11.29.2004

We're back on top, baby.

I'm 3 for 3 again. The lab I interviewed at last Monday called this morning and I will be contacted by Human Resources sometime soon to set up my physical, PPD, and drug test. No poppyseed muffins for me!

The hours are .75FTE (30 hours a week), 6am- 12pm and that is JUST PERFECT because I won't have to have Mia in daycare anymore. So I'll basically be breaking even but saving the money I would have spent on daycare vs. working full-time. I'll be starting the day after I get back from Ohio.

Also, I'll only have to pay for benefits for about a month. After that, I'll be covered by the Navy.

As for that Phlebotomy class, Rus & I will be paying for that, as it should be anyway. Now I just have to hope enough OTHER people have the money to take it and fill the class to ensure it being offered.

Posted by Deir at 10:44 | |

11.28.2004

Wake up call.

NOT TOMORROW, SUCKERS.

For those of you that enjoy calling me at 8am, my cell phone will be TURNED OFF. I already talked to Meghan and Rus today. Mia is home with me. I have no need to speak to anyone else until sometime after noon.

Posted by Deir at 01:59 | |

11.26.2004

Here's my adorable nephew!!



Head to Meghan's site (Aunt Seester link on the right) for more pics.

Posted by Deir at 22:15 | |

I have a nephew!!

My little baby nephew, Elek, was born this morning at 9:46. He is 7lbs. 6oz., 21 inches. Meghan says he has brown hair and looks just like his Daddy.

I am just SO excited that Brian got to be there for the birth of his son. That's the best news ever. I'm not sure how soon he'll have to go back to training (for his deployment to Iraq), I don't know if he'll get to take his two weeks now, or later.

With Meghan's water just breaking at 6 a.m., she had a really short labor and delivery! And if anyone could have been blessed with a shorter l&d than me, I definitely would have wished it for Meghan.

Congratulations Mom & Dad! Welcome, Elek!

11.25.2004

Gobble, gobble!

It's a beautiful day..again. I had a great Thanksgiving with many things to be thankful for. Let me share just a few of them:

1. Mia & My WHOLE HUGE Family (Rus included)
2. Sandals (the shoes AND the resort)
3. Good health
4. Recruiting school (the reason Rus will be coming back to me early)
5. The US military
6. The fact that Canada isn't too far away
7. Grandma's stuffing recipe
8. Peanut
9. Being able to go to Ohio for 2 weeks
10. 3/4 sleeve shirts
11. AA Batteries
12. Cell phones
13. www.bridesave.com
14. The Law & Order marathon running tomorrow

I made Thanksgiving dinner today. Mom thought it would be a good idea for me to learn how to do everything since I'll be the one doing it next year. She was right! And it was grrrrrrrrrreat!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

11.24.2004

Let the games begin!!

At 9:53am, this morning, Mia woke up and turned her big blue eyes to me and said, "Poopy, pah-ee."

I checked her diaper. DRY. (Usually she tells me right AFTER she already went)

I asked her, "Do you want to use the potty?"

She said, "Okay."

And my baby girl tinkled on the potty.

I know, she said, "Poopy, pah-ee". No matter how much I try with this kid, poopy is peepee and vice versa. I've been TOLD that she uses the potty other places, like at Shawn's mom's, and there was the one time forever ago when I asked her if she wanted to use the potty and she actually said yes and USED the potty, instead of stripping down and just running away.

I'm tired as hell, but today is going to be a beautiful day, my friends.

11.22.2004

I'm sorry, Elixsure...

But it seems as if your ad people are a bunch of idiots.

Here's the scene:
Mom is giving medicine to child. Mom dumps medicine all over said child's shirt, missing his mouth by 8 and a half feet.

Narrator guy says, Blah blah blah, that's medicine your child needs, but didn't get it!

Mom (sans eye-hand coordination) exclaims, "What do I do?! Wait? Give more?"

WELL, MORON. It's too bad you wasted your money and missed your kid's mouth, but HE STILL NEEDS THE MEDS, DOESN'T HE?! GIVE MORE! YOUR COMMERCIAL CHILD IS SICK!!!

Do me a favor and lose the script. Just have Mom keep her mouth shut.

One would argue that because I REMEMBER the commercial, the ad did what it was supposed to do. HOWEVER, I bought Elixsure after the ad with the cute little blond girl and her SMART MOMMY. And frankly, it tastes like hell's bells. Mia hates it. It's gross. And now that we know that, too, the commercial is THAT MUCH MORE nauseating.

11.19.2004

Well, 2 out of 3 isn't so bad.

I'm still getting married. We picked Peanut up at the airport last night. But it looks like the job isn't happening. D'oh!

What a pain, too! I had TWO interviews with these people and they called me on Wednesday to OFFICIALLY OFFER me the position. I was told to report Tuesday with my driver's license and SS card to fill out paperwork and start the training.

Then last night at about 6:35, the phone rings. It was the office:

Wow Deirdre, I really hate to make this call. But I just got out of a long meeting with Dr. Tompkins, and with the changes that have been made to his schedule, we just don't need the position we hired you for. So I'm sorry. I would like to keep your resume and call you if there are any openings in the future.

GRRRRRRREAT. Well Dr. Tompkins, I'm sorry for your loss. I have another interview on Monday and my former Hooters manager gave my resume to his cardiologist's office yesterday. Wish me luck...again.

