Category: Job Hunt/Work

I’ll start with the lows, so that I can end this entry on a more chipper note…

First, I realized that I can’t take the teaching job and that realization sucks. I hate to go all “emo” as John would say, but it seems that everytime a great opportunity knocks on the door, I have to slam the door in it’s face.

I had to work up the courage to call Mrs. C-R and break the news to her. There’s just nobody who can pick the kids up for me. John volunteered to walk to their school and pick them up and bring them home, but I can’t do that to him. Not again. He made me the huge favor of babysitting the kids for me the 9 months I went to school and I can’t do that to him again. I can’t stop him from getting a job (which he’s in the process of doing) just so that I can go and persue something for myself. It’s his turn.

My interview was tomorrow at 2 p.m. She told me to call her tomorrow morning just in case anything changed, but the only thing I’ll be calling her is to confirm my unavailability. I felt so embarrassed and just plain terrible for having to back out. It’s not like I wanted to, but it’s out of my hands at this point. I wish I would have known sooner that there was no way I’d be able to do this. It really sucks.

Another thing that crapped on my day was that I had my doctor’s appointment today and I didn’t get any sono pictures of Alaethia :(. I took a CD-R in so that Dr. C. could record my ultrasound but it obviously didn’t work. The pictures saved in a .CIN format and I searched all morning for a way to convert them (or at least view them) with no luck. Poo. And she grew since my last appointment, too! I can already tell she’s going to be gorgeous :).

Now for the better things:

I had a little trouble getting Eenan to cooperate with me this morning, but eventually he gave in and got ready for school. Jaylen surprised me. I thought he’d fight me on going, but he asked, “Can’t we leave to school already?” when noticed I was taking “too long” to eat my cereal.

Eenan asked me to walk him to his class today, which made me feel like, ‘Yes! He still needs me!’ LOL. I gave him a kiss and he said ‘See ya’ to Jaylen and he went on his merry way.

It was Jaylen’s turn. I gave him a little pep talk on the way to the class.

“You’re going to be a brave boy for me today, right?”

He nods and smiles.

“You’ll be fine. You’ll have fun and be with your friends, like Brianna and I’ll be back for you before you know it, okay?”

He nods again and we get to the door. He gives me a kiss and I watch as he walks into the class. He turns and I blow a kiss to him and wave. As the door’s closing I hear him wail, “MOOOOM!” and I think, “Oh no, not again!”

He’s already in tears when he reaches me and says, “I forgot to give you a hug!” He hugs me and kisses my protruding belly repeatedly. He looks up at me, eyes filled with tears and says, “I don’t want you to leave. I don’t get to spend enough time with you!” I tell him, “It’s okay, Baby. You’re only here for a little while and you get to have fun! I’ll pick you up at 11:30, okay?”

He wipes his tears away and says, “But you’ll never come!” I laugh, wipe his eyes and tell him, “Have I ever forgotten you? No, right? You know I have to pick you and Brianna up. I promise I’ll come for you.” He wipes his face with both hands and we try again. I tell him to have a good day and say hello to Brianna for me, but she’s already sitting at the table eating her breakfast and yells, “Heyyy!” His teacher walks over to me with a huge grin on her face and says, “He’s doing better!” I nod, relieved, and proceed to tell her about his nosebleeds and not to panic if they happen. He knows what to do.

I left feeling so much better than yesterday. I got home and tried waking Mario out of his coma. Mr. Man was busy watching TV till 2:30 a.m. and then kept waking me up to, uh, “cuddle” from 4-5. I finally had to put my foot down and said, “No, means no!”

So needless to say, we were both tired and sleepy. He got dressed and got his stuff together and I sat on the couch to watch TV to help me stay awake. It was 8:25 a.m.; I had my appointment at 10. I ended up falling asleep. I had a feeling I should wake up at what seemed like just 15 minutes but the clock said it was 9:52! I got smoothed out my clothes, fixed my hair really quick and left. I didn’t even get to put make up on. I made it at 10:01!

I had a conversation with a girl I met there who’s 3 months along. She was there to maybe find out the baby’s gender (she wants a girl since she has a boy) and she congratulated me on my girl. We talked about our ailments and previous pregnancies. I didn’t get to ask her what she had, but I hope she got the healthy girl she wanted :).

