Work is my life.

Hello Everyone!!! It's been awhile, but I've been really busy. Last week I went to Ohio for the Buddy Walk. It was really fun and I'm glad I made it. Driving down we took a wrong turn so we kind of got lost. But we made it, all in one peice. Visited with family and I woke up sick on Friday! Boo. I really enjoyed seeing my cousins. The Buddy Walk was extremely fun. Good crowds all around us. Everyone was there supporting children with Down Syndrome. Our little Leah is so cute. She'll never go unloved when she's in our family.

I also made my decision to go into Hotel Management as a career. I'm going back to school in the Winter to start learning more about it. I'm not sure if I want to stay at Extended Stay for the rest of my life, but I would like to stay around to try and be promoted to GM. I'm thinking that being a AGM will get me through some of my schooling, at least at GRCC. I need to talk to a counselor as soon as possible to see what the curriculum is going to be. I'm going back to take my business english class, and then I'm not sure after that. Since I'm working here, I only can take night classes. Maybe when next fall comes around, I'll have a set schedule to where I can go during the day one day. Since I was out of school for awhile, I only want to start off slow, because working full time and going to school full time is a handful. And I'm not sure if I'll be able to go back full time eventually.

Brandon and I are waiting on hearing about a house. It's going to be $675 a month for I believe two bedrooms one bath, main floor and basement. Don't know to much about it just yet, but it looks hopeful. I have to go now, but I'll see everyone later!

Ahh, a new post!

So I'm trying to keep up with this, but it seems like my posts are getting farther and farther away from each other.

Some non-work-related stuff. I didn't have to go to court today, the guy plead guilty. So I was pretty satisfied for that. Not sure if I said anything, but he drunk drove his truck into a bulldozer. He was fighting it for months and finally the day before his trial he admitted to being guilty. He finally figured out that once it went to court he would be found guilty, since Brandon and I were the only witnesses and our stories were more believable. I'm also glad cause, I didn't have to see Andrea, which I figured that she would be there. Brandon asked me the other day if I would want to live in an apartment or a house. We don't need a lot of space if it's just us, so I mentioned an apartment. But then talked about how some places wouldn't let us have a dog (want a huskee). He knows a couple that rents out houses and said that he would talk to them on Thursday to see availability. We went by there the other day, and there's a one floor house and a two story house. The one story we think would be just fine. Enough room for the both of us, without a ton of extra space we don't need. The only downfall is that there isn't a back yard. I love my back yards, but I guess later on down the road we can move into a place that has a decent back yard. It has a small deck though! So small and petite, just what we need right now. So when he asks he'll know about when it will be available, and we'll go from there. Next Thursday, my family and I are leaving for Ohio! I'm so excited. It's been a long time since I've gotten to go down to Ohio, and I've never walked in the Buddy Walk. So this year will be a treat. I missed a few cousins from Ohio when everyone came up, so now they don't have a choice whether or not to see me. ;-) Down side is I'm driving all the way down there! It's gonna be a long trip, so I'll need good sleep.

Now for some work related stuff... Been working my butt off for the past 5 days. Although I did have the weekend off. Our main computer crashed on Thursday, so we were down to one computer, which made everything slow. It took hours to get things done that takes five minutes to do. It was that bad. So all weekend it took forever for everything to get done, a lot of errors. And a lot of stress. Then we got a new computer Monday. Which is awesome, because I've wanted a brand new computer since I started working here! So it took a couple days, but everything seems to be fixed now. Since I didn't have court I was going to work from 10:36 AM- 6:00 PM. 10:36, weird time to be scheduled in. Anyways, I stayed up a little later since I didn't have to be in till then. Got a call probably quarter to 8. Tom is at work, and his wife just got into an accident. So he was like can you come in. I know it's a long day. I told him that I would, he said I'll tell Ecco that I'll be there in a half hour. So not only does it sometimes take a half hour to get to work, I'm still in my pjs. So I rush into my clothes and rush on in to work. She ended up having a sprained ankle and red bumps from the airbag. So that was good. Now I either have the entire day off on Thursday or just coming in at noon. He probably will give it to me off, since I took call this weekend, since he'll have it the next week.

I wanna say that this is it for that. Just waiting for 6 to roll around. And then I'll be off for the night. YaY!

A Day in the Life of a Workaholic

I feel like one, I'm always here. Work work work, that's all. Well at least I get paid good for it, and with our declining economy, it's pretty good. Almost through the hiring process and I believe we have our two new desk people. Which the sooner we get them hired and trained, the sooner I can work only mornings! I've been looking foreward to a set schedule for so long now. Occasional nights would be fine, otherwise, it screws with me. Tomorrow I work till 11 then I open the next morning. It's not bad, but it means that when I get out of work then gotta go straight to bed and get up early the next day. Or I prolly won't be tired enough to go to sleep, then only have 3-4 hours of sleep. Done it before, it's just 10 times more tiring because I have a lot more to do.

