Just Pass Me By

People who live in apartments probably now what I am thinking. We have some neighbors about us, sometimes I hope that my roof does not cave in and land on me. Somedays it sounds like a herd of Elephants are above us, I think they may have a couple of cats but seriously I doubt that would answer for all the thumping up there. At least they are fairly quiet at night and I do not hear them to often in the wee hours of the mornings.
I wonder if one of there cats is about the size of Otis or something, or maybe bigger because I could see a large cat making a thumping noise. We live in a 2 story building and have 1 elevator, we have a parking garage in our building so maybe counting the basement it is 4 stories. Each apartment has a balcony which is nice, but sometimes I have to be careful when our on my balcony because there stuff dripping from the second floor, and we all know liquid dripping could easily be bodily floods form one of their pets.
Sometimes Condo living is nicer then apartment living because condos are side by side but honestly it not any better then living in an apartment building. I love my apartment building, because it a clean building, it is safe for the most also, but on the other hand you can’t just remodel things in your apartment or make it more accessible to you if you wanted.
A condo you can for the most, when I lived with my Grandma she was able to do what she wanted inside her condo but not outside. Her door was down stairs and to get to the living area you had to walk up these steep stairs which where thin, I have fallen down them a couple of times. As grandma got older, she needed to do certain things to her condo. Grandma fall down them stairs also, once and after that my uncles and Aunt decided to get her a stair lifts . It worked great for my grandma, she could seat down on a chair and be brought upstairs.
When grandma had her hip replacement surgery she moved into an retirement apartment. I am glad she is there now because there are more people her age, and she is near a community center where she can go out with other people who have some of the same interest as her while my uncle who lives with her goes to work. When grandma lived in the condo she had friends but they where all younger and had kids, and they where different type of friends, not always the type she could just be with that were like her, experiencing and facing the same thing. My grandma is a wonderful woman and is fall of life but it good for her to have friends who have some similar experiences.

I hate sitting and waiting for people to contact me, and I think I am about to get impatient with it. On Friday I had a interview and they told me I should know possibly by Monday, so now I get to wait all day today to find out any news. I would almost prefer to be the last person interviewed because I think being last is better, when it requires waiting for find out news.
When I am in college I am much the same way after I turn in my papers I want to know what my grade is, and if it pass when the Professor says I should have my result then I get impatient. Right now I am doing the no job equals can’t pay for classes, or much of anything for that matter. I feel the interview went well, but they are interviewing other people and it possible they may find someone they like more then me. The company I interviewed with only goes through temp agencies, so this means that there may be a lot of candidates more qualified or better test takers then me.
So I will wait and see, I should know something by the end of tomorrow. It leaves me, wondering if I need to continue contacting my other temp agency and seeing if there work or if I need to simply wait and see what happens. It sounded like the company wanted people to start right away. It seems like most companies are hurry up and wait type of companies, hurry up and interview and then hurry up and wait for a few days.
I have been thinking about my Husband parents lately, and they are not well to do neither but they have some needs. One thing I would like to see them get is a walk in tub this would help them, get in and out of the tub and would be safer for them. Maybe once I get a permanent job I can put a little money away so I can help them get something like this. There neighbor has been great in doing some updating on the house, for mom and dad, but it be nice to get a better bathtub for them. We all know walk in tubs don’t have a huge step over point for their legs to move over.

Lately I have been watching a lot of Tv, there are a couple of programs my husband and I really like. It nice having the Direct Tv DVDR. Last night one of our shows was on but because we had a dinner, we couldn’t watch it.
You know it seems lately that commercials are becoming longer, and some of them are so often played they actually are getting annoying. The Geiko commercials personally I don’t think they are very creative, and that little lizard thing is getting annoying, he was cute at first but got over used. Then their caveman commercial is simply just dumb. Some commercial leave you asking what was that all about.
Last night after our friends lift hubby wanted to watch some TV for a bit, and there was a commercial on that he wasn’t sure if it was for Tiger Woods painting with his golf clubs or the vehicle at the end of the commercial. Commercials have differently became unclear on most things.
One commercial I have always like is one of the auto insurance online, it comes off as a cartoon and it’s for auto insurance. The company changes their commercials from time to time, haven’t seen many of their commercials.
One thing I’d like to know is why local news channels feel the need to advertise during some shows, everyone knows there news is going to be on at 10pm or what ever time and if they want to watch their news it will be tuned in. I don’t always mind when they advertise special stories but why advertise their weather or other well known News reports.

I think Otis thinks he is my alarm clock, this morning he thought it was his job to seat by the head of the couch and meow, until I woked up. His food dish was full, and he had fresh water put down before I went to bed, so he should have been happy.
Since I have started giving Otis his hairball remedy he is a much happier and healthy CAT5e. He has gained a little bit of weight and is more playful lately to. Maybe he woke me up because he wanted to play. There are days he will seat right at my feet and meow at me, but won’t let me pet him. Lately I been grabbing his toy when he does that and see if he wanting to play, he usually wants to play with me. Maybe I should have found something this morning and played with him in my sleep.

