So about an hour after I left the place where I am now employed they received my background check back and called. Course I was out picking up The Drama Queen who stayed after school for some help with the teacher I mentioned a couple posts ago. By the time I got the message and got to call back the woman had left for the day. I tried her this morning, but was thinking in the back of my head that she had been there all week so far and was probably off. I was correct, and of course she was to close tomorrow. So I was a little discouraged and settled in to wait some more… Then the phone rang and it was the store manager who was very excited to ask me to start on Sunday if that worked for me… of course I said yes. I will go in tomorrow to fill out all the loverly paperwork but I am officially employed now. Yay! One more stress off my back! Phew! He also said that we would talk again in 90 days and see how things looked for the both of us and discuss any other opportunities.. for which I am torn, but try to keep an open mind. Who knows where things will be in 90 days given our current economy right?

Now I have to figure out how I can go out and get a couple of work outfits since I have nothing in their colors in my wardrobe…

 

* Something is up with my Twitter thingy in the middle column.. not sure if it is me or Twitter. Don’t feel like playing with it, so maybe I will ignore it and hope it just goes away… sounds like man logic doesn’t it? Or maybe that is just The Mr.

* Had my interview. Met two members of management, took a “survey” and filled out paperwork for a background check. Was a nice chat. On first impression the people I talked with her nice, friendly and fun. Have to wait for “survey” & background check results. Should hear back in a day or two, and be able to start beginning of next week.

* Almost sent my diabetic son off to school without any food to speak of.. no snack or lunch. I was way out of sorts. I realized as we were about to head out to the bus.. which he almost missed because of this. He got out there just as she was pulling away, but she stopped. I then came in and cried. Gotta find an outlet for this soon or it is going to come out in front of the kids again and that wasn’t so pretty last time. Totally freaked The Karate Kid out.

* Tenants are moving soon. I am looking forward to a couple of quiet days as bad as it will be not having another months rent.. I think I liked it better when their kid wasn’t so social

* Speaking of The Karate Kid. We had his first post diagnosis visit with his nutritionist & his endocrinologist yesterday. They say he looks good. He has gained back 15lbs since July 16th. His A1C was 7.3% (the goal is 7 so he is right where they want him!) They made some adjustments to his diet and insulin, which we requested. I am hoping that I made the right decision… we shall see

* It will be fall soon, I am going to have to look for something a little less springy.. though I love my hearts! I should probably do that sooner rather than later, since hopefully I won’t have the time to soon. *fingers crossed*

* The Drama Queen tried out for a play yesterday. There are two going into production at the same time, she really wants to do the musical, but tried out for the nonmusical… musical tryouts are coming up. Going to have to work them into my schedule. *positive thinking*

* Kids birthdays are coming up… they want iPods and all that fun stuff.

* I am really getting tired. I had a weird dream last night about an old friend… I think because I was recently in contact with him and well.. that is a topic for a new post… maybe tomorrow.

* My house is going to be so clean over the next couple days!

 

So we are on day 8 of the school year and already I am hearing from The Drama Queen’s teacher. She has signed up for this cool system called TeacherEase I think and we can log on and see Drama Queen’s grades and correspond. It is very nice! So far only her English teacher and US History teacher are using it, and only the English teacher is updating. It is Honors English II. Currently The Drama Queen has a mid-range C average, and that is only because she was able to redo an assignment. She redid it and showed that she is actually capable of doing the work, and then handed in another half-assed paper today. Honestly I want to smack her! It is so frustrating. I am regretting a lot of the slack I gave her over the summer. Obviously I am failing her here. How do I get her to hold herself accountable? I mean come one she is a freaking Sophomore in high school and all she cares about is talking to her friends about boys. Ugh!  We finally got her to go out for the Theater Group that she really wanted to join last year, but I have a feeling that is only because one of her friends has joined also. She never used to be like this… the hormones have definitely kicked in!

Oh and emailing an English teacher has got to be the most nerve wracking experience! First I am worried about my sentance structure and spelling and punctuation and I keep trying to reword things so I don’t sound like a dolt. I just could see her reaction “Yep no wonder she is inconsistent, her mother is a MORON!“  Her email to me was so formal and I tried to hold to that standard, but as my reply progressed I became me more and more… which actually is really cool because in her reply to my reply she became more her and it became a more relaxed conversation… well as relaxed as you can get in email. It is nice to be up to date on the situation and not fighting to catch up at progress report time. I look forward to meeting her at conferences in a couple weeks.. and until then? We have the website and all it’s splendor.