Since my last post, my life has been a series of ups and downs. I don't know where to start, and this post may reflect the ramblings of the ADHD mind, but since it is my blog, I am not caring. With that being said, read on dear readers.
Had my latest check up-I am diabetic and need to have doctors check me out regularly so I don't end up the footless person O'bama was so excited about when begging for health care reform support. Anyway, my A1C came back at an incredible 5.6!!! If I keep being such a model patient, I may get to stop the medication I use. Although the medicine is probably what made my number that low--the lowest in 2 years! That is an up. Great way to start St. Patrick's Day! Now, are you ready for it, the low: on my way home I had a fender bender. I have no idea what color the light was, but I got the running a red light ticket--lucky me! No one was hurt--Thank God! And both cars weren't injured critically. My first auto accident and I am pretty sure that I am going to get the blame for the whole thing. But, Upside--I found out that my insurance is good and the other guy will be able to get his car fixed without making me go bankrupt. Downside, my premiums will probably go up--with my luck!
NCAA men's basketball tournament is on!! So exciting. The whole family filled out brackets. Kansas--I am a huge Jayhawk fan---ranked #1 in their region and predicted by many to win the whole tournament. I was one of the many! Rock chalk Jayhawk baby!
Second round, they get beat by Northern Iowa (who?) by 2 points--actually the score should have been worse because Kansas played HORRIBLE. But, down side, they lost and my tournament is so not that much fun anymore. It is over before it really began.
I got a new job. I am cooking in a nursing/rehab facility now. It pays better than my last job and since we need the fundage, this is definately an up. Also, there is a lot of walking involved--I not only cook the food, I also deliver it to the 4 halls of the facility. Good pay and exercise--up! I would have liked to have had a job that not only paid well, but also allowed me to sit. Not being in the best of shape and not used to working 8 plus hours at a time, I feel like I need to use a wheel chair. I cannot believe how bad my feet hurt. This is a good job and I feel like I am helping people. So this is a plus, but the body aches are most definately a minus. I miss being a house mom who only works while the kids are at school and has summers off. Now my husband, Mike, is Mr. Mom and not really enjoying that as much as he thought he would. Which brings to mind, be careful what you ask for. But that is another story for another time.
Tomorrow is my day off! This is a great UP. The down side of this is the fact that I will probably be trying to recover from the 9 days I have worked and trying to get pumped up for the next Monday through Friday I still have to work. Learning new jobs, no matter how menial, is not easy. Especially for semi-old dogs like me.
I am now employed and no longer looking for work--major up. It may not be my dream job, but money is money. I am just hoping that I don't run out of Ibuprofin before I get used to this job!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
March Madness
I have found the cure for the olympics withdrawal: March Madness. At our house we love the NCAA tournament and every year is a grand "picks" adventure. We make 4 brackets and one master bracket and everybody picks their teams for the whole tournament. I did pretty well last year and my youngest is a pro at picking longshot upsets! We aren't gamblers, but this is friendly competition. My husband and I used to do our picks and the winner would receive a 6 pack of beverages from the loser. This is what we will be doing at our household soon. Well, that and continuing our unfruitful job hunt.
We are keeping our fingers crossed for a possible hit on the Bingo Board of jobs. I don't want to jinx it, but it could be big. In the meantime, I am planning on abandoning my lofty goal of an office job and persue yet another job that requires the bare minimum of education. I think I will start looking at the convenience store job market. I am considering this for two reasons: 1) I need WORK that provides a paycheck--any legal kind will do! 2) I don't want to begin a job that will be hard to leave if my husband gets a job and we have to move. It wouldn't be fair to me or the potential employer.
I have been a Craigslist sucker once and I don't want to go there again. I am still trying to find work through the internet, but it isn't very promising. I have matured through trial and error in that respect. Let me tell you about my experience while I have your eye.
I applied for an office job. I have been looking for receptionist positions, secretarial and clerical jobs basically. Well, I received an answer to one of my letters begging for a job--otherwise known as a cover letter. It informed me that this person was in need of a personal assistant to run errands and handle mail and the occasional money matter. I wasn't interested in the work, but as it was supposed to pay 500 bucks a week, I was intrigued. I replied to the person that I was willing to give this a try. He asked for my name, address and phone numbers. I replied since he didn't ask for a social security number or for any bank information. Well, he asked me to set up a yahoo address so they could deal with me in a chat format--this was because the person was hard of hearing and didn't want to use the phone unless necessary. Believe me, I had my doubts about whether this whole thing was legit, but needing extra funds blinded me. I complied and when the time came to enter into a dialogue with this person, I couldn't figure out how to use the yahoo chat thing. Anyway, I emailed this address that the position wasn't for me and I wished him good luck in his work. As the day wore on, a FedEx truck delivered an envelope with a certified check for over 3,000 dollars. The check had no explanation, no stub, and my name was written in ink; not typed like usual business practice. I was baffled. Then, I went online to check and sure enough, "My Boss" had emailed me instructions about what I was to do when I received this check. Apparantly it was for an orphanage to buy gifts for the kids and because the gifts would be hard to mail, I was to just wire transfer them money for this man. I was also supposed to subtract my $500 weekly pay from the amount of the check. I thought, "OK, I can do this." But I had a real odd feeling about the whole thing. I decided not to put the check into my account, because I didn't want to involve my bank and expose my accounts to anyone in case they could access all my info. So, I went to a bank that could do a wire transfer. Only, I had to cash the check first and since I didn't have an account there, they wouldn't cash it. So, I just decided to use my bank. I am glad I did. The teller was curious and I told her everything I knew about the check. I also told her that I was nervous about the check. We took the matter to a bank official who made a copy of the check and the instructions I was supposed to use in connection with the check. He then gave me an email address and instructed me to fwd the email I got about the check to this address. If I would have put the check in my account, I would have been liable for the fees this bad check would have incurred. If I would have been stupid enough to actually wire the money to the "orphanage", I would have also been out the money I wired because the whole thing was BOGUS! Since then, I have blocked this email from my email list and I have cancelled my yahoo experience.