So went shopping for some clothes Sunday, looking pretty snazy! Brandon is also managing every Monday and Tuesday at his job now. Pretty soon, he'll be managing and serving and never home! Lol. It's okay though, we can make it. It seems like everything is getting in line as far as money and working on things. Saving money is my ultimate goal now, and hopefully that means I can get a new car sooner! So, hopefully this all works out.

A week from now is my subpeona. Can't wait for that, because it could go on for days. Woo. All I need is to lose time learning things at work, because some jerk doesn't want to go to jail. Do one good deed and it catches up with ya. The end of the month is also coming up fairly quickly. Going down to Ohio! Need this small vacation so bad. Away from work is going to be the best. I'm either going to get some sleeping pills for the ride there and back or just hope that the car-sick medicine will work. It seems to me when I last took those, they didn't work. But then again sleeping pills will make me groggy when I wake up. But if it's only for the long car ride, should be okay.

And that takes me to having nothing else to talk about. Thank goodness my life is sooo interesting!

TGIF!

Friday couldn't come any sooner. It's been an exahusting week for me. For some reason work just wore me out. I'm off this weekend as far as having to go in, but I'm on call for the next three days. I only have an hour and a half left of today, and I get to go home!

First day working alone went really good. I spent most of my day with Tiffany and doing all my stuff. I didn't really take a lunch break, but it's ok. I don't need to eat all the time. Haha! I'll get something when I get out. Just don't know what... Hmm... I just got my quizes for work, so I should get going.

Seeing Resident Evil on Sunday! It's gonna be awesome!

Laters! :)

Today's just a day, Tomorrow... An Experience.

I'm working right now, just got done taking my Workplace Violence class, and boy was that awesome. It kind of scared me at first with all the gun and shootings talk, but was pretty easy. Still trying to get caught up but it's really hard to when things aren't working correctly. But nonetheless I'm getting myself caught up. Today is just a day, but tomorrow, a different story.

It's my first day alone as manager, and it's kinda nerve racking. I know what I need to do, and I have the support from Tom still, but... It's an experience. I'm also on call all weekend, so hopefully I won't get called or if I do, I won't have to go up to the hotel. That would blow! Otherwise things are looking good.

I'm sure there's more to report, but who wants to talk about work, and nothing that interesting came up yet. So I'll leave ya to yourselves.

Wednesday, Already?

Wow how time flies! It's already the middle of the week and it's closing down fast. Work has been going great. We are still trying to find someone to hire and applications are rolling in. Hopefully we'll find someone to actually show up to their interview. (We had two interviews not show up!) There's a homeschool thing that I have to do that corporate sets up for us. I've done 3 in the past two weeks, woulda done 4, but one didn't work. I'll be doing a lot of those, just to catch up with everyone else. I also got my benifits packet and am going to apply for medical and dental. Enough about work!

Saw Machete on Monday. It was awesome. I expect nothing less from the Grindhouse-esque type of movie. The movie was made from a fake trailer in between the movies Death Proof and Planet Terror. They made it into a real movie and it was spectacular. Although I am a little squimish about blood and stuff like that. The effects and fight scenes were good, and the story was pretty good too. It had a lot of people in it also. Robert Deniro, Lindsey Lohan, Michelle Rodriquez, Steven Segal, and many more. Definitely a second watch in theaters for me.

Also, I can't wait for the new Harry Potter movie to come out. Sometime in November it will hit theaters and then the second part will be coming out next July. This is the finale and it's gonna be epic!

I thought that I would have to miss out on the buddy walk this year due to working on a certain date, but I don't have to, so I'm coming down! Look out Buddy Walk 2010, here I come! I'm still really excited.

I guess that's really it for now. Things are going well with me and Brandon. Until next time,

Live Long and Prosper.

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

My first week is over and on to the new week. It's starting off great!

Tom said that he was very impressed with what I was capable of learning in a week. So that's a plus, and very nice. Like I said, it's a lot better working as a manager because there's so much to do. Although my nights are boring still, but soon enough I'll be off of them. I got kinda screwed tonight because some people thinks its good to call off in a text, at 7:30am. No call, nothing. So now I'm here till 11 instead of 9. My plans are none now, and no one can cover 6-11. Understanding that this is my job, I'm just angry that was the way she called off. I woulda worked until 6 today, and it woulda been fine.

Enough on ranting about my job.

Movies I've Seen Recently! I saw The Expendables. It was really good. A definite dude movie, but the action is incredible. So much blood and cool ways to be killed. Also saw Inception, which was amazing. The concept of it was origional in it's own way, and leaves it open for interpretation. Also saw Scott Pilgram vs. The World. It was decent. I'm not a big fan of Michael Cera so it took a little bit of the movie away from me. Otherwise, the action and videogame esque part of it was good. I felt like all the actors and actresses were good in it (besides Mr. Cera). I think that is all the movies I've seen recently. I believe we are going to see Machete tomorrow, so that'll be fun.

I guess that's it for now. Until then, Adios!