1/28/18 -- Well, today was the last day of the dog sitting. I went to church, then gathered the rest of my stuff, loaded it up -- at lunch first. Then got things loaded into my trunk.
Taking care of those dogs was so much fun and I wouldn't mind doing it again. The next dog sitting job, I am most likely going to be doing it differently, unless of course I get a job then all bets are off. I will have to figure out something. More than likely having someone come in and feed my cats while I do the dog sitting. We'll just have to see. I pretty much left the house as I found it; with exception to putting clean sheets on their bed simply because their bed is just too tall. As it was, I used a step stool to get into their bed. I left a note for them on their dinning room table, so they will see that.
I put in a couple of applications, online of course, one at a bank and another as a receptionist at a car dealership. I am only doing this because I have to and I need to work, but I have to admit that I am sick and tired of filling out apps, uploading my resume, and whatever else just to get a job. I have had several interviews but nothing comes after that. I am so tempted to just be satisfied with the meager babysitting job and the on/off of the temp job at R. R. Donnelly.
I am more than just frustrated at the job hunting deal. Really just wishing I didn't have to work, that I had someone else in the household that is the primary bread winner so that my jobs are just supplementary.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Differences cont.....
1/27/18 -- I had mentioned in my previous post the differences between cats and dogs.
I mostly talked about the dogs that i have been dog sitting, well today I will discuss my cats. My cats are two totally different animals, as far as personalities. Bear, my big boy, is older, like he is going to be 18 yrs old this year. He is pretty laid back, isn't much for cuddling, but he tolerates it because I like to cuddle with him. He is a great live stuffed animal. lol. The only time he wants affection is when he is hungry.
Penni, my little girl, is going to be six yrs this year. She is little and lovable, sort of cuddle able. I say, sort of, because is normally on her terms. She will climb on me and lay in my arms, let me pet her and she'll purr for me. She doesn't care for the times when I pick her up to give her attention when I want to. At the same time,
they are so much fun to watch. Miss Penni runs around my apt like a kamikaze kitty. She tears around running up and down the "cat tree" and such.
My cats are so much fun to watch, to snuggle with, to feed and just all around take care of.
The dogs that I have bee taking care of are fun to watch too. Both animals have their benefits. It's been nice to be around a different set of animals.
I mostly talked about the dogs that i have been dog sitting, well today I will discuss my cats. My cats are two totally different animals, as far as personalities. Bear, my big boy, is older, like he is going to be 18 yrs old this year. He is pretty laid back, isn't much for cuddling, but he tolerates it because I like to cuddle with him. He is a great live stuffed animal. lol. The only time he wants affection is when he is hungry.
Penni, my little girl, is going to be six yrs this year. She is little and lovable, sort of cuddle able. I say, sort of, because is normally on her terms. She will climb on me and lay in my arms, let me pet her and she'll purr for me. She doesn't care for the times when I pick her up to give her attention when I want to. At the same time,
they are so much fun to watch. Miss Penni runs around my apt like a kamikaze kitty. She tears around running up and down the "cat tree" and such.
My cats are so much fun to watch, to snuggle with, to feed and just all around take care of.
The dogs that I have bee taking care of are fun to watch too. Both animals have their benefits. It's been nice to be around a different set of animals.
Friday, January 26, 2018
The difference
1/26/18 -- I am almost at the end of the this dog sitting job. The owners will be home in a couple of days.
As I have been spending time with these dogs I have noticed a difference between them and my cats. Now, besides the obvious differences between cats and dogs. These two dogs make themselves known in much different ways. The little girl likes to lay next to me, she likes to snuggle and such. However, when she is on my lap, she will stand on her hind legs with her front legs just resting on my stomach. Plus, when she has this strange habit, that her owner didn't tell me about or it could be that she just decided to do this. I let the big boy out one door, and she decides that she wants to go out the other door and it's because the big dog will quickly stand off to the side, to try to attack her as she is coming out the same door. She knows this so she wants to go out a different door.
I have been spending time with my cats too. About every other day I will go to my apt and spend several hours with my cats, then head back out to the house to let the dogs out and feed them. I sort of feel like I am staying at a hotel, they even have white towels in the master bath. I have been eating my own food, for the most part. They really don't have anything thawed that I would eat plus I had already made some food for me so I just brought it with me. It's been pretty fun to stay in a house and being able to park my car in their garage.
