Y'all better sit down for this one. My first day back at work after 4 days was actually pretty damn good!! I got in this morning and found out that during my absence, a new policy was implemented that is going to provide me and the 9 other people on my floor with some DESPERATELY needed HELP!! We have all found ourselves overwhelmed in the last few months, and management has FINALLY listened! Now let me explain what the new policy is and why it's going to be so helpful.....starting yesterday, those that don't do the function that I do now will be doing that function on a rotating basis. Naturally, that will help me & the other 9 folks FINALLY get not only caught up, but AHEAD! The FUNNY part about it is that the people who have never done the job before have always talked shit about how we in this position "do nothing" and sit around all day playing on the internet. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but let me just say that I *WISH* that I had the LUXURY of being able to take five minutes to play on the internet at work!! I'm just too damn busy to do that!!  Having said all this, MY question to those who are so pissed about the added function is: "if everyone in the position just sat around doing nothing all day, why are you so pissed about doing the job?"

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          I had dinner with Cindy this evening. I swear this woman should have her own cooking show on the Food Network!! She made roasted chicken, potatoes, & stuffing. Yes it was VERY good! After dinner was done, we were just chatting and she told me about a coversation she had with one of her colleagues....get this....this guy comes into Cindy's office and after talking for a few minutes, he leans over her desk and says, "What YOU need to do is get out there and start dating again.....!!" Can you BELIEVE that??!! Cindy hasn't even been a widow for 4 months yet and this knucklehead is telling her she needs to DATE??!! I told her that it was a really good thing that Chris and I weren't there or that bonehead would have gotten punched in the nose! Some people are SO disrespectful!!

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          I know that a week or so back I promised that I'd have my newest story starring my fellow Blogstreamers, but I have hit the proverbial wall. The thing is that I just can't figure out how to fit a gazillion girls into a story that really only tells about THREE! *sigh Oh well...knowing my twisted sense of humor, I'm bound to come up with SOMETHING!!

That's all I've got for now!!

          Last night, I decided that it was time to start a task that I've been putting off for about a year and a half now.....cleaning out the closet in my bedroom. That's a very scary proposition because I have stuff literally piled from the floor to the ceiling! Now before you start gasping in surprise, let me explain why I gave up on cleaning this disaster area known as my closet.

          I've told everyone about my roommate, Chris. He's Donna Reed on crack. He is one of those kinds of people that will freak out if he sees a single thread of the carpet out of place. This rule however only applies to the "public" areas of the house such as the living room, den, dining room, kitchen, & bathrooms. The bedrooms he's not as annoyingly anal about because they're not generally seen when company comes over. Now, HIS bedroom is for the most part always spotless. My bedroom is 50/50...sometimes it's nice and tidy and sometimes it looks like a bomb hit it. That's just the way that I am. Usually, tasks such as cleaning my room are done every few weeks or so because I have other tasks that I feel are more important...such as keeping my blog up to date! So Chris, knowing that I only do the bedroom cleaning thing every few weeks, will take the folded up laundry and just put it on my bed in hopes that I'll take the time to seperate it and put it all away. Now that would be fine except he'll put HIS clean clothes on my bed as well as mine. I don't do the whole separating thing, ESPECIALLY when it's not MINE to separate! So what ends up happening is that after a few days I'll get sick of seeing the pile get progressively larger, so I'll get pissed and throw it all into the closet. Then HE'LL get pissed because he can't find any clothes to wear and he'll start rummaging through my closet looking for his clothes.

          End result is that my closet gets so full that opening the door is a very risky venture. I'll finally get sick of it and start on a 3 day venture to clean & organize it once again. So last night I started on the easy part...throwing EVERYTHING onto my bed! I wish that I would have taken a picture of it after I was done...the pile of clothes was so high I couldn't see over the top of it!! I found out something though...I've got a LOT more clothes than I thought I did!!!

          I attempted to start on the really hard part....sorting everything and putting it away, but then something distracted me....what was it....oh yeah...I saw a nickel on the floor and it occurred to me that I needed to check my bank account balance, so I headed to the computer. Well of course, once on there, my aunt started to IM me, and then another friend started to IM me, and before I knew it...well, it was too late to do the hard stuff! Yeah..that's it...it was WAY too late to start the hard stuff!

          Well, today I get up and try my best to avoid it.....but the mountain actually fell over on top of me and my cat Miss Bigglesworth. It took me ten minutes to dig her out. So I figured that I'd better just bite the bullet and get started. That was at 10am .....I found clothes that I got for Christmas LAST year that I'd forgotten about! I found a TV at the bottom of my closet!! I even found my cousin's belt with the huge buckle that I wore for Halloween 2005 that he's been looking for!! I was trailer trash that year!

          So now, almost 12 hours later, the room is still a huge mess, but the mountain is gone! Clothes are sorted into "keep" and "trash"....I actually came across a lot of clothes that I had from my fat days that I'm going to just have to trash. The initial idea was to donate them to needy heavy people, but no churches in my area take donations, and there's not a Goodwill store close by that's open on the weekends. No, I can't just "save" them until Monday because if I do that, they'll end up "put away" again and remain part of a bunch of clutter that I really don't want anymore.

