Weeklong Update!

Okay, so it has been almost a week since I have been able to post anything...

I have worked more than 60 hours this week, and I am exhausted. It is the end of the quarter, end of the month, and we have to get our books in order for an account audit. We are either about to acquire another company, or be bought out. Only a few people are in the know, but they are not talking.

I also have been dealing with a few issues on the home front that have kept me from posting, too. My halfway better half decided that he was going to try and mix alcohol and Ambien as a desert... Well that did not work out according to plans and I ended up in the ER with him, getting a saline flush of the system... 

I have also been informed that my account has been rejected from Adsense due to 'Adult' content... I have reviewed what I have posted and I PERSONALLY see no issues with it, but if they want adult, they're going to get it...

Starting tonight!

Enjoy:

 

Peek-a-boo!

Oh...

My

Gawd...

Let mama get another shot of Jager....

Muscle Monday & weekend update!

So my friends.... (cricket...cricket) It has been an interesting couple of days...

I cant tell you how much fun the weekend was. Boss Man and I (the male equivalent of Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada) had a huge blowout...

He seems to think that just having a job is reason enough to be happy...

Me thinks differently....

I understand that the workplace is volatile right now, and, that it may take me time to find another position with another firm; however, I think that I could land another job in 2 weeks.

And I am TRYING! So if anyone knows of any jobs in the Greater Orlando area, fill me in.

The blow out seems to have arisen from the fact that I am not happy working all day every day (except Sunday) and decided to complain about the fact that I have followed this pattern through all of May, June, July, and August, with little or no help. I also think that it is unfair to say that someone should only have to work full time, (when in fact)  I have had to work easily more than 55-60 hours a week.

The fact that my management team has a poor hiring practices and seems willing (eager, almost) to pick up the first person who reply's to an ad, should NOT affect my daily life outside of my Scheduled work hours.  Yet I find it doing exactly that... I am on the phone with the call center in Houston, I get direct connected at all hours of the day on my days off, I have to deal with annoying calls from incompetent people who should never, ever, have been hired in the first place. And to top it all off, when they do decided to fire said person, I am stuck holding all the slack, and having to scramble and pick up all of the left over pieces of some God-forsaken nightmare.

I am and always will be eternally grateful to the company that I currently work for. They gave me not only a job, but by extension, my life back.

When you spend so long unemployed, looking desperately for a good job prior to unemployment running out, and you struggle day in and day out to try and find some means of self-worth daily life becomes hard. On the flip side it is Damn near impossible (unless you've been there) to envision the happiness that comes with the phone call and news that you have been selected.

I will owe a lot to my current place of employ, least of all the life's lessons I have picked up, but time has a way of changing the views through which you see life. Somethings become less important (just having a job) and others take a more prominent spot (empowering and bettering yourself), these are the gifts that time has blessed us with. And I fully intend not to waste my gifts.

I really do wish everyone I work with currently the best of luck. I am, however, going to be moving on.

I will update as details dictate, but when it happens, you will know it.

Now, on to MUSCLE MONDAY:




















Okay, this one is not technically 'muscle' but really, WHO THE F*CK CARES?

Fratboy-Friday!

Hello ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the weekend! Today has been a great day here at House O'hell air conditioning! Running the office all by myself, again! But new junior dispatcher starts on Monday Morning! I am so very excited!


I read a really really great article which I will post here when I get home. It was a very revealing look inside Mitt Romney's thoughts, especially those on poor/underprivileged people (he refers specifically to "those people").

I don't have a car elevator, a private Boeing 737, or a horse that ran in the 2012 Olympics, or a shit-ton of money to throw at every problem that arises. I have my own hard working hands, and the satisfaction of knowing that what is mine is truly, unquestionably mine. Bought, paid for, and owned through my own hard work and dedication!

Done ranting! Now, without further adu, please allow me to introduce the boys of FRATBOY-FRIDAY:

Twinks! Thursday

Running late today! Doing the job of two people, hardly time to breath, new 'JD' (junior dispatcher) starts Monday, say your prayers!

Here, in no practical order, are some pretty hot Twinks:

Have a great day, y'all!

WOW Wednesday!!!

Happy Hump Day!

