The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 6

[babytrees]

Oh come on!!! Beowulf is great! Adventure, gore, supernatural villains, etc. That was one thing I taught my seniors that the boys all loved. Of course, they didn't have to read it in Olde English like I did in University. That makes a big difference. The right translation can make or break a story. What about Chaucer? Anyone up for some Canterbury Tales?

I'm glad that you enjoyed Shakespeare, though. Too many people don't, and I can't understand that!

Love Chaucer and Shakespeare!!! My least favorite Lit class (which all English majors had to take) was Montana Lit. The only author I liked in it was when we read some of the professors work!! A River Runs Through It and Winter in the Blood.....bleyach!!

 

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Becky

First off - that guy is an ***!!!! ***?!?!? The only good thing I can say is at least he didn't do anything physical with you! I don't think his wife would be too happy if she knew what was going on!!

As for work - I have two suggestions: First say it with me: NO NO NO NO NO - second - do you have caller ID - don't answer when they call - if they call more than once in an hour - turn your phone off - unless you can't - next time you are at work - tell them straight out - that if you are able to do so you will answer the phone but that they may only call you once - and leave a message if you do not answer - you will return their call if you are able to do so - if they do not respect your wishes - you will have to tell them that you are only available during your scheduled work hours and if that is a problem - you will find another job (which honestly - I am not sure is such a bad idea)

As for Girl Scouts - I am sorry it is so crazy!! If we can help you out at all - let us know!!!!! At least it is almost over - are you going to volunteer again next year? Maybe you should take a break until things calm down at work

I am so sorry about Grandma and your foot - that all just falls into the category of "what else can go wrong"

and of course we are reading the whole thing!! We have all been there and anything we can do to help you or even just be a sounding board we are happy to do!!

Hang in there - things can only get better - right?!?

As for the phone, it is a companycell phone. I am not supposed to turn it off, even at the other job even though it is only part time. I have decided to ignore it most of the time as I cannot get a signal at my other job. Plus I will only work the hours that I have myself scheduled for and will not pick up others.

As for the jobs, I keep having this urge to quit both jobs and work at Girl Scout camp as a counselor for the summer.

As for Girl Scouts I told them I was not taking the Brownie troop next year as the parents don't/won't help and I can't commit to a meeting once a week. I might still do something but will not be completly running the Brownie troop singlehandedly or so it seems. All paperwork, cookie manager, plan all meetings trips, activities, financial records, etc.

Thank you for the well wisehs and thank again for my signature I greatly appreciate it.

Becky

 

[my3princes]

So I really don’t want to post about my last week as it will probably bring me to tears again but I feel I need to update my DDA family and also to get some of these things off my chest to perhaps reduce my stress level. Last time I was on the Disboards was last Tuesday morning, except for briefly last night and I got kicked off.

At that point I had hardly slept in the past few days. Well that has continued, I haven’t slept more than 4 hours in a row since before Easter, except for last night where I cried myself to sleep and slept for about 14 hours in a row. Every time I attempt to sleep it takes me 2 to 3 hours to fall asleep as I think of everything I should be doing instead of sleeping.

My work schedule has had me completely screwed up I don’t know when it is day and night anymore. They have called me 30 + times since Easter to work, sometimes it is several times an hour. I keep having to tell them no as I already am working or am busy elsewhere. Saying no to others is a big stressor in and of itself for me. But I can’t just drop my life and work for them all the time. How me quitting will help them, it will not but I need the constant berating to work all the time to stop. I can’t take it. My site supervisor at the house I normally work at quit, so the consumers have been acting up like crazy. Plus I keep having to run things here there and everywhere for them. This has to go to that house and that must go to the office. Why I can’t take it to the office instead of driving out of my to take it where it needs to go is crazy.

My other job isn’t much better as our new employee just stopped showing up. He was enjoying himself, seemed to get along with the other employees was doing extremely well, but he just stopped showing up. We tried to contact him and his phone number has been cut off. So who knows what is going on there. Now we must hire a new employee again. Tinkaroo I sure hope your new employees don’t pull this on you.

At some point in the past week my Grandmother fell and hurt her back again, well she fell again last night. My neighbor was burning some brush and ended up started his whole backyard on fire because it is so dry. It was scary as it got close to their house and loads of fire trucks had to come out. My left ankle has been acting up and causing pain on and off, well I slipped down the top four steps and stopped my fall by landing on the ball of my right foot. So now I have been limping.

About a month and a half ago I met this guy through my job. He does consulting work through his own business. He was really nice and I started hanging out with him and some other people. About a 2 weeks ago he started calling me several times a day. We started hanging out every day more so one on one going out to eat and things. We only ever hugged. The one night instead of just hugging I started to lean in to kiss him he puts his hand up to my lips and says I must stop you before you do something to embarrass yourself.

How can kissing someone I like cause me to embarrass myself. He goes on to tell me he is married, but doesn’t have any kids. ***??? What married guy buys people flowers and takes them out to eat and other places and doesn’t want anything out of it. Turns out the wifey was away on business and he was lonely and just wanted some new friends. He wanted to treat me because I was working so hard.

If this is the case then don’t lead me on. Tell me right away you are married and you just want someone to hang out with and be friends with. Don’t treat me to dinner, take me to the movies and buy me flowers if you don’t want that kind of relationship, especially since I hardly know you.

Don’t get me wrong I have had guy friends buy me food before and other things but not in the same way as this. He ruined his chance of being my friend and he was a really great person, the type of guy I am looking for.

My Brownie troop my cupcakes and cards as a thank you for all of the Girl Scout Volunteers for our leader meeting, as Saturday was Girl Scout leader day.

