8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 10

[got2travel]

Morning Everyone


Excuse if I am haveing "blond moment", but in my case it is gray. What is ZIP?


Talk to you later!

KAREN

As in the Zip tours we were discussing? Basically they strap you to a harness, hook you to a cable hundreds of feet above the ground and send you sailing. Kinda like Batman using one of the bat gadgets to move between buildings.

 

[kab407]

I'm studying for a job interview.
I have a phone interview this morning. Wish me luck!

What is sort of nice is that it is a job I'm interested in, but it is not the job of my dreams, so I'm not really nervous. It is a practice interview!

I hate the whole job hunt, but I'm not discouraged yet. I've only sent out about 20 resumes and I've had three 'nibbles' (phone calls or real e-mails back)

Of course I also have an e-mail folder of "Thank you for your interest, if we don't think you are a total loser, we'll contact you later, if we do think you are a total loser, we will eventually stop laughing at your resume long enough to wish you luck with your future career endeavors."

Good Luck!

A little

and a little for good measure!

 

[goofyforlife]

Of course I also have an e-mail folder of "Thank you for your interest, if we don't think you are a total loser, we'll contact you later, if we do think you are a total loser, we will eventually stop laughing at your resume long enough to wish you luck with your future career endeavors."

As the Capt would say "Ahh but they have responded to you"

Some companies don't even send that canned response.

 

[got2travel]

I'm actually pleasantly surprised at our IT folks here at the office. We got a quick email on Friday stating that they were working on uploading the patch for DST to all of our computers...Now mind you there are about 40 branches of our distributorship nationwide. Each branch has about 150-200 employees. So I'm impressed by the fact that they were able to do this (quite seamlessly, as far as I can see).

But it still didn't make it any easier to get out of bed this morning...

We got an email last week from IT saying that for the few weeks in between the old time and the new time we would need to re-send out Outlook meeting requests. I didn't really pay attention to it. But looking through my calendar this mornig, everything is at the right times. I didn't adjust anything. So I guess the took care of it?

 

[micmse2003]

Did someone mention they liked

Angelina celebrating her Sweet 16th Birthday during our August 2006 cruise!!!

Just playing a little ketchup while things are slow. I just had to make a comment on what a beautiful young lady you are raising. Did you allow her to sart dating yet???? Maybe in another twenty years.

 

[got2travel]

I'm studying for a job interview.
I have a phone interview this morning. Wish me luck!

What is sort of nice is that it is a job I'm interested in, but it is not the job of my dreams, so I'm not really nervous. It is a practice interview!

I hate the whole job hunt, but I'm not discouraged yet. I've only sent out about 20 resumes and I've had three 'nibbles' (phone calls or real e-mails back)

Of course I also have an e-mail folder of "Thank you for your interest, if we don't think you are a total loser, we'll contact you later, if we do think you are a total loser, we will eventually stop laughing at your resume long enough to wish you luck with your future career endeavors."

Good luck M. Practice or not, interviews are still nerve wracking.

 

[cinderella_mom]

Happy Monday everyone. It is going to be hot here again today, but the skies are full of smoke from the fires.

Yesterday was gorgeous. We spent a few hours at the beach.

Wishing everyone a good week.

 

[buckifan]

OK, I have a question that's off-topic...(well, if there is such a thing as "off-topic for this thread...LOL)

But here goes. I would like to know how many of you take advantage of friends and relatives for free babysitting EVERY time you go out and need a sitter. I only ask because it seems that EVERYONE we know has kids. All of our close relatives (brothers, sisters) and all of our friends have children. And we have none (at least for the time being, hopefully we will soon!)
So I feel like we are the "go-to" folks whenever our friends and relatives need a babysitter. And it's always free. It's not like I would ever expect any of them to pay, but no one has ever even offered to pay. And don't get me wrong. I don't fault anyone for seeking out free child care once in a while. But it seems like every weekend we are being hit up by someone for free babysitting. I just recently started feeling a little bitter...And I feel bad for feeling bitter about it all. But I am. I guess maybe I'm tired of watching other people's kids, and I want one of my own!! If I'm going to take care of kids with no pay, I'd like to at least get to claim them on my taxes!!
(that tax thing is just a joke, in case some state worker is reading this...LOL)

