Slow Metamorphosis

This weekend was pretty uneventful. Saturday my sisters car had something fall out from underneath and so she had to get a tow truck and we spent the morning getting a part to get the car on the road. I had intended to go to church but didn’t quite make it. Sunday I finished up another section of my room and I went to Home Depot to get the brackets and the shelves for my recessed area that will be shelves. Don’t you know that it didn’t work. I think what happened is that there is no support behind that wall so the brackets wouldn’t secure to the wall and so now I have to figure out another way of doing this so BACK to home depot again today to see if I can get some more wood cut. Maybe if I did what they did the last time which was GLUE it to the wall and then secure it again with a whole crap load of nails I can get some stability on that wall. But when I tell you I’m getting annoyed that’s an understatement. I’m still waiting for Ikea to send me my parts so I can put together the last 3 drawers so I can put all the clothes I have folded up and finally put them away. In any case the whole room thing is coming along slowly but surely.

Yesterday when I was coming into work there were cops in the street giving detours off of Rockaway Boulevard unto side streets. I was thoroughly annoyed! The streets were all backed up and I didn’t know what the problem was but I knew that I was going to be late for work… Last night I got home one of the news stories was of a boy who was killed as a result of a hit and run on Rockaway Boulevard. I instantly knew that was the reason for all the traffic earlier; and I felt like such a jerk. Here I am annoyed about the detour when across the street a little boy lay dying. *sigh* RIP

I watched Op.rah yesterday. I love her! She had the author of the book A million little pieces which I have to get! The book is about drug addiction and how he got through it and the whole time she was doing the interview I was sitting there bawling like a fool. I have to get the book.

As for the room improvement, can you believe I’m still getting my room in order? I packed up all my books which took me a bit because I’m getting my book shelves redone this weekend. So that will help because then I can get all these books packed away throw my old dresser out and then the only thing left to do is paint my accent wall and then I need to decide on what couch I’m buying. I want to get a sleeper couch that turns into a bed so I can be selfish and not share my bed when company comes. Lol. As for the pics of the new room….i lost my freaking camera! I am hoping that it got lost in the shuffle of moving all my crap around but for the life of me I don’t know where it could have gone and I’m getting upset because I spent entirely too much money on it to then turn around and lose it.

I have decided that I need to keep my own personal journal. I realized that unless I write things down I will never remember and there are a lot of things I need to remember. I have also been seriously thinking about my writing and how I haven’t done much of any lately, including my poetry. I have decided I need to devote some time to that….possible take a writing seminar if at all possible so I can get the words that are in my head on the page and to get my creative juices flowing again.

Sunday was my book club meeting and I had 10 people who RSVP’d and said they were coming and in the end there were only 3 people including me making 4 in total. At first I took it personally…I mean I had this huge list of attendees that I sent evites to and when they all say oh a book club is a great idea and don’t show up…. Like I said I took it personally. L talked me out of that. And now it’s been a little over a year since the club started and I love the people who come every month and read and have such interesting things to say. I love the different types of food…you know me, eternally greedy.  Some of the people in the book club aren’t even people that I knew personally beforehand but were invited by other people who thought they would be interested and so it’s nice to meet new people because I swear after you leave college meeting people seems a whole lot harder.

The bookclub meeting….the book was good, I really liked her writing (Edwidge Danticat) and the topic was interesting a former torturer (The Dew Breaker). I did some research on Haitian history afterward to get a better understanding of the country and there are a lot of things that I didn’t know before I started reading the book that gives me a greater appreciation for the struggle. I always knew that they were the first Caribbean country to get freedom under Colonialism and I know that many of the countries in the Caribbean struggle with their governments because of corruption and political unrest but Haiti seems to have some really serious things going on….so I respect the struggle of the people. The only thing about the book club meeting that I couldn’t get with was the way our waitress kept trying to force us to order all this stuff we didn’t want. I mean ok appetizers is one thing but she kept telling us ok we are preparing your dessert…we didn’t ask for any. And she kept saying it! Finally we had to be like we just want the check PLEASE! We were in there for so long too, it took forever to get our food and all that but other than that everything was alright. Except that night I had some kinda wicked stomach cramps, I think it might have been the fried turkey….I don’t think it agreed with me at all. I should have gotten the goat. Oh well.

