Bad Day

Have you ever just had one of those days? Today is one of them for me. I woke up to Erik's friend calling to say he wasn't going to pick up Erik that he was sick. Mind you this really isn't a big deal exept that it was 3:30am. Then I couldn't go back to sleep. I love my husband but no I don't want to talk at 3:30 I want to be asleep. I love that he has been carpooling lately. It makes my life soooo much easier not to menchion the gas I save. You wouldn't think the 4 1/2 miles Erik goes to work wouldn't add up. But taking my lunch and trading him cars and him coming back to get me and all that stuff adds up. So I hope his friend is feeling well in the next few days so today we have to rotate the car.

Anway back to my story. Then I finally get back to sleep. I slept through the alarm. Johnny finally comes in and asks, "will you ever turn that thing off?" Referring to my alarm. I looked at the clock and I only had 15 minutes until Kimmie's bus was going to be at my house. So I ran in and woke up Kimmie. She was not about to get up today. She had some seizure problems over the weekend and was not going to get out of bed. So I forced her to get up go to the bathroom and get ready. By this time her bus was at my door. I sent Johnny out to tell the bus driver just one minute. So that I could get Kimmie her meds and shoes on. So I finally get her out the door and tell her bus driver to have Kimmie go to eat breakfast at school. I ran upstairs and got in the shower and started to get ready. Then I remember if I am going to trade the car with Erik I need to have Johnny ready as well. So I ran downstairs poored him a bowl of cereal and hand him his clothes. To this he says,"Mom I don't want to wear this today." I about strangelled him. Because right as he says that Erik calls and is half way home. I ignored Johnny's I don't want to wear this and told him to get dressed while I ran up the stairs. At this point I am still only half dressed and need to do my hair and make-up. So I get my make-up in a bag to take with me. Hurry and do my hair. Erik walks in and says, "Johnny why didn't Mom get you dressed we need to leave." To this I just said, "Please get your son dressed." I finally got Erik back to work, Johnny to Bethany's and on my way to work. Then I remembered I forget everything I needed to bring today for my EAU board meeting. Realizing that I was going to have to trade the car later I decided to just go to work and not turn around. I stopped and splurged on a McMuffin sandwich from McD's. When I finally got to eat it was cold. I got to work only 30 minutes late talked to my mom and went to work.

No sooner did I start a big project than Kimmie's school called. The conversation goes like this, "Mrs. Hansen Kimmie is having trouble at school we think she doesn't feel well. Will you please come and get her." Me (really suprised after this morning), "really, what is happening?" "She is hitting the teachers, she is complaining about a headache and screaming." I agreed to come and get her. All the way over thinking of all the things I was going to say for hitting her teachers. I walked into her classroom to pick her up. Her and the main teacher were the only ones in the classroom, I said Kimmie why are you having trouble today? Her teacher pipes in saying, "I am so sorry, I didn't want you to think that I did something horrible but I put my hands on Kimmie's cheeks when she was acting up and told her to look at me and stop. She started to scream and said I was hurting her. I didn't mean to do anything (her teacher almost crying at this point). My daughter laughing. I really wanted to just smack my daughter. I tell her teacher not to worry about it that Kimmie was fine and I do the same thing when she gets out of control (the psycologist told me to do that). I made Kimmie apologize to her teacher give her a hug and pick up her stuff to go home. On the way out of the parking lot Kimmie says to me, "I'm hungry, let go to a nice restraunt and get rootbeer." Kimmie's idea of nice restraunt is KFC. Like I was going to reward my daughter for being such a brat.

Short of the other long story I picked up Erik. Bethany still has Johnny and will bring him home later. I dropped off Kimmie and Erik picked up my EAU work and headed back to work. By this point I have been gone from work 1 1/2 hours and because breakfast wasn't good I was hungry. So I stopped and picked up a corn dog (my comfort food from college) and put the car in drive and headed back to work. Then I dropped my corn dog full of extra catsup, all over me, my car, and my purse.

I give up I am going back to bed. I really need a good nap!

Thanks for listening to this big long bad day...

Job Interview...

I have to be honest. It has been a long time since I have been on the other side of the table for job interviews. I pretty much walked into the positions I have been in for the last at least 11 years. I have done a variety of things although most jobs I either know someone or they come to me after hearing about the work I have done. The job I have currently my Mom hired me to do some scanning work (to clean up some mess some others had made) the company liked my work so much they kept me on. I have been here about 3 1/2 almost 4 years now. I love it although...

I am having to look at going back to work full time. I did my first interview a couple weeks ago with a local grocery store. They told me I was too over qualified. They said they had many positions for me but I never heard from them again. I feel that I did okay on the interview but my sister tells me that I told too much information. Although I still feel really good about it. I just was too over qualified. That is nice to hear but hard at the same time.

Tomorrow I have my first interview with a company that I would love to have a full time job with. I am interviewing with the Children's Miracle Network. I am really excited. Because I am so excited I am scared of blowing the interview. I think this job would be a really good fit for me. I think I could handle going back to work full time with a charity like this one. I am incredibly happy with working with the EAU and feel really fulfilled with the job I do there. I think that is how the job with CMN would probably be. I am excited about this idea.

I am scared of leaving my kids full time. But we have worked it out for Dad to stay home and work part time. He really needs to get his diabetes under control. I just hope as my sister says I need not ramble.

Job interviews and the job market is scary these days. I really wish that I could be a stay at home mom. Although I don't think I could do that full time either. I really enjoy being at work when I feel that I am doing something important. Wish me luck on my interview. I am scared to death.