OH! MI SPATULA! =P

So lets see, what to write about tonight. ;) Let me start first with the title. I bet some of you read that title and thought "da fuq?" lol! ;) Well, it was a saying me and my friend James did in high school when we were making a spanish video. We had an assignment where we had to demonstrate our knowledge of the spanish language, and so what James and I did, we took this stuffed toy that looked like a chicken, and a stuffed bear that looked like these creatures that I think were from Starwars.

We had a spatula tied to the arm of the teddy bear, and we had this cooking pot, and the stuffed chicken in the pot, and the bear next to it with the spatula in the pot, and we started to record the video, and I was making the bear swirl around in circles like he was stiring, and we were having the bear and another bear talk in spanish. Then james said something, and I responded in a spanish remark that was basically a smart ass remark, and using his bear, james grabbed the spatula and threw it, and I put the bear's hands on his face in shock and went "OH! MI SPATULA!" Doesnt seem too funny now, but back then, we watched the video over and over again and we couldnt stop laughing. I guess when you're a high schooler, some things might be hilarious, but later on in life, its like "yeah that was funny, but oh well!"

So there you have it, thats the reason behind the title tonight. Today when I logged on blogger, I looked at the views of my blog, and I guess I have had at least a few views, so I'm not just talking to myself like I thought, so that motivated me a lil bit more to write. I can sit around and talk to myself without posting publicly, so its nice to know that I've had a few views. So anyway, This morning I got Lex up for school, didnt walk down to the bus with her this time, but then went back to bed. Erin got up for her Orientation at 9, and she then started her normal shift at noon. When I got up, Zoe and I came downstairs and we had breakfast. Erin was able to come home briefly between orientation and her normal shift, so that was nice to see her. Our food stamps had come through today officially, so when she came home, she had gotten some groceries, and surprised Zoe with a lunchable.

So then while Zoe was watching a show on netflix, I got on the phone and called Sneider, and got connected with the recruiter I had spoken with about a month ago. Got him right away, and after talking to him for a few minutes, he recognized who i was. I had explained i was with england, and a few other things, and he goes "Oh! I remember you! You had some very specific questions!" So we talked for a few, but he had a meeting for lunch he had to go to, and so he was like "can I give you a call back later this afternoon?" I was like "yup, sounds good" and he was like "what are you doing today?" I was like "just here with my youngest because my oldest is at school and my wife is at work, so I'm free all day." So he said "i'll call you around 3."

So just after getting off the phone with Tim from Sneider, Marten transportation called, and the lady I had spoken with the day before yesterday was like "I was just calling to tell you that your application has been approved and wanted to know when you want to attend orientation." I was like "now you say that my application has been approved, but two of the other companies that said I was good to go, then turned around and said my application had been rejected because of the fact that I had been discharged from JB hunt." She was like "no, since you've said it was only because of the road test, there should be no other problems. We could get you on an amtrak sunday and have you at orientation on monday." I figured, I wanted to talk to tim from sneider first so I was like "can I talk to you tomorrow? I want to discuss it with my wife." She was like "thats perfectly fine."

So 3pm rolled around and Tim called back. We talked for like, 45 minutes. He was running checks on me while we were talking, I was asking him any additional questions that I had, and finding out about how the orientation would go, etc. I had explained the issue with jb hunt, and he explained that I could do the orientation 1 of 2 ways. I could basically do it the "experienced" way, like i did with jb hunt, which would have bene basically I get road tested on day one, and its rushed, or he could put me in there as needing a bit of longer training, which would basically mean its like 3 weeks of training and then 3 days home, then starting my 6 days out, and 3 days home schedule. And apparently I'd get paied $80 per day, and so like my first week i'd get paid for 4 days, then 7 days the 2nd week, then 6 days the 3rd, and so all in all, not a bad deal, plus with sneider, because i'm a veteran, I can use my GI bill to get paid an additional $1,000 per month on top of what I will be making with sneider. So although I'd like to start earlier like i would with marten, I like the job option with sneider better, and after talking with Tim for a while, and getting all stuff checked that he was looking up, and having no additional questions, he was like "Sounds great, well Chris I'd like to officially offer you a conditional offer of employment. Here's the number to the medical group. When you get off the phone with me, give them a call immediately and get that started, and then we will go from there. I will call you again early next week as we get closer, because you'll be traveling on the 17th and starting training on the 18th." I was like "Sounds great! I look forward to moving forward" He was like "and congratulations about the offer of employment. Have a wonderful rest of your day and talk to you soon."

So while i was talking to him, I was making sure to write everything down. I can verbally tell erin about stuff, but its much easier if she can look at it and see the information. So all in all, not too bad. Then I emailed our landlord and explained the falling through of the jb hunt job, and that I already have another job offer, but that it doesnt start till the 18th, and that we are scrambling to get something figured out so that we can catch up on rent with her. Then I got on the phone to Verizon *not sure why i had put it off, but i just was not motivated to make the phone calls*. I explained the job situation, and after talking to them for a while, was able to get our service secured till the end of this month. Our electric is ok I believe because we made the past due payment, but our cells havent been paid on in a while because when I was working with CR England, I wasnt making anything the past month, and so we have just fallen further behind. So hopefully once I start working for sneider, hopefully we can start to slowly catch back up. I'd like to be fully caught up before we get our taxes so we dont have to use a huge chunk to catch up on bills like we did last year. That'll make our taxes be a lil bit more freed up than they were. I think we went through like $3,000 last year just with catching up on our electric bill and cell phones and stuff like that.