It's funny to see this little dog pick a fight with the bigger dog, who is about 5x her height.
I was asked to dog sit another dog but this is just one dog, an older one, and this will be for 2 weeks. I am thinking I may have to adjust how I do this. Two weeks is a bit too long to keep up with the seeing my cats every other day. I don't know I will see. The nice thing is, this other house, I have cleaned and it is another friend, so the dog already knows me.
As I have been spending time with these dogs I have noticed a difference between them and my cats. Now, besides the obvious differences between cats and dogs. These two dogs make themselves known in much different ways. The little girl likes to lay next to me, she likes to snuggle and such. However, when she is on my lap, she will stand on her hind legs with her front legs just resting on my stomach. Plus, when she has this strange habit, that her owner didn't tell me about or it could be that she just decided to do this. I let the big boy out one door, and she decides that she wants to go out the other door and it's because the big dog will quickly stand off to the side, to try to attack her as she is coming out the same door. She knows this so she wants to go out a different door.
I have been spending time with my cats too. About every other day I will go to my apt and spend several hours with my cats, then head back out to the house to let the dogs out and feed them. I sort of feel like I am staying at a hotel, they even have white towels in the master bath. I have been eating my own food, for the most part. They really don't have anything thawed that I would eat plus I had already made some food for me so I just brought it with me. It's been pretty fun to stay in a house and being able to park my car in their garage.
It's funny to see this little dog pick a fight with the bigger dog, who is about 5x her height.
I was asked to dog sit another dog but this is just one dog, an older one, and this will be for 2 weeks. I am thinking I may have to adjust how I do this. Two weeks is a bit too long to keep up with the seeing my cats every other day. I don't know I will see. The nice thing is, this other house, I have cleaned and it is another friend, so the dog already knows me.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Right now
1/23/18 -- Right now I am house/dog sitting for someone that I know from a church that I had attended. She is someone who is a potter and a knitter. She is also someone who is the direct secretary to the pastor of the church that I attended, at one time. I had stopped by their to take a look at the her supply of coffee cups, that she had made, with the hopes of finding a cup or two in the shade of blue that I really like. It was at that time she asked if I could house sit while they were on a cruise. I said that I would because I really don't have any reason why I couldn't. Yes, I have 2 cats but cats are pretty easy to leave alone for a couple of days, at a time. I just have to make sure that their food bowls are full, the water bowls are full, and that the littler box is clean. I am spending the nights at their house so that I can be her to let the dogs out early in the morning.
Staying at this house is really cool, it's like staying at a hotel. This house is located in a small "suburb" out in the country, about 1/4 to a 1/2 mile away from the town I live in. The house is pretty big and really nice. I feel like I am staying in a hotel, because they actually have white towels, in their master bathroom. The master bath is bigger than anything that i have ever lived with. There is actually a bathtub that can be used to relax in and there is also a shower that is like a rain shower head. I feel like I am on a mini vacation. Yes, I do go home to check on my cats and make sure they have food and water and to pick up more of the food that I already have prepared forgetting that I would be staying here. However, I am ok with because the food that are in their fridge I won't eat, anyway.
I was told to help myself, but I just don't want to thaw what they have when I already have food that I planned on eating anyway. For the most part, I am drinking her coffee, and using their pans and such but not eating too much of their food. I was given a gift card to a gas station that I don't typically do to for gas, so I used that to buy some snacks and a meal for Saturday night dinner. I have just enough left on that gift card to purchase another meal. You see, that gas station sells fresh fried chicken with some side dishes. This gas station sell a brand of ice cream that I really like. It is just a tad more expensive than I normally like to spend on ice cream for the amount that you actually get. With that gift card I bought a chicken meal, big bag of popcorn and that ice cream.
I have been eating off my popcorn and ice cream and the food that I brought but you know what I am ok with that. I still feel like I am on an adventure or a vacation. I am pretty much away from the apartment drama which does get annoying.
