over the past week, i have:
1. recovered from being sick (mostly)
i don’t know what happened, or why or how i got sick. i had a cold and then a nasty cough, and i’m always phlegmy in general (attractive, no?), but this was phlegm overload. phlegm central. phlegm-tastic. what i do know is that i do not have insurance so i did not go to the doctor.
there is a possiblity that i may be moving to a salary position soon. this would mean more money for me in my weekly paycheck than i’m getting now. but no opportunity for overtime. what i get paid is what i get paid and that’s it. i almost always have overtime. but the thing that may seal the deal for me is that i heard a rumor that salaried positions get a discount on the company insurance policy. i will be doctored once more!
2. got a bed
the hotel is getting brand new beds in all of the rooms so they’re giving away the old beds. the united way and other charities are taking some, but the rest of them are up for grabs for employees. i made my little brothers come with me to the hotel to load them into the minivan. we had two full sized mattresses in the back and two box springs tied to the top.
except for the whole ti thing… we didn’t bring anything with us to secure anything to the roof so i had to go to walgreens and find something. i bought a rope and a phone cord. so we were those people– the ones with two boxsprings tied to the top of a minivan with a phone cord.
the elder of my brothers just got his permit that day and wanted to drive. but it started snowing pretty steadily and it was windy so i drove. when we got to my apartment to drop off my bed, the wind nearly blew us over. it was awful. the point of the whole story is, though, no more sleeping on a twin mattress on the ground. now, like a big girl, i have a bed. that is off the floor. and super comfortable. i have found, too, that for the most part, i sleep diagonal in my bed.
3. got a desk
well, i actually already had a desk, but we moved it from my parents’ house to my apartment a lot easier than i thought it was going to be. i am so happy about this one. my room is starting to come together. i really love this desk. it was/ is my dad’s and i’ve laid claim to it since i was about 11 years old. my desk. me.
4. bought a planner
it’s a cute leather bound planner with the whole month and then a week by week thing. in staff meeting on friday, we ended up scheduling approx. a bajillionty meetings, and i knew i was going to forget them all if i didn’t write them down somewhere. my actual words, i believe, were, “fuck this, i’m getting a fucking planner.” i love being organized. i love everything having its own place and time slot. it’s very rare that i am organized, but i’d like to make a go for it in 2008. fuck.
that about sums it up. oh wait, there was also working 50+ hours, interviewing people for our open position till my eyes bled, and some drinking, too. overall, a very good, productive week. next week seems to be shaping up to be much of the same.
