all is aligning perfectly since I got hired.
Due to the backlog and being offline, we were given incentives due to the overtime we all been given and told we needed to do. We have gotten a lot of incentives and some have helped with us here in buying things we have been needing to get to fix the house. Sadly by the end of this month, those incentives will be over, but we will still be able to do overtime, in which I have been doing during the week. I tried a couple of times doing overtime during the weekend, but that just didn’t cut it for me since it took me away from my husband and just having time to relax. So I just do over time during the week for 2 hours or so after my shift is over. Also, my husbands shift has changed tremendously to a crappy one from 12 pm to 9 pm while mine is what I had previously before I changed departments. So its been hard on us to have any relaxing time during the week with each other. We try to work things out due to it during the weekends, but errands get in the way as well.
Speaking of incentives, I decided to treat myself to getting a new camera and some accessories with my “pay raise” and the incentives I’ve been receiving and points from work. I upgrade it and now I have a Nikon Z50! I will still keep my old camera, but I already enjoy this new one and its extra features it has. I also just recently just purchased a domain name for my website. This was just sudden, but pricing and time was right. My website needed an upgrade anyways and I deserved a new toy as well.
Guess who’s back, back again?! -facepalm- my sister-in-law and her family are back living in Texas again. They apparently were not happy in Kentucky and decided to move back. They are not living with us currently, so that’s a relief for us. I believe they were attempting to contact us prior to ask us if they can stay with us again, but mother-in-law advised them otherwise. So far, I guess they are doing good living with my mother-in-law, but mother-in-law is now starting to see what we were telling her prior of them, so I’m glad she is now seeing it. You got to experience it to understand it of course.
I also have decided to work on my health. About 2 1/2 years ago I decided to go visit a doctor to do my yearly checkups because at the time I was thinking of leaving the company I currently work for due to the fact of my mental health just not able to bare it and almost broke me. I don’t like doctors and needles, mind you through all this I’m going to say. With this in mind, I thought finally, let me just get what I need done and leave. That appointment just threw me a curve ball in my life. I was told that I have Fibroids and one as big as a grapefruit size, with others smaller than the main large one. My heart sank. I knew something, prior to this, was going on with me and I didn’t know what it was. Then I was recommended one Doctor that I saw and then this Dr was leaving the practice and recommended me 3 other Drs. After seeing the last Dr then, life just got in the way and didn’t do much about it, plus it didn’t sound urgent by either Drs. Now, in April 2023, I took the courage to see one of the Drs recommended to me to only tell me that I shouldn’t be at his clinic since he can’t do much for me, surgery wise and the alike. He is more of a fertility Dr, if we were interested in doing that differently due to this news. So this Dr recommended me a surgeon and well I’m glad I’m doing all this now since its aligning with life now and work too oddly enough. Either way, this Dr examined me again and asked for images and as of now they have been done. She totally recommended me to see this other Dr that uses robots to do the surgery. I already have an appt scheduled for this other Dr. Now, I just need to wait and do the consultation in July and see when this can all be behind me. I will definitely need to tell my parents when I see them in July, all of this. That won’t be taken lightly by them since there will be tears during it. At least I don’t need to have a hysterotomy, the bright side of this all. Told some of my friends at work and they have been through this of removal, so I’m glad I told them just for a heads up of course, but they did tell me their stories and they were positive of course. Everything is aligning perfectly... which usually doesn’t happen. I fear that, too perfect. I hope I’m overreacting with this. Yes, I think I am.
2/13/23:
So this is going to be a short post. I am off today from work since I got some errands to do around the house, plus needed a mental health day away from work. The company went through a system upgrade and it's been a nightmare. Yes anything new will have its glitches and data to gather and fix, but I just needed to get away. So I did get the position I applied for and will possibly start next week with training.
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15 Important Life Lessons
1. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Learn to laugh at your mistakes.
