Easter Is Good

Especially when you don't have to be around crazy mother fuckers, or I mean family. Love you all but you drive me crazy with drama that has nothing to do with me what so ever!! I digress, I'm grateful that you are in my life and I love you all. Hope you have a great time enjoying each others presence.

All By Myself

Work is so hard to do when all you are thinking about is going on vacation to the Happiest Place On Earth. Knowing that someone is enjoying the parks makes it hard to concentrate and while they are down there me and the bear are separated in two different houses. I never realized how much I love having him around until he's not here. Granted it's only been a week, it feels way longer than that. I feel as if I've lost my left arm and now I'm not functional at all. Sitting around the house just isn't the same if you don't have someone to share it with. Sad as it may seem, I will never want to be alone EVER!! He really is the best thing that ever happened to me, but enough with the emotional mush. Have a great Wednesday!!

Weekend of Boredom and Torture

While the bear is out at his brother's house while they are down in Cali is great, because it builds the bridge of them watching our dogs when we go. However this weekend was nice to spend it with the bear and be tortured via technology, the not so nice part is that there wasn't much to do. Granted we are there to babysit basically, but besides the occasional skype with them from rides and such it was pretty boring. I think it had more to do that we were just freaking bummed that they are there and we are not. Oh well, back to work as normal today and the best part is I think I've broken my gambling habit for now. I have a bigger plan and a bigger dream in the works.

Vacation Through Technology

Since the bear and I can afford a real vacation this year, we've decided to live vicariously through others. Especially his brother since he's at our home away from home right now. We have this app for our phones that track our walking habits and it's equipped with GPS, well naturally it was only right for his brother to use it while walking through Disneyland and DCA. Technology has made it so much more torturous for two brothers who love the same place to brag, rub in, and show off what the other can't have or be right now. Today is their first day in the park and it's driving the bear mad, and I didn't help either by posting DCA's World of Color, but truth be told I was blubbering like a baby while watching it so it was only fitting to share my misery. But the tables will be turned next year when the bear and I head down for our 15th anniversary. We just need to save save save, to make it an even better trip than his brother's minus the scooter (long story). We will be driving down because it's part of the fun and adventure to get to our "Laughing Place". Although it's still over a year away and we have a lot to accomplish before than, it's still achievable.

On a quick work note, I received my review yesterday and it was what I expected, great's across the board. Granted I didn't get a huge raise, the good review was what I needed to go that extra mile.

All By Myself

While the brother in law is out exploring So Cal, I'm stuck at home by myself while the bear is house sitting. The last time I had to do this, I didn't really have time to do anything but work, eat, sleep and repeat. This time I'm able to go out to their place on the weekends and also the bear went with them. At least we aren't that far from each other this time.

Oh Great

Another weekend has come and gone, but got a lot accomplished. Although the car is still dirty, I got new work pants and a belt and some nice walking shoes for my struggle with weight loss, I do have to say I love these new shoes. We've decided that no matter how bored we get the casino is off limits for now. We need to get back into the black with our finances. Although we haven't gone overdrawn, I just don't want to get that far. With the bear's brother heading to Disneyland this week, I'm going to be home alone until the weekends, and this is going to drive the bear insane knowing that his brother is down there. The good part is that they have agreed to torture the bear even more by having him live vicariously through their trip via Skype and Sports Tracker. Not very eventful weekend but it was nice to relax and go shopping for some new clothes. It's almost payday again and couldn't be more happy about that!! Happy Monday!

Celebrating 5 Years

Last night, we had a dinner celebrating all the anniversaries for the lodge. Anywhere between 90 days to the folks making it to their 5th year. I was one of those who made it to 5. As an opening employee, I can say it has been a fun ride so far and I can't wait to see where this takes me from here. Yes, I have plans to move up and out of Washington, but right now I just want to learn everything. Diva has decided to take me up on teaching me everything she knows because she sees big things in my future. I couldn't be more excited to have such a wonderful mentor and friend as I've found in her. Thank you so much!!

You Said Good Job

Since I started at the lodge, I've had more appreciation from the people I work with than any job I've ever worked before. I feel like a dog who get's a "good boy" from time to time and then a pet on the head. Getting the promotions I have has really taught me the value of hard work and learning more each day. I kind of feel like Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit" with his famous line More Input. I can never get enough knowledge. The people are the best part, since we have so many different personalities, it's fun to sit back and watch as they go above and beyond to make a great work environment. Then you have those who are all Debbie Downers. Granted it takes all of us to make the world go round, but there are just some that you would rather avoid than associate with because you're just going to get an ear full of what is wrong with society. It's really a bummer too, because they are so damn intelligent. Looks can be deceiving.

Winner!!

So I won the biggest loser competition at work with a total of 29.8 lbs lost in 8 weeks. Makes me feel good and with $220 in my pocket, it's time to get some new clothes. I'm waiting until the weekend when we have more time to browse. The bear was shocked that I gave him $60 of that to go cure his itch at the casino last night. I love him so much. He will always be my rock. In other news I'm running my old department today in case of payroll related issues, this should be interesting. I'm also car pooling with my boss so that the bear can get the car serviced. So hopefully he'll want to leave early. Happy Friday everyone!!

Wait!! WHAT!!?

I had a half day yesterday (God I feel like I'm in school all over again when I say things like that, in fact I had a dream that I was a teacher last night, probably because we watched "Here Comes The Boom") which started my morning off at the casino to get my freebie, and to my surprise it was $20. So I decided to play it which lasted a whole 20 minutes. Something was nagging me that I should probably go to work earlier than planned, so I got there at 10:12 and was greeted by a very tired partner in crime. She hadn't slept in 24 hours due to personal stuff at home. She said she hadn't finished payroll yet and was just finishing up invoices before the deadline for month end. We told her she needed to go home and sleep, that I could finish payroll. I got the okay from my department and we sent her off to sleep. It hasn't been that long since I switched departments and it wasn't that hard to pick it up again. I only had 4 hours to finish before I got sent home due to the above mentioned half day. So I worked through the error messages many of which were just change of addresses, but there was a rehire who had been deleted from the main system that kept getting kicked out no matter what I tried. So we proceeded without paying her for now. After balancing the hours, payroll was completed within 2 hours, really only 2 hours? I was a happy boy at this time, remembering what to do. Also, I returned some calls from the weekend and was able to get my email cleared out too. For a short day, it seems that I completed all my tasks for the day. With this week being no orientation, I'm taking the time to organize and do another audit of one of our favorite binders that is in my office. Plus, setting up the upcoming new hires and taking over the calling from our assistant. On the biggest loser front, I lost another 6 lbs, so I'm pretty sure I won the competition but since the main organizer wasn't there I didn't receive the prize yet. I still can't believe that I lost 30 lbs in 8 weeks. I'm super excited for the next round which will get me out of the 200's by my birthday in July. It was a great day, and glad that I could help a friend in need. Now only if her children would just fucking cooperate and do what they are supposed to we would live in a perfect world, but it's children stubborn!!

Needing A Change

The only thing that would make life better is to move away from this state. I've had a good life here in Washington, but it's time to relocate. I'm being patient with the lodge down south to be built and the hopes of being transferred down there, but my patience is wearing thin especially with all the changes in the air. I'm pretty sure once we've relocated I could get anything I set my mind to. I just need to be down there. I've realized that no one wants to hire anyone 2 states away, well for the exception of us. We've hired so many people from California it isn't funny. I just need to make my way down there very badly.