New job
Current mood: bored
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

I started my new job on Tuesday. It is going to be a big adjustment. For one thing, there is a difference in pay. I was making a hourly wage and now I'm on a commission scale. The pace is way slooooow compared to what I was used to at the old job. The suckiest part is the dress code. I have to wear either black or white. I'm going to hate the color black soon. The main perk of the job is I only have a 5 minute drive now.

I figure I'll hump it out until the first of the year at least. I got another place wanting to hire me but they can't do it until January.

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No more monkeys jumping on the bed...
Current mood: blah
Category: Life

We took Emma to the ER last night for what we thought was a sprained ankle. We found out she has a broken leg. She has a hairline fracture in her left tibia (shin bone). We had the appointment with the orthopedic doctor today. She has to wear her temporary splint for the next TWO weeks until her follow-up appointment. She will then get x-rayed again and we will go from there. She is a little trooper. She doesn't act like she is in too much pain. She crawls around and gets under our feet now like a baby. LOL. She also scoots on her butt with her leg up in the air.

(I put some pics on here but for some reason can't get them to show up here. So if you haven't seen them, look in my photo album)

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Before my daily dose of caffeine...
Current mood: awake
Category: Life

It is so quiet in my house right now. Which will be changing shortly, when I go to pull Madison out of bed for pre-school. The quiet is nice. I have felt like a hamster spinning in circles in that damn wheel thing and not going anywhere.

Work is getting better. Assholes don't bother me... as much. LOL. Slowly getting people to request me. Making good tips. Now if I could just lose some weight so my back and feet didn't hurt constantly, I'd be okay.

Prior to moving, I thought a bigger house would be less trouble. I figured I'd actually have room for all my crap. Hell, I'm still not fully unpacked. I'm still sleeping on my couch instead of my bed. It is a fight trying to keep the place clean. I still have no heat... Waiting on the stupid power company to do something so the dumb ass electricians can finish their work.

Is it possible to crack down on your kids without having to be a dictator?? I'm sooooo over certain things the girls do. I take responsibility for it .. well part of it, my husband can take the rest of the blame. I think my problem is they know I can't deal with the screaming and tears, so I break down eventually and give in. Any suggestions??

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Finally...
Current mood: aggravated
Category: Life

I have some time to post a blog. We moved about a month ago and I have been crazy busy. I have to say that Chris pulled off the move pretty much on his own. I packed some shit but he got EVERYTHING over here. I'm still not all the way unpacked. LOL.

All I do is work and clean. I worked 9 hours today and did 19 hair cuts. I'm tired to say the least and glad I have work off tomorrow. If I have to deal with another screaming kid I'll snap. I had a kid that was so horrible today the dad gave me a $20 tip.

Speaking of kids... Mine are whining for me...

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It’s been awhile...
Current mood: awake
Category: Blogging

Wow. I can't believe I haven't posted a blog in almost a month. I guess that is what working full-time does to a person. My life basically revolves around Great Clips right now. There are times I feel like it is a bunch of crap. Everything is so corporate. Like how you have to greet people, i.e., the "Hi! Welcome to Great Clips!", which you have to say within 5 seconds of them walking in the door and "Hi! I'm Mary and I'll be cutting your hair today." It's not a bad gig working there, but I feel like a sell out sometimes.

If I'm not working, I'm cleaning. I spent 2 hours the other day just cleaning my kitchen. It wasn't horribly dirty, I just didn't like how it looked. Laundry piles up so bad around here, on my days off I do at least 3 loads. Our house is so tiny that I have to constantly clean.

I've had so much going on that I have been overwhelmed. Just some family stuff that I really can't get into on here. We might be moving. YAY!! I'll let you know more about that as I figure out what's going on.

I think I'm turning into Katelyn since I added song lyrics on here that went with the blog title. I just happened to think of the song AFTER I wrote the title.

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It's Been Awhile - Staind

It's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
Since I first saw you
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
Since I could call you
But everything I can't
remember as fucked up as it
all may seem the consequences
that I've rendered I've stretched
myself beyond my means

It's been awhile
Since I could say that I wasn't addicted
Since I could say I love myself as well
Since I've gone and fucked things
up just like I always do
But all that shit seems to
disappear when I'm with you
But everything I can't remember
as fucked up as it may seem
The consequences that I've rendered,
I've gone and fucked things up again.
Why must I feel this way
Just make this go away,
Just one more peaceful day

It's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
Since I said I'm sorry
Since I've seen the way
the candle lights your face
But I can still remember
just the way you taste
But everything I can't remember as
fucked up as it all may seem to be
I know it's me I cannot blame this on my
father he did the best he could for me

It's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
and it's been awhile since I said
I'm sorry

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stupid insomnia
Current mood: awake
Category: Life

Damn it. I have to be up at 430AM, so I can be in Indianapolis by 8AM. I have 3 days of training up there for work. I couldn't settle down until midnight. I put on Mrs. Doubtfire and watched some of it til I passed out for maybe an hour and a half. Then I woke up for no apparent reason. I hate sleeping when I'm the only one in the house. The dog is here, but that little fucker wouldn't settle down and slept up in my face underneath the girls' blanket. I see myself finding a Starbucks in the morning on the way to Indy.