2. Life is too short to waste it on resentments, bitterness or grudges you’re holding against others.
3. You don’t have to win every argument and fight. Sometimes it’s OK to just agree to disagree.
4. Make peace with your past - then let it go, and move on.
5. Choose to go after what brings you happiness.
6. Don’t compare yourself to others.
7. It doesn’t really matter what others think about you. Just live your own life and be true to who you are.
8. Life isn’t always fair – but sometimes good things happen, too.
9. Ignore difficult feelings, and keep taking the next step.
10. Ask for what you want.
11. Don’t suffer in silence. Reach out for support.
12. Everything changes.
13. Be willing to experiment and try something new.
14. The most important thing is to love and be loved.
15. Believe that the best is yet to come.
1/29/23:
So, the last time I posted on here we just got back from a 10 day vacation from seeing my parents. I didn't say much of what happened during it because I didn't want to post a long post basically. We had fun while up there since I got to spend it with my family, but it was mainly my parents and nephew. Briefly my sister showed up for like a total of 10 mins throughout our visit. She got mad for certain things we shouldn't have done towards her new dog. All we did was bathe the poor pup since we thought he was constipated and gave him dentastixs and yet both actions we did were horrible to her. I wanted to get a bit closer to her this year and well get along, but nope went the other way completely. I think by this point I decided to just stay away from her and her husband. I tried my best to help and anything we did was wrong. I even already bought tickets for us to visit again for the 4th of July and let her know by messenger and no reaction and response from her at all. I know where I stand here and I'll make it ok for now. I just hope this doesn't affect my time or relationship with my nephew in any way when visiting. He simply has more time when we are visiting and hangs out with us more anyways.
Another thing that I mentioned previously is that I wasn't going to be afraid to apply for other positions at the company I work for. Well that happened and I have applied and gone through 2 interviews for one position and now I'm waiting for them to decide which is very hard to do since they told me that they were trying to decide immediately or fill it immediately. Well this last interview was on Wednesday and I haven't heard anything from them yet. I just hope I hear something from them whether I got picked or not for it. It would be rude and cruel if I don't get told anything at all. The last interview I went through I got told that I wasn't getting the position, so at least it was told to me that I didn't get it. So I'm currently just waiting till Wednesday to see if I got it or not.
Besides this new step at work, the only reason I'm doing that step is solely due to me feeling that I'm being overlooked at work with tasks. I have helped others as best as I can, by giving out articles that will explain the answer I gave, but it just doesn't seem enough to others. It's all basically favoritism now by my views there and so I need to move on. If I don't get this position I'll try another and shadow other departments and see if I can do what they do and apply again. So we shall see.
I'm also trying to figure out a side gig or hobby for myself. I've been looking for 30 day challenges for my drone to get used to it and well make a hobby into it somehow. I might just use challenges that are out there for photography and just use my drone with it instead. I also thought of making calendars using my one photos from Austin and Chicago. Maybe one about bridges in Austin and then another about landscapes that interest me or are famous from both cities. Then I wonder if many people still use actual calendars nowadays. Anywho I need to find a hobby that allows me to work my photography skills again and what subject I love.
Recently we got new stray cats that we had to take care of. One of them actually let us pet him and so we let him in. We already got him checked and he's well. We figured we would be able to keep him, well my husband did, but I was honest to him and said I didn't want to take care of another cat to attend to. We already have 2 dogs and 3 cats and I tend to them daily mornings and with help at night. Currently I have tended to the new cta we named Tony at times. So far he has been to himself and is healing and caring, purs loudly, but has chased all 3 of our cats already when they didn't even approach him. I already said that he needs to find a home before we got him checked out and I think my husband understood then and now. So a friend of ours will help in finding him a home. I just hope he goes to a good home and good people and that is bringing him in didn't scare the rest of the cats we took care of away. We barely have been not seeing the majority of the stray cats that have come around plenty of times before and that in itself is making me sad. Hoping that they are well and alive of course. We are due to bad weather tomorrow with freezing rain and temperatures, so hopefully it's not another actual freeze like 2 years ago. This is all I got so far so good night and until next time!