Those of you following my work saga will know that the 'lady' (read: street walker, with tighter clothes) we hired to fill the position of junior dispatcher was not working out.

By not working out I mean SERIOUSLY not working out.

Like hamsters and snakes co-habitating, not working out!

Like Mitt Romney and a hidden camera not working out.

Hanging up on customers, being dishonest to co-workers, and snapping at the other office staff. She snapped at the wrong one yesterday.

Our General Manager asked her to correct a mistake he had made; she looked at him in front of God and everybody and said (and I am quoting) 'Dat don't sound like my problem, it sound like yours'.

Like a developmentally challenged lamb being led to slaughter. There was a brief 3 seconds when I thought all would be okay, The GM asked 'what did you say?'.

An escape route! Back pedal! Beg forgiveness, blame it in the crack you are smoking! ANY THING!

What she said: 'you heard me, I didn't stutter'...

BOOM

BOOM

BOOM

So I get to pull 12 hour days until we are yet again able to fill the position!

So sorry for being late. Here are some of the guys that make me go WOW!

By the way: I would love some suggestions on how to improve the blog!

I have a nice upload for 'frat boy-Friday'!

Tatted Tuesday...

Good Morning! Hope everyone is having a great start to the day! I am at work, all fires are out!

To help you along with your day, I present for your viewing pleasure the inaugural edition of Tatted Tuesday:

Funday Monday!

Just finished all the homeworks! Now it is time for the sleep!
Got everything I set out to do today done, feel accomplished. I am also now the owner of a beautiful 19' bow rider. Needs some work, but like everything else, tender loving care and time can make anything awesome!

I go back to work in the am, and I can only imagine. I was off all day today, and I was ONLY called 6 times by Ms. Experience.  I swear, I don't have a resentment towards the fact that she works half as hard as I do, gets paid more, and is able to SLIDE by every task 'cause she knows that I will inevitably pick up all of her slack... No, not at All.

Favorite Quotes from my trusty co-worker this week include:

" Ah axed him 'bout dat, he said he done gone and did it yesterday"

" don't no-one tell me I gotts to do dat ereryday" (when asked about the DAILY sales report)

Or my favorite:

 To a customer on the phone:

" tsk (tongue-click) AH had said AH was sorry, so don't take dat tone wit me.... (then hangs up)"

The Job Hunt continues, and if they think it is bad when I am off for 1 Monday, imagine how bad it will be when I no longer answer the phone for their questions.

Hope you ladies and gents have a great night, I will be on later tomorrow, with more fantastical pictures of hot dudes being hot dudes!

For now, I think this is a good example of how my animals act EVERY DAMN TIME someone comes to the door:





Good night, and good luck!

Meaty Monday

I am enjoying my day off. On the list is mowing, vacuuming, and mopping the kitchen floor.

For your consideration please enjoy:

Slow Sunday...

Had a great time last night out with the other-half. It's amazing what just spending time with someone can do. You almost forget the reasons you two are together, and then you spend quality time together and voila! . Not saying there are no problems, just that they get put into perspective!

Saw a cool FB post, thought I would share. I try not to get too political, but it makes a good point.

Went grocery shopping today, I either need to do it all the time, or never again! The cost of food is ridiculous!
I just threw down over $100.00 for
Milk
Eggs
Bread
Cheese
Cereal
Spaghetti
Ground Chuck
Chicken Breast
And some minor miscellaneous crap!

Seriously, what the hell!

Anyway, I am going to relax and do some homework!

Here is the picture:

Friday Round Up!

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Manic Monday...

So, I've included a picture of my 'work-station-area' (my overly linguistic HR rep calls it that, I call it 'prison without bars'). This was taken at 9:00 am, that was a good look for the area, not too cluttered. I spent 11 hours there today. And yet I still have questions as to why I have problems with my sanity...

In other news: my bestest and longest friend went to the ER for 'tummy discomfort', 3 hours later we are in the surgical waiting room trying to figure out how long an appendix surgery should take... (1.5 hours, if they're near bursting, apparently) She is good, feeling a lot better, and looking forward to getting back to normal, (which I keep telling her is an un-attainable goal for any friend of mine).

