The New Job

Ok...so I started last Monday. The first day nobody was expecting me, so things were slow going. The second day the girl that was training me was informed that she did NOT get the supervisor position in our department. She left for lunch crying and called back to say that she would not be returning that day. The third day she cried all day long every time someone would come and offer their condolences. She was also on-line all afternoon, with I don't know who, writing her resume and cover letter for another job. I didn't know if I should get up and leave the room or what. She kept telling the person on the phone that she could not say anything because I was sitting there. The fourth day went a little better, she made it through the entire day with a few crying jags. The fifth day was just an ok day. By Friday I was fed up with her being pissy about the situation, but she is off now for the next 12 days. Today I had to work in a different department because the two people working in my department don't really know what they are doing. If I ever get trained properly I will love the job. I seem to fit in well socially and everyone is very nice. But we all know that nice wears off after awhile. I do get to wear all of my dressy clothes and I love that. I wear my heels and everyone looks at me like I'm crazy...but I look good! I will keep everyone posted on the days of my life...

Chuck's Birhday

Today we spent the day celebrating by brother-in-law's birthday. The whole family was in town to celebrate his 39th birthday. We have all had our differences and lately it has been very tense. I did not want to attend this party,but I support my husband and so I said that I would go and play nice. The day started off with a nice thunderstorm and a huge rain storm. So by the time we made it to my sister-in-law's house it was nice and humid. FUN! We all made small talk for a few hours and then it was time to eat. The food was great and we were all managing to get along. Then it was time to open presents. I suppose that it would be a good time to tell you that the birthday boy has ALS and is confined to a wheelchair. He is getting progressively worse everyday and his speech is not good at this time. When the whole family, all 24 of us, got into the same room I think it hit us that this would probably be the last birthday that he will be having. It really hit me when his wife started reading the cards that everyone had given him. What would I do if I knew that it was my last birthday? Or even that this visit might be my last with my family? The whole family knows that God has a plan for our lives, but sitting there tonight it was hard to accept the way his plan is playing out in our lives. After all the tears or at least some of the tears had dried up we began taking family pictures. I try to have a positive attitude so that we can keep it together for my brother-in -law, but man sometimes it just hits you hard. It made all the little things that we all fight about seem so unimportant. I wish I could say that maybe they will find a cure for this disease before it takes his life, but I know that is not likely. I am glad that I played nice and went to the party. I learned that family is way more important that all the little arguments we have. I hope that we will have more great family time with Chuck.

Finally Passed

Today I finally passed my polygraph test. I had to go through a background check and then I was given an informal job offer and then the dreaded "lie detector" test. I was to have my drug test this morning and then the test in the afternoon. I made sure that I did not drink myself into a coma last night. I woke up on time and made it to the police department on time. I was escorted over to the city nurse. She was extremely busy today. At least that is what she said when she kept me waiting for an hour and a half. I had to have a mini-physical, that included a drug test, vision test and hearing test. I passed all of them...I studied last night! I had planned to go shopping for some new pants, but then I didn't have enough time to go the mall that I wanted to go to. I ended up looking around one of the closer malls, but I did not find anything. I have learned that I don't like shopping alone. I will write a post on that subject another day. I met with the detective that was giving the polygraph test and he explained it in detail. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Anyways....I start on Monday. I will keep you updated on my new career path as my journey continues...

New Job

I am going to be working at the High Point Police Department!! I had to leave my vacation and interview for this job. When I got the initial call I was disappointed that they were interviewing during our vacation, but I really wanted this job so I just drove home the night before the interview. The night before there was this huge thunderstorm and I was all alone. I got up early so that I would not be late and I actually couldn't remember if the interview started at 8 or 8:30. The paper that I had written that information on mysteriously disappeared from our counter. I put my nice new black suit on, with my fabulous pair of spanx on under, in order to fit into the pants. I got to the police station a few minutes before 8 and checked in. When the lady called me back I was surprised to see that not only was she conducting the interview, but the Captain of the department, too. We instantly hit it off when the Captain found out that I was vacationing in Surf City. He had spent the previous week a few doors down from the house I was staying in. He told me of a few good restaurants and that started us out on a good foot. The interview progressed well and at the end he asked me to step out for a minute and then Linda returned to give me a tour. As I was ushered back into the interview room the Captain was all smiles. He said that he was so impressed with my interview that they wanted to offer me a job on the spot. He further stated that in all of his years he had never hired anyone on the spot. I was shocked. He said he was very impressed that I had come back from my vacation to interview. I don't know who they have been interviewing, but I was thrilled. I have to undergo a formal background search that includes a polygraph test. I took my packet of paperwork and raced home to fill it out and make all the copies of the required information. When I made it back to the police station two hours had gone by and the Captain was out to lunch. Everyone was real friendly and they found someone to notarize my paperwork and I sat and waited for the Captain to come back. When he walked in he was so excited to see me and he was soooo apologetic for making me wait. I got my picture taken and my fingerprints done. He then told me that he was retiring in thirteen days. I was sad to hear that because he was so pumped to be hiring me, but he walked me out to my car and was just so thrilled that I came back with all my paperwork in order. I returned to the beach and today I met with my background investigator. He was very positive too!! I am so excited...I have never had anyone want me to work for them like these people, kinda makes me wonder what kind of people they have been interviewing. I will keep you posted on the progress of my background investigation. Oh, I forgot to add that I don't even know how much money I will be making. I think maybe I am crazy, but the job sounds like so much fun!

Vacation

Well, the past week has flown by. Our much anticipated vacation is now officially over. My sweetie had to go back to work tonight. We had a very relaxing week. We rented a beach house across the street from the beach. Our dog got to tag along for this humid adventure. It was our first car trip with our pooch so we did not know what to expect. He did well. We found the house and checked everything out and then went to dinner. The next morning we woke up and quickly went down to the beach. I had never been to the beach on the East Coast so this was all new for me, especially the humidity. I am used to cold water and cool evenings and mornings. Not so here. The town we were staying in was very family oriented, so all the people on the beach were families. This was nice. I hate trying to suck my gut in to compete with all the other barbies on the beach. We laid on the beach, ate, laid on the beach, toured a snake exhibit, laid on the beach, toured a battleship, ate, and laid on the beach. We are definitely going back next year. I am already looking for the perfect house overlooking the beach, so that my lazy rear end can just lounge on the sundeck and watch the kids out on the beach. We even had this awesome outdoor shower. It was great to have some time away from tv and computers and craziness..oh and while we were on vacation I managed to land myself a job..more on that later.