Planet Alien

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home." ~Betty Bender

~ Woke up and made some mental decisions about my job search.

~ Made the mistake of telling the girls we had to go to the World's Largest General Store.

~ Had to explain for 2 hours that no, they weren't open yet and we'd have to wait a bit.

~ While in the shower, heard Hannah start screaming and Grace say, "Hey Mom, Hannah's stuck on the crib." On the crib. Exactly how does one get stuck on the crib.

~ Heard Grace help her down. I still have no idea what happened.

~ Almost ditched the whole outing when the girls spent 30 non-stop minutes arguing over which one was going to ride in the stroller first.

~ Banged my head against the wall until they were done crying.

~ Went to the World's Largest General Store (it's really called that by the way) and paid off the remaining balance on the kitchen cabinets and countertops.

~ Spent two hours walking around, wasting time so we wouldn't have to come back home and stare at each other.

~ Came home and discovered a message from the woman whom had asked for some writing samples yesterday, saying she wanted to set up an interview with me next week.

~ Had extremely mixed feelings about the whole thing, but called and set it up.

~ Was excited to hear that two of the four people I'll be interviewing with are men. I'm much more comfortable talking to men.

~ Was bummed I can't wear my boob-enhancing Hollister t-shirt to the interview. [sigh]

~ Conducted some searches online and in my Sent email folder trying to figure out which flippin' job it is I am interviewing for.

~ Found it.

~ Realized this prospective job is totally fucking with all of the mental decisions I made when I first woke up. [sigh]

~ Had no clue the Olympics started tonight. Patriotic I am not. (Apparently.)

~ Was thrilled when my mom called, offering to take Hannah with her and my dad while I took Grace to gymnastics. No 8 billion trips to the potty!!! Hooray!!!

~ Watched Grace kick ass learning her routine for their recital in June.

~ Came home and watched Grace inhale 5 pancakes in about 5 minutes... literally.

~ Realized in talking to my parents and Steve that my former salary was actually $10,000 less than I thought it was. (I could tell you down to the penny what was in my paycheck every two weeks, but my overall salary I could never remember.)

~ Then realized that because of this, when sending my salary requirements for the job I'm interviewing for next week, I actually asked for $7,000 more than I was making before, when I actually thought I was asking for $3,000 less than I was making before. And yet, they still want to interview me. Sweet.

~ Because of the above, realized I truly am an idiot. [sigh]

~ Conversation with Grace:

Grace: "Hey Mom, can I sit on your lap for a second?"
Me: [thinking the "for a second" thing was kind of weird, but shrugging it off] "Sure, Sweetie!"
Grace: [Sits on my lap and proceeds to let one rip, vibrating it on my leg, and then collapsing into a heap on the floor while laughing.]
Me: "Nice Grace. Real freakin' nice..."