Backstabbery!!!

So it turns out one of the coworkers that I had been friendly with IS AN EVIL WENCH!!! Woohoo....day two in the new spot and I'm already staring at someone and wishing they would implode. This is someone I have been friendly with, and turns out bitch is a backstabber. Hello? When did I go back to Junior High?!?!

Basically there was something I was doing that she evidently thought was a problem (funny how it was only a problem when I was doing it but not when anyone else was doing it....hmmmmm), and she told me not to do it. Please know that I am NOT that person that does crap I am not supposed to when it's not appropriate! The fact that she tried to make the situation into something it wasn't PISSES me off. Fine, whatever. I thought she was being a bit ridiculous, but whatever. Done. Until the next morning when another coworker pulls me aside to give me a heads up......lt turns out evil coworker ho had decided to tell the boss in a meeting (that only had the longer term staff) that, she didn't want to name any names, but "THE SHABABBLER was doing such and such." (Ya, I don't say my real name on this thing, but she said my real name right away). DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!??! You DID NOT just go there!!!! I don't think there was a problem w/my behavior, but when you call me out on it and tell me not to do it, and I stop doing it, ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO GO TO OUR FREAKING BOSS AND TRY TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD BEHIND MY BACK?!?!?! At least have a meeting w/me there so I can share my side!

Homegirl messed with the wrong person. Those of you in my "real" world that know it's best for people not to mess with me may have trouble believing that in the "work" world I actually keep myself rather contained. Homegirl is not going to realize that I know she practically waved a banner in our boss's face trying to get me in trouble so she could look good, she will just assume I'm a little less friendly because she said something to me. But when you try to freaking throw me in a ditch, I'm not going to be your friend. Wow. What a day. And the day before she had evidently said some things that really pissed off another coworker, so she has a way of burning ties as she tries to manipulate and connive her way into favor with the boss. It's a trip when you get a glimpse of someone's true colors. And at the same time, I feel sorry for her because it makes it obvious, although she is evil and conniving, she's evidently really insecure too. Whatever. I'm done with her and now I know! Thank Goodness for a great living situation, an awesome roommate, and some cool coworkers that don't make the words "Skank" and "bitch" glide through my mind whenever they walk past me!!!

In the New Land!

Can you believe it dear readers? Two entries in less than two weeks - wow! All 3 or so of you should be shocked and amazed, hehe ;-p. So moving out of one place and into another a day later is complete! Yay! Well, I guess I shouldn't say complete, because I have tons of unpacking to do, but hey. And shame on my brother for tattling to our Pop that his daughter had been blogging away when she should have been packing, hehe.

So ya, moving out was a several hour process. My peeps arrived and my Dad immediately came down to ask if I had done anything. I showed him my car, which was just about filled to the BRIM, and he asked, "Was all of this stuff in your closet?!?!" Ummm...ya....hehe.....I am a stuff whore. I am seriously never allowed to buy anything AGAIN! But dude - I so have a stuff addiction! I just need to transfer it to only buying stuff for other people, hehe.....I'm just a consumer, I like to buy.

When all was said and done there were three cars, two with seats removed or set down, moving me out of my sublet. Ya, three. Seriously. And the only place I had stuff was pretty much in my room! But it was good - the roommate there was a really good guy =-). Yay for non-psycho strangers that you find online! So my Love Lobster was rocking shotgun in my car and the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile pillow was doing so in the car my pop was driving. Perfect.

And the next day we managed to whittle it down to only two cars, because this place is furnished. One of my coworkers came over today and was floored by how much crap I had.

The new place is NIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCEEEEE!! Hell ya baby boy!! I scored the Master Bedroom and have a huge fricking bathtub and a lovely and enormous closet - WOOHOO!!! Yay for big baths and big closets!! Hot damn! My one little Pirate Devil Rubber Duckie looks lonely in such a big space. And I LOVE the floorplan of the apt.! Each room is on opposite sides of the living/dining room areas, so if someone is up for hours listening to music, ain't no thang!! Woohoo! Ya baby!!

Speaking of music, I FINALLY found some of my Remy Zero, which I have been searching for for ages, and I am stoked because those boys rock! I hate it when groovy groups break up, but supposedly they are potentially reuniting....we shall see.

My roommate came in today and I think we are just going to have a great time together. She's awesome and so am I so we are a good match ;-p! Hehe.

Work today was okay....I have some assessments, but won't bore you with them. I'm looking forward to when I finally get to the point where I have the knowledge down and can appear all knowledgeable and spiffy and all that crud, and hopefully at least a smidgeon entertaining! I find being entertaining much more fulfilling than being knowledgeable, but somehow that's not what's in my job description - bummer, hehe. I don't lead anything these first couple weeks, and will probably be lame to start out with, but will hopefully rock before I'm done here!

Since I have a lot of unpacking to go I couldn't find my work appropriate belt today =-/. So my next closest one has a studded star in the belt buckle, but I figured that was a much better choice than any of the three with the skull belt buckles, hehe.

This area is pretty. I went to the store yesterday evening and was blown away by the beauty from the parking lot. Standing there on top of a hill looking out as the sun was setting....it seemed like more of a scenic viewpoint off a highway, or a makeout lookout (not that I would know anything about those ;-P) than a grocery store parking lot. Wow. I love finding beauty in unexpected places. And this is the second time I have been blown away by the view from a grocery store parking lot! Back in 2005 I was prancing into a store when living in Tacoma and just stopped in my tracks when I realized that was Mt. Ranier above the store top. You just don't get views like that in my hometown! And tonight when my roommate and I were coming home from where we had been, I had to break for Deer!! Two of them!