Work sucked, again. But I have a job, I have a loving family, and I have a pulse. So I guess it could be worse...

Going to go eat dinner and help the halfway-better-half (ya' like that?) with his math homework. Okay and goodnight.

Long Time.

So, I have been neglectful. I have not been on in a while. So To catch up: We have moved. I am now a homeowner. The joys and fun associated with this are almost overwhelming. For instance, I have been dropped by 3 major insurance companies because I live on a lake, and I also live in Florida... They foresee a problem if the lake rises or a Hurricane shows up. Also, the toilets started gurgling a few days ago, and so we had the septic pumped out. Well it happened again, and now I find out I am in need of a new drain field. For those of you reading this from a civilized part of the world, please allow me to explain:  ALL of the water from the house (baths, toilets, sinks, washer) drain into a very large underground tank. The waste (i.e last nights dinner) settles to the bottom, and the water is SUPPOSED to leech off in to a leech field or drain field. Well, My tank just fills up with a bunch of waste and water and needs to be pumped twice in a a matter of 3 weeks. So if anyone would like to donate to my fund you can go to: www.broke-ass-mofo.com....

In unrelated news the difficulties with the better half have reached such a stagnant point that I worry it may not make it through the holidays.  I am working the equivalent of 2 peoples jobs, and it is starting to wear on us. I am tired of the lack of intimacy and affection. It is very hard to maintain a relationship when only one person seems to be trying. Eventually I am going to run out of fucks-to-give. School is going great, and by that I mean I am not enrolled right now. I am still on a financial-aide suspension due to a 2 failed classes. One more term to go. I COULD have paid to go, but I figured my money was better spent on coke and broke frat boys...

Political Tensions are heating up. All these people trying to find better and more efficient ways to spend OUR money on Their pet projects.  The republicans have now officially nominated a man who from all outward appearances seems to be from the planet Zanadu. I am incapable of relating to someone who says that "if you want to go to School or Start your own business, borrow money from your parents." My dad left when I was 12 and my mom lost what retirement she did have in 2008 because someone at her place of employ decided AIG was the way to go. I am a registered Republican who is probably going to vote blue for the first time in my life. I can only imagine what my grandparents are thinking.

Shit if that perturbs them, they might want to take a seat for the whole 'man on man gay sex thing'....

I have Mentioned Marie on here before. Hard to think that in 3 days, it will be the 1 year anniversary of her incarceration. I remember vividly, standing in front of the Judge, pleading with him to be lenient on someone whom I believed then and still do, is innocent of any true crime.I drive Marie's mother up to the prison to see her about twice a month (yet another Sunday away from my already strained relationship). We went up today, and it is usually okay, but everyone was in a blah mood. It is hard to confront that this is the new reality for them. I try to help in any way possible, but it never seems enough. I try to understand Marie's point of view (looking at everything you worked for slip between someone's fingers while you stare helplessly through the bars), but she can honestly be demanding.

So I have a new position at the wonderful company where i work. I am the office manager/ lead dispatcher. Let me put some words together here for you: Summer, Florida, A/C Company.  'nuff said.  Between May and the last week of August, I averaged about 60ish hours. It did not help that they fired Junior Dispatcher 3 weeks after I started, So I was doing two peoples positions.  They JUST last month hired a full time regular dispatcher. She lied. She lied. She lied. On her resume and in the application, she stated that she had extensive dispatch experience. LIAR! LIAR! POOR FITTING DENIM KNOCK-OFFS ON FIRE! We come to find out only a week or two after her arrival, that her 'dispatch experience' consisted of answering the phone at a 3 member A/C repair place. We have more than 30 employees, 4 phone lines that ring DIRECTLY on her DESK, and a Nextel radio that keeps us in touch with the the servicemen in the field. To say she is out of her depth is an understatement.  She has as about as much connection to dispatch/office work, as I do to the Black Panther movement. So I was told to prepare for her imminent departure  this week. Since I am an 'OPS manager' ( I manage the operation) I alone cannot chose to fire her. SO I have given this task to MY manager.


Okay, I will let whoever 2 people and a confused grandmother looking to buy school supplies relax. I am going to eat, and read MY favorite blogs, which you may locate on the home page.