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IN OTHER NEWS:

----> Speaking of the roomie....he decided this evening that he wanted to build a fire (in the fireplace of course) so since we're out of the store bought fire logs that we normally use, he heads outside and gets a few pieces of REAL wood. Not a big deal, except for the fact that we've never used real wood in the fireplace. So he lights this fire and the house starts to stink REALLY bad....and then the house started to get this smokey haze...and then the haze gets thicker...then the smoke alarms go off...did I mention we have 8 of them? Come to find out, the reason for the smoke is because the chimney hasn't been cleaned in all of the 5 years we've been living here! Hey...who knew you had to clean the damn things out every now and then?!

---> While I'm talking to my aunt last night, she informs me that one of her neighbors came over yesterday to talk to her about her son. Her son is the one who's literally psycho. Anyway, it seems that he has been "relieving himself" in their yard lately. No, I'm not kidding. Not only that, but it seems that he's been doing this all over the neighborhood! He tells my aunt, "look, it's one thing for someone's dog to come into neighbor's yards, but your SON?!" No, my aunt had NO idea this has been going on, but she's not really shocked, given this kid's past history. Now get this....my uncle comes home and she tells him about their son's latest stunt, and guess what....it seems that my uncle is the one who taught him that if he has to go really bad that it's perfectly ok to just do it outside!!! Of course, he told the child to do this only in the woods or out of sight of the general public....apparently the kid didn't hear THAT part of it. So now my aunt, uncle, and cousin are the outcasts of the subdivision. None of the neighborhood kids are allowed to hang out with him anymore and the neighbor that paid the visit told my aunt that if he catches her son pissing in his yard again he's going to call the cops. Frankly, I don't blame him. I'd do the same thing if it were going on in MY yard. Needless to say, auntie is up in arms over this one. Oh..and did I mention that it was just Friday when she was told by her son's school that he's once again in "In School Suspension" this coming week because he was asked to stop picking on this one kid and he refused?

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Well, that's all I've got for now! I hope everyone has a good week ahead!

Since everyone already knows that I'm a very kookie person, I don't feel a bit ashamed to discuss tonight's topic: GHOSTS.

I found the most FASCINATING website this afternoon (yes, I'll post the URL!) that talked about the subject of ghosts...at great length even. It has to be the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. This guy tells about the different "types" of ghosts, their personalities, & how to identify the difference between a REAL ghost and just an impression left in time or a simple poltergeist.

Did you know there are ELEVEN different kinds of ghosts?? Yep! They are:

• Unaware ghost---these are the ones who obviously do not KNOW they are dead and continue about their business as though they were still alive. Now, I don't know about you all, but if I woke up one day and found myself able to walk through walls, I'd have a pretty good idea that something was up!
• Denial ghost---they know they're dead, but they refuse to accept that little fact. This can be caused by having a very traumatic death and not wanting to deal with the fact that their life is over. Who'd have thunk it....PTSD for ghosts!
  
• Attached ghost---this is the one who is either so attached to a person, place, or thing that they refuse to "go into the light". This is the type of ghost I'll be when I go...I do get VERY attached to people & things pretty quickly.
  
• Jealous ghost---self explanatory....the recently deceased doesn't want to let go of their spouse or significant other. They usually don't fully cross over until they are shoo'd away by the loved one or realize that the loved one is moving on with their life.
  
• Fearful ghost---this is an interesting one...these are spooks who are afraid of being "punished" for their wrongs in life and therefore won't cross over. The author of the site says that this is usually a result of an intesne belief system in their religion, i.e. if your religion dictates that you will go to hell for certain things or words, etc.
  
• Sad/Melancholy ghost---if you're exceptionally sad about your life while alive, especially if you commit suicide, this could be your fate. Sheesh! Can you imagine? So down in the dumps that you off yourself looking for some peace and then find out it ain't happening!! I wonder if there's a ghostly form of Xanax?
  
• Mission ghost---ever heard of "unfinished business"? Yep..this is it..the spirit that has not quite taken care of things here and won't pass on completely until the issue is resolved! It'd be MY luck that I'd keel over and then not cross because of that stupid mortgage payment that was due!
  
• Goodbye or comfort ghost---those that stick around long enough to let their loved ones know that they are ok and at peace. Sometimes they stick around for a few hours, and sometimes they're hovering for decades!

That's not the entire list, but it's really interesting reading if you get into this sort of thing. Personally, I'm sort of on the fence about some of the theories. On the one hand, I definitely believe there is an afterlife...I've seen too much evidence of it in my life to try and doubt it. On the other hand, some of this stuff kind of contradicts what I've always been brought up to believe. Of course the author was very careful about NOT implying that there is no God, but he doesn't go too much into the whole religion side of things either. What I got out of his writing is that he's saying that when you die, you basically are exactly the same person, but on a different plane of existence. Perhaps a bit more enlightened, perhaps not. The spirit continues to evolve and grow, just like in life. When I combine my religious beliefs with these theories, I think that all of this could actually be plausible. Maybe? I guess someday I'll find out for sure, huh? Hmmm....I wonder if there are blogs on the other side?

