reposts
Current mood: tired
Category: Blogging

There were two new blogs tonight, reposts from another blogsite.  The information is a little dated, but I wanted to go ahead and post it.  I'll keep new blogs posted here on the day they're written from now on so you're not getting old info.

Mel

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The Job.... Repost with Updates
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

Okay,  so you all know that I have had several interviews lately.  Especially since my graduation on May 4th.

The first one, was with a hospital right outside of Hilton Head, in South Carolina.

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This job was a dream job.  The hospital itself is affiliated with Duke Medical Center.  It's a night shift job, which means I have to have a roomate to live in and be at home with Eli at night.  But I can sleep while he's at school, and for him, it will be like having a stay at home mom.  I'll be getting home when it's time to take him to school, and going in after he's in bed.  And home all afternoon.  And making enough money to put him in afterschool things, like tee ball, and karate, and stuff like that.  Whatever his spoiled little heart desires.

I have been patiently waiting to hear back that my background check was completed so I could take my drug test and get started.

Then, late last week, the company here in town where I did half of my clinicals called.  They had a position they were creating, full time, benefits, competitve pay.  (Though I'm not sure who they were competeing with...  McDonald's maybe?)  They wanted to see me, so I scheduled an interview for Monday morning.

On Tuesday, the local company offered me the job.  The problem?  When I looked at the financials, after bills were paid, and remember I have no credit card debt, just basic living expenses, I would have had less than $400 a month for gas, food, childcare, karate, et cetera.

I still hadn't heard from South Carolina.

With a sick stomach, I turned them down. 

There was just no way I could commit to living in poverty.  Plus, it was an afternoon shift job.  Which meant that about the time Eli got home from school, I'd be getting going good at work.  And I wouldn't get home until hours after he had gone to bed.

So I never would have seen him.

Then, this morning it happened.

I heard from South Carolina. 

I looked at the number on the caller i.d.

Fear and trepidation filled me.

If they don't hire, I will have turned down the only other real prospect I had. 

McDonald's loomed in my future.

I did not go to school to flip burger patties and deal with trans fat.

I clicked the flash button to answer the phone.

"Hello."  I tried to sound happy.

"Hi!  This is *name left out* with *hospital name left out*. May I speak with Melodie?"

She sounded happy.  This is a good thing. 

I felt a buzzy, fuzzy warm feeling flood me.

"This is she..."

"We just wanted to schedule with you a time to do your signups."

OMG OMG OMG  I got the job!!!!!!

Here's the schedule.

I go in Friday for a few hours to fill out my new hire paperwork.  Take my drug test.  All that jazz.

Then, I start work Monday.

YAYYYYYY!

Then to give you a brief rundown of my next three weeks...

This week:
packing my stuff up and getting moved out of my mom's house. 
unpacking Eli's stuff from storage and getting him set up to spend the summer with mom in a room designed just for him.

Next week:
Monday thru Wednesday:
Orientation at the hospital

Thursday:
Travel back to mom's to pick up Eli,
Travel to Dad's to drop Eli off
Travel to Ann Marie's to spend the night

Friday:
I fly out at 9:30 for girly trip with Ann Marie.

Sunday: 
Travel back to mom's to drop Eli off.
Travel back to South Carolina to start all over again.

The week after that:
Start in the lab.

I'm going to be a very busy girl.

I love you all.  I love everyone right now.  So much going on, so much to be excited about. 

What's new with you?

Mel

***UPDATE***

Nevermind me.  I can't read a calendar.  My anticipated start date in June 4th.  That is not this Monday.  It's Monday, week.  So, I have an extra week to pack my shit up in my mom's house and be ready to go.  YAYYYYY!

Mel

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The Interview... Repost
Current mood: cheerful
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

Okay.  So last night I drove to Hilton Head, SC and today had an interview for my dream job.  It's a hospital where I can get experience in core lab, as well as blood bank and micro.  That's very unusual.  Most hospitals make you specialize if you're doing micro or blood bank and the only ones allowed to work in those departments only work in those departments.

And it went swimmingly.

No.  For serious.

It went so well that at the end of the interview, I as I was leaving, I said "I hope to her from you soon."

And she said, "Well, as far as I'm concerned, as soon as we get your background check back, you can start.  You're the one I want."

And I, being witty and charming and more than a little funny, said, "Well, then it's a very good thing they expunged the felony off my record last week when I promised the judge I would stop selling drugs to the kiddies."

She tilted her head back, slapped her leg, and howled in laughter.  Then she looked at me and said, "Honey, you're going to do just fine here."

It's stupid money.  Really.  And I am verra, verra excited about the whole thing.

You have no idea. 

J asked me tonight how many people I called today after my interview.  "I'm not sure, but enough that I'm over my minutes for the month now."

The problem with this is, I don't get more minutes until June 8th.

In other, other news, J invited me to accompany him to a wedding later this summer.  And I invited him to accompany me to one next summer.

So, all in all, it's been a very good week.

What's new with you?

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Various Updates and Meanderings...
Current mood: cheerful
Category: Life

Okay, I know, I have left you all in the dark about my life lately....

So, to answer the questions you're probably too busy leading your own life to ask:

About my love life:

Yes, I am bad in love.  In a really good way.  In such a good way, when I'm talking to my friends who aren't in love, I actually feel guilty for being so happy. 

I have finally found someone who is totally into Me.  Yes, I am kinda sorta into him, too, but honestly, he's all about making me happy and taking care of me.  He told me this morning that when I got there, he'd get up and cook Eli and I breakfast every morning, because we both need a good start to our days.  And since I'm not allowed to cook....

He just really wants to take care of us...  and while sort of I'm having a hard time with it because 1) no one has ever wanted to do that for me before and I'm not sure how to handle it, and 2) I have taken care of us for a long time now, I am totally thinking I could get very used to it given enough practice.

