Okay so now I am the only adult working in my house. I gotta say that was not something I was expecting. I was hoping my husband would suck it up and stay where he was, but instead they fired him. It was not a surprise. He was just a seasonal employee. But it is a bummer.
Just as things were financially starting to stabilize, I am back to the oh shit. How do we pay for that or the other thing. We just bought this house. Err... Excuse me while I panic. Now I need to cancel my private employer insurance that I just got because well, we can't afford it and the state of Arizona says we are poor enough to qualify for state medicaid. I was so excited to have my own insurance start this week. I hope I can cancel it. I mean its a life change right?
I also now regret ordering a Valentines Day Gift. Damn, now we definitely can't afford it. Shit it already shipped. Yes I am still panicking!
So what do I do? Should I get a second job? A better paying gig? I like the new gig. I mean how many people can say that they got a chance to work for Facebook's Marketing Team? Its a great opportunity for me to learn about Social Media and marketing in general. Yes I thought I knew everything about Facebook. Now I know I didn't know shit about it.
I was planning on going back to school with the help of my Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, which I finally get an appointment with later this month. I managed to get my Mom to agree to help me with my school debt so I can go back to classes later too. I also wanted to take a class at the Community College to work with Adobe Suite Software and learn more about the graphic side of advertising. Though that would be awesome and fun. But now I am panicking.... Do I continue with my plan to go back to school and learn more about Marketing or do I look for a second job so we can get off Government Assistant.
For those of you asking, why doesn't he just get a different job? You have missed a lot. He is not the type of man that will get a job, any job, even if its one he does not like so his family can be financially secure. He is the type of guy that only wants to take a job he thinks is easy or doesn't work with people. Turns out he hates people. All previous suggestions that he go work at one of the fast food joints or retail stores have not gone well.
So let me know what you think. Should I continue with my plan to return to school or drop that to get a second job?
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
a mistake on the calendar and a call to the fire department
So the first month of 2013 went out with a Bang.
Quite literally. It was a Thursday Night and I was rushing myself to Desert Ridge Shopping center in North Phoenix to meet a fellow Scouter. I was enjoying weird self, listening to Talk Radio KTAR talk about the craziness of a lunatic who shot 3 people in Phoenix earlier in the week. I swerved to narrowly miss a piece of re-bar I saw in the road. Life was going completely normal.
I turn into the shopping center and suddenly my car gets super rough and stalls out. "WTF!" I say to myself as a stare helplessly at the dashboard. I ferociously turn the ignition trying to get my precious Jetta out of the way of incoming traffic as I block the entire driveway at rush hour. Lots of swear words are now rushing to my mind as I start to panic, "Oh, no, I am going to get hit!" Then the smell hits me, the awful, and frightening odor of gasoline. The engine turns, I make it another 30ft and block an entire lane of traffic.
Great! Now what do I do? Besides swear alot? I got out for a brief moment and see the front of my car has fuel pouring onto the ground. I am all alone. I mean there are hundreds of passerby's every minute, but no one stops. I am all alone, I call my husband, first time he has answered the phone in months. He says call triple A. Unfortunately, we are too broke to actually afford triple A, it was cancelled.
I call my friend to see if maybe he can help me move the car out of the way of incoming traffic. "What?!! Our car pool date to Mesa is next Thurday!" Crap, all alone again. I reached in my glove box. I called my auto insurance company's road side service. She says I am NOT covered. Bummer. She asks again what fluid is leaking from my car. "Gasoline", I say again.
This flips some panic switch on her end. She tells me she needs to call 9-1-1 to make sure everything is safe. Now I am embarrassed. I begin to blush and she pulls the Phoenix Dispatch Center on the line. I reluctantly tell them where I am, after all safety is important, right?
Farmers transferred me to a claims adjuster because they begin to think the same thing I do, maybe I did not miss that re-bar after all. Grr... I call my husband. He comes to my rescue, and drives me home. The Farmers company sends a tow and we all go to sleep kinda.
Quite literally. It was a Thursday Night and I was rushing myself to Desert Ridge Shopping center in North Phoenix to meet a fellow Scouter. I was enjoying weird self, listening to Talk Radio KTAR talk about the craziness of a lunatic who shot 3 people in Phoenix earlier in the week. I swerved to narrowly miss a piece of re-bar I saw in the road. Life was going completely normal.
