Amazing bosses!!!!!!!!!

My sister, mom, and I took Fysh (the family dog) on a walk today. I was told that this weekend is Ashley's last weekend before going back to Johnson. Mom asked me to find out if I could get a PA day for Sat.

I thought, sure why not? So I went to work, and normally you have to put up a pretty good fight to get a PA day. In case you don't know what PA days are.... You can get 40 hours off work with pay. Most people take them a day at a time, but you can use 4 hours at a time. So, let's say you have a kids ballgame you want to go to, you can go to work for 4 hours and get paid for the last 4 or vice versa.

Okay, back to my story, which isn't too hard to find.... I went up to my "new" boss and here is our conversation:
Me: Is it 100% (A.K.A. HAVE to be there or it counts against you.) for Sat.?
Scott (my boss):I'm not sure, I haven't heard anything yet.
Me: If it is, could I please have a PA day for Sat.?
Scott: You'll have to look in the book. We can only let 2 people have PA days at a time.
Me (so sweetly I'm sure he needed an insulin shot.): This is my situation... My sister is going back to college next week, and this is her last weekend at home. My parents, brothers, sister, and my sister in law are all going out to eat Sat. evening, and I want to go with them.
Scott: I'll tell you what... I'll take care of it. If you don't want to waste a PA day on a Sat, I'll cover you, and you can keep your PA day. However, if you want to waste your PA days that's up to you.

I've discovered that it's bosses like that in which everyone wants to bend over backwards for. He has earned my respect.

I owe, I owe, so off to work I go......

A week ago this Past Friday, I was informed that the lady that does my job on day shift was bumping me off my job. To me that made no sense because she HATES second shift and she doesn't get along with that supervisor. She has a year more senority, so she bumped. That gave me two options...... Do that same job on day shift (getting up at 4 AM isn't my cup of tea), OR bump the lowest senority person on second shift, and do that job. Well.... I bumped the lowest senority, and before I went on vacation, I bidded on a welder... So, I go on vacation not know what my job is going to be or who I'll be working for. My vacation was a bummer since I was so stressed out about this. I went to work yesterday and one of the supervisors walked up to me and said "Do you want that welder?" I was very happy to get that job. It's 0ne of the easier jobs.... Put two different parts on the machine, push a button, gage the part, make sure it was welded right, and send it down the line. Not much to it.... Oh, and I have time to read on this job. The lady that was showing me the job told me that once I get used to it, I can hold a book with one hand, and work with the other. We'll see. The supervisor is easy to get along with also. He came up to me said "9 hours tonight.... Oh, and welcome. If you're half the worker your dad is, then I'm lucky to have you on the job." He was my dad's supervisor YEARS ago and they got along great.

THANKS CARRIE!!!!!!!

After reading the book "House" which is cowritten by Frank Peretti, Carrie loaned me book "The Oath". After reading it, I found it very scary, but AWESOME. Oh, and Carrie, I gave your mom that book and I gave her "House" to loan to you. Sorry it took me so long to get it to you.

I am now hooked on this author. I went to yard sales with my Aunt Carol and my sister, wish you'd been there Carrie. While there I found "The Prophet", by Frank Peretti. I did notice that he has a whole series that I'm just going to have to read. LOL.

Thanks Carrie for giving me another favorite author.

Wonderful mood

As my sister could tell you, the climate knob on my Jeep broke. So, it was stuck on Air, which isn't bad for the summer, but I cringed to think about this winter driving around with AC blowing.

Anyway the dealership is a rip off. Yes, I remember when they wanted to charge me $3000 just to LOOK at my Jeep. Parts and labor would be more of course. Oh, and did I mention that there wasn't anything seriously wrong with it? I just wanted my 4 wheel drive checked out and make sure it was working properly. So, I wouldn't send my worst enemy there. Okay, so I don't have a worst enemy, but if I did, I wouldn't send them to that dealership.

Sorry for babbling, on to the story....... So I needed a new knob. I found out that these knobs run about $20. I was desperate enough to consider going to this dealership, and then I thought..... Hum...... I wonder if I could buy one on eBay.

I searched on ebay, found a knob for a 1999 Jeep Wrangler and there it was. So, I bid, won, paid, and it arrived today. Put it on my Jeep, and now it works PERFECTLY. Not bad for only $8.

Then my cell phone's been acting up lately. I can only talk for about 3 min, if that even before the battery dies, and that's with a complete charge. Then when I turn it back on, it says I have a full charge. Strange..... So, I went to the cell phone store and asked for a new battery. They looked me up, and my phone was still under warranty. They replaced my battery free of charge.
I'm a very happy camper.

vacations and losing weight

In a way I'm disappointed that I'm not staying at camp this week...... However on the other hand the thought of staying in a tent in this heat isn't my cup of tea. I'm still planning on coming up for a couple services anyhow.

So, I went to the doctor a couple weeks ago, and found out that I have gained 8 pounds this past year. I'm trying to lose around 20. Notice the word TRYING.

I've decided that I need to walk more, so I walk to the store. You may think that is funny, but here a walk to the store is about a 6 to 8 min walk if you walk the "straight" line. I on the other hand take the Loooooong way around, which takes exactly 14 mins one way. (I know, I timed it) So it takes 28 mins round trip to walk to the store and back. While I'm at the store I buy something to drink either water or diet Mt. Dew.
Math problem: If I can walk 3 miles in an hour, how far can I walk in 28 mins? LOL

Maybe I should just be a mall walker until this weather cools down a little. Grandma M lives next to a park that has an AMAZING walking trail. That would be a wonderful place to walk, since my grandma's patio faces this park, and I could always stop in there to cool off, water, or maybe even a shower afterwards.

It's too bad I can't get a group of friends/family to walk with. Everything seems more fun when you have someone to share it with.