One crappy day (pardon my French)

Well, I found out today at work that I have been training my replacement. I am being cut down to part time and put in a different position. I am sooooo irked! I HATE how this office deals with personnel. Let me give you a hint for the future: never work for a close-knit community business unless you know people there first. I swear I am being picked on and cut down for the stupidest reasons! They say I don't have "a sense of urgency." That is their one complaint about me. Dr. Andersen (the doc I work with) said that was his one issue with me. He said he wanted to work a little faster...well, most of the time I am waiting for him because he is going so slowly. Ugh! I'm just frustrated. I don't know what to do. As of mid-September, I am a part time employee. So, I am looking for something else here in town and trying to see God's plan in it. (hopefully this is one of the puzzle pieces needed for me to go to the Biggest Loser - who knows? I would much rather have been able to just give my 2 weeks notice than be cut back, but oh well...)

On top of that little piece of loveliness (notice the sarcasm oozing from the keyboard), Char Scott's funeral was today and her circumstances were much like my Mom's, so this opens a new wound for my family. We are all pretty touchy right now. And school starts on Monday, so my Dad and sis are madly running to get things accomplished in time. It's stressful to say the least. I spent a good 3 hours helping put up a bulletin board at the school.

*sigh* Venting is wonderful. Thanks for reading my vent. I'm off to bed because I have to go work tomorrow. It's my saturday. Perhaps I'll escape to the ren fest by myself. That might be a nice thing.

The song

So, today I called in a prescription to Rite Aid for a patient and was put on hold...that hardly ever happens. But guess what song was playing! It was the theme song from The Biggest Loser: "What have you done today to make you feel proud?!" It's a sign! Of what you may ask....well, that I don't know, but still - I think it was cool. And hopefully I'll hear from the bigwigs at NBC soon.

To my fan base (haha!) :

I am desperately sorry for my absence from my blog. As I warned in the beginning, I am not so good at this. However, thanks to your persistence in pestering me to write, I have returned. Aren't you so happy? :o)

I have enjoyed 2 separate Renaissance Faires since I last wrote here. The first being the final day of our beloved Silverleaf (yes, we may all shed a tear for we will not see her again until next year). However, I do have some pictures posted of my day spent wandering among the most interesting breed of people that you find at ren faires. They are posted in my very own album on webshots.com....let see if I can get a link for you....ah, yes....here it is... oop..nevermind....laptop is being stupid....so, go to webshots.com and search for sarieeq and it should pull up my silverleaf pics automatically. Ooh...just figured out how to put some on here...splendid!! haha!



Well, I did have a wonderful time this past weekend at the opening day to the Michigan Renaissance Festival. Though, I must say, it isn't nearly as good as Silverleaf anymore. Congrats to all the bigwigs at SLRF for taking the cake from MIRF! I totally missed the Knights of Iron! They added so much to MRF in the past years, their absence is sorely noticed now. The cast of MRF are now doing the human combat chess between England and Spain. They have included pawns on the board as well as all the good pieces, and many of those are maypole dancers, so there's a lot of the "ooh...I'm too afraid to fight! - run off the board and hide." And, let me tell you, after about 2 of those, the routine gets old. Also, they need a lot of practice with their combat. Granted, it was the first day, so I'm sure it will get better, but I still miss KOI desperately. Overall, the faire was lovely and Laura and I were completely drenches by the rain, but that makes it all the better. I plan on going again soon!

In other news, I am still waiting to hear from The Biggest Loser about my application. I am praying desperately that I get on the show. I need it! In the mean time, I have resolve to exercise every day this week and really get back on the wagon with my diet. No more cheating!
We shall see...I'll try and update here as to my progress and whether or not I have reached my goal.

I think I'm going through Jeanine withdrawl....I miss you, dearest!

Biggest Loser

Well, I have decided to apply for season 4 of the Biggest Loser. I finished my application video last night...all thanks to Jeanine and my Dad. :o) It was sent out in the mail today and I really, really want to make it onto the show. It's not even the money aspect or the fact that I would be on TV. It's simply the draw of actually losing my stupid weight once and for all. And that's what makes me excited! I can't wait to hear from them!

In other news...

I shall be going to Ren faire again this weekend - thanks to Jeanine for that too! (hehe...you've been assisting me a lot this week, haven't you? - even with making another entry into the good ol' blog.) Hopefully I'll remember to take my camera this time and shoot a few pics for all to see.

Ugh...today we reclaimed the front of our house....you can actually walk up to our front door without fear that the bushes may reach out and attack you. And I mowed the lawn - all after being at work all day. But of course it was Stargate night, so that made it all okay. My sister and I got Applebees to go and watched it. It was a grand closing to the yard work. Plus, now I feel so good that we got all of it done - such a load off the mind!

Anyway, it's late now, and if it wasn't for my hiccups (for the 4th time today), I would probably be asleep at the computer right now. As it is, I think the violent jumping of my body with each hiccup will help me get to my pillow in time. So, goodnight lovelies! Be blessed!