So, erin had a really long day, so by 10:30, she was ready to go upstairs to go to bed. I would have gone up too, but erin's work clothes were in the washer, so I wanted to at least stay up till they could be put in the dryer. Had the netflix on for a bit while I started doing my blog entry *after I cleaned up the counter in the kitchen really quick first and put water in the baking dish to soak*. Shoulda been up to bed 30 minutes to an hour ago, but I kept getting distracted. Fun times.

So I guess its time to bring this entry to a close. So in conclusion, erin rented, I think it was called "Silent House" tonight. Was interesting. Basically this gal and her dad were at this old house that wasnt being lived in anymore, fixing some stuff up, packing stuff up, and getting it ready to sell. Only thing was, there was no electricity in the house, and so they were using lanterns, and stuff like that. This gal started hearing things, and so her dad went off to check, and then she heard a loud crash and she found her dad unconcious and bloody. she kept seeing some guy walking around the house, like he was looking for her, but she kept hiding. She had trouble getting out of the houes because there were padlocks on most the doors, but she finally got out. She ran down the street and she ran into her uncle who was coming back to the house to help again, and she told him there was someone in the house, and that her dad was hurt, and he went with her back to the house, and they walked around the house. Her dad was gone, and someone knocked out her uncle and dragged him down to the main floor. Then suddenly, there was this girl there talking to her, and she herself was the one dragging her uncle into the room, and she looked at the girl and goes "did i?" and the girl goes "sarah, you dont remember. you still have holes in your memory."

She found her dad, and out of the blue, she looked at him and goes "shhh, be quiet now, you dont want to wake mommy up. if you wake mommy up, I will have to punish you." Her dad was like "sarah, you're imagining things, you're seeing people that arent there, imagining things that didnt happen, please let me go." So she lets him go, and he knocked her down, takes off his belt, and starts wipping her with it. Her uncle goes "John leave her alone!" and her dad goes "peter you shut up and watch, enjoy the show like you always did." Her uncle holds up a pair of scissors and goes "LEAVE HER ALONE!" and her dad goes "are you serious?" and kicks the scissors out of his hand, but as he turns around, sarah knocks him out with a sledge hammer and then beats him bloody, killing him with it. She then starts to move with the hammer towards her uncle and peter is like "oh god Sarah, please, i'm sorry, please, I know it was wrong, I know i should have stopped if, i shouldnt have let it happen. I'm sorry, sarah pleas!" and right as you expect the hammer to hit him, she dropped it to the ground, and walks out of the house.

Apparently all this stuff she was seeing, was memories she experienced but had pushed those memories deep so she actually didnt consiously remember the stuff that happened, but she had been the one who attacked her uncle and dad. Other than that, we watched the last few available shows of greys anatomy on netflix. My gosh that was a tear jerker! These doctors were on this plane going somewhere to represent their hospital, and the plane crashed. Some people I think were missing, and merideth's sister was pinned under a large piece of the plane and died, and others were seriously injured, and everyone back home who is waiting for these doctors to get back has no idea what has happened, or that some have died, and by the end of the episode, there are voicemessages basically saying "their plane never arrived,and its been a while and I'm starting to get very concerned." Basically, it ended like that with making you look forward to the new season when we will see everything that happens after that.

So, yes I know that conclusion was pretty long, but like i said a while back, I'm trying to allow myself just to write and write, and maybe I can start doing that with my book again some day soon and get to a point where I actually finish the book. Maybe I will make it a best seller and not have to work a regular job and still be financially free. Who knows. Hey, a guy can dream right? its not entirely impossible. In fact, I know that its very possible. I just have to read to re-acquaint myself with where I was going, get back on the same page with myself so to speak, and just push forward. To really close off this entry, the job with sneider, I will eventually need a car myself because I'll have a sleeper cab truck for my 6 days out, but then I will have to leave the truck at the depot when I'm going for my 3 days at home. Basically, I will have to commute between home and where'ever my home base is, because there will be I believe '3' of us drivers rotating out of the truck. That'll be interesting, but hey, it'll be a decent job, so I'm going for it. But although having to eventually get a 2nd household vehicle will be a pain, being home for 3 days after less than a week out, that will be cool. So anyway, I'm going to end with that. I hope you all are well. Take care, God bless, and talk to you again soon. Time to head to bed! Gotta get up in 6 hours or so to get ally up for school *but its ok because I will then climb right back in to bed. She's not getting herself up just yet, and we cant risk her missing the bus since she cant exactly walk to school*. So anyway, later all!

C