It’s amazing we have over 200 channels with direct TV, you would think I would be able to find something interesting enough to keep it as background noise, while I am working on the house. I have some company coming over tonight so I needed to get everything ready and sometimes having noise on in the background is good.
I decided I would put my chicken in at 3pm or so because it going to take about 1 1/2 to 2 hours to cook the chicken I have. My stupid meat heat gage seems to think it done wine there is still blood in the breast. I thought I put it bigger part of the chicken. I put spices on the chicken, and put some ginger ale on the bottom so I can base the chicken with something different. I have done ginger ale before and it a good combo I think.
When I got up I decided I had better run to Lunds to get a couple of things I forgot last night, on my walk over there the wine store was already open. I must of lift a lot later, then I thought I did. They have some interesting wine racks holding a few wines right near their front door.

I had a interview today. I lift early from home because I wanted to make sure I made it on time to the interview. The funny thing is even though I am always early my interviewers seem to be always late. I can understand why they are late. I really did like my interviewers they where all very nice but I was nervous and I know it showed because I barely could speak clearly.
My biggest problem was figuring out where to park. My temp company didn’t tell me they where in another company and that the visitor parking was in front of the building with the other company’s name. Well okay not a big deal I am 15 minutes early, so I can call my temp company and find out. When I found out I said oh I thought that was a other company.
I get into the Lobby check in, and decided to keep my coat with me, I don’t want to be to far away from my inhaler since I have had a serious asthma attack this week. The lady at the counter told me to go ahead have a seat by the fire place, it was nice. I picked up a news paper they had there. Wow, I found something interesting, something I didn’t think possible. It was about a frog that has no lungs and breathes though it skin. I thought animals needed lungs in order to live. After I was done reading my article my interview came. I was surprised how large there company was but it was very nice looking. It feel homey and not so much like a office, even though it was a office.
I wonder what the condo hotel are like.

There is more bad weather on the way. I am not looking forward to driving in it tomorrow. If it gets bad I might decide to stay home, and not meet hubby and just wait till he gets home. Bad weather and buss equal no fun at all. Most drivers in MN forget how to drive during the winter, and normally takes me 4 times longer to get from point a to point b. Tomorrow my interview is about 8 miles away from home that should take me a maxim of 20 minutes, should be simple if we don’t have sleet filled roads.
I think spring went into
drug rehab it is really having a hard time coming around this year. Like spring has decided to hide away and not show it self for a long time. I love Spring, summer and fall. Winter it stuck around a little to longer, when it first starts I like it. It pretty to have snow all over but it does get old. I used to love it before I had to drive in it and understood what it meant to drive in it.
When I took Driver ed in High School I did it in the middle of winter, it was not a fun experience learning how to drive in the snow but I know how to drive in the snow now. It something you never forget when your first driving is in snow.

I am so bored, I have read through all my books, and played way to much video games. I have just about wrote down ever single word I have to remember for Hebrew class, on Saturday. I been bad at studying and I know the only way to catch up with class is by actually studying, but my husband doesn’t like learning language he claims he not good at it.
Otis lately has been pushing his limits being naughty and clawing on everything he aught not. He will come up to me and then run away expecting me to chase him around the house. Normally he will not go up on my counter unless he going to jump into his little perch over the freg. It was his favorite place when my husband first moved in, he used to act like he was going to jump on my hubby. I am not sure how but he has opened my office door, which I don’t ant him there because I decided I to put our fishing stuff in there and it safer for Otis not to be in the office.
Otis is probably noticing I am home a lot more so he probably acting like a kid and testing his limits. The last week almost I been up until well after 2am chatting to an online friend. Thank goodness I have a job interview tomorrow.
Today I spent a good portion of the day finishing the apartment, I just have to vacuum the apartment, and I even managed to get my taxes done today. Not happy about filing taxes and finding out I owe the Feds money just lovely. I would much rather spend that money on a few good books, so I have something to do other then play video games.
Maybe I will try, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose . There has been a lot of talk about it. Normally when I hear a lot of opinions positive or negative I like reading the book and seeing what I think. Right now I have no opinion other then it may not be my normal choice of books, I normally like reading young adult or suspense as long as there no cussing ever other word. I am sure that this book should be safe with language and might be a little encouraging. Tomorrow I do have a interview so I have to be good tonight and get some sleep, and try to prepare for Passover dinner with some friends on Sunday, we are doing a demonstration for a few of our friends, and I am responsible for teaching something.
The only thing I haven’t done is play my guitar maybe I should do that and create a song about boredom.