I was panicking because they took much longer than they usually do today. They finally called me in at 11:12 and I stared at my cellphone till 11:20, when the doctor finally came in. He said we’d be doing the measurements again and the triple-screening (AFP).

We go into the room and I hand him the CD. He tells me he’s really not familiar with the machine, but we’d give it a try (great!).

He measured Alaethia’s head, torso, legs and checked out her spine and said everything looked great. She was moving around a lot this time; she was kicking her little legs, moving from side to side and either she sucked her thumb or touched her face–we couldn’t tell. I asked him to please confirm her gender and he took a still of her bottom. He points to the screen and says, “Ah! That right there’s her little vagina” LOL! I asked him, “So it’s okay to buy her clothes now? and she said, “Sure!”

I weighed 127.8 this time and the nurses said I’m doing great with the weight gain. They were surprised to see how gigantic I am now :P. They also asked about her movements and I told them that I didn’t feel them a lot, but I have been feeling little flutters and “spasms”. I’ve actually been feeling her move much more today. It makes me feel at ease knowing that she’s moving around in there. I was so worried before!

They took my blood (11:30) and I get out of there at 11:33. Thank goodness the school’s nearby; I made it right on time at 11:35. Jaylen ran to the door when he saw me and hugged me, then Brianna grabbed me, too. They were much better behaved today. I felt so overwhelmed yesterday (the kids + not being able to take the job + having to fix Elda’s computer + having to clean up after construction = emotional wreck). It was the cutest thing when Brianna started snuggling up with Mom and then she snuggled up with me. Mom called her my “new daughter” when we had to go pick Eenan up LOL.

John went with me since he had to drop off an application afterwards. It actually didn’t rain at 3 today (it rained both Monday and Tuesday and only at 3 O_o).

We dropped Brandon off at home, then went to Burger King. Got the kids some tenders then we went to get the boys’ haircuts. Jaylen was cooperative, Eenan was throwing fits. He loathes haircuts. He’s always afraid they’re going to cut more than they should, but we go to the same lady everytime and she knows how they like their hair. Didn’t stop him from getting himself into trouble and getting grounded for an extra day, though.

The lady and I spoke about how much the school district sucks, ideas why last year’s principal is now working at Target (no, really), and how the school’s construction is ruining her business. She even complimented my belly and said, “4 or 5 months right? It looks like you’re that far along.” She’s the only one who’s been right. Everyone else freaks out by the size of my stomach LOL.

I also chopped all my hair off on inpulse. Something just came over me. It used to be waist-length, now it’s a little under my shoulders. Crazy. I do love it though. It feels so much healthier. I was due for a haircut.

Mayra asked me about how remodeling’s going and it’s actually picked up speed a little. I helped my dad-in-law finish texturing the walls so now I need to paint. Hopefully those closets will be up in the next 1-2 weeks. I seriously can’t wait!

I also got my beige futon cover and clear frame magnets for my fridge from the ABC catalog. The living room looks like it got a makeover just by changing the cover and my fridge looks so organized and spiffy :).

Once the hallway’s done I want to buy a small mirror and table to give the hallway some life. If not, just this nice corner shelf where I can put some nice vases/trinkets.

At least I have my redecorating to keep me busy now that I’ll be home for this entire pregnancy.

[Edit] I just read this entry on Melissa’s site that a flea & tick spray by a company called Zema killed her cat! Her vet determined that her cat’s death was indeed due to that spray. Please, if you have this product or know someone who does, tell them to dispose of it immediately! [/Edit]

I drove around as much as I thought I was going to, if not more. Went to visit Gramma, who’s doing great. We laughed with her for about half an hour before we had to go to Mom’s hearing aid appointment. On the way to the appointment though, I had to stop for gas and go next door to the bank where Mom needed to deposit. When we finally got there, we waited about 15 minutes before they called her in. It took a total of 3 minutes for them to see her. What did we go all the way over there for? A cleaning! All the appointment was for was to clean her hearing aid! I was so pissed. They need to take into consideration that we live REALLY far away and that she already had an appointment 3 weeks ago and doesn’t necessarily need them to clean it for her. Grr!

Next was JC Penny, where I was picking up my rings. I’m SO glad we got the protection plan–the rings look brand new! They are so shiny; I can see my reflection in them again! They replaced Mario’s stone, resized it, and gave it a rodium cleaning for FREE! Mine only needed a rodium cleaning, and I’m so glad I got it. I need to be more careful with my rings though, and not wash dishes or do anything like that.

