The Bento Box

the following quote is attributed to the man mentioned above.

“beautiful is the activity that works for good, and the stillness that waits for good; blessed the self-sacrifice of the one, and the self-forgetfulness of the other.”

my attitude towards cops.  i got a speeding ticket on monday 11/26/07.

today is good friday and i have the day off…it’s a state holiday here…which means i get to stay home with the daughter (yipee, yeah right…).  so far it’s been good, she’s not misbehaving or whining.

 the last couple of days have been good for my etsy shops.  one bought from my jewelry shop, but she picked up the last of the supplies there (sp headpin), and the other bought from my supplies shop.  and, a couple of other people showed some interest, but i haven’t heard back from them or had their business yet.  so will see.  in my supplies shop most seem to be interested in the gemstones.  i offer them in very small quantities so that buyers don’t have to spend a lot of money for a whole strand.   so, i’m pretty satisfied so far that my stores are getting some looks.

 so anyway, it’s time for our afternoon siesta.  the daughter’s already nodded off, after a bit of whining and crying.  now it’s my turn to get some shut eye.

until next time…

well, not my favorite, rather it the daughter’s fav color.  the husband bought a new car this past weekend, and it just so happens to be red.  he was going to get a sapphire blue one, but we went to another dealer first and the only one they had left was red.  so he test drove it and fell in love with the car.  and lucky for the daughter, the husband didn’t really care what color it was going to be.  so red it is.

now my car is parked outside since he has the new car and his truck is going anywhere much now.  i’m hoping he’ll sell his truck.  he’s been a truck person since ‘99 and never thought he would go back to a car, but since this new car is a lil’ sporty and has the power and speed that he likes, he may just be willing to give up the truck.  there’s a couple of guys where he works that have offered to buy it from him.  please hubby, do sell so that i can get back my space in the garage.

the husband has come home from his biz trip in albuquerque.  and let me say that my stress level has increased significantly since.  again i worry about his needs and desires and it just is making me crazy.  no longer is it just me and the daughter (and the numerous pets) .  it was so nice…<sigh>.

but in some ways it is nice to have him home, to help with the daughter.  for instance, last nite they went out after dinner to the pet store (and who  knows where else?) and was gone for about 2 hours.  aaaahhhh…it was so nice and peaceful to have the house and tv to myself for that short period.  i got to fold some of the laundry and catch up on my soap operas.

here’s today’s POTD:

the dogs in my life: the boy on the left, the girl on the right.  i should’ve edited out the red-eye from the girl, but i was too lazy.

temporarily anyways [shucks! ].  he’s going on a biz trip to albuquerque (sp?), nm for some kind of conference.  and he’ll be gone for 9 days.

in some ways i’ll be glad to have him outta my hair, but in others i wish he wasn’t going.  i’ll glad not to have to hear him nag, critcize, snicker and make snide comments, and i won’t have to cook for him, but yet him being gone means i’m the only one there for our daughter, who’ll nag, nag, and nag me nearly to death.  oh how easy it is to say, “go see daddy” or “daddy’s right there, why don’t you ask him?” and then she’ll go bother him. <sigh>

well even tho’ she’ll be nagging me all the time, it’s definitely one less stress to deal with when the husbands gone.

as the cliche goes: men, can’t live with them, can’t live without them.

“you’re fired!” that’s what i wish i could say to the student (high school) employee that i “supervise.” on paper i’m not his supervisor, rather it’s my boss who is. but, i got handed the duty after the previous “supervisor” retired. and so now i get to do his paperwork and train and praise and correct his actions. but i don’t have any authority to hire and fire.

so why do i want this guy gone? well, his tardines and attendance have been terrible. oh he comes to work pretty much everyday, but he comes to work late more often than not. and he doesn’t call in to report that he’ll be late. for example, yesterday he came in 40 minutes late and no call. his reason for his tardiness? he overslept. what?! (and, this week there was no school, it was fall intercession). this has been his excuse many times before. and he’s been counseled thrice about his attendance. my boss even wrote him an “expectations” letter back in aug. which suggested he find another job (read: not fired), and advised that we should monitor his attendancefor the month of sept. should he decide to stay with this job (which i hoped he wouldn’t). sept. came and went, and his tardiness didn’t improve that much and he still called in at least once a week to say that he couldn’t come to work because of school commitments.

okay, i do understand school is important, but if you’re gonna tell me that you CAN work and go to school then i expect that you be able to commit to working the hours we expect (in this case a minimum of 15 hour/week.), and i can understand that you occasionally can’t come in like maybe once or twice a month, but once a week? come on! and tardy practically everyday? (btw, this attendance and tardiness problem has been going on way before aug., like since may.)

yesterday was the last straw for me. 40 minutes late, overslept, and no call. i want him out!

you have any opinion? should i sympathize with this guy? if here were in the private sector, adult workforce he would’ve been fired by now.