11.18.2004

Good news all around.

1. Rus and I have our wedding date set and reserved in Jamaica: April 22, 2005. FIVE MONTHS!!

2. I got a job!! I'll be starting at a local doctor's office on Tuesday! My school has also asked me to come back and talk to some of their new classes about my "success story." Single mom, 4.0, got a job straight out of school, blah blah blah.

3. We're getting a new dog!! (We miss you Stella). Meghan's lovely little Rat Terrier, Peanut, will be coming in via cargojet. After tonight, Meghan will be the one asking MIA, "Where Pea-ut go?"

11.17.2004

She's her own best friend.

We have a full length mirror on the inside of our coat closet downstairs. Mia likes to look at herself in the mirror when she wears something new or has her hair put up in a pony. Yesterday...it was her Big Girl Princess Pants (Huggies Pull-Ups, Disney Princess Design). I left the door open so she could admire herself and about 20 minutes after the novelty of Cinderella on her bloomers wore off, she made a new friend.

She walked up to the mirror and said, "Hi Mia. Go byebye car? Okay. Go byebye car." She nodded her head along and everything. Then she put her arms up and grabbed the door along its width and said, with her face pressed up against the mirror, "Hug Mia. Squeeeeeeeeeeeze. Give tisses Mia." And she kissed her reflection.

If that isn't the cutest Mia story yet!

11.15.2004

The grass may be greener...

The Canadian Alternative.

Too bad Rus is in the military. Do we have bases in Canada?

11.12.2004

We missed you, Murray.

Mom and I took Mia to see The Wiggles in concert last night at the Hampton Coliseum. It was a lot of fun. She seemed a little...unresponsive for a few moments when her favorite Aussies were on stage and not a TV screen, but she had a good time and so did we! After Jeff "woke up", he ran around the coliseum and Mia was about 18 inches away from her favorite Wiggle. I really enjoyed the bit Captain FeatherSword did singing the different quack-a-doo songs like various artists. I espcecially liked the Celine Dion one and the Eminem one..."I'm the real quack-a-doo, please stand up..." Lovely :)

Next time we'll know to bring roses and dog bones for Dorothy and Wags.

In other news, today was my last day of clinic. I've officially earned my A.A.S. I'll be patting my own back for the rest of the weekend. Now, bring on the interviews (and the $$).

11.10.2004

Quote of the Day:

"Love you too, much, Mommy." -- Mia Elizabeth

11.07.2004

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11.05.2004

My Election Feedback.

I'm sure most of you are wondering who I voted for after all the politcal banter on the site. I know Laura is from her comment and I know Richard is from our IM conversation.

I didn't vote for George Bush. I voted for John Kerry. Not because he is John Kerry and not because he is not George Bush. I voted for him because he's a democrat. I realize that a lot of my family is republican and let me just say I love you all, and I love your opinions (but not as much as I love my opinions, naturally, otherwise I guess they would be the same). :)

Over the past 4 years, we have gone tremendously into debt. We went to war...allbeit a war on an unidentified enemy (known, maybe, but apparently unapprehendable): terrorism. I won't let Osama bin Laden dictate who I vote for. He did say, though, that al qaeda could care less who our President is, they're upset about our policy...and we all know he's talking about the whole Israel/Palestine thing. And let's face it, it doesn't really matter who our President is we're always going to back Israel. He also said they want to bankrupt us. How will that happen? 4 more years. That's how. I don't really see the country bankrupt in 4 years, but with our deficit hitting record numbers, we're definitely not getting farther AWAY from bankruptcy. And what does that really mean? It means that in the next couple decades, we'll turn into Russia. Lovely. I'm hoping it's obvious to you all that I'm exaggerating to make a point...sometimes I wonder, but I digress.

We, as a country, elected George W. Bush in 2000. We elected the man who took us to Iraq. We are responsible for him. He is OUR liability. We vote for the people we trust to represent our own beliefs and values. If he takes us to war, no matter how much we like it or don't like it, we have to pay for it. We can't keep borrowing time and money to pay ourselves back. I'm going to be honest, I voted for Bushie in 2000.

I think John Kerry was the first candidate in a long time to run on a tax-raising platform...obviously, he lost. I don't think that's entirely why, but I'd venture to guess it had at contributed to the loss at least a little bit.

I think a vote for George Bush this time would have been a vote to keep Rus out to sea. I think a vote for George Bush this time would have been a vote to send our troops just coming back from Iraq on another tour (and some of them ARE doing that). The Republicans I PERSONALLY know IN THE MILITARY love Bush because of their pay increases. Sorry kids, Clinton pushed those. And the BUSH raise for all you service men and women that will take effect this year is the smallest increase you've ever got and, if I'm not mistaken, the first one that can be credited to HIS administration. Sorry about that, too.

The majority of Republicans that I have spoken to about the election aren't people that would volunteer to join the service nor would they gladly see his/her child enlist during this time of war. But those same Republicans, on November 2nd, supported the man keeping our military personnel over there for up to 15 months at a time. P.S. Brian--we miss you already.

I'd love to keep rambling, but I have a boyfriend on a ship somewhere and I'm going to e-mail him and tell him how much I love him.