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Finally...
Current mood: tired
Category: Life

I have a day off from work. I'm glad after doing a 5 day stretch. I have plans for the day. I have to clean my hell hole of a house, which is an endless battle. My cousin and her kids are coming down to hang out and I'm cutting their hair. I'm going to Adri's gymnastics class. Hopefully Madds & Emmy Boo behave. Miss Em is staying the night with her Mams & Paps tonight. They are going down tomorrow to pick up Chris. He will be home for good. YAY!!!

It's not like he'll notice a clean house, but I am tired of it. I spend a minimum of 1 hour a day doing housework and you can't flipping tell that I do anything. Speaking of chores, I need to get the trash out since it's trash day.

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The birds & the bees- reality tv style
Current mood: confused
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

I had an interesting chat last night with Adriana. We were driving to Wal-mart and I made an off-color comment to Chris. From the back seat, I get the question "Mom what do PENISES have to do with sex?" I looked at him and thought oh shit, I have to give the talk. I asked Adri what she knew about sex and she said nothing because everybody said she was too young to know. I said what DO you know. She said well Mamaw said God puts babies in your tummy, but I think that is crap. Then Madison said God cuts your tummy open and puts babies in it.

Well, we finally get to Wal-mart and as we are walking in Adri said I think I have sex figured out. So she told me in the girls restroom. Everything she knows about sex came from reality tv.

She said she learned stuff from watching Keeping up with the Kardashians. I was thinking WTF!!! It was funny because in under a minute she said that if you have sex you can make a baby. I said uh huh.. She said then if you have sex and think your pregnant you pee on a stick. One line means you're not pregnant, 2 lines means maybe, and 3 lines means you are pregnant. If it shows 2 or 3 lines then you have to go to the doctor to see if you are really pregnant. I was trying not to laugh at this point.

Oh, then to top it off she said that my sister Katelyn told her I was going to get a surgery so I wouldn't have anymore babies. LOL....

Just to let you know, she doesn't watch this show at my house.. I think she watches it with my sisters. Hell I don't know.. I thought it was kinda funny. At least I avoided having to explain about penises and vaginas... I mean she knows the parts, but not what they do beyond peeing and a baby popping out.. She understands about periods.

So what do you think?? Should I sit her down and explain sex or wait?? How much do you explain to a 3rd grader??

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Kung Fu Panda..
Current mood: bored
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

We took the girls to see Kung Fu Panda after I got off work this afternoon. It was a waste of the $25 that I spent on the tickets. There were some funny parts, especially with Jack Black being the voice of Po the panda. But, I had a hard time following the story line and had to keep asking Chris what was going on. One cool thing was we were the only ones in the theater. Emma and Maddy ran around trying to "hi ya" each other in the aisle. I did get exciting seeing that there will be a sequel to Madagascar coming out in November. 

So my advice is if you want to see this movie, wait until it comes out on DVD and then rent it. To be honest, I don't even think we will being buying it.

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Trying to get my life back in order
Current mood: blah
Category: Life

Things have been really crazy for me for the past 2 months. The 2 main things have been dealing with Chris, his illness, the Army, etc. and then starting a new job.

He will be home permanently July 16. No more of this back and forth shit from Ft. Knox to home. It is 110 miles one way!! I have put $90 of gas in my car since Thursday!!!! Not to mention it is a 2 1/2 hour drive one way. We are trying to get things squared away for him to take some classes when he gets back and go back to work. It is going to be crazy since we work opposite shifts, but we have done it before.

I have been at my new job for a month. It is okay. The pay is great. I like the people I work with.  Saturday was crazy. I was behind my chair cutting hair for 9 hours!!! I'm starting to get used to the pace of things. I go to 3 days of training up in Indianapolis in August. Which is good timing, because of all the students coming back to IU and back-to-school. There are times I really question my career choice. But whatever..

Work is the main reason I'm not on here too often. I'm just freakin tired. I'm trying to get things done around the house and spend time with the kids. So, I'm trying to catch up on my messages and blog reading. If it takes me forever to catch back up with you on here, I'm sorry. I don't even have time to call any of my friends anymore.

Well, I need to get to bed. I have to get Madds to school by 830, pay bills, clean (yuck), and get to work by 1pm.

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