Well yesterday wasn't all that great.  Mostly because of work.  I was fine till about an hour before I went and then I got some severe anxiety about going.  I didn't want to go.  I didn't want to be around that trouble maker woman.  But I sucked it up and went to work with a false smile on my face.  I had the shakes all day long and it was not from lack of eating or low blood sugar.  It was my nerves.  I was stressed.  I held to my promise and never spoke one work to that problem co-worker.  Not till close to the very end of my shift anyways.  I was down in a residents room answering a call light.  I was talking with this resident.  In walks "her" and she stood there and stared at me.  I finally turned around without saying anything but to acknowledge her and she asked me about a work thing that the nurse needed to know but she was semi rude about it.  I answered her with not so many words and she left me alone after that.  After she walked out the room the resident that I had been talking with says "I hate that B*t*h!"  I laughed but then said my goodbye to him for the evening.  Soon after I left work my shaking stopped and I felt better.  Today I didn't have to deal with her because she has taken these next 2  days off.  She will be gone tomorrow too---HELL YEAH!!  Nancy was gone today to though.  Amber filled in.  She's on-call now.  Also a newer girl, Jeana, filled in.  Jeana did baths and I worked the floor with Renee.  We had a great day!  Work was even fun tonight.  It is amazing how the attitude of one person can make work morral go way down south.  Tomorrow I plan on it being just as good.  Nancy will be back and Jake fills in for "the evil one". 

Today I went sorta shopping with Renee before work.  I went to C-Falls to pick her up---she doesn't have a car.  We went to Shopko then to Best Buy.  She was trying to get something for her new mini laptop to get it hooked up to internet.  Well Best Buy was going to download something on it so we went over to Borders for coffee (Green tea latte's--yum yum).  Renee treated me for driving her.  Then we browsed the books and found and then made fun of some sex books.  Can you believe there are "For Idiot"  and "Dummy" books about sex!!??  How funny.  So we laughed and joked around about them for awhile and even got a weird look from an older lady...we were acting silly I guess but it was fun....and harmless really.  We were not too abnoxtious!!  lol  Anyways we ended driving back to my house to check on and potty the dogs.  Then back to Best Buy to get her laptop.  Then we had to get to work on time.  We had fun and neither of us really spent that much money. 

Another exciting thing that has happened is Emily took her driving test and past it!!!  She now has her liecense!!  She went driving around with Hali last night and she drove herself to work this am.  I called and checked on her.  Now she will have to be carefull in the morning because it has gotten cold again and it is very windy and it's snowing.  It had rained but the after it chilled off the roads got icy.  Then it snowed on top and now the wind is creating drifts.  It was horrid driving home from C-Falls after work tonight!!  At least Emily doesn't have too far to her work.  She has studded tires too so hopefully she'll be okay.  I did tell her to call if she needs to. 

So while I was Renee today she was showing me her phone.  She has bluetooth which I never really tried to understand it but know I think I might want to try it out.  Sometimes when i am on the phone with someone for a while my neck gets to hurting from holding it between my shoulder and ear.  It was funny today because I didn't even know Renee had hers on her ear and while we were walking between stores she says "Call Mom"  I looked at her and said "Whaaaaaa??"  like a dummy.  She laughed at me and then showed me her earpiece.  She ended up doing it latter on and it still got me.  She all of a sudden goes "Hello, What's up?"  Again I looked at her all weird and she smiled and pointed to her ear....I mouthed back to her "Oh Yeah" and rolled my eyes but then laughed.  I think I might check into one.  I dont even know if they are expensive or not...she says no and too look at Walmarts.  I think I might "google" the idea first and research.....but tomorrow maybe.  ;)

Well I think I will go make me a turkey sand get back to my Smallville show----yes I am a fan much Elly ( this is in reply to your comment on my last post)....lol.....I love this show!!  I think I might be obsessed!!  lol 

I missed going to the movies on Monday because of getting upset with Emily.  I never even called anyone to see if they had wanted to go.  So I think this Monday I will go see something....Moriah, you wanna??  Call me.  I tried to txt ya Sunday, don't know if ya got it. 

****YAWN*****  I think I am getting tired!!

Boy how time flies by..........goodnight for now.