Staying at this house is really cool, it's like staying at a hotel. This house is located in a small "suburb" out in the country, about 1/4 to a 1/2 mile away from the town I live in. The house is pretty big and really nice. I feel like I am staying in a hotel, because they actually have white towels, in their master bathroom. The master bath is bigger than anything that i have ever lived with. There is actually a bathtub that can be used to relax in and there is also a shower that is like a rain shower head. I feel like I am on a mini vacation. Yes, I do go home to check on my cats and make sure they have food and water and to pick up more of the food that I already have prepared forgetting that I would be staying here. However, I am ok with because the food that are in their fridge I won't eat, anyway.
I was told to help myself, but I just don't want to thaw what they have when I already have food that I planned on eating anyway. For the most part, I am drinking her coffee, and using their pans and such but not eating too much of their food. I was given a gift card to a gas station that I don't typically do to for gas, so I used that to buy some snacks and a meal for Saturday night dinner. I have just enough left on that gift card to purchase another meal. You see, that gas station sells fresh fried chicken with some side dishes. This gas station sell a brand of ice cream that I really like. It is just a tad more expensive than I normally like to spend on ice cream for the amount that you actually get. With that gift card I bought a chicken meal, big bag of popcorn and that ice cream.
I have been eating off my popcorn and ice cream and the food that I brought but you know what I am ok with that. I still feel like I am on an adventure or a vacation. I am pretty much away from the apartment drama which does get annoying.
Friday, January 19, 2018
What......
1/19/18 -- Today is the day when the truck exchange takes place. The owner of the truck that I had been driving while my car was in the shop, is coming in to pick up their truck. I am guess that the family is coming because then his wife will be able to drive the van home while he drives the truck. I guess it's technically not an exchange but the owner coming to pick up the truck. There just wasn't any way to meet in in a small town midway between where they live and where I live.
I do love having my car back, however, I am considering getting a truck the next time I need a vehicle. I won't be getting one quite as big as the one I had been driving. I don't know why I want a truck, but I really do like having the height advantage. I like being able to see more than I can in the car.
I do have some more work that should done be done on the car; the rear shock - the drivers side is leaking, an ac seal/bearing on the drivers side, and I am also going to have him install the shock that belongs on the hood to hold it up. There is one there but it hasn't worked since I got the car. The weird thing is - I never saw that stupid shock hinge every single time I opened the hood to put windshield wiper fluid in the car.
I sent an email to the man I got the car from asking if he could "forgive" the last $200 that I owe on the car because I have had to put that amount + on the brake system. I figured out that I paid $300+ on the brake system. The cost includes: front brake pads/rotors, master cylinder, all new brake lines, and a pair of wheel cylinders for the rear brakes. Purchasing the brake lines was the most expensive out of all the rest of the parts because the men had to "macgyver" the lines together by using "unions" to put the lines together. I haven't heard back from the man, but I am not sure if I will or not. I am figuring he shouldn't have an issue because its the last $200 the I owe and this time it went into the car.
This weekend I start house/dog sitting. The family is leaving early Saturday which means that I need to be at their place by mid afternoon or so to let the dogs out. I am going to make this my mini vacation because they pretty much live in the country. I am able to leave my cats for like 3 days by making sure their food and water dishes are plenty full, that way I don't have to go back and forth everyday.
I get to park my car in their garage, sleep in their bed - which is a big and tall bed. They have a master bath with a cool shower head. I do have their wifi password so I will be able to still get on my laptop and tablet. They also have satellite which means that I will be able to watch the tv that I like watching along with some that I don't have on my cable package. I also get to make myself at home and even eat their food.
This little time in a different place will get me away from the people in my building and I won't have to flip my car from one side to the other. The family is supposed to be home late next Sunday night. There is one couple in my building that has so much drama that it's ridiculous. I haven't known a couple that argues over who does what in the apt. I finally told them to just wash their own clothes and put them away. To me it is pathetic that she expecting him to do all the housework even after he has worked all day, and she hasn't done anything but sit around and do nothing but be on snap chat and play video games. They were getting to the point of sounding like brother and sister, pretty pathetic.
I do love having my car back, however, I am considering getting a truck the next time I need a vehicle. I won't be getting one quite as big as the one I had been driving. I don't know why I want a truck, but I really do like having the height advantage. I like being able to see more than I can in the car.