The weather outside is wet and windy and I’m here at work paying more attention to the rain outside than anything. These hurricanes are killing me really. Granted we arent dealing with anything like they are in FL and LO so I shouldnt complain but this rain is coming in buckets. The one good thing is that its definitely cuddling weather. But alas I will be going home to finish some more of my “room renewal project” lol. I still have some painting to do and I have a crapload of stuff that I am tossing out because quite frankly I can hoard and I need to stop that. But its coming along slowly but surely. I will have to share pics once I am totally done which will be a while still because I want to buy a chest and new couch….but we shall see

So this morning the shit officially hit the fan. I came in to work and my director of Operations who was out yesterday wanted a status report on everything that has been going on and where we stand as far as the deadlines. SO I gave her the rundown. And I could see she was clearly annoyed but it wasn’t something that couldn’t be fixed manually during the proofing process. Immediately after she leaves the “ball dropper” (that’s what I will call him) comes over and says, let me know which takes priority and what needs to get done first….so I am floored because some of the things he mentioned should have been done from LAST WEEK! So I think I made a sound in disbelief, so I said ok I will ask the “Director” and see what she says. I started to shoot an email but I decided it would be better to walk over to her office…..and that was a great idea. She immediately blew up…not that I blame her. We all have noticed the BLATANT ball dropping…she calls him he doesn’t pick up she goes over there and brings him back to her office, where a HUGE argument ensued and I really just sat there and bit my tongue because he was being so disrespectful…. At the end of the day he basically said he only has another 7 days here and he doesn’t care…which from his actions we already knew! To tell you the truth; I am more disappointed that he would go out like that…and I really am NOT feeling writing a recommendation for him based on how I have seen him act as his manager….All I know is that our company is good for taking people back if they leave and return to the city and want to return to work here and not for nothing…I wouldn’t his ass to come back here…he burned this bridge…which to repeat the operator – is a shame because I really did like him.
The blanket is coming along. I am trying to finish it up this week by adding some smaller squares on the outside that have flowers, and do that as the border. I started one flower last night when I got in but I think I was doing it too tight and the yarn is kinda chunky so I am going to try and redo another one and see how that one comes out.

Is there an unwritten rule somewhere that says that once you put in your two week notice that your leaving, it is a basic assumption that you will NOT be doing any work in that two week period? I have a guy in the department that I am no managing and he put in his two weeks on Friday and prior to him putting his two weeks in he was totally slacking on work that needed to be done. Work that in the past always required some OT, but this time around he put in not one second of OT – matter of fact he would call in late and then still eave at 9am. Now we are under the gun as far as this deadline goes and wouldn’t you know it….he calls in sick today. I have to say that I am so disappointed in him. He has never been the type and work still has to get done even if you won’t be here two weeks from now. My thing is he asked me write him a recommendation which if I wrote it now….well you know. I don’t want to write it!!!!!!!!!!! I just can’t get over he is acting out his last few days here. The only thing people seem to be saying in response is well what do you expect???? *sigh*

This is the blanket I am working on. I still have a ways to go and sad to say I didnt get the chance to work on it this week as much as I wanted to but it is coming alone which is nice.

Sorry guys I know its a pain in the behind to do those word verification things but unfortunaly I had to. I was getting hitting with spam and one and two wasnt bad but it started to get out of control

This week has been a complete and total wreck on wheels. I don’t want to complain but I have to. I am rethinking this whole thing. Am I really cut out to be a manager? These people are getting on my last dangling nerve for real!. I mean I have some that actually do what is needed but then there are others who just don’t give a shit. I wish I could fire everyone and start from scratch. Lol. Can I do that?
Anyway….Mack got his cast off and as soon as the doc set him down on the ground he was OFF! His broken leg is a bit skinnier than the other one and as a result a lil wobbly but with time it will be alright. He just has to take it easy on that leg for awhile.
I am working on my first full size blanket that I want to send to a friends of mine who had a baby. I think I am going to send it anonymously. But its gorgeous I may have to post a pic of it. I am using a new pattern for me at least. I am just doing the granny square and just extending it outwards and adding other colors on it as I work outward. I picked up some more yarn this past weekend because I ran out of what I originally had and ended up picking up this gorgeous green color that I have to figure out what I am going to make with it. I am also planning on working on a blanket to go with my new color scheme and I have one of the colors I am going to use but need a fabulous red to being it all together so the hunt is on for that. I also want to get my rounds down so I can finish a hat. And I am working on Yve’s baby blanket….but I want to wait I saw this baby book that has all these patterns for baby clothes and I may want to go nuts since this is my first niece…well not by blood but that baby will be calling me auntie Nikki…YAY! OHHH I can’t wait!
This weekend I have to work….both Saturday night and then again all day Sunday not to mention some work that I am bringing home with me. Oh YAY NOT!

Piazza takes his final bow

Today L, Reenie and I went to see the Mets play at Shea. It was apparently Piazza's last game and the stadium was full and everyone was showing him losts of love. Hell I even got goosebumps. lol. All in all it was cool. Reenie and I chatted mostly and L made sure that this time around I did all the driving because he likes being a passenger. He sat in the backseat the wholetime being a typical backseat driver. lol. When I was younger my dad would listen to the games on the radio as he drove us to and from places and I used to hate it. Wished he would turn the crap off. Baseball is one of those games to me that I would rather see than listen to and I would rather play it than watching it. In any case being Piazza's last game and the last game of the season the Mets sucked so bad, the lost 11- 3, what the hell was that? UGH