i don't know about you, but i am in major need of a long weekend away from my every day life.  it's been an incredibly stressful week at work and trying to coordinate people for the upcoming va. trip.  it was fairly amusing that i got in one day 35+ emails about a lake house trip that i'm not going on.  my cousins are funny people.  i wished i could go, but i had prior plans with missy and her time is often limited so i gotta take advantage of it when i can.

work sucks a lot.  it's just a bad feeling that people are getting ax'ed left and right.  i feel really uneasy because the president said at one point no direct service people, i.e. me, would get laid off because we're the ones that bring in money.  yesterday, two therapists were let go.  it just sucks because it's one that i'm really cool with.  i've known her prior to work since we went to the same grad school.  i feel that a lot of these cuts were made due to past administrations incompetence.  how did upper administration let not collect roughly $600,000 in payments last year alone?  really?  gah!  i am just so frustrated right now with work.

thank goodness va trip is here.  i need to knock back a drink or two on girls night out saturday night.

have a great weekend, be safe.

have faith.

i got my new digital camera today!!!!  i have mixed feelings about it since i don't want to part ways with my old camera.  i'm not quite used to the new camera and am having some difficulties adjusting to how big it is.  i'm sure i will get used to it soon but it's just so hard to let go of my first digital camera that i bought almost 5 years ago.  i hope this new camera lasts awhile because i definitely can't go buying new ones every other year.  time to continue experimenting with the camera so i can use it lots this weekend!

have faith.

i learned that contrary to what a particular pharm. student said, prescriptions are not good after 6 months.  well at least in ohio.  i was told that as long as it was not a controlled substance, i should be good to go.  i walk into my pharmacy, hand over my script, and went back home to make dinner.  i go back to my pharmacy and was told my scipt is not good since it was 8 months old.  i just got this look from everyone at the pharmacy that said "you're stupid for thinking we would fill this!". so i take back my script and under the suggestion of the above mentioned pharm student called another pharmacy to see if they are lenient.  i was told cvs's are easier than grocery store pharmacies.  i called and was told the same thing-scripts aren't good after 6 months.  i have no one to blame but my laziness for not getting it filled earlier.  i figured i had other things to use and would wait on filling my script.  doing that, i was denied in front of a bunch of people.  embarrassing!

so i was asked by my cousin to take emily to some brownies ceremony friday evening.  i was feeling so aggravated with work lately that i needed to go for a run before i really lose it.  so i pick emily up in my work out gear and head over to the ceremony site.  i was then asked by emily if i could stay for the ceremony.  i wanted to say heck no because one i'm in my work out clothes and two, i felt majorly out of place with all the parents.  but because i love that little girl and didn't want her to feel like the only person without a parent watching, i stayed.  i felt so uncomfortable and out of place as i sat in my seat among the parents watching the ceremony.  to top it off, it was filmed and i was taped in my work out clothes glory.  embarrassing!

i hope i can just mellow out this weekend.  too much negativity can't be good for the body or the soul.

happy birthday, loser.

have faith.

am i old for wanting a coupon organizer?  i started clipping coupons this year in an effort to save money here and there.  right now i stick the coupons in a small pocket inside my purse.  i've been looking for a coupon book/organizer for some time now and have not found one cool enough for me to buy.  i just feel so aged for wanting a coupon book/organizer.  to think i used to think it was dorky seeing older women with their coupon organizers in their shopping carts sifting through their coupons.  now here i am a bigger dork trying to find the coupon i need in my messy purse.

i wonder what "older" item i will be coveting next.

have faith.

i think this is a really, really bad week for me.  i am so furious that i could punch a wall but  refrain from doing so because i know i would hurt myself.  plus, i don't want to lose my deposit for my apartment for a stupid hole in the wall.  what caused this wrath of anger you ask?  the goverment people of course. 

