No strike! But lots of whinning
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Lots of bitching to follow…
The good:
The union workers voted overwhelmingly to accept the new contract at work. This is a HUGE relief. Basically, about 100 people that had voted ‘no’ this time voted ‘yes’. A strike would have helped no one in this case. 49 people still voted ‘no’ but something like 300 voted ‘yes’. And 2 or 3 people left the ballet blank. I don’t get that one.
So this means that I should have some security in my job. That’s a huge relief. Because I have switched to third I get a 10% differential so I’ll be making the highest amount of money per hour in my life. I’m still middle class but I should be able to afford things just a bit easier now. Pretty much, it’s about $1.50 raise including everything.
I think I’m pretty worn out though right now. Between the vote and the day shift switch to nights I feel pretty worn out. Add in working 6 days a week mandatory and then driving to see people so that I’m out of the house 8+ hours every Sunday and I just sorta feel exhausted.
This brings me to tonight. I felt kind of bad about what I did. My nephew is kind of weird. I think he entertains himself since it seems his mother doesn’t pay any attention to him for the past few years. So he talks to the TV. This has me disturbed. He just sits there and babbles to the tv. I just couldn’t take it tonight. I asked him three times tonight to stop. I mentioned how it’s weird and not right to talk to the TV. Bad on my part to say that but I did. It didn’t make any difference. He just kept babbling. And it was Wheel of Fortune. It was really kind of sad. I got so frustrated I got up and left the room. That didn’t stop him. I went and started cleaning my bedroom and I could still hear him announcing every little thing and talking to the tv. I just turned on the radio in my room and drown him out. At one point I came out and nobody was watching the TV. I turned it off. The next time I came out of my room I saw my nephew and my brother doing some sort of activity on the floor. I didn’t say anything but I did applaud this. My nephew’s life is the TV. If he isn’t playing video games he’s just sitting there watching TV. I consider that a huge contributor to his fatness. He’s not huge but he’s got a definite gut.
Cleaning my room wasn’t fun and it still probably doesn’t look clean to the casual observer but I did organize a lot. I organized enough so that I last my night stand. Of course, my night stand was a pile of three or four boxes…
Still, because my house is so small there are spatial issues. I’m forced to have my comic book long boxes in my bedroom. I currently have 6 in my bedroom and also a half box. I also have another 8 or 10 out in the garage. I have my brother’s giant speaker tower – almost 5 feet tall – just sitting in my kitchen. Because he apparently lost his jam session place his monstrous bass speaker which is about the size of a small dryer clogs up the area where the real washer and drier are. There are also more bass components on top of that. And my niece and nephew have been living here full time for over a month now. I really don’t expect my brother to move out. Ever. Not until at least one kid is 18 or older. So I have a person living in my living room as a bedroom. It sucks. Especially since I’m a bit of a loner.
Further, there’s no real way of getting away from noise in the house. Only the loft where my niece and nephew share a room does it get quiet. So I get to hear virtually every sound in my bedroom as I try and sleep. Probably the biggest noises are the front door opening and closing and slapping footsteps in the kitchen. When my nephew does his homework in the kitchen he’s literally in front of my bedroom door.
So I’m real whinny tonight which is why I believe I’m so tired. And I still have an 8 hour work shift ahead of me to go.
I’m REALLY hoping we are not working this Saturday. We have Columbus Day off as a paid holiday. I haven’t told anyone about it because I do have a good problem. I get invited to go places. My friend Dwain will invite me over or my parents will for supper. But it could be the day I really need just to myself. No traveling, just relaxing. I’m LOVING just the thought of it. I will be heavily disheartened if my brother has it off too. I just get really sick of him. I don’t hate him but even as I write this he’s literally 3 feet away on his computer. I just get sick of his constant presence. The only way to get away is to literally leave the house.
On a lighter note I ran into a problem the other. I was hungry so I ate a bowl of cereal. I finished but was still hungry. SO I emptied the last remaints of my Frankberry into my bowl. There was only enough for about half a bowl so I had it hanging around for awhile. It was starting to get stale but I walked over to my computer and started eating down spoonfuls. Clicking on a screen I noticed the feeling of something on my finger. I thought it was a flea. I am certain the kids have brought fleas from my parents house to my house. The kids are up there a lot as my brother uses our mother very often as a babysitter for several hours each visit. My mother has a dog that no matter how much they bathe or clean it, often spending $30+ on flea products the dog has fleas. So look down expecting a flea but find a tiny ant on my finger. I then look into my bowl and it’s like the wreck of the Titanic. There are about 20 to 30 ants floating in my cereal bowl. Some are drowning in the bowl and some are using the Frankenberry cereal as life rafts. I resign myself to the fact that I have probably eaten several mouthfuls of ants along with my cereal. I ended up tossing the rest of the cereal though.
And finally, weather in New England. The past two mornings I’ve had to use my ice scraper to remove heavy frost from my car windows. It’s only early October. Oy. My friend from work said the Farmer’s Almanac said it’s going to be a tough winter. Such is life.
