Updates Written on November 16, 2009, by Jen.
Much is going on.
The most exciting of which is that I got a new job. I’ll be starting at the Children’s Home on January 19, taking some time off in January since I have a ton on PTO to use up at the hospital. All in all, I’m thrilled because the hospital is getting on my last nerve for oh so many reasons and I am generally very bored with my life.
O is in China. He’s been there since the beginning of October, and it sucks but it just goes to show why this is a horribly imperfect situation. At least I know that “home” is Pittsburgh now and he’ll be back here with me before too long. Its hard since I know this has a looming expiration date and I’m not sure what happens then, but I’m pretty sure it ends up with me crying and alone, but I don’t care about that at the moment because, well, for the time being, I hear from him every day and he misses me. That’s enough for the moment.
Christmas is coming!!! It kind of sucks because I have to make my first mortgage payment at the end of the month and I’m super concerned about money, so much so I’ve paid my bills through the middle of December. Luckily, I’m only buying for my family this year. And O, but he’s only getting a Snuggie because he thinks it’s the most hilarious thing he’s ever seen. I’m getting something shiny from China.
My doctor changed my meds because she ran out of free samples and so she gave me something that’s a little cheaper and easier on my budget, and I’m not sure if it’s working right. I’m not anxious or depressed, but I’ve been having a lot of trouble with sleep this week. I either can’t sleep and get about 3 hours a night or I can’t wake up. Luckily, I can function on little sleep so long as I crash one day a week, which I did last night into this morning by getting 13 hours of sleep. Halp.
I’m boring lately. Bars make me annoyed and I pretty much just drink coffee and watch movies. I am so looking forward to 2010… new job and hopefully starting grad school in the fall. I long to be insanely busy again.
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I win Written on October 21, 2009, by Jen.
This has been pretty much the greatest two weeks I’ve had in a very long time. I’ve been on vacation for 17 days and, in that time, I bought my condo and got a new job.
Welcome to the next phase of my life.
I have to say, I’m pretty excited. 2010 will be the year I turn 30. I’m heading into it a new homeowner, I’m starting a new job, and in January (when I’m using up all my PTO and have another vacation before starting my new job) I am going to start applying to grad schools.
I am ready for 30, I think, but I’m sure I’ll change my mind in May when it’s looming days away instead of months.
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Why I hate T-Mobile, and why you should, too Written on October 4, 2009, by Jen.
I have some shitty T-Mobile phone. It’s a Sidekick Slide. I thought it was all cool when I bought it in April of 2008, but I was wrong. Dead wrong. It is a piece of crap, and always has been.
I have been willing to deal with this piece of crap until my contract expires, which is May 2010. This was until the piece of crap stopped working.
It turns off on its own, doesn’t hold a charge, freezes once a week so that I have to take out the battery. I’ve been through 3 chargers in the past few months because they keep shorting out. I haven’t been able to access the internet for 3 days because they’re having outages, and I lost my entire contact list for no reason for the second time in two weeks. It literally just disappered for no reason.
Customer service has done NOTHING for me, and I plan on giving them an earful on Monday when I have normal people hours and can be awake during the day.
HALP!
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Jon Gosselin is a giant douche bag Written on October 1, 2009, by Jen.
So, I have to admit, I’ve never really watched “Jon & Kate Plus Eight”. I’ve seen a few episodes, and all of the ones I’ve seen led me to believe that Kate was a giant bitch and that Jon was the poor loving dad getting run into the ground by 8 kinds and a nagging wife. I watched an episode yesterday and I sort of felt the same way when Kate corrected Jon’s grammar on camera. I am the grammar Nazi (or at least I try to be) and I wouldn’t go so far as to nit pick about my husband using “he” instead of “him” because most people don’t know the proper use for such words anyway, which is why people answer the phone and say “this is her” instead of “this is she”, but I digress.
Now, I know I cannot really speak a true, knowing opinion on this show since I’ve watched 3 episodes in my entire life, but I concluded the following things.
1. Kate is a bitch; however, she has a bit of a right to be since she birthed 8 kids and seems to be the one that needs to be the grown up.
2. John seemed capable of having more heart to heart talks, especially with the twins. I was actually shocked that this douche I know primarily from the tabloids was acting like somewhat of an upstanding guy.
3. I get that they have 8 kids to raise and probably eventually put through college, but some of the things that the family got for free (i.e. a tummy tuck and whatever those horrible Ed Hardy shirts are that Jon wears that apparently everyone loves but me which just makes me feel old because, seriously, those things are hideous) lead me to believe that both Jon and Kate did a little somethin’ somethin’ for themselves.
Now, the aftermath, well, Kate must have one hell of a PR coach because she is coming through this looking like not only an awesome breadwinning mother, but also an innocent victim. Which she isn’t because, as previously mentioned, she’s a bitch. Family stress can break a marriage, and I can’t imagine having 8 kids, moving, and having cameras follow you around all in a 2 year span of time.
Kate seemingly wants to keep her family as the main focus, which I can only translate as “Oh, shit, I have 8 kids, I can’t really work, my husband is a tool, and I need to make enough money to support them at for at least 15 more years so let’s milk this for all I can”. I get that she has to support her family, but this seems to be coming at the expense of not really being with her kids all that much, since she’s supposed to be getting her own talk show and is making the talk show circuit.
Jon, on the other hand, just seems to want to get laid. Since they took his name off the show (yes, it’s Kate Plus 8 now), he’s now trying to stop production, effectively financially screwing up his kids future. And he’s trying to stall the divorce proceedings. I imagine he wouldn’t be entitled to any money Kate makes after this whole thing is finalized and, since she’s got the talk show in the works, etc. perhaps he sees an opportunity to milk her for a little bit longer.
I wonder if spousal support or child support come into play in this situation at all? It’s such a weird familial situation.
The children are mostly adorable. The twins are cute, but some of the little ones look a bit off, and I wish just one of them didn’t look like Jon.
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I’d like consumer advice, please Written on September 22, 2009, by Jen.
1. Cell Phone. I am researching and taking informal polls of everyone I know with a smart phone. The debate is such: iPhone vs Blackberry Storm vs My Touch vs Palm Pre.
Blackberry Storm has been eliminated from the runnings as I know 3 people who’ve bought one in the past 3 months and hate them. Sorry, Verizon and, by default, sorry, Nikki.
The iPhone is the front runner at the moment because, well, every time I play with one, I nearly have an orgasm. But the My Touch is easy to obtain since I don’t have to outlive a contract to get one, and the Palm Pre is fairly new and I only know one person who has one. Also, if I don’t get an iPhone, I need to buy a new iPod, too, so it will be fairly costly.
2. Car. Owen is looking to buy one and asking my advice on buying a used car, which I’ve never bought before. He wants to pay less than $3,000 as he is a cheap bastard (see post about grating cheese and bags of ice). Opinions?
3. Used/vintage furniture. I tend to like unique looking things for the most part. I have some basic bookshelves from Ikea because bookshelves are not made interesting by the shelves themselves, but rather by what is on the shelves. I have a lot of cool stuff in addition to books and my Ikea bookshelves are awesome. My couch is an old celery green thing I got fourth hand from my sister-in-law, my coffee table is a basic table I inherited from my brother and then painted/ditressed/made awesome. My dresser is a wooden one from my parent’s storage room that I painted a brightish rust color and put new knobs on. I need some bedside tables, a chair, and some lamps and I want them to be unique but reasonably priced. I’m generally not a fan of buying things on Craig’s List. So, any suggestions?
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