i get an email finally from the person in charge of licensure and she informs me that they received the FBI background check in FEBRUARY and are missing the state background check.  when i read that email, i became instantly livid because the state board sent me a packet in february stating the FBI background check was missing but the state background check was complete.  so i call the background check people during a cancellation and was informed that the state background check was sent to the state board in february and that they resent my FBI background check two additional times at my request.  i am so upset because why would i go through all the trouble of resending my FBI background check to the state board if they had it all along.  i am upset because the state board can't do anything right in terms of keeping my application materials together.  i am upset because i was told the FBI background check was missing but all of a sudden it's there but now the state one is missing.  i am upset that incompetent people are messing up my plans to move up in my field and earn more money.  i am just very, very upset right now.

the background check people were nice enough to resend my state background check first thing tomorrow.  i doubt it will get to the state board's hands by this friday so my application packet can be reviewed this month for licensure.  now i have to wait until july to see if i could get independently licensed. 

it has been a royal pain to deal with government people. 

have faith.

hope you all took a minute or two to let your mom know she rocks today.

i gave my mom the gift of not giving her attitude, rolling my eyes, and sighing when she made me do a bazillion things today. i know i still act like an immature brat despite being in my late 20s.  mom also got two new shirts from the kids as well that she didn't hate and made me return!

mom made me roll about 96 egg rolls today for lunch.  she wanted extra to send home with vic and me, scott, liem, and my cousin's family.  i was in egg roll hell and thought the vat of egg roll filling would never end.  i do not want to see another egg roll for a few months.  at least my egg rolls look pretty according to mom and dad.

whoo hoo!  victor and tammy, the brother and sister duo, won the amazing race.  i've been rooting from them since day one because i like the concept of siblings working together towards a common goal and because they sort of remind me of vic and me.

have faith.

wow.  i'm not sure if it's because i'm pms'ing today or what, but i am so agitated it is unreal.  let me please share with you few readers why i am so agitated.

1. i go in to work handing over my required materials to my new sup for my annual evaluation.  i got busted on my car insurance because the coverage is not high enough.  i tell her i don't transport clients and it was not an issue the last two years.  she tells me it's in my contract that i signed that i agreed to that coverage amount.  i then had to call my insurance and inform them of my new coverage and become irritated i have to pay an additional $25.  i hate my work.

2. my mom requested i go to the asian grocery store to pick up egg roll wrappers.  i get lost driving around ghetto akron trying to find the dumb store.  i finally find it because i vaguely remember it being close to the akron campus.  i get there and find that it is closed.  again my agitation level goes up a few notches.

3. i find out my independent license packet is still not complete.  so i call the background check people again and requested they resend my fbi background check to the state board.  hopefully it gets there by next friday so i could get my freaking independent license.  it shouldn't be this much work but incompetent people make a simple application process so much harder.  i think you have to be "special" to work in government jobs.

4. i started my period.  enough said.

i hope this weekend will be fun since all the kids are going home to visit mom.  i think i need to do some physical exercise or something before i start kicking animals. half kidding.

have faith.

who would've thought you needed ID to eat at winking lizard?  i went there before and i had no problems.  today i didn't bring any ID or anything because vic was paying.  i go to the hostess and tell her i want to sit in the dining room.  she then proceeded to ask for IDs.  i was like what??  vic and i were denied at the door.  it sucked because i was craving wings all day after vic mentioned it in the morning.  we had to settle for five guys burgers.  good, but not as good as wings on sale.

had a nice weekend in columbus.  it's good to catch up with old friends over shopping and eating.  it was also fun to give vic a hard time as well. 

have faith.

i can't believe it's been 10 years since i graduated from high school.  i got an email this morning from one of my oldest friend telling me about the upcoming high school reunion.  i'm glad she told me because apparently everything about the reunion is posted on facebook and i refuse to get facebook.  i'm not sure if i'll go or not.  i kept in decent touch with the people i want to keep in touch with.  then again, it would be cool to meet up with people i haven't seen since graduation parties before we all went our seperate ways.  so i'll see what my mood is like as the date gets closer.

it just doesn't feel like 10 years have gone by.

thankfully i don't like that much older than i did in high school!

have faith.

we miss you, ong.  hope we're making you proud.  if not, you can kick our butts if we make it to heaven!

have faith.