To tell you how in sync we are, yesterday, I was thinking it would be next to nothing to rip all the carpet out of his house and replace it with wood flooring.  Cause he has a dog so the whole place smells like giant black lab...  and I am a cat person and can't stand the smell of dog...  or cat really, if I'm totally honest...

and last night, I was wondering how to brooch this with him without insulting him...  because he's such a dog person, and he up and tells me that yesterday afternoon, he stopped and got a quote on new wood flooring.  Because it would be so much easier to clean with kids and dogs and cats...

And I hadn't even spoken to him about it yet.

That's pretty fucking in sync.

Creepily so, honestly.

But that's how we are.  One of us thinks about something, and the other is already hard at work on making  it happen.

Now if one of us could only manage to think of the winning lottery numbers so the other could go and buy a ticket....

About my edukashun:

I am doing my clinicals at the hospital now...  and getting to see all these doctors all day long...

Did you now they are much cuter on TV?  I haven't seen a McSteamy or a McDreamy yet...  I'm more than a little bit disappointed.  No drool factor here at all.

That said.  My brain is pretty much fried by the end of the day.  I swear, I could think better by 3 pm if I was smoking crack all morning.  I get home, strip out of those damn scrubs that do not breath and allow your body to sweat and all I want is a shower and blue jeans and a nap.

Thus, no blogging lately.

I'm just too tired.

Combined with the fact that every night around 10:30 I crawl into bed with my phone so I can talk to Jeff...  bless his heart, most nights he has to wake me up so I can hang up the phone...   I am feeling pretty damn old this week.

Maybe next week will be better.

About my kid(s):

Eli seems to be doing well.  His dad is supposedly coming to see him this spring.  This will be the first time they've met in person.

Eli will be 7 in June.

I keep telling myself better late than never.  Right?

Some days he's excited about Jeff.  Though I have purposefully kept them separated for the most part.  Save that whole Meet the Parents thing.

Mainly, because Eli sings the K-I-S-S-I-N-G sing when he sees us kiss.  And that's more than a little embarrassing at my age.

Jeff laughs.  At his age, he takes every available opportunity to act and feel like a kid again.

snickers

I keep telling him one of us has to be the adult.  He just pats me on the head.

Other days, Eli isn't so crazy about Jeff. Mainly ecause Jeff always tells him to Mind His Mother.  And that drives Eli bananas.

Jeff and I talked about having another child one day.  He said he's game if I am.  Insert snickering here.  He thinks taking care of me now is fun? Wait till I spend nine months puking and complaining because every smell that comes out of the kitchen makes me nauseous.  Silly man.

I guess that about covers it. 

I sure have missed you guys.

M

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Momma made the waitress cry... and other holiday tales
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Food and Restaurants

Christmas Eve Momma, Eli and I went out and about trying to finish some last minute Christmas shopping.  Namely stocking stuffers, but odds and ends that we thought of as we walked through the mall, too.

We started the day at Circuit City. On the way in, Eli tells us there is one thing he has secretly wished for from Santa.

We try and try to get him to tell us.  To no avail.  He holds out on us, telling us only that it starts with an "F".  We try to convince him that we need to know.  We have to be able to pay Santa when he gets there, and we have to know how much money to have on hand.  No dice.

We try to tell him that we have to donate to the Elven Retirement Fund.  No go.

He holds out. 

Until breakfast.

He finally whispered to Mom that it was Floam.  Mom was ecstatic.  The night before, we had wrapped a case of floam in all the colors.  Go Mom!

Our second stop was Cracker Barrell for the annual Christmas Eve Breakfast.

While we waited for our food to arrive, I decided to do some shopping.  While I was waiting in the line to pay, the lady from the table next to us was complaining brutally about our waitress.  And I mean brutally.

Now, I was a server for about a year.  So I know good service when I see it.  And Diana was an excellent server.  Even when Eli dumped his carton of chocolate milk all over the table and floor, she was right there, cheerfully cleaning it up.  Her smile never broke. 

I went back to the table and was telling Mom about it when the food arrived.  Again, Diana was the picture of excellent, efficient service.  Mom said she would make sure to leave her a good tip.

As we ate, though, Mom's eyes teared up.  She said she felt tlike God was telling her to do something and she pulled a $50 bill out of her wallet.

When we finished eating, Diana brought the bill.  Mom pressed the money into her hand and Diana never even glanced at it.  She just thanked Mom and went to get me a to-do cup of tea. 

When she returned with my cup, Mom was at the register and Diana was teary.

Tell her I said thank you,  she said.  I just saw what she left me.  She has no idea.  Merry Christmas to your family.

As Diana walked away, I realised what a small price it was to make such a difference in this young lady's world.  Just listening to the voice inside us, guiding us, changed Diana's whole outook that day. Made Christmas possible for her family.  Or at least made it better. 

Go Mom!

Each day, I want to try to make a difference in someone's life.  My mom is always doing things for those around her to brighten their day. She takes care of everyone.  Many times to the neglect of herself.

Hers is te first life I want to brighten.

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Welcome...
Current mood: cheerful
Category: Blogging

Welcome, Friends, Family, and those I have yet to offend....

This, as most of you know, is a secondary page, designed to allow my dad to read what I have to say, and yet, still be able to look me in the eye at Christmas Dinner.

This is most important as he smokes a mean turkey.

That said, welcome aboard.  Love having you. 

My old blogs will continue for your reading enjoyment on that other page I will not refer to here again.  *grin*

To you family members:  This page is all for you.

Because I love you, and could not believe you were too embarrassed to add me to your friends list.

*insert playful eye roll here*

Mel

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