I turn into the shopping center and suddenly my car gets super rough and stalls out. "WTF!" I say to myself as a stare helplessly at the dashboard. I ferociously turn the ignition trying to get my precious Jetta out of the way of incoming traffic as I block the entire driveway at rush hour. Lots of swear words are now rushing to my mind as I start to panic, "Oh, no, I am going to get hit!" Then the smell hits me, the awful, and frightening odor of gasoline. The engine turns, I make it another 30ft and block an entire lane of traffic.
Great! Now what do I do? Besides swear alot? I got out for a brief moment and see the front of my car has fuel pouring onto the ground. I am all alone. I mean there are hundreds of passerby's every minute, but no one stops. I am all alone, I call my husband, first time he has answered the phone in months. He says call triple A. Unfortunately, we are too broke to actually afford triple A, it was cancelled.
I call my friend to see if maybe he can help me move the car out of the way of incoming traffic. "What?!! Our car pool date to Mesa is next Thurday!" Crap, all alone again. I reached in my glove box. I called my auto insurance company's road side service. She says I am NOT covered. Bummer. She asks again what fluid is leaking from my car. "Gasoline", I say again.
This flips some panic switch on her end. She tells me she needs to call 9-1-1 to make sure everything is safe. Now I am embarrassed. I begin to blush and she pulls the Phoenix Dispatch Center on the line. I reluctantly tell them where I am, after all safety is important, right?
Farmers transferred me to a claims adjuster because they begin to think the same thing I do, maybe I did not miss that re-bar after all. Grr... I call my husband. He comes to my rescue, and drives me home. The Farmers company sends a tow and we all go to sleep kinda.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Shooting a gun, meeting the Mayor and other stuff
So the other stuff... Still working! Going around Gilbert and Mesa talking to strangers. I just love how as an adult you can break all your mothers rules! "Don't talk to strangers," mom always said, but now that is how I make my money. It's rather interesting. People everywhere all have great stories to tell and terrifying fears to express. I absolutely love meeting them all.
I met a woman named Paula. And even though I haven't told her, I think she has changed the course of my life. There was no reason for me to walk into her office. I am a skilled trades construction specialist and that is all I can manage. Paula is one of those people that seems to know everyone. She is both calming and exciting! Her stories are engulfing and what she shares can change the course of all the lives around her.
What did she share that so changed my path? Some deep secret? Simple she shared her desire to have her business succeed, her faith, and her friends. You won't get prejudice from Paula or any one she introduces you to. For me she guided me to a series of connections that impacts all of Arizona.
One invitation, of a shy business to business sales girl, brought me to breakfast with Towne of Gilbert Ambassadors, Senators, local business leaders and of course potential business contacts. From that one morning in a hotel conference room other things grew. For one I attended a separate industry round table event for Towne of Gilbert where I spoke to local government, industry leaders in construction and real estate development, and education leaders for the State of Arizona.
Most interesting is the repeated questions Mayor Lewis asked about what we see happening in our local labor force. It was weird to think that what my team at Command Center does is so critical to the health of our community. Who would have thought I would learn so much about construction labor needs and what needs to change to improve the future right here in Arizona. I guess if the Mayor of Gilbert had room in his budget to pay staff members to ask every construction boss in town what they thought for six months Command Center wouldn't have a role in guiding local education and local government funding.
As great as that feels, this week marked my 10 year wedding anniversary. I wonder if that's what it is called when a couple wildly goes and gets hitched? So 10 years later I am still married, but I finally got the most romantic and thoughtful gift ever, a trip to the shooting range. Yes, I finally got someone, my husband, to show me how to fire a real gun. I hope we do it again real soon.
I met a woman named Paula. And even though I haven't told her, I think she has changed the course of my life. There was no reason for me to walk into her office. I am a skilled trades construction specialist and that is all I can manage. Paula is one of those people that seems to know everyone. She is both calming and exciting! Her stories are engulfing and what she shares can change the course of all the lives around her.
What did she share that so changed my path? Some deep secret? Simple she shared her desire to have her business succeed, her faith, and her friends. You won't get prejudice from Paula or any one she introduces you to. For me she guided me to a series of connections that impacts all of Arizona.
One invitation, of a shy business to business sales girl, brought me to breakfast with Towne of Gilbert Ambassadors, Senators, local business leaders and of course potential business contacts. From that one morning in a hotel conference room other things grew. For one I attended a separate industry round table event for Towne of Gilbert where I spoke to local government, industry leaders in construction and real estate development, and education leaders for the State of Arizona.