Things that can Destroy your Motivation
1. Not having goals. You can’t reach your goals if you don’t know what they are.
2. Choosing goals that don’t inspire you. You won’t be able to keep on going if the prize at the end doesn’t really matter to you.
3. Expecting immediate results. Anything worthwhile is a battle and a struggle. It takes times and effort to bring about a change.
4. Lack of support. We all need someone to believe in us and to be our cheerleader when we start to feel discouraged.
5. Not believing in yourself. As Henry Ford so wisely said: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
6. Feeling bored. Most success involves a lot of humdrum work, and repeatedly doing the same kind of stuff. But each day brings you closer to achieving what you want.
7. Inaction and laziness. You have to work the plan before the plan will work … and dreams are only dream till you turn your thoughts to actions. Also, it’s crucially important that you manage your time well, and you don’t get distracted or procrastinate.
8. Being around negative people. There are plenty of people who only see the flaws, and whose eyes are on the problems, and the absence of solutions. If you hang out with them, you will lose your zest and passion, and your positive outlook will soon be undermined.
9. Comparing yourself to others. We each are individuals, and we start from different places; we all face our challenges, and work at different rates. Remember “it’s your journey”. Be patient with yourself.
10. Encountering setbacks. No matter how great your plans, or your level of commitment, you’re bound to face some setbacks and encounter obstacles. That’s a normal part of growth – just keep going when life’s tough.
1/4/2023:
Well Happy New Year everyone!! It's odd that I'm not mistaken the year there and needing to retype it. We're all here, in this new year and it feels the same. I'm sure some of you have made goals for yourselves this new year and at times I have in the past, but we all know we break these goals within a week to a month because life gets in the way. Like I said, I have myself made goals in the past, but forget to complete or even start them, so why bother right?
Well, I was able to see my family during the Christmas holidays and we had fun while there. I think I will need to cut ties with my sister in all honesty since her logic in parenting and life in general is just not normal or logical basically. We have tried to help her in the past and done good gestures with her and their new pet dog, but nothing we do is right. It's sad to say all this, but I was hoping to get closer to her somehow this new year, but that went out the window fast. So alas, don't help family when it comes to any type of help they need.
My "goals" or accomplishments for this new year is to keep my guard up, help others who really appreciate you in what you do for them and you'll know whom that will be with actions or words, maybe try for another department at my job and not have fear in applying to it or any, eat better (already in progress), don't dread in heading to work (currently in progress haha) and somehow make it a positive view with it daily, let my work stress be handled some other way after work hours, get a side gig going somehow for more income, work on the property again, garden or something outside more, and just have fun when I can.
Been off from work for 10 days because of vacation and seeing my family during the holidays. I'm literally dreading heading back to work tomorrow. I just might go back to see them for the 4th and make it happen somehow. Maybe in between all of this mess, finish off painting the master bathroom and kitchen along with all the trimming and doors painted white. Yeah, some new goals or chores list to accomplish this new year. Hopefully we can travel more as well since we know we can trust a great friend of ours to house and pet sit. I got a lot of things going through my mind that I might have to research during work hours, if I remember. Hopefully I can remember how to work tomorrow haha! Until next time folks!
11/6/2022
So, my birthday came and went and I haven’t been able to redo my friends gathering at all. Everyone just decided to do other things and I tried to introduce it again at times, but life just happens. One of my friends/co-worker moved to a different department already, another that was going to be part of the gathering was sick and then went on vacay and the other co-worker just has anxiety and doesn’t even bother to come and pick up her daughters card I got for her since we share the same birthday.