So I think this place will be scenically stimulating for sure, and I have some really groovy coworkers (along with ones who aren't, hehe) at my fingertips, and a fabulous mall! Not that I am ever allowed to buy anything again, hehe =-).

So I'm sitting here typing away with my dollar-sign bling ring (because that's how I roll, yo!), and before I started typing this I made sure to test out how fun it was to bounce on this bed. I figured that was an appropriate way to celebrate my first day out of the cast. But ya, ankle wasn't really completely happy today, so I was bouncing more on the other foot.....kind of flamingo style if they ever took a lot of uppers or really had to pee and were waiting in line, hehe.

But now I must off, off and away. Things are good right now! And I wanted to give a special shout out to my amazing parents who are headed abroad for the first time ever tomorrow!!! Yay! And they better not be reading this tonight because neither of them had packed yet (gee, maybe that's where I get it from, hehe). It's awesome when you are able to be a part of making something amazing happen for people who are so unbelievable and deserving =-). And I'm not just saying that to get a fantastic souvenir, hehe.

I'm in a good mood - I hope you are too =-)!

Almost Go Time

Hey Folks!! Here I am.....once again writing because it enables me to put something else off....in this case, packing up to MOVE! Hmmmm....life is pretty good right now. Cool. But let me catch you up...

I went on my trip, which was a little cruise that hit San Diego, Catalina Island and Ensenada. I was looking forward to being away from work and having a good time with my wonderful self....and I'm glad I got away, but it definitely wasn't the vacation of a lifetime or anything. To be honest, I kind of felt like a big loner the whole time =-(. There are several zones in the land of me, and one of those zones is the "Wheeeeeeee! I love people let me make friends with lots of them!" The only thing is....I was never in that zone on this trip. Instead I was in the place where I was constantly noticing that, on a cruise, pretty much EVERYONE comes with other people. Whether it's families, friends, significant others, whatever! So I just felt like the "Hey can you take our picture" girl or what-have-you, which made me kinda sad, because I hate it when I turn out not to be that person who can happily prance around the planet and feel totally content by myself. I have done the solo travel thing before and been fine, but it's really because I have made friends along the way, and, as it turns out....I'm a freaking people person, hehe. I would have to say the single moment that probably embodies how I felt that whole time was when I was sitting and enjoying the dueling pianos in one of the crowded lounges and this hot guy walked up and asked if the seat next to me was taken.....mind you, I didn't think he was going to hit on me, it was crowded and he wanted a seat, however, I completely did not expect him to hoist this heavy chair over his head and walk out of sight with it, leaving me sitting in the isolated chair all by myself, and breaking any illusion that I might have been with someone (anyone). Ya, how do you make the solo traveler feel like even MORE of a loner?? Why don'tcha haul ass as you take the chair away....mmmmmm, ya, mission accomplished!!!

I did snorkel for the first time at Catalina Island and that was cool. It was wetsuit snorkeling, but the water was cold enough that my brain was freezing, hehe. My room was really cool though....I had a big window on the 8th deck and a really comfy bed, and the whole place all to myself =-). I would totally do one again, but not by myself. If I had had someone else with me I would have had a blast. Next time.

The Saturday after the cruise was St. Patty's Day and I met up with a bunch of fabulous people for festivities in the Bay Area. Had loads and loads of fun (was so stoked to be rocking the friend time after 5 days of being Loner Girl). My outfit was super cute (Yay for cute outfits!), but I determined that one accessory was probably a mistake. Turns out if you wear a button that says "Luck Off" the leprechauns take that pretty seriously!! Even if you are also wearing Shamrock earrings and Beedely-Boppers....don't wear the "Luck Off" button!!!!!! The leprechauns attacked me during the night and by the time I went to the doctor a couple of nights later I left with a walking cast and crutches!! I didn't break anything, but I seriously irritated a certain tendon that caused major swelling and lots of bruising that gave people that "Ewww!" reaction. I'm still in the walking cast (which means that I can take it on and off), but I ditched the crutches a couple of days ago because I hated them. I only have to wear it probably through this week, but there is this rather large bump on my foot that doesn't seem to be planning on leaving anytime soon. I tried on my pink go-go boots to see if they would fit, and my foot practically bitchslapped me for even thinking that was a good idea =-/. Ho hum, ho hum, ho hum. Freaking leprechauns!!!

The good news is, overall I am doing very well right now. This is evidently quite unusual because when I called my Dad recently and replied with "Really well" when asked how I was doing, he was shocked and perplexed as he let out his surprised "REALLY?!?!?!". Hehe. We got our roommate assignments for corporate housing, and the girl I am going to be with is really cool, so I am stoked =-)! There are quite a few people I would have been happy being placed with, but some that would have not been cool, so I'm quite pleased! Plus, the housing looks like it will be pretty swanky - yay!! I'm looking forward to taking neverending showers to make up for the quick-speed demon water-turns-cold-too-fast ones I get here. Bah!

Plus, we got our work schedule for the next couple months and it's not as bad as I imagined it would be. Definitely not great at all, but not as doom-and-destruction as I imagined. I will have to be at work on many days FAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR too freaking early, and we do have to work some weekends, but not all of them. Plus, the area we will be in is pretty, so once my ankle gets better it will be nice to explore it.

I've loved living in this area socially, so I've decided once this job deployment stint ends I think I will look for an actual apartment over here instead of just a sublet. The idea of living all by myself sends goosebumps of happiness through me over the thought of being able to be the Decoration Dictator - woohoo! There's a lot to do in this area, I'm near a nice bunch of good friends, and I've been lucky enough to make friends with some really cool new people. See, people make me happy, hehe! Unless they are pissing me off, then WATCH OUT! But groovy people rock my whirl =-).

On that note, time for bed....another week of the working world hullaballoo.

Night!