Well, when I read this, my first thought is that your friends and family know how much you & Jen are longing to be parents..........they may well think asking you to care for their kids is as much of a treat to you as it is for them. My brother is engaged and childless (although they do hope to have kids one day), my BIL is married and childless (surgically altered to ensure no kids), and my SIL is with a female partner (with no plans to adopt, or have kids on their own). We have never asked any of them to babysit for us because kids don't seem to be a priority in their lives. Our kids generally go to one of their grandma's houses when dh and I go out without them (which isn't very often). No, I've never even offered to pay them because I know that they love the time they spend with their grandkids, and it really is a treat for the grandparents as well.

If you are feeling like you are being taken advantage of, you should start saying "no". Let them know you have plans....even if those plans are just a double date with Ben & Jerry in front of the TV. On the other hand.....you will have a lot of free babysitting time to cash in when you adopt your child.

 

[atakaratemom]

Hi everyone. Just getting caught up from my day off in Santa Barbara yesterday. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun with one big exception. A large glass canister got knocked over at the candy store we had stopped at. Next thing I know my DD is screaming and her toe is bleeding all over the place. A shard of glass must have grazed her toe and left a pretty nasty cut. At first I was worried she might need stitches, but thank goodness DH is the calm one. He scooped her up and we took her back to the car and applied direct pressure until it stopped bleeding and then we bandaged it up really well. Fortunately we had tennies in the car as well so we were able to put socks and shoes on her and save the rest of the day. I did let her stay home from school today so she can stay off of it and give it more of a chance to heal. I don't handle these situations so well, can't stand to see my babies hurt. To cap it it all off, a lady standing outside the store made a rude remark to my DH as he was carrying my screaming DD out. I think she thought she was throwing a tantrum over not getting candy. Suffice it to say my DH's response was not too nice and once she saw the blood dripping off DD's foot, I think she felt very bad and embarrassed about being so snotty. Just goes to show that you can never jump to conclusions.

 

[cinderella_mom]

I'm studying for a job interview.
I have a phone interview this morning. Wish me luck!

What is sort of nice is that it is a job I'm interested in, but it is not the job of my dreams, so I'm not really nervous. It is a practice interview!

I hate the whole job hunt, but I'm not discouraged yet. I've only sent out about 20 resumes and I've had three 'nibbles' (phone calls or real e-mails back)

Of course I also have an e-mail folder of "Thank you for your interest, if we don't think you are a total loser, we'll contact you later, if we do think you are a total loser, we will eventually stop laughing at your resume long enough to wish you luck with your future career endeavors."

Good luck. Hope the one that finds you turns out to be a dream job.

 

[cinderella_mom]

Hi everyone. Just getting caught up from my day off in Santa Barbara yesterday. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun with one big exception. A large glass canister got knocked over at the candy store we had stopped at. Next thing I know my DD is screaming and her toe is bleeding all over the place. A shard of glass must have grazed her toe and left a pretty nasty cut. At first I was worried she might need stitches, but thank goodness DH is the calm one. He scooped her up and we took her back to the car and applied direct pressure until it stopped bleeding and then we bandaged it up really well. Fortunately we had tennies in the car as well so we were able to put socks and shoes on her and save the rest of the day. I did let her stay home from school today so she can stay off of it and give it more of a chance to heal. I don't handle these situations so well, can't stand to see my babies hurt. To cap it it all off, a lady standing outside the store made a rude remark to my DH as he was carrying my screaming DD out. I think she thought she was throwing a tantrum over not getting candy. Suffice it to say my DH's response was not too nice and once she saw the blood dripping off DD's foot, I think she felt very bad and embarrassed about being so snotty. Just goes to show that you can never jump to conclusions.

Hope her toe is better today.