Work has been ok I guess. I see too many unfairness with some getting other tasks and certain positions that I don’t think they should’ve gotten. Not to sound mean, greedy and jealous, which of course all these next words will sound like that, but are not. Anyways, I see a lot of favoritism happening at work. I see one person got “promoted” to a position that was never advertised, but yet they claim it was there and she applied and got it; to which I call Bullshit. Why? Because I asked and I was told that they applied to it and got it, yet I never saw that post for that position and, I was told this, that new job positions are added and kept on the board for 5 days. I checked every other day or so of other job positions and never saw that one posted. So, I let that pass. Yet I see other tasks given to others but yet they do those tasks wrong or have been prior to being given the tasks, but yet seniority is the card that I see them play to get to those tasks and be in project for the whole day somehow. Yet 2 others are in the same position of project (meaning not taking one single call all day and monitor chat groups) all day and do nothing. I only ever see them “help” is prior to lunch hour and after. I just don’t get it, its all shenanigans with this and it just doesn’t sit well with me at all. I go above and beyond to do everything by the book and procedures and what do I get? Nada. I do help with training new hires and this has been happening since May or June of this year, just being shadowed and vice versa. I’m proud to help others when I can and give then tricks and tips, but if I’m looked at being trustworthy of doing this task, wouldn’t you think I can handle doing other tasks that are or seem minor and help the team? I’m sure of it, but nope. This is why I am looking elsewhere with a different department and hopefully I can before next August comes. I got hired 2 years ago in August, so its my goal to get out before I hit a 3rd year being in the same rut.
Our guest bathroom is 90% complete. The walls are painted, the toilet has been changed, cabinets are painted as well and all we need is to change the vent and possibly a new electrical socket of sorts. Hallways are 95% done with being painted since I did notice I missed a few spots. Master Bathroom is next and in the works. So far some of the walls are painted, cabinets as well, and mirrors. I still need to change the countertops in both vanities and update the lighting fixtures as well and finish some wood wallboards they started previously. I would like to do the floor too, but that might be down the road later and not that important now. After that bathroom is done, then it will be the kitchen since there’s not much walls to paint and then all the trimming in the house to be painted white. That will take awhile on its own.
I finally converted my work points into Amazon codes and bought myself a DJI Air 2S Drone to expand my photography skills with it. I’ve only flown it twice since I got it because I need to get used to it. I fear it cause of how fast it goes and fear of losing it. My husband on the other hand loves it and knows how to take care of it or control it. I just hope I get more points soon at work for all the shadowing/training I have been doing so I can get myself another reward like that without wasting my actual personal money. My next goal is to get or upgrade my camera to a Nikon Z50 digital camera with 2 Nikkor z DX 16-50mm and 50-250mm VR lenses along with buying a adaptor mount to use my other lenses I already have with this new camera. We shall see if I can make this happen before I go to another department. Today we updated the layout of the guest room with 2 beds in it in case my family decides to randomly show up with kid at tow, but I doubt it. I will be going to see them with my husband in December for Christmas for a little over a week. I’m hoping I get to finish painting all these rooms and renovations before we go and visit them. I feel like I don’t want to be dealing with painting the next new year, but we shall see. We got a couple of days off coming up in November and hopefully we get majority of the master bath done with paint.
Other than all this nothing has changed. Sister-in-law finally spoke to us, her girls on the other hand nope and they finally moved to Kentucky. My husband wants to change his eating habits, but for the both of us since its hard to do anything of that sorts on your own of course. He wants to exercise and go low carbs, but he always gets like this on certain times of the year cause he fears he won’t stick around too long and fears of leaving me with burdens. I get it, I really do, but he always reverts back as well or speaks of it and nothings done or starts for a week and reverts back. I don’t mind helping and being part of it, I just hopes he sticks with it this time. Get more exercise and the alike, so we shall see since I proposed walking the dogs twice a week since the weather has been pleasant nowadays. Any who, that’s all that’s been happening here and my thoughts and plans. Until next time folks.
9/15/22:
So 2 1/2 months later and they have moved out. I believe it was a week or 2 after my last post that my sister-in-law and her 2 girls moved out and back with their memaw and back to their home they sold. As ironic as it is, you get what you pay for. You get to see the transition and changes to the house you sold and could have fixed yourself. I'm just glad that they left and I don't have to walk on eggshells with them in my own household.