Went to Circle K to get Mario his drink and dropped it and his ring off to him. He was pleased :). Then we came home. We had an hour before Meet the Teacher Night, so I quickly got to seperating their school supplies and making a list of all the extra stuff they added.

Mary accompanied us to school. We get there and they give us this huge pile of forms–for each child. We had this scavenger hunt type thing where we had to go to a bunch of teachers/administrators listed and have them initial the sheet. WTF? I didn’t get like three of them. We got there at 5:30 and didn’t get home till 7! My pelvis felt like it was going to crack from walking so much.

As for their teachers: both of them seem really sweet. Jaylen’s only going to be with his current teacher for two weeks and then he’s switching to his “real” teacher, which was Eenan’s teacher in Pre-K. He goes in the morning and will of course be in the English-speaking class. A plus: I’ll be babysitting Jason and Mireya’s little girl, Briana, and she just happens to be in Jaylen’s 1st and 2nd class. I think it’ll make school less traumatizing for them since they already know eachother.

As for Eenan, his teacher says her class is usually the top reading class and Eenan’s all about reading, so that’s great. She seems really nice and I have a feeling I’ll be more involved with this class than I was last year. I felt really out of it with Eenan’s 1st grade teacher. I never knew what was going on!

I’m worried about October, though. I hadn’t written about it because I didn’t want to jinx anything, but I have a job for the month of October. As a teacher! I’ll be taking over for my former teacher during her maternity leave. I’ll be teaching Business Communications and Technical Writing at a college. Me! Most of the people are older than I am, so I feel a tad bit intimidated, but I know some of them. I’m extremely nervous. Especially about who’s going to pick Jaylen and Briana up during that month!

Welp, Mario’s on his way home. I should wash dishes before he gets here and I just leave them there (and then they pile up on me, which I hate!).

This woman is either going to make my blood pressure go up or give me a heart attack. I already have a headache from yelling at her. She’s been injecting herself with insulin at the wrong time and checking her sugar HOURS after she’s eaten. I’m giving her instructions on how to do it right: “inject insulin, eat, check sugar 1 hour later” and she keeps writing it in the order that she’s used to doing it. I don’t know how many times I told her how to do it. Maybe the doctor was right and she does have a memory problem–I hate to say it. Last night her sugar was at 40–lowest it’s ever been–and she felt like she was going to pass out. Why? Because she decides to do everything as it’s convenient to her, not how she’s supposed to be doing it. My mother frustrates me like no one else.

Anyway, Friday was such a nice day. It started out a bit stressful since Mario wanted to leave early (like 10:30) and I hadn’t picked out my clothes for the interview. I had nothing decent to wear–my maternity clothes weren’t dressy enough and my professional “not pregnant” clothes were getting too tight. I ended up wearing one of my old work blouses (still fit!) and a knee-length denim maternity skirt I had, that didn’t look maternity. I wasn’t too happy about wearing anything denim to the interview, but I had to work with what I had. Then I just put on some black flat Mary Jane shoes (that hurt much more than I thought they would! The little band going across kept cutting my circulation!).

I love cool, overcast days and Friday was just that. Mario picked up his paycheck from work, cashed it and then we went to give our car payment, JC Penny payments and then went to pick up our Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man’s Chest tickets before they sold out. Then we got some lunch.

I hadn’t eaten Luca Pizza in years, probably since I was pregnant with Jaylen. They kept talking about how the Pizza di Roma in Mission was the same place, different name but we never tried it until Friday. It was definitely the same place–the food was SO good. They serve these huge slices of pizza and the kids almost ate the whole thing–it was THAT good. Mario and I had stuffed pizza with pepperoni and mushroom…mmm. The place was nice, too. It had an arcade and air hockey (the kids’ favorite) and pool tables. We didn’t have time to play because it was almost time for my interview, but we promised the kids they could play at the arcade at the movies.

While we were eating, it started pouring. We had to run out and jump in the car–thank God we were parked right next to the door of the restaurant. We still got wet though. I told Mario, “I have my interview in 10 minutes and I’m soaked!” The new perfume Mario bought me (he got me two: Ralph Lauren Glamourous and Armani Mania) totally washed off :(.