 

[ChrizJen]

Well, when I read this, my first thought is that your friends and family know how much you & Jen are longing to be parents..........they may well think asking you to care for their kids is as much of a treat to you as it is for them. My brother is engaged and childless (although they do hope to have kids one day), my BIL is married and childless (surgically altered to ensure no kids), and my SIL is with a female partner (with no plans to adopt, or have kids on their own). We have never asked any of them to babysit for us because kids don't seem to be a priority in their lives. Our kids generally go to one of their grandma's houses when dh and I go out without them (which isn't very often). No, I've never even offered to pay them because I know that they love the time they spend with their grandkids, and it really is a treat for the grandparents as well.

If you are feeling like you are being taken advantage of, you should start saying "no". Let them know you have plans....even if those plans are just a double date with Ben & Jerry in front of the TV. On the other hand.....you will have a lot of free babysitting time to cash in when you adopt your child.

Thanks for your response!
I actually do very much enjoy spending time with everyone's kids...
and I never had any problem with it until recently. With all of the preperations for the adoption, we've been very busy. We've expressed this to all of our friends and family, and apologized if we seem to be ignoring anyone.
But the past few times we've been asked to babysit, we say no, and that we're sorry but we have too much stuff going on. And instead of saying, "Hey, we understand...you've got a lot on your plate.", we feel like we're getting the cold shoulder. I don't know, it could just be me. I might just be overly sensitive. And I will whole-heartedly admit that we've been a bit selfish with our time and energy lately because we simply want to focus on our family and what's happening with us. I know that sounds horrible, but I just feel like this is "our time", and some of our friends and family don't seem to understand...and maybe they shouldn't. Maybe we're totally wrong to be selfish.

This is really more of a rant than anything, and maybe I should have put it on my blog instead of here. (although here is the SAFEST place for it, since I know most of the people I'm talking about won't read it here...LOL)
I don't mean to offend anyone. I just needed to rant for a bit...*sigh*

OK, rant over. Back to your regularly scheduled programming...

 

[ChrizJen]

Hope her toe is better today.

I hope so too! Poor baby!
I can imagine I'll be a lot like you when it comes to that kind of stuff!!

 

[atakaratemom]

Now that I'm finally ketchuped, I just wanted to say:

Happy Birthday Patty!! ​

Good Luck on your interview M!

I see there is a group interested in ziplining in PV. It sounds fun, but I think my DD is too young. We are thinking of the Pirate adventure on the Marigalante or the excursion to Las Caletas. I would be happy to help coordinate a group excursion for one of these if there is interest.

I don't think we'll be hitting Senor Frogs again. This is a picture from last time. It was fun but now I can say I did it once, I don't think we need to do it again!

Notice my DS is the only one not sporting a balloon hat. He's way too cool!

 

[bellelinus]

Happy Monday everyone. It is going to be hot here again today, but the skies are full of smoke from the fires.

Yesterday was gorgeous. We spent a few hours at the beach.

Wishing everyone a good week.

Good luck with the smoke from the fires . . . I'm glad you had a few hours at the beach this weekend. I would be jealous of your beach time except that I will be on beaches at Grand Cayman, Xcaret, and Castaway Cay in two weeks . . .

 

[atakaratemom]

Hope her toe is better today.

I hope so too! Poor baby!
I can imagine I'll be a lot like you when it comes to that kind of stuff!!

Thank you!!!

 

[bellelinus]

Hi everyone. Just getting caught up from my day off in Santa Barbara yesterday. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun with one big exception. A large glass canister got knocked over at the candy store we had stopped at. Next thing I know my DD is screaming and her toe is bleeding all over the place. A shard of glass must have grazed her toe and left a pretty nasty cut. At first I was worried she might need stitches, but thank goodness DH is the calm one. He scooped her up and we took her back to the car and applied direct pressure until it stopped bleeding and then we bandaged it up really well. Fortunately we had tennies in the car as well so we were able to put socks and shoes on her and save the rest of the day. I did let her stay home from school today so she can stay off of it and give it more of a chance to heal. I don't handle these situations so well, can't stand to see my babies hurt. To cap it it all off, a lady standing outside the store made a rude remark to my DH as he was carrying my screaming DD out. I think she thought she was throwing a tantrum over not getting candy. Suffice it to say my DH's response was not too nice and once she saw the blood dripping off DD's foot, I think she felt very bad and embarrassed about being so snotty. Just goes to show that you can never jump to conclusions.