Most interesting is the repeated questions Mayor Lewis asked about what we see happening in our local labor force. It was weird to think that what my team at Command Center does is so critical to the health of our community. Who would have thought I would learn so much about construction labor needs and what needs to change to improve the future right here in Arizona. I guess if the Mayor of Gilbert had room in his budget to pay staff members to ask every construction boss in town what they thought for six months Command Center wouldn't have a role in guiding local education and local government funding.
As great as that feels, this week marked my 10 year wedding anniversary. I wonder if that's what it is called when a couple wildly goes and gets hitched? So 10 years later I am still married, but I finally got the most romantic and thoughtful gift ever, a trip to the shooting range. Yes, I finally got someone, my husband, to show me how to fire a real gun. I hope we do it again real soon.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
10 years
Hello blog I miss you so I thought today I'll go ahead and use the Dragon dictate on my drive wow traffic is awful yesterday was the end of Labor Day weekend which is a wonderful wonderful holiday the one thing I like about unions one thing that you truly deserve credit for that five days work weeks they got 40 hour work weeks so what have I learned in 10 years well he still can't talk to me about anything ever don't know I Addis to get vacation time benefits and of course Labor Day to celebrate the right of workers to have a life and also the weekend that I met my husband
Vegas 10 years ago so after 10 years of marriage what I learned I learned he still can't talk to me about anything and talking to him means that I get no eye contact and I just feel like him until quite I really don't know how to change that try it all the things that you're supposed to try asking the question trying to be nice and then last night comes up Emily and
Even notice when I have been snacking a lot of kiss on my ass is not being nice fact it's just you trying to tell me that you want to get on I'm not interested in getting it on when I need paying for my interested in getting it on after you tell me that I don't pay attention to you and then I don't know this meeting give me a kiss just completely wrong because you don't notice that when I do it whatever goes back to failure to communicate no idea how to fix that every single level out here no idea how to fix
Pamela Orozco
602-319-0502
Independent Aflac Agent
Lake Pleasant Scout-O-Rama Chair Person
ADHD Blogger
Mother of Differently Abled
Pamela.orozco@us.aflac.com
Lakepleasantscoutorama@gmail.com
Ajnickmom@gmail.com
Sent from my iPhone with auto corrected text, it may have something ridiculous, inappropriate, offensive or incomprehensible! I probably didn't proof read it cause I was busy thinking Apple is magical and Perfect. And if you are still reading this signature your the type that highlights fine print and knows that the last change in user agreement between you,Google, and Apple allowed them to videotape you, record audio, and publish it on the Internet, but that their Public Relations Managers say its all good cause the app warms a glass of milk for you before bed, checks your closet for boogiemen, and reads you a bedtime story before tucking you in.
Vegas 10 years ago so after 10 years of marriage what I learned I learned he still can't talk to me about anything and talking to him means that I get no eye contact and I just feel like him until quite I really don't know how to change that try it all the things that you're supposed to try asking the question trying to be nice and then last night comes up Emily and
Even notice when I have been snacking a lot of kiss on my ass is not being nice fact it's just you trying to tell me that you want to get on I'm not interested in getting it on when I need paying for my interested in getting it on after you tell me that I don't pay attention to you and then I don't know this meeting give me a kiss just completely wrong because you don't notice that when I do it whatever goes back to failure to communicate no idea how to fix that every single level out here no idea how to fix
Pamela Orozco
602-319-0502
Independent Aflac Agent
Lake Pleasant Scout-O-Rama Chair Person
ADHD Blogger
Mother of Differently Abled
Pamela.orozco@us.aflac.com
Lakepleasantscoutorama@gmail.com
Ajnickmom@gmail.com
Sent from my iPhone with auto corrected text, it may have something ridiculous, inappropriate, offensive or incomprehensible! I probably didn't proof read it cause I was busy thinking Apple is magical and Perfect. And if you are still reading this signature your the type that highlights fine print and knows that the last change in user agreement between you,Google, and Apple allowed them to videotape you, record audio, and publish it on the Internet, but that their Public Relations Managers say its all good cause the app warms a glass of milk for you before bed, checks your closet for boogiemen, and reads you a bedtime story before tucking you in.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Well what now?
People can be irrational. So what? Doesn't everyone have a bad, bad day now and then? And isn't it awful to throw away a potentially beneficial relationship because of a terrible mis understanding?