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SOME QUICK BLURBS:                    

---> I'm getting new spectacles! I was going back and forth with whether or not I wanted to do contacts again or just stick with glasses this time around. I opted for the glasses because putting contacts in every morning and then REMEMBERING to take them out at night can be quite a task for me. Besides, I've not updated my extra eyeballs in about 7 years now, so it's time!

---> Day one of my extended weekend was rather pleasant. Aside from going to the eye doctor to make the appointment for the new specs, I didn't do much of anything! Exactly the way I like it! I didn't think about the office once! The only thing that I am dreading is going back of course...but also that once I do go back I have to force myeself not to take any more time off for at least a few more months. I don't want to blow all of my time off before the year is even halfway over!

That's all I've got for now! Hope everyone has a great weekend!  REMEBER: BE HAPPY NOW OR BE A SAD GHOST LATER!!        

Ok...
Today was a really LOUSY one at work.
But I'm going to do something radically different...I'm not going to bitch about it tonight. I'm going to leave it sitting at my desk among the sea of bright yellow PostIt notes, legal pads, and my ever-ringing telephone!

Instead, in the spirit of those that I have to deal with AT work on a daily basis, I'm going to post a little something called.....

"Stupid Is As Stupid Does"

In case you needed proof that the human race is doomed because of stupidity, here are some warning labels on some consumer goods:

..............on a Sears hairdryer: "Do not use while sleeping"

..............on a bag of Frito's: "You could be a winner! No purchase necessary! Details inside."

..............on a bar of Dial soap: "Use like regular soap."

..............on a Swanson frozen dinner: "Serving suggestion: Defrost."

..............on a frozen dessert: "Do not turn upside down. Directions on bottom."


..............on the packaging of an iron: "Do not iron clothes while wearing."


..............on the bottle of a children's medicine: "Do not drive or operate heavy machinery while taking this drug."


...............on Nytol sleep aid: "Warning! May cause drowsiness!"

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IN OTHER NEWS:

>>>The contract for the new porch on the house has officially been signed and work will begin in a few weeks. It WOULD have begun within one week, but of course the county has to come out and inspect our septic system. For a porch. On the front of the house. What in the HELL does a porch have to do with the septic system??!!

>>>Have you ever read something that is just so INSANE that you HAVE to keep reading?? That's the case with a blog I found recently. All I can say is that there are some REAL nut cases out there!! You'd have to see it to believe it.

>>>I'm off work for the next FOUR days!! Of course, once I blink my eyes, it'll all be over. Damnit.

That's all I've got for now.
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                    A while back, I talked about an experience that I had with one of the guys in the field at my work. He called up and was all bent out of shape because I had the absolute GALL to give him work to do without begging him first. It got quite ugly. After that incident was over, life went back to normal....until today.

                     I came in this morning and got started doing some checking up on some appointments that were showing as not having been completed. Well this guy's name was on one of the orders and he'd set a date to go back to the hospital for January 5th which was this past Saturday. I saw that the date had passed so I figured that I'd better send the order to him so he wouldn't bitch and moan.

                      Not even five minutes after I sent the order to him, this shit-for-brains knucklehead calls my boss and starts raising holy hell with him about my adding work to him without talking to him first. He's ranting and raving like a madman, which was really pissing my boss off in a big way. When the field guy finally shut up, my boss asks him, "so what exactly is it that you're unhappy about today?" He asked the field guy that because I'd come up during the conversation & told my boss to look at the order. So after the guy tells my boss what he THOUGHT I'd done, my boss tells him, "Look at the order and tell me what you see....." (Long pause) It turns out the guy had NOTHING to complain about because he didn't even KNOW what the order was!!! He'd simply heard a beep on his handheld computer and just ASSUMED that I'd added work to him. What a fuckhead!

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                               After THAT little adventure was over, I went back to work...waiting for the NEXT catastrophe to happen.....thankfully the next one was a bit less stressful:

                         It seems that Big Brother (aka "Quality Control") is STILL having a hard time spying on me, so they put in a repair ticket to the onsite IT people. This has been going on for quite a while now and IT *plus* my boss are really annoyed with these people....everytime a test is done on my computer, everything works fine...and Big Brother ends up looking stupid. Today was no exception. Big Brother has even suggested that I'm doing something to the computer to PREVENT them from seeing me.

                         Give me a break. I don't give a damn if they see what I'm doing or not. I'm quite frankly too busy to even think about it.....not to mention the fact that whether I'm being spied on or not, I'm still going to do my job exactly the same way. I've decided that 90% of the people in the "Quality Control" function are just stupid.

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                                  Well, that's all I've got for now! It's time for my beauty sleep.....of course in MY situation, I really need a beauty COMA!!