I have been working for temp companies for a while now, frankly I think I am sick of working for them. Often times employees get treated like subhuman workers, and frankly I am not sure they see us as being real people. This morning started off fairly bad, my first telephone call was from one of my supervisors. I don’t have a problem with my temp company, it not their fault their clients would rather lie then be honest and say ” We don’t have enough hours, or the hours she requested” Or lets try, “We do not have enough work for them, because they completed everything” Instead I get told we got feedback.
The feedback ends up being a personality conflict, Personality Conflict. Gee I never thought I had any problems with anyone, instead I thought I got a long great with everyone. I get I am not independent enough, kind of hard to be to independent when I don’t have a computer and don’t know where all there supplies are. I think I would have to ask questions to know where everything is, when they showed me I didn’t asked again. Yes I asked one of the ladies a couple times to print some stickers so that I could continue on working. What did they want me to kick one of them off their computer and find the file, and print them on my own. Give me a break I didn’t even have a computer. I asked to many question, Well they told me they wanted their blinky, thingy for bikes done a certain way. I think I had to ask questions. After what was needed was told to me, I got to it. The only question I asked, ” do you want me to put these back into to big boxes?” I didn’t want to just assume to do that when frankly it would have probably been seen as wrong.
I am not rude to people at work, I get along with just about everyone. When someone seems stressed out or like they need help I offer even if it means I end up staying later then I wanted. I don’t have a problem with staying later if needed. Yes Fridays, I would mind but if I was needed I would probably stay and help until the last possible second. Yes I did tell them I need at least 20 hours a week, and that when they wanted me there I would prefer to be there for atleast a half day. They tried getting me to come in for 1 or 2 hours. This is not good with gas, and frankly I feel going there just to turn a back around in a year would not be wise. Plus it not friendly to their environment which they want to protect so badly by having people take the bus, car pool, walk, or bike to work. You would think with there ideas they be happy to know I wanted to be careful with driving my car back and forth with only being there for like a hour or so. Maybe I am wrong for telling them I prefer a half day, but I also told them if I was needed for a hour or 2 I would do it anyways.
I am so sick of these companies who work with temp companies to fill their position but then turn around and treat their temp workers like crap, and lie about them. What are they gaining by lying about a person. What that person gets that they lied about is in troubles, a harder time getting assignments, and a bad reputation. The company who lies what they get to feel better because they look like they did nothing wrong. Well this company didn’t do anything wrong until they lied. I have no problem with the company, my biggest dislike was that where unorganized. I never called my temp company to complain, about it I just dealt with it.
When there are problems sometimes I do not feel any need to call my company, I just ignore it and work and do my best. This has happened so many times, it upsetting. I do know one thing, if I ever see they are hiring outside of a temp company, I wouldn’t apply there because I do not feel they have a very high integrity.

Friday night on my way to meet my husband I got a call from work. You know I just have one question lately that been going through my mind. Why is it the jobs I do not like they want to keep me and the jobs I like they seem to downsides leaving me to have to find a new job. The last couple of weeks I have worked with a company, the people where great, but the job well, lets just say I would much rahter do something else. Last week I only worked 9 hours and didn’t know if they would have me back next week or not, Friday night I got the call tell me that they no longer needed the service I was providing. In away I am happy, and then on the other hand I can’t help but wonder where well my money come from for college shortful, credit card, electric, water and all those other fun bills I am face with monthly. I am sorry, but on the hand I am glad it’s over because hopefully I can find a job with more hours, so I can get back into college, now since hubby is working a permanent job it allows me to go back to school.
I want to get my degree finish, because I feel it would help me land more jobs, I have been to college twice and I know what it looks like on my resume I start things with no intention of completing what I started. That is not the problem, the problem is staying employed. I seem to pick jobs that either go out of business, are very bad for me, downsizing… When I work I give my best, and I work hard. If I know exactly what I am doing normally I am a fast worker, if I don’t know what I am doing I slow down. My biggest shortful on jobs with enbound telephone work I tend to be to nice and end up being sucked into conversations. This isn’t always a bad trait but it not always a good trait.I always hear how good I done but sometimes I wonder if I am doing so well why can’t we get me somewhere that won’t get raid of me after five minutes.
I have been looking for a job, and the job market isn’t that great, or most of them hire employees through temp companies. Temp companies are great ideas, because if the employee don’t like the person they send they don’t have to tell the person, and face them. It is great for those of us who work for the temp company because if we don’t like a company, we can ask to be replaced or if their is a problem at the company then we can report it to the temp company and not deal with management at the company. Normally I am honest with my clients, if I feel uncomfortable I am willing to say so to them, but there has been a few companies I seriously did not want to talk to management because they where some of the ones I was having issues with and didn’t feel exactly safe saying something.
I will probably get up tomorrow early to retake all the testing from one of my temp companies, it been about a year since I done it. Maybe redoing the testing will help them find me something better, out there.Then I will come home and start looking for some companies on line, see if anyone hiring directly. If I can avoid using gas it be a good thing, since my gas has to last me until I get paid again. Maybe I will be able to find a job with good benefits that includes home insurance never know.