That's too bad, Mary! Hope she's feeling OK today.

 

[PBader]

OK, I have a question that's off-topic...(well, if there is such a thing as "off-topic for this thread...LOL)

But here goes. I would like to know how many of you take advantage of friends and relatives for free babysitting EVERY time you go out and need a sitter. I only ask because it seems that EVERYONE we know has kids. All of our close relatives (brothers, sisters) and all of our friends have children. And we have none (at least for the time being, hopefully we will soon!)
So I feel like we are the "go-to" folks whenever our friends and relatives need a babysitter. And it's always free. It's not like I would ever expect any of them to pay, but no one has ever even offered to pay. And don't get me wrong. I don't fault anyone for seeking out free child care once in a while. But it seems like every weekend we are being hit up by someone for free babysitting. I just recently started feeling a little bitter...And I feel bad for feeling bitter about it all. But I am. I guess maybe I'm tired of watching other people's kids, and I want one of my own!! If I'm going to take care of kids with no pay, I'd like to at least get to claim them on my taxes!!
(that tax thing is just a joke, in case some state worker is reading this...LOL)

My DM used to I guess get her feelings hurt. Up until DS Adam was 3 years old I hardly let anyone watch him. I could count on my 1 hand the number of nights I let him stay anywhere. But it seemed that she had my Dnephew all of the time. I made the comment to her a few years ago when I was hunting for some scrapbook pic that she had so many of DN and so little of Adam. She said that was because Adam wasn't over as much.
My sister asks us quite often to watch her 2 boys and I will do it perhaps a couple times a year--no more than that. She is really the only one that has small kids in my family right now.
I do get kinda aggravated because my DM (who works for me) will take off work practically all summer to watch DS kids. They are both principals and aren't off for the entire summer and her babysitter for the little one (he will be 2 next week) spends the summer at the lake. Mom says they are her GK and she enjoys it, but it does get a little tiring for her after 5 weeks.

But I would definetly not feel guilty for saying NO. (a lot of the time)

 

[ChrizJen]

Just playing a little ketchup while things are slow. I just had to make a comment on what a beautiful young lady you are raising. Did you allow her to sart dating yet???? Maybe in another twenty years.

ITA..If I have a daughter, I just don't know if I can handle when she gets to the age when she starts bringing boys home... I'm afraid I would just lock her up or something!!

 

[bellelinus]

OK, I have a question that's off-topic...(well, if there is such a thing as "off-topic for this thread...LOL)

But here goes. I would like to know how many of you take advantage of friends and relatives for free babysitting EVERY time you go out and need a sitter. I only ask because it seems that EVERYONE we know has kids. All of our close relatives (brothers, sisters) and all of our friends have children. And we have none (at least for the time being, hopefully we will soon!)
So I feel like we are the "go-to" folks whenever our friends and relatives need a babysitter. And it's always free. It's not like I would ever expect any of them to pay, but no one has ever even offered to pay. And don't get me wrong. I don't fault anyone for seeking out free child care once in a while. But it seems like every weekend we are being hit up by someone for free babysitting. I just recently started feeling a little bitter...And I feel bad for feeling bitter about it all. But I am. I guess maybe I'm tired of watching other people's kids, and I want one of my own!! If I'm going to take care of kids with no pay, I'd like to at least get to claim them on my taxes!!
(that tax thing is just a joke, in case some state worker is reading this...LOL)

No one should ever feel taken advantage of in this regard . . . when you feel too overwhelmed to help out, just say you can't do it. I know that it may be hard since at this point they probably expect you to always be available, but you should only be doing this when and if you feel you want to.