I have not posted in awhile (my last post was Feb 14th and I noticed I had it blocked so I fixed it). Anyways, I don't know why I have been around...well maybe I do....first of all I am addicted to Smallville. I have been watching it pretty steady. I am now on season 4. Also I have been busy...I know lame excuse. I have worked a 2 week stretch also. Today was my day off finally. I ahve been trying to help Emily learm to drive. I came down with an illness too (sores on my legs caused my staph). I even took myself to the dr this past week and got some cream and some antibiotix. I won't go into details but I am getting better. I even went down and bought some tans...that is helping me too. I am going a few times week and only for 10 minutes at a time. I am not going to get tan but to heal what is going on with me. The warmth feels good too. I can not wait for springtime to come. The weather right now is lame. At least it's not snowing but everything is a yucky mess.
Lets see what else have I done these past few weeks.....I got most of my sewing done. I have a few repairs left to do now and more jobs on the way.
I did my taxes and got them back already.
I registered my truck...a whopping $248. I transfered my tags over and saved a few $$.
I opened up a savings account....now if I can only save save save!!
I bought a new cell phone....I have that new-every-two thing so I was elligible for a free cell. I went down and looked at the phones and really did not like any of the free ones so I got a deal on another. I paid $60 but I will get a rebate of $50 back so I have a really nice phone for $10. It's pretty cute. It's silver and purple. It has an mp3 player so it's like having my iPod with me. Mom late pointed out that Larry has the same phone but his is charcoal gray and silver.
I got my liecense plates put on my truck. And also finally got my window deflectors on as well. I had ordered them a while back but they never came in. The store ordered then again and today I went to check on them and they had been in but could not be found....weird so I went some place else. The other store had them stocked and were cheaper. Good things come to those who wait i have always heard. I got them on today. I like them because if it is raining out you can still have your window cracked some and the rain stays out. Now I would like to get some floor mats soon and a toolbox for the bed.
Have I said yet that I love my truck. I really do. It's nice. I hope to have it for a long time. I hope that it stays running great too. I hope that no more deer run out in front of me. I got some of those deer whistle things. I hope those work...maybe I will get another pair...lol.
I went this morning to get an alighnment done because I have noticed it pulls to the right ALOT and my front tires (on the inside) are getting worn. Well it ddoes need an alighmnet but some other things need to be done first. I can not really explain what is going on but my wheel are tilted some and that needs to be fixed an balanced out before an alighment. The total cost was $178 and another couple of hours to have it done. I decided to pass on it right now and get it done in the spring. My tires are 30% worn on the inner tire but they are still good and have some life yet. They did check the tire pressure and one tire was 50 lbs, another was 40 lbs, while the other 2 were 30 lbs. They evened them all out to a 35 lb which is where it should be and I noticed that it still pulls but quite as bad.
So I have been driving with Emliy getting her prepared for her driving test. Mom, Larry, and Alicia has been out with her too. We let her drive her own tuck to get used to it. She does somewhat good but still needs practice. She needs to learn where her truck is on the road. She has problems backing up yet. She has issues with her turns and curves. But she is getting there. She makes me nervous. Suddley now she has become overconfident. She is taking her turns too fast and she doesn't judge distance and speeds of oncoming traffi well. She thinks it is funny to make me or Mom finch. I swear I will shove my feet right through the floorboard sometimes. Today we got into a fight. I try to be patient with her and not make her nervous but she doesnt give me back the same. When I try to tell her what she does wrong or to slow down or brake early and not trust her brakes or the roads may be icey, ect she gets upset with me. Today we were just second from Mom's house and she turned onto my road and took it way to fast. I told her she needs to slow down and she yelled at me...one thing lead to another and even her hitting me with her arm in my stomach. By this time we were in mom's driveway ans I yelled stop the car! I opened my door and she tried to pulled the truck forward some I yelled again to stop the f***ing car and was crying as I entered mom's house. Emily sat in her truck until Mom brought her inside. I tired to explain to her calmly about what had happened and she still took offense and woulf not let my talk. I told her how can I be a teacher if she is unwilling to let me or listen to me. It was a nastly fight and Mom drove Emliy home since Emily would not drive any more today and Larry drove me home. I creid all the way home eveen past his attempts to talk with me and make conversation, Momkept her cool too but said that us together is not working out and I should not drive with her anymore that she would. We both think Emily shoule buck up and take her driving test and either one of 2 things will happen. Maybe her instructor will let her know what she is doing wrong and she will listen then and realize that we are not as stupid as she thinks. Maybe she will get her lience and then learn things on her own. I really wish she does hurt herself or anyone else but she needs to experience what it is like driving on her own and making her own mistakes without someone sitting there telling you. I understand that too but I wish she can be more understanding and realize that driving is a freedom but it IS A BIG DEAL.
Anyway enough about that and on to my other dilemma....Work! Work sucks lately. We have 3 people that are problems. 1 is just plain not cutting it and the other 2 or down right trouble makers. 1 of those 2 are more of a problem than the other. She is a backstabber, liar, tattle-tell, loud mouth, you name it. The other mentioned is a know-it-all, hipacrit. That sums it up. So yes we have some work issues going on right now and instead of singling them out and doing something about it or eliminating the problem they are treating us as a whole and a meeting that we had last Thursday went not-so-great. We were called "crap", mean, and not team players. We were told that nurses and day shift aides complain about us and residents don't like us. We were told we were haters and are jobs were threatened. We were told that we were not there for the residents and that work time is not social hour and we fight and bicker to much and that we were awfull. We took it to heart. We took everything personal. We were degraded and we were belittled. We were yelled and screamed at....all of us. Tears were flowing after the meeting and we had to suck it up and got work the flow with false smiles on our faces. That was harder for some. Nancy cried alot. Later on, while I was at lunch, another supperviser talked with Nancy and told her what happened to us was wrong. It's not all of us but certain ones. So why was we all treated this way? I am still upset about it all. My hear was broken. I don't what thay say about it being certain people not us all. I feel like I need an appoligy. I believe, athought I am not perfect but I do my job. I AM there for the residents first and foremost. I know I am liked my many residents and nurses. I may have issues with other CNAs but I fight with them or constantly turn them in for every little thing gone wrong. I usually just become silent and not talk to or avoid the person completly if I have issues with them. I will only turn someone in or go to a suppervisor if an issue is resident related like abuse of some sort.
Tommorrow I will go to work and do my job. I will not talk to those 3 people unless it's an absolutely job-related nessecity. I will avoid them like the plague!!

