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Will it happen?
Posted Apr 10, 2005
9 April 2005
Well, I put in my notice at PAPT on Thursday. My last day at that clinic is 24 April. Dr Lance will not be happy but oh well....
I am debating whether or not I shall take this oppurtunity (as well as the money I received as profit-shares from my old clinic) to finally return to Ohio - permanently. I've done some research, planned a few things, worked out some budgets, and decided I could easily afford to rent an apartment or house there for a few months. In the meantime I can try for a pre-approved loan on a house and see if I could purchase one being foreclosed on. Some are quite nice and I could easily pay one off in less than ten years with a part-time job while I attend either online classes or Belmont Technical College.
I'm scared. I'm really scared.
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Another dilemna....
Posted Apr 5, 2005
5 April 2005
For the past week or so I've had horrible pain in the muscles of my back, just below the shoulderblades, so I'm guessing it is the lattisimus dorsi that are complaining. It feels as if someone is stabbing me in the back usually and it's woken me up at least four nights in the past week and kept me up until On top of that I contracted strep throat from a receptionist at work, so now I can't speak above a whisper unless I enjoy feeling sharp pain in the back of my throat.
With these things in mind you'd think that the management at the clinic where I work would understand why I don't speak much and have refused to pick up any animals weighing more than 25 pounds. Alas, no...in fact, last night, I ended up hoisting a 50lb dead shiba inu onto my shoulders in order to take it to the freezer in the kennel, which was once again overloaded with cadaver. I chucked it in anyway and felt the sharp stabbing pain all along my back and shoulders.
Before I left work last night the asst manager wanted to know why she felt I was "only giving about 40%". I stared at her and explained to her, "You know my back feels like shit. And this strep isn't exactly a friggin' walk in the park. You're giving me 300 $#%@ing things to do at once and expecting me to have them done instantly, pretty much. It's not going to happen."
She copped an attitude, stating that she pushed herself all the time and felt that she should expect the same from anyone else and therefore that was why she challenged them constantly. Then she pretty much told me to quit worrying about my body and get to work. She said that and I merely raised an eyebrow, nodded, and left. So I'm sure she knows I'm looking for another job.
I mean, would you stay at a place where you did major physical labor, was in danger of contracting fatal diseases, pressured to also make sales, and still made less than the kids working at McDonald's? And with no benefits, either. More like empty promises of benefits. I should have had health insurance four months ago. Nope!
I realized two weeks ago that I should have stayed where I was in Ohio. I could have had a job working with a friend of mine at a hotel or doing night-shift at a grocery store making more than I am now - and without asshole doctors!!
So now I am looking for work in Belmont County, Ohio. I have about $1300 put away in a savings account that is screaming "use me for a rent deposit!" If anyone knows of a job opening in St Clairsville or Martins Ferry or even in Wheeling, leave a note! I can be out of here in two weeks if needed!
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A Superbowl moment....
Posted Mar 20, 2005
19 March 2005
I went to Ohio for a week. I left on 11 March and was caught in a small blizzard in Virginia. When I made it to I-70 East I was driving about 60mph while the Ohians were doing 85-90 in the snow storm, which flipped me out! If that wasn't bad enough, I was given a small heart attack when I went to Kroger to get some food and was grabbed from behind by Web Masta while Big Daddy tapped me on the head.
That evening Web Masta and I got plastered. It would probably take about three or four bottles of Golden Grain to get Big Daddy wasted so I figure he only had a buzz. But Web Masta got a little wild that night. Maybe it's just me....I don't really get crazy when I drink. I laugh and joke around when I'm with friends (I don't drink alone anymore) and that's it. Web Masta suddenly thought she was a rapper and reminded us that she gets horny when she's drunk.
Great.
I will spare details, but let's just say there was a "superbowl moment" or two that night.
Otherwise the trip was awesome as always and I didn't want to leave. There were many signs telling me not to leave and I even was tempted by the Web Masta to stay and start a new life. I wish now that I had.
I returned to Georgia to a small mountain of crap. Some of my mail is missing, someone went through a lot of my documents, my cat gained probably five pounds (I was only gone a week!!), a bill came from the hospital for an injury Workman's Comp should have paid for last month, Mom's flipping out cause I want to leave the apartment and not be under her control, and I now have to change every passcode to any and all accounts I have. We're talking bank, email, eBay, everything!
Right now I am pet-sitting for someone who has DSL, so I am calm for the moment. Hey, I just got to see twenty Joe Cartoon cartoons in less than two hours. Can't do that with dial-up! Perhaps this extra time away from the apartment will help me chill out. All I know is I want away from my parents and back over the Ohio state border.
That, and my tools suck.
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No move....
Posted Feb 27, 2005
26 February 2005
The move has been cancelled for now. I'm not really ready, I guess. And I've got to get rid of Mom's piece of crap car and get her something better. We actually went to a Honda place in Buford, Georgia, and realized we couldn't really afford a $16000 car. Oh well....
I'll be leaving for Columbus, Ohio, at 4am on 11 March. There seems to be another DDF2F going on since Elton's playing Nationwide Arena. I'm not that interested in the concert, but would love to see my friends again.
Alright, I'll be honest - Elton John makes me barf these days. I only stay at Dark Diamond cause of my friends and cause I'm a chat prefect. I would rather see Dubya strip than go to a concert of any kind. I doubt I will go, but if I do I will take diazepam and ear plugs.
After the concert I'm staying with Web Masta and Big Daddy, then going to St Clairsville for a few days of heavy drinking. And if I can manage it (which may be difficult in Belmont County) I shall find a nice girl to have wild lesbian sex with.
I have to be back by the evening of the 17th in order to pet-sit for a doctor, but I may pass that duty on to someone else. I really need to get away. I've had five panic attacks in the last two weeks. I don't have panic attacks very often, normally. I might have one every two or three months. And I still have 12 days til I leave. I will probably have five more and I don't have enough diazepam for the seizuring.
Five days of heavy boozing with Big Daddy oughta loosen me up a bit, though. We'll see what happens....if anyone needs to contact me, I always have my cell with me and for those of you who have the number, I apologize for the way my voice sounds.
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Latest reply: Feb 27, 2005
To OHIO!!!!
Posted Jan 4, 2005
I'm preparing to move to Ohio on my own. I have grown quite sick of Georgia and am ready for a change. St Clairsville had been beckoning me for ages and now it is time to go. The plan so far involves:
1) Getting rid of old junk
2) Cashing in 401k and profit shares from former workplace
3) Learning to maintain a budget
4) Finding a home
5) Finding a job
6) Taking the GED test and receiving diploma
7) Enrolling in either technical school or an online university in order to take accounting
8) Purchasing a small amount of furniture and appliances befitting my bachelorette lifestyle
9) Sitting on my front porch in a rocking chair, with a shotgun by my side, 30 or more sterilized cats living in my home, and a beautiful woman by my side in similar rocking chair with similar shotgun
So far, so good.
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