I do have some more work that should done be done on the car; the rear shock - the drivers side is leaking, an ac seal/bearing on the drivers side, and I am also going to have him install the shock that belongs on the hood to hold it up. There is one there but it hasn't worked since I got the car. The weird thing is - I never saw that stupid shock hinge every single time I opened the hood to put windshield wiper fluid in the car.
I sent an email to the man I got the car from asking if he could "forgive" the last $200 that I owe on the car because I have had to put that amount + on the brake system. I figured out that I paid $300+ on the brake system. The cost includes: front brake pads/rotors, master cylinder, all new brake lines, and a pair of wheel cylinders for the rear brakes. Purchasing the brake lines was the most expensive out of all the rest of the parts because the men had to "macgyver" the lines together by using "unions" to put the lines together. I haven't heard back from the man, but I am not sure if I will or not. I am figuring he shouldn't have an issue because its the last $200 the I owe and this time it went into the car.
This weekend I start house/dog sitting. The family is leaving early Saturday which means that I need to be at their place by mid afternoon or so to let the dogs out. I am going to make this my mini vacation because they pretty much live in the country. I am able to leave my cats for like 3 days by making sure their food and water dishes are plenty full, that way I don't have to go back and forth everyday.
I get to park my car in their garage, sleep in their bed - which is a big and tall bed. They have a master bath with a cool shower head. I do have their wifi password so I will be able to still get on my laptop and tablet. They also have satellite which means that I will be able to watch the tv that I like watching along with some that I don't have on my cable package. I also get to make myself at home and even eat their food.
This little time in a different place will get me away from the people in my building and I won't have to flip my car from one side to the other. The family is supposed to be home late next Sunday night. There is one couple in my building that has so much drama that it's ridiculous. I haven't known a couple that argues over who does what in the apt. I finally told them to just wash their own clothes and put them away. To me it is pathetic that she expecting him to do all the housework even after he has worked all day, and she hasn't done anything but sit around and do nothing but be on snap chat and play video games. They were getting to the point of sounding like brother and sister, pretty pathetic.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
OOOKKKK
1/18/18 -- So, this morning I went out for coffee with the grandma of the little girl that I had been taking care of. She paid me and we talked. She told me that she is planning on getting another job. She just couldn't handle the work environment where she had been. Who could blame her with all that stuff her supervisor did and said to her. She also told me that she is planning on suing the place she was working for sexual harassment.
Her little granddaughter is upset now because she won't see me, "anymore" plus she lost a little "secret pen" and she thought it was in my car but it's not. So, hopefully she won't be jobless for too long. The bonus is she won't be driving for an hour + both ways, anymore. Also, she won't be having to get up super early in the morning, either. That is super nice for me too, getting up that early is rough.
I have to admit that I really want a job but I just don't know what to do or where to go anymore. I don't even know if I want to work just because it is so stinkin' difficult to find a job. I am looking but yet I am not looking. Like, I am keeping my eyes peeled for anything but at the same time I am not looking real hard.
Her little granddaughter is upset now because she won't see me, "anymore" plus she lost a little "secret pen" and she thought it was in my car but it's not. So, hopefully she won't be jobless for too long. The bonus is she won't be driving for an hour + both ways, anymore. Also, she won't be having to get up super early in the morning, either. That is super nice for me too, getting up that early is rough.
I have to admit that I really want a job but I just don't know what to do or where to go anymore. I don't even know if I want to work just because it is so stinkin' difficult to find a job. I am looking but yet I am not looking. Like, I am keeping my eyes peeled for anything but at the same time I am not looking real hard.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
More Changes
1/17/18 -- Here we go again, changes gotta love them!!!!!! The babysitting job that I have had, for the last several months, is coming to an end. The grandma has turned in her retirement papers, to the human resources dept. at her job. Evidently there has been a lot of sexual harassment going on from her supervisor. In the day and time, the human resources wanted to just "sweep it under the rug" which is totally unacceptable! She had taken a week off due to a sinus surgery, she had last week. Her first day back and she gets treated like crap. She had, had enough yesterday so that is when she finally decided to hand in her retirement papers. Now, there are possibilities that she could get another job, maybe part-time or something but for the time being, she is finishing up the week.
So, here I go again. I will not be working, as for now, the one temp. job is done for now. I have no idea when that temp. job will resume, plus I really can't wait for it to return.