The bank official told me the certified check was a very good forgery and boy, I could have used the money. One thing that I find interesting is that the check was mailed from a New Jersey address and the "orphanage" that I was to wire the money to was also a New Jersey address. I was leary from the get go and thanks to the "if it seems to good to be true" advice everyone has heard and a fantastic bank teller, I was able to avoid definate financial ruination. I can't even afford to pay attention, not to mention funding an orphanages toy spree!
I hope my tale is helpful to others. I have been leary about Craigslist jobs since then. Oh, I am still desparate for a job and money, but I have a Mr. Miagi type wisdom now. So, until next time: wax on, wax off friends.
We are keeping our fingers crossed for a possible hit on the Bingo Board of jobs. I don't want to jinx it, but it could be big. In the meantime, I am planning on abandoning my lofty goal of an office job and persue yet another job that requires the bare minimum of education. I think I will start looking at the convenience store job market. I am considering this for two reasons: 1) I need WORK that provides a paycheck--any legal kind will do! 2) I don't want to begin a job that will be hard to leave if my husband gets a job and we have to move. It wouldn't be fair to me or the potential employer.
I have been a Craigslist sucker once and I don't want to go there again. I am still trying to find work through the internet, but it isn't very promising. I have matured through trial and error in that respect. Let me tell you about my experience while I have your eye.
I applied for an office job. I have been looking for receptionist positions, secretarial and clerical jobs basically. Well, I received an answer to one of my letters begging for a job--otherwise known as a cover letter. It informed me that this person was in need of a personal assistant to run errands and handle mail and the occasional money matter. I wasn't interested in the work, but as it was supposed to pay 500 bucks a week, I was intrigued. I replied to the person that I was willing to give this a try. He asked for my name, address and phone numbers. I replied since he didn't ask for a social security number or for any bank information. Well, he asked me to set up a yahoo address so they could deal with me in a chat format--this was because the person was hard of hearing and didn't want to use the phone unless necessary. Believe me, I had my doubts about whether this whole thing was legit, but needing extra funds blinded me. I complied and when the time came to enter into a dialogue with this person, I couldn't figure out how to use the yahoo chat thing. Anyway, I emailed this address that the position wasn't for me and I wished him good luck in his work. As the day wore on, a FedEx truck delivered an envelope with a certified check for over 3,000 dollars. The check had no explanation, no stub, and my name was written in ink; not typed like usual business practice. I was baffled. Then, I went online to check and sure enough, "My Boss" had emailed me instructions about what I was to do when I received this check. Apparantly it was for an orphanage to buy gifts for the kids and because the gifts would be hard to mail, I was to just wire transfer them money for this man. I was also supposed to subtract my $500 weekly pay from the amount of the check. I thought, "OK, I can do this." But I had a real odd feeling about the whole thing. I decided not to put the check into my account, because I didn't want to involve my bank and expose my accounts to anyone in case they could access all my info. So, I went to a bank that could do a wire transfer. Only, I had to cash the check first and since I didn't have an account there, they wouldn't cash it. So, I just decided to use my bank. I am glad I did. The teller was curious and I told her everything I knew about the check. I also told her that I was nervous about the check. We took the matter to a bank official who made a copy of the check and the instructions I was supposed to use in connection with the check. He then gave me an email address and instructed me to fwd the email I got about the check to this address. If I would have put the check in my account, I would have been liable for the fees this bad check would have incurred. If I would have been stupid enough to actually wire the money to the "orphanage", I would have also been out the money I wired because the whole thing was BOGUS! Since then, I have blocked this email from my email list and I have cancelled my yahoo experience.
The bank official told me the certified check was a very good forgery and boy, I could have used the money. One thing that I find interesting is that the check was mailed from a New Jersey address and the "orphanage" that I was to wire the money to was also a New Jersey address. I was leary from the get go and thanks to the "if it seems to good to be true" advice everyone has heard and a fantastic bank teller, I was able to avoid definate financial ruination. I can't even afford to pay attention, not to mention funding an orphanages toy spree!
I hope my tale is helpful to others. I have been leary about Craigslist jobs since then. Oh, I am still desparate for a job and money, but I have a Mr. Miagi type wisdom now. So, until next time: wax on, wax off friends.
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