Lots of bitching to follow…
The good:
The union workers voted overwhelmingly to accept the new contract at work. This is a HUGE relief. Basically, about 100 people that had voted ‘no’ this time voted ‘yes’. A strike would have helped no one in this case. 49 people still voted ‘no’ but something like 300 voted ‘yes’. And 2 or 3 people left the ballet blank. I don’t get that one.
So this means that I should have some security in my job. That’s a huge relief. Because I have switched to third I get a 10% differential so I’ll be making the highest amount of money per hour in my life. I’m still middle class but I should be able to afford things just a bit easier now. Pretty much, it’s about $1.50 raise including everything.
I think I’m pretty worn out though right now. Between the vote and the day shift switch to nights I feel pretty worn out. Add in working 6 days a week mandatory and then driving to see people so that I’m out of the house 8+ hours every Sunday and I just sorta feel exhausted.
This brings me to tonight. I felt kind of bad about what I did. My nephew is kind of weird. I think he entertains himself since it seems his mother doesn’t pay any attention to him for the past few years. So he talks to the TV. This has me disturbed. He just sits there and babbles to the tv. I just couldn’t take it tonight. I asked him three times tonight to stop. I mentioned how it’s weird and not right to talk to the TV. Bad on my part to say that but I did. It didn’t make any difference. He just kept babbling. And it was Wheel of Fortune. It was really kind of sad. I got so frustrated I got up and left the room. That didn’t stop him. I went and started cleaning my bedroom and I could still hear him announcing every little thing and talking to the tv. I just turned on the radio in my room and drown him out. At one point I came out and nobody was watching the TV. I turned it off. The next time I came out of my room I saw my nephew and my brother doing some sort of activity on the floor. I didn’t say anything but I did applaud this. My nephew’s life is the TV. If he isn’t playing video games he’s just sitting there watching TV. I consider that a huge contributor to his fatness. He’s not huge but he’s got a definite gut.
Cleaning my room wasn’t fun and it still probably doesn’t look clean to the casual observer but I did organize a lot. I organized enough so that I last my night stand. Of course, my night stand was a pile of three or four boxes…
Still, because my house is so small there are spatial issues. I’m forced to have my comic book long boxes in my bedroom. I currently have 6 in my bedroom and also a half box. I also have another 8 or 10 out in the garage. I have my brother’s giant speaker tower – almost 5 feet tall – just sitting in my kitchen. Because he apparently lost his jam session place his monstrous bass speaker which is about the size of a small dryer clogs up the area where the real washer and drier are. There are also more bass components on top of that. And my niece and nephew have been living here full time for over a month now. I really don’t expect my brother to move out. Ever. Not until at least one kid is 18 or older. So I have a person living in my living room as a bedroom. It sucks. Especially since I’m a bit of a loner.
Further, there’s no real way of getting away from noise in the house. Only the loft where my niece and nephew share a room does it get quiet. So I get to hear virtually every sound in my bedroom as I try and sleep. Probably the biggest noises are the front door opening and closing and slapping footsteps in the kitchen. When my nephew does his homework in the kitchen he’s literally in front of my bedroom door.
So I’m real whinny tonight which is why I believe I’m so tired. And I still have an 8 hour work shift ahead of me to go.
I’m REALLY hoping we are not working this Saturday. We have Columbus Day off as a paid holiday. I haven’t told anyone about it because I do have a good problem. I get invited to go places. My friend Dwain will invite me over or my parents will for supper. But it could be the day I really need just to myself. No traveling, just relaxing. I’m LOVING just the thought of it. I will be heavily disheartened if my brother has it off too. I just get really sick of him. I don’t hate him but even as I write this he’s literally 3 feet away on his computer. I just get sick of his constant presence. The only way to get away is to literally leave the house.
On a lighter note I ran into a problem the other. I was hungry so I ate a bowl of cereal. I finished but was still hungry. SO I emptied the last remaints of my Frankberry into my bowl. There was only enough for about half a bowl so I had it hanging around for awhile. It was starting to get stale but I walked over to my computer and started eating down spoonfuls. Clicking on a screen I noticed the feeling of something on my finger. I thought it was a flea. I am certain the kids have brought fleas from my parents house to my house. The kids are up there a lot as my brother uses our mother very often as a babysitter for several hours each visit. My mother has a dog that no matter how much they bathe or clean it, often spending $30+ on flea products the dog has fleas. So look down expecting a flea but find a tiny ant on my finger. I then look into my bowl and it’s like the wreck of the Titanic. There are about 20 to 30 ants floating in my cereal bowl. Some are drowning in the bowl and some are using the Frankenberry cereal as life rafts. I resign myself to the fact that I have probably eaten several mouthfuls of ants along with my cereal. I ended up tossing the rest of the cereal though.
And finally, weather in New England. The past two mornings I’ve had to use my ice scraper to remove heavy frost from my car windows. It’s only early October. Oy. My friend from work said the Farmer’s Almanac said it’s going to be a tough winter. Such is life.
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