I gotta admit that I haven't really been looking for a job, online. I have to admit that I have given up job hunting. I have gotten so tired of looking and submitting resumes', and going to interviews and not having something better coming out of them then "regret" letters.
So irritating!!!
So, here I go again. I will not be working, as for now, the one temp. job is done for now. I have no idea when that temp. job will resume, plus I really can't wait for it to return.
I gotta admit that I haven't really been looking for a job, online. I have to admit that I have given up job hunting. I have gotten so tired of looking and submitting resumes', and going to interviews and not having something better coming out of them then "regret" letters.
So irritating!!!
Monday, January 15, 2018
CARS!!!
1/15/18 -- Here is it Jan. 15th, 2018 and I am wondering with the last half of January went??? Go figure
So, one day a couple of weeks ago, I was driving to pick up the little girl from school, when my brakes went out as I was turning into the road leading right into the town. I borrowed a truck, with the hopes of getting my car's brakes all repaired by the weekend. Well, no such luck, it took another whole weekend. As it turned out the problem wasn't what was originally thought, it ended up being the master cylinder. After the master cylinder was installed a brake line ruptured. That then lead to a complete redoing of the brake lines and one wheel cylinder. So, over $300 later and two weekends later, I now have my car back with a (pretty much)new brake system.
So this started out a one person job {so we thought} and ended up a two person job because the dad ended up helping/teaching because is son didn't know how to do a large part of the whole job.
I have to admit that I really did and do enjoy driving that truck but it is difficult to get into and it is a gas hog when driving out of town. I am very thankful to have my car back. However, there are a couple of other things that need replacing on my car, that the dad told me about. The shocks, and a seal w/bearing, also we figured out what the deal was with the lack of a hood prob. There is a "shock" that is right in the back of the hood that doesn't work. That most definitely is going to get replaced.
So, one day a couple of weeks ago, I was driving to pick up the little girl from school, when my brakes went out as I was turning into the road leading right into the town. I borrowed a truck, with the hopes of getting my car's brakes all repaired by the weekend. Well, no such luck, it took another whole weekend. As it turned out the problem wasn't what was originally thought, it ended up being the master cylinder. After the master cylinder was installed a brake line ruptured. That then lead to a complete redoing of the brake lines and one wheel cylinder. So, over $300 later and two weekends later, I now have my car back with a (pretty much)new brake system.
So this started out a one person job {so we thought} and ended up a two person job because the dad ended up helping/teaching because is son didn't know how to do a large part of the whole job.
I have to admit that I really did and do enjoy driving that truck but it is difficult to get into and it is a gas hog when driving out of town. I am very thankful to have my car back. However, there are a couple of other things that need replacing on my car, that the dad told me about. The shocks, and a seal w/bearing, also we figured out what the deal was with the lack of a hood prob. There is a "shock" that is right in the back of the hood that doesn't work. That most definitely is going to get replaced.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Still in Touch
1/6/18 -- So, that man that I talked about in my previous post, seems to wanna keep in touch. We had a rather short conversation and during that conversation he totally gave up his true intention towards me. He facetimed me and wanted me to show him something that I wouldn't do and he got upset and said that he would just hang up. I told him that he didn't have to hang up but then he stated that since I wasn't giving him what he wanted, he might as well. At that point is when I hung up on him! That was the proof that I apparently needed cause now I really don't want to continue the relationship with him. I haven't quite outright told him that but I will eventually get that. I have even renewed my account with a particular dating site, so I could renew the search for that right man, for me.
There isn't anything like being told that all the man you have in your life, getting to know and such (or so you thought) only to find out that all he really wants is sex, nothing more. He has been patiently waiting for me to give him that one thing that he really wants but I haven't been able to compromise my belief, regardless of how much and hard that I have tried. Confirmation is all that I apparently needed for me to make that finally decision, we are done!
There isn't anything like being told that all the man you have in your life, getting to know and such (or so you thought) only to find out that all he really wants is sex, nothing more. He has been patiently waiting for me to give him that one thing that he really wants but I haven't been able to compromise my belief, regardless of how much and hard that I have tried. Confirmation is all that I apparently needed for me to make that finally decision, we are done!
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