Since then we have been relaxing and fixing up our house with small house projects here and there. We completed the guest bathroom with paint and adding cabinet handles. We are just waiting for help with switching the vent and replacing the toilet. Previously to that, I have "finished" the hallway and part of the wall close to the front door. I still have some parts or corners I need to tackle or parts close to the ceiling and I think I will complete those once I tackle the trimming. The trimming will be totally past to this house since it's going to be retouched in white. This coming weekend I will start working on our master bathroom and painting the walls. After that I think the cabinets and trimming on the mirrors and when possible after that update the light fixtures and outlets with some USBs in them and the light covers too.
My birthday came and went and my parents weren't able to come this year due to my mom or parents having doctor appointments. I understand that, but it still made me sad that they couldn't make it. For the past 3 yrs, if not 4, they were able to surprise me in visiting and staying for a week. I did get gifts from my family so at least that happened.
My husband did tell me to make a small gathering with some of my friends from work, but they all couldn't make it in the last minute. One had a small mini vacation planned with her husband already, then another has COVID and the other person had a family emergency. So no one came on Saturday before my birthday. I did want to go to a gun range or a movie, but there was nothing good out with reasonable times for a movie and gun ranges most of them want you to bring your own gun to shoot. We don't have a gun. So all that was out of the picture. A HS friend of my husbands came by on Sunday to hang out and my mother-in-law did show up as well. So nothing exciting happened, as you can tell. I did finally get my haircut that weekend too and we were able to trim tons of bushes in our front yard as well. Alas, nothing too exciting happened like I said.
Recently I did purchase a DJI Air 2s drone with my points that I earned at work. I converted them to gift cards and my new toy will be in soon. I will use it to expand my photography skills and maybe if it's successful use it as a side gig, who knows. We also were able to visit a 9/11 memorial and took some photos of that. I have added those photos in my Facebook Digital Blu page.
Speaking of work, it's still the same. Being shadowed from time to time since they're massively hiring for preparing on some events that been occuring. Yet I feel as if I need to re-evaluate my position or been told to in order to see if I can get a promotion and raise. I still don't understand why certain individuals got selected to be in the position that they are, which is just observing chats and expediting things for us. Not sure just feel like just staying out cause there's no reason to get promoted and such. They don't look at the person and how hard they work or do things right, so why bother. My husband feels the same with his job, but hopefully in this other position that might exist or become perm for him he might be able to transfer for it. Hopefully we both either start to like our jobs again or some changes occur. We shall see. Until next time folks!
7/1/22
Well, its a new month already. Again, things have changed within this household. There will be no fireworks being popped from this family unfortunately. The weather is not good for that sort of thing and we don’t have a spot to do it at. Either way, we won’t be doing that in this family.
Other setback have occurred. Since the other side of the family moved in with us, things went down hill after a month or so of them being there. Yes, they were well mannered children and did their chores, but then they just stopped or did them late and just talked back. They never listed to us, the head of the household and stated that we gave them too much to do. We only gave them 3 chores to do, ever. Clean their room, do the dishwasher and take out trash. Everything was either not done at all or done late, but mainly not done. So, the mother will advise them to do it and solely her and they paid attention to her. Arguments occur, stories were changed, and things just faltered. We got told to have discussions or family meetings about this or that and yet, when we tried to do so it just thrown out the window the next day on what we agreed on.
We simply just can’t live walking on eggshells anymore. No one can. If your attitude and rules change from one day.. heck one hour to the next and we are not told of these changes and then get scolded about them.. what the heck?! That’s no way of living. I gave a roof over these kids heads to only get disrespected in the end including by the mother? Nope, nice try trying to be the alpha in MY household. Don’t make decisions while you’re angry. Let it simmer a little, at least a day. That is how my husband and I have been living, in our own house! So, its the end of it all. I just hope its the end of it all and this weekend, they do move out without trying to change our minds in the process.