So on a better note....Yesterday I made the most yummy dinner. I had never made it before and it was a success. I made a Shepard's pie. Ground meat with a can of mushroon soup and whole kernel corn. Then on top of that 4 cheese mashed potatoes with parsley flakes and I baked it in the oven. It was very good and filling. Emily enjoyed it last night as well. After I cooked it yesterday I left it in the oven till I got home from work 4 hrs later. On my way home I called and picked up Em's and brought her over to eat with me then took her back home. I only worked from 6-10pm yesterday. That was nice to have a few extra hours off. I stayed home and hid out from the world. I sat in my chair and watched shows of Smallville all day. I had previously talked with Marci about working less hours on Sunday due to my illness and working such a long stretch. She was more than happy to work with me and change my day.

I went to shopko today and bought a work bag. Joey, months ago, chewed on my tink bag strap and it was held together by a safety pin that comes apart all the time. I alos got season 9 of King of Queens, love that show. I also went to petco and bought 4 new fish. 2 Black Moor goldfish and 2 Marbled (black, yellow and a hint of white) Mollies. They seem to be happy and healthy. They are swimming around all over the place. They don't seem to be shy so hopefully these fishes won't die like the last ones did.

Well I think thats it for now. I think it's time to let the dogs out and then maybe I will transfer work bags and then get back to my show.
Because I like the show so dang much...here's a few photos.....
 

Here is a picture that I took Sunday at Foy's Lake of my new truck. I love it. It's not quite what I wanted to get but it will do fone. I was hoping to get a small truck with 4 doors or atleast a 3rd "suicide" door. I settled with and ext cab with 2 side seats. It will take some getting used to but she's a pretty one!!! Now hopefully it will be good mechanically! I also hope it stays pretty and free of dents. I bought some deer warning alerts today to place on the front of it. I have heard that they help keep deer away. I hope so but I won't fully trust them. I do like the fog lights too. When it is super dark I can turn those on and see better. I will try to keep them off in town though. I have had a few people flash their lights at me thinking I had my brights on. I didn't have my brights on.....just 2 sets of lights!!

Yay so as I said before I have received my new camera. I was so excited to take pics with it so I used my dogs as models. I wish it wasn't cloudy outside so that I could try getting pics of the moon. I guess that will be for another night. I also wish I it were spring so that I could take pictures of flowers and things. The snow isn't worthy right now. We have had some rain so it has melted and refrozen and it is very icky dirty icey yuckiness right now. Perhaps another day...but I be careful what I wish for.....it could snow another 2 feet at once like last week....no no please...I don't want that. A little at a time is alright with me!!