So this is where I am at today. I see two people have individually had a bad day. And they unfortunately ended up in the same room alone. Both people were impossibly rushed and busy with their own issues. They failed to communicate effectively. One or both lost composure. One said I don't deserve to be treated this way and retreated angrily. And the other said I don't deserve to be treated this way and angrily accepted the retreat.
Neither is happy and now it seems it the business is being thrown away, at least temporarily.
So which party was right? Don't know but I see no reason why it can't be fixed. Suppose bad things do happen and I can't understand or fix them all.
I guess I just sigh and move to a different customer. Wonder what can I do to make amends to my customer for this? What can I do to make amends with my co-workers and boss.
Grown up world is definitely not for the faint of heart.
So this is where I am at today. I see two people have individually had a bad day. And they unfortunately ended up in the same room alone. Both people were impossibly rushed and busy with their own issues. They failed to communicate effectively. One or both lost composure. One said I don't deserve to be treated this way and retreated angrily. And the other said I don't deserve to be treated this way and angrily accepted the retreat.
Neither is happy and now it seems it the business is being thrown away, at least temporarily.
So which party was right? Don't know but I see no reason why it can't be fixed. Suppose bad things do happen and I can't understand or fix them all.
I guess I just sigh and move to a different customer. Wonder what can I do to make amends to my customer for this? What can I do to make amends with my co-workers and boss.
Grown up world is definitely not for the faint of heart.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Weird
I don't know why I must alwAys apologize for being absent from the blog. Why it matters that I spend more time dealing face to face with business associates than with Facebook a long time ago we went to high school friends.
Weird.
New job is nice. It has it's unique headaches and it's refreshing moments. As always it comes down to me and my struggles with ADHD. I finally have medical but no coverage for preexisting conditions like ADHD until the end of September. So some of the guidance I want I cant have because I can't afford to pay 100% cash.
I have more questions than answers today. One of them is why does it take so long to get rid of a cold? Why do employers punish previously convicted people who served their debt to society? I get that you don't want someone who will hurt your business but the reality is that by not allowing people who screwed up move forward we are just forcing them to turn to crime for food and housing. And why do I always need to go number 2 after I pass the last clean restroom?
Weird.
New job is nice. It has it's unique headaches and it's refreshing moments. As always it comes down to me and my struggles with ADHD. I finally have medical but no coverage for preexisting conditions like ADHD until the end of September. So some of the guidance I want I cant have because I can't afford to pay 100% cash.
I have more questions than answers today. One of them is why does it take so long to get rid of a cold? Why do employers punish previously convicted people who served their debt to society? I get that you don't want someone who will hurt your business but the reality is that by not allowing people who screwed up move forward we are just forcing them to turn to crime for food and housing. And why do I always need to go number 2 after I pass the last clean restroom?
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Contrary to Klout.com
I am still alive.
Ridiculously tired, excited and eager!
I love exclamation points!!!!
So since I have been gone:
I went to NYC for the first time! It was also a family vacation. The kids and my mother, stepfather and stepsisters.
I finally closed on my house! Take that rotten Park on Olive apartments!
I started my new job at Command Center as a Business Development specialist. Turns out if I am given space, time, great support from my staff, wonderful guidance from my boss and a House Manager/nanny I will be quite successful! My job is very cool! I get to explore the city, be my usual inquisitive and curious self. If it looks interesting I can get out of my car and learn all about it. I get to explore new buildings all over town before anyone else! Meet hundreds of new people and learn fascinating things. I am constantly reminded of the book Invisible Cities and the tales of Marco Polo's travels in it. Its absolutely awesome! Who knew you could get paid to be an explorer!
Ridiculously tired, excited and eager!
I love exclamation points!!!!
So since I have been gone:
I went to NYC for the first time! It was also a family vacation. The kids and my mother, stepfather and stepsisters.
I finally closed on my house! Take that rotten Park on Olive apartments!
I started my new job at Command Center as a Business Development specialist. Turns out if I am given space, time, great support from my staff, wonderful guidance from my boss and a House Manager/nanny I will be quite successful! My job is very cool! I get to explore the city, be my usual inquisitive and curious self. If it looks interesting I can get out of my car and learn all about it. I get to explore new buildings all over town before anyone else! Meet hundreds of new people and learn fascinating things. I am constantly reminded of the book Invisible Cities and the tales of Marco Polo's travels in it. Its absolutely awesome! Who knew you could get paid to be an explorer!