Their issue is their attitude and impulse on reacting with your emotions. it always been the mother, now that we got to take a look at it. The girls following on the same steps. The boy and father are fine through our eyes. They are not going nowhere if that’s how they’re going to react due to their feelings. Just hoping its the end of it and I only say this cause of a hang out we are going to have with my mother-in-law and I’m sure its going to be discussed of what happened. She always falls to the side of the “victim” and the actual victim or simply in one ear and out the other type of situation. Not sure how this hang out will go, but at this point my husband has said that he wants a new family and just not deal with any one of them anymore. There’s no point in struggling through any of this family drama from any side of it. I’m not happy in my household and that saddens me. It needs to change and it will change now.
Happy 4th of July everyone and stay safe!
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5/13/22:
It's been 6 months since I last wrote in here. A new year has come and have been here for that long and yes many things have changed since then. I literally had to read the last post I did just to know exactly where I left everyone at. Almost a cliffhanger as we call it by this point, to all whom been reading this and still wondering. The fight between son and mother passed and we figured out what needed to be done of course, by now. I can't say for certain about the sister to sister situation since it's all been wishy washy situation or at least to my point of view, so I will leave it as that for now.
As for the house situation. My sister-in-law decided to move her family to Kansas since her mother-in-law offered her house free to them. Which is why their house was on sale and a buyer backed out in literally the last day of closing or the day before. That totally devastated everyone in the family for them. My husband, my mother-in-law and myself decided that it wasn't fair for that to happen, let alone for their stuff to be packed up and some already at Kansas, and so we bought the property.. my husband and I did. They would like to keep it in the family and well, they want to leave and we didn't want them to have another bump on the road to push them back on their plans. We bought the property and off they went. And so my mother-in-law decided to move in the house. Everything was moved quickly of hers to that house and then ours as well into her house. She let is have this house, her house, as ours and we made arrangements of bills and such regarding the houses. This whole plan moved quickly and everything was moved in quickly but slowly as well, mainly with our furniture. Alas at this point we have been settled for 2 months or so on our own, again finally, everything in its place.. our place, just the two of us.
They were in Kansas for roughly 2 months or so and started to fix the house they were given... "given". Everyone was fixing their own house to make it their own. Color changes, furniture was moved in its place and life adjustments were beginning to be a routine and turning into schedules. I'm getting better at my job to the point that I decided to interview for another department and did, but didn't make the cut. I'm getting fed up with my department, but will suck it up a bit more and gain more experience and try again as I told them. It's an offline department that doesn't take any calls at all; a dream position at this point for me. My husbands department is now thinking of moving them to another by at some point in July and he will be taking calls. My parents surprised me as well with a visit in April and stayed for a week. Alas we get to the present and our lives changed again.
It's been at least 2 months on our own if not 3 and we've been settled in. We get a bad news and a couple of calls. My sister-in-law and her family need to move back due to circumstances that they could not control. Her mother-in-law, as nicely as I can put it, is crazy person and hoarder that was mentally abusing them all. They had to go! And now the kids are living with us in the extra rooms and their parents in the RV my father-in-law was given several months back. More arrangements have happened and the property we bought next door is where they're going to stay for more than 3 months until they can afford to purchase a tiny house of sorts and with other news from the city that will allow them to move forward in matter of hours. At that point I got extremely annoyed and mad. Why couldn't we get that information when we asked for it, when we wanted to get a house in that property. I'm happy that they got the information for their life situation to have hope and able to move forward, but extremely annoyed. I guess it's best for us that it didn't work out and we have no house payments to the point in being in debt since our other houses taxes have risen and now we just don't have any bonus money coming in to us now. I just hope everything works out for us and them and that taxes get lowered soon or at least within the next year. At least I got kids or just other people to snap me out of my moments/thoughts of funkiness. I get those moments/thoughts still and hate them. Happy New Year everyone!!
“You are allowed to terminate toxic relationships. You are allowed to walk away from people who hurt you. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself.”
— Unknown
