soppy saturday...
it rained pretty much all night, from like 2am on. now it has finally stopped. but everything is all soppy, so of course, no work is gonna get done outside the house. at least not more than just fixing what the big windstorm the other day messed up. it will be fall of this year before anything gets completed :| and now i am limited as to what i can do outdoor.
we are finally going on a double date with Jessi & Jay tonight, Mexican & bowling. sounds great, right? LOL. we don't have a whole lot to do here in this town, so oh well. I just like to hang out!
and yes, pregnancy, i am 6 weeks 1 day, and we found out on Christmas Eve (cliche, right?) via 2 positive home pregnancy tests. we didn't believe them so we went and got a more expensive kind, and a shirt that says "All Star Brother" on it to announce just in case the digital expensive one was positive. and it was. so we called all the family we could, and then announced it at Tommy's family's Chinese Christmas/Christmas Eve get together and everyone was super excited. I had my first ultrasound Thursday the 9th and it measured 5w6d at that point, just a little spit bubble. positioned a little differently than Shade was at that point and harder to see, but only 1 day difference in measurement than him when we found out with him and had out first ultrasound. I thought that was neat. That gives me more time to prepare, because god knows we need that. We need to build on and so many other things. overall, we are excited, and Shade is set on a baby sister. lol.
and no i am not working right now, fortunately, and unfortunately. fortunately i am spending excessive amounts of time with my boys which is amazing and sleeping in and cleaning and being productive and doing plenty of photography. but, unfortunately, unemployment just is not gonna pay the bills. i am making 1/4 of what i made working. its a long story but basically, i can tell you that my boss had a vendetta against me, and since day one has tried to get me in trouble, and finally figured out i guess that she could dismiss me without reason, since i was in a probationary period. i hated that job anyway. i didn't feel like a real nurse. just a pill passer. pitiful, just not my bag, at all. i'm trying to get on somewhere dayshift and soon, so i won't have any insurance woes, even though i'll be in a similar situation with work when i have to take off for maternity leave (no leave time since they don't offer it and ineligible for short term disability) and probably little sick time to hold me over. and hopefully everything will work out to where I can take vacation in June, because i need that more than anything! if i could figure out how to avoid work for 8 more months, have the baby, THEN Go back to work, that would be excellent, but I just know we can't afford everything on this unemployment, even if photography picks up. early Feb we have tax returns, which should hold us over for a bit, but not much. i'd hate to go back that soon to work again post-partum like i did with Shade but i don't know that i'll have a choice. and if i got on with ARH, everyone knows they aren't a very lenient or nice employer, so who even knows. i'm just trying to get on somewhere, so that if i DO have to take off unpaid, i can start saving up for vacation and to take off unpaid. i already have a money saving plan in place for the beach trip right now that i've started. our beach fund, hopefully, if i do get a job soon, they'll let me take off, with whatever time i've accrued if any, seeing as most placed hold your time for 3 months. I was able to take off when I started in January before, and took off in early June, and didn't even use my vacation time, just personal and holiday time. But starting somewhere in January isn't looking promising right now. i suppose all will fall together as it may.
but thats the long and short of it update. i know i skipped totally over Christmas, but I will say we had an amazing Christmas, and thanks to my douche bag boss, I got to spend it at home with my boys. Every single second of it :) so thanks for being a bitch, and good riddance :)
xoxo
we are finally going on a double date with Jessi & Jay tonight, Mexican & bowling. sounds great, right? LOL. we don't have a whole lot to do here in this town, so oh well. I just like to hang out!
and yes, pregnancy, i am 6 weeks 1 day, and we found out on Christmas Eve (cliche, right?) via 2 positive home pregnancy tests. we didn't believe them so we went and got a more expensive kind, and a shirt that says "All Star Brother" on it to announce just in case the digital expensive one was positive. and it was. so we called all the family we could, and then announced it at Tommy's family's Chinese Christmas/Christmas Eve get together and everyone was super excited. I had my first ultrasound Thursday the 9th and it measured 5w6d at that point, just a little spit bubble. positioned a little differently than Shade was at that point and harder to see, but only 1 day difference in measurement than him when we found out with him and had out first ultrasound. I thought that was neat. That gives me more time to prepare, because god knows we need that. We need to build on and so many other things. overall, we are excited, and Shade is set on a baby sister. lol.
and no i am not working right now, fortunately, and unfortunately. fortunately i am spending excessive amounts of time with my boys which is amazing and sleeping in and cleaning and being productive and doing plenty of photography. but, unfortunately, unemployment just is not gonna pay the bills. i am making 1/4 of what i made working. its a long story but basically, i can tell you that my boss had a vendetta against me, and since day one has tried to get me in trouble, and finally figured out i guess that she could dismiss me without reason, since i was in a probationary period. i hated that job anyway. i didn't feel like a real nurse. just a pill passer. pitiful, just not my bag, at all. i'm trying to get on somewhere dayshift and soon, so i won't have any insurance woes, even though i'll be in a similar situation with work when i have to take off for maternity leave (no leave time since they don't offer it and ineligible for short term disability) and probably little sick time to hold me over. and hopefully everything will work out to where I can take vacation in June, because i need that more than anything! if i could figure out how to avoid work for 8 more months, have the baby, THEN Go back to work, that would be excellent, but I just know we can't afford everything on this unemployment, even if photography picks up. early Feb we have tax returns, which should hold us over for a bit, but not much. i'd hate to go back that soon to work again post-partum like i did with Shade but i don't know that i'll have a choice. and if i got on with ARH, everyone knows they aren't a very lenient or nice employer, so who even knows. i'm just trying to get on somewhere, so that if i DO have to take off unpaid, i can start saving up for vacation and to take off unpaid. i already have a money saving plan in place for the beach trip right now that i've started. our beach fund, hopefully, if i do get a job soon, they'll let me take off, with whatever time i've accrued if any, seeing as most placed hold your time for 3 months. I was able to take off when I started in January before, and took off in early June, and didn't even use my vacation time, just personal and holiday time. But starting somewhere in January isn't looking promising right now. i suppose all will fall together as it may.
but thats the long and short of it update. i know i skipped totally over Christmas, but I will say we had an amazing Christmas, and thanks to my douche bag boss, I got to spend it at home with my boys. Every single second of it :) so thanks for being a bitch, and good riddance :)
xoxo
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