When we get to the building I get soaked again on the way out, but I had a good feeling about the interview. I waited in the seating area for the lady I was supposed to be speaking to. I overheard the guy next to me telling one of the loan directors about how his grandmother had a whole bunch of cashier’s checks and was wondering if he could deposit them for her. That’s so interesting–she just found them in her house and now could have all these thousands of dollars.

I wanted to hear more, but I got called in. The lady was really nice and she told me about how getting a job with banking will always secure you a job, no matter where you are and we basically had a talk about customer service and my experience with it. She then told me if they didn’t call me from the branch I applied to, they might call me from another one. So now I play the waiting game again. It takes 2-3 weeks to determine whether they’ll hire me at my first choice, and if they don’t, it’s several weeks for the other places to let me know. Oh, well. At least I gave it a shot.

After the interview we left for the movies. We tried our hardest to find a parking space close by–not only because we didn’t want to get wet again, but because all the parking spaces that were far away were about a foot in water. Had we taken the Sentra water definitely would have started to go into the car–it was that bad.

Mario dropped the kids and I off at the front and he drove around till he found a parking space nearby. The kids didn’t want to play in the arcade since they spent $2 each getting Pokemon toys from the machines. They were seating for our show already so we found some pretty good seats and enjoyed our candies.

I don’t know if Jaylen was scared but for the first time ever he was asking to go home. Eenan did pretty good and actually enjoyed it. I ended up sitting Jaylen on my lap and he fell asleep, so we got to enjoy the movie. It was good. Kind of long, but good.

We went to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things we needed for around the house, picked up some chicken with sides from Golden Chick (Mario suggested it so I didn’t have to cook–aww :)) and we got home. I was so tired it felt so good to be home.

Saturday was a stay-home day. Well, mostly. Mario left to work and then I got ready to pay a few bills. Oh my gosh, I just remembered something embarrassing! After I’d stopped at the bank to deposit and was going around the turnaround to pay my storage unit, this old lady coming from the north into the frontage road completely missed a stop sign and then was going 20 miles an hour. I was going 55–the speed limit. I had to slam on the breaks and slow down to about 30 and I motioned with my hand for her to move out of the way, she was gonna kill someone! And when she slowly moved into the next lane I sped up and gave her my famous scowl (John knows which one I’m talking about–he says it’s gonna get my ass kicked one of these days). To my utter embarrassment, I noticed that the lady looked A LOT like one of Mario’s aunts. I wanted the ground to swallow me. I laughed nervously all the way to the storage unit and John said, “You see, that’s why you shouldn’t be such a bitch.” Heh.

I got home and went straight to Mary’s to tell her about it. Before, you know, she found out from anyone else in the family about my road rage. She just laughed it off, but agreed that it wasn’t safe of whoever it was to miss the stop sign and go 20 in a 55.

Mom and I sat in her kitchen and talked with her for a while about different things. Then Noelia got there and I bought some clear bowls and plates off of her that she’d bought for a wedding but wouldn’t need. Then we ate mangos and talked some more. I cleaned a bit and then took a nap. Then dinnertime came around and I made enchiladas and beans (have I added that recipe? I have to check.) and Mario called that he was on his way. He told me to get ready since Jorge invited us to watch the UFC fight.

That fight–sucked. Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock, is it? Well, them, their fight was over in like, 1 minute 15 seconds–no joke. They stopped the fight because Tito elbowed Ken 5 times in a row, but Ken was fine. When the referee stopped the fight (stupid ref!) Ken jumped up in like half a second. Everyone was pissed. All the people there were booing and screaming ‘bullshit!’ It was the worst fight ever. They didn’t even stop the first fight we got to see (we got there late) when this guy’s head was bleeding all over the place. I mean, it was gross. Everytime I used force, his head would spew out blood.

The last fight, which was the main fight, sucked, too. Jorge and Maggie were so pissed. Jorge even said he didn’t want to watch UFC anymore LOL.

Today, I plan to do nothing, again. I need to buy some hangers at the Dollar General, but that’s it. I need to mop, since the darn dog keeps crapping everywhere and well, cleaning spray can only clean so much. I need to get the kids to finish cleaning up that darn room. They barely have any toys left (the rest were taken to storage) and they STILL don’t want to clean up. And when they are cleaning up, they disagree on something and end up beating each other up. If I have another boy, I feel for him.