I guess I felt guilty saying no so much at work, that I volunteered to plan and organize the local Girl Scout neighborhood bridging. After getting a panicked call on Wednesday night. I had to have a plan by Thursday. I have a plan just have to figure out when and how I will implement the plan. What was I thinking?? This is what happens when I need to say no so often I have to say yes occasionally.

At the Service Unit meeting people are freaking out that no one is planning it. Mind you some of these people don’t work and stay home and just do Girl Scouts. Mind you the idiot who doesn’t have a daughter to do Girl Scouts together with and who is working 70 to 80 hours a week is planning it. But they were freaking out I almost wanted to not do it just so someone else would break and do it. When I told them I already had stuff planned they were ever thankful.

The one day, somebody asked me how I was doing I said alright. They told me I had to be doing better than alright as I was healthy and got out of bed in the morning. I politely agreed and smiled as I did not have the energy to tell them I had not seen my bed in about 48 hours.

On Sunday, I went to my neighbor’s birthday party. He was 8 and it was a pirate theme. There were about 30 to 40 kids there, a total of about 70 people. So many cute little kids, it reminded me of all of you and your cute kids. To bad I was too worn out to really enjoy it.

The rest of this week isn’t much better, as I have to work, have a Brownie meeting, a Brownie sleepover and lots of stuff to do as prep for these things and for other things in the future. Plus I really need to clean, so hopefully I will be able to do another fly by posting before Saturday, as I have Saturday, and Sunday off. How I got that off I don’t know but I will take it.

If you are still reading, with my excessive blabbering I am so grateful. If you’ve read this far you deserve a great big hug and a pat on the back. So many people would have stopped reading or listening to me go on and on. I know there are many people out there who have it worse off than me. I really don’t need pixie dust and well wishes, just someone to listen to me get all this crap off my chest. Thank you for listening to me *itch and whine.

You are all so awesome and some of the kindest, most caring and thoughtful people in the world. I can’t do enough to thank you for everything you have given and brought to my life. Even though I have never met you I appreciate you making me laugh, cry and understanding my Disney obsession. I’m hoping that I can possibly go to the DC DDA meet, so I can meet some of you. Thank you for everything. I'm not sure when I will be on again as I am off to work.

Becky

Becky, you can't keep doing what you have been doing. Your body and mind need a break. I really think that now would be a good time to committ to one of your jobs. If you really must work 2 jobs then find a fun second job that won't require so much of you. I think that it is admirable that you give so much of yourself to work and volunteering to the girl scouts, but you are young and at this pace you will be burnt out before you have your own children. Take time and enjoy yourself. I often look back at my younger years with really wonderful memories and I fear that you aren't going to have those memories at the pace you are going. I'm glad that you feel comfortable sharing with us and what I am saying is only my opinion, but I hope that you will at least consider this.

Deb

 

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Hi all - two things quick:

Here is the letter that I plan to send to the Vice President of Operations for the Magic Kingdom. Please critique and comment. Second thing will be in the next post.

Marti ******
address included in original​

April 26, 2006

Mr. *************
Magic Kingdom Big Cheese
Main Street USA

Dear Mr. ******,

It is with great pleasure that I write this letter to you. All too often in life people only take time out of their busy schedules to write a letter of complaint; I can assure you this is not the case!

I will keep this as brief as possible – my husband turned 40 last year and all he wanted for his birthday was to try to be Grand Marshal of the Share a Dream Come True Parade. I called everybody and anybody with Disney to be told repeatedly that it is a random procedure and one of the true moments of magic within the Kingdom. I was crushed, but determined to do whatever I could to make my husband happy. (I’ll save the glowing remarks about him, but trust me, he’s a great guy!). I made t-shirts for us and kept my eyes open on Main Street. That’s when we met Fritz – the purpose of this letter. He is such a wonderful man, so caring and kind. He never flinched when a crazy lady (me) bounced up to him and blurted out “could you please help me make my husband’s dream come true?” He never let on that he was the correct person to see about the parade, explained that he had to make a phone call about it and could I wait. I told him I’d wait all day for the chance to make my husband happy. He came back with the good news and we went to share it with our group. Can you imagine a 300 pound man in the middle of Town Square, jumping up and down, crying and hugging Fritz?? It was a magical moment that we will never forget. I’m sure you know what a valuable employee you have in Fritz; I just wanted you to know that the guests at the Magic Kingdom appreciate it as well.

You would think that the story stops there, but it does not. On our next trip to the world we stumbled across Fritz again on Main Street. We thanked him profusely for providing memories that are irreplaceable and pushed our luck to ask for a favor. A friend we had met online wanted Tinkerbelle’s autograph, but as you know, it is difficult to ask a fairy for an autograph!! But Fritz again went above and beyond. If you open the attached link you will see that Fritz again made memories for somebody else’s family. He does what ever is necessary without a blink of an eye and I think an employee should be recognized when they go above and beyond. He made precious memories for two families and they will both be forever grateful. Would you please see that Fritz gets a copy of this letter? I don’t know his last name or I would send one directly to him. In the link we refer to him as “Fritz” to ensure his anonymity and preserve the magic for others. I think you’d be pleased with the comments from the DIS Board about Fritz as well. Thank you for taking the time to read this and the link. We think Fritz is the best and wanted you to know as well.

Sincerely,

Marti *******


http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1027195

That is an awesome letter Marti, those letters mean so much to the CM's especially if they get printed in the CM newsletter. the name of which I cannot recall at this time.

BTW: I skipped posts, I hope to go back and catch up later.

Becky

 

[babytrees]

The highlight of my wedding night was having my husband use the F word when his brother blocked us in the driveway. Mind you, my husband doesn't swear!!! He was very stressed out because of his family. We got one night at a hotel and then had to head back to school. Chuck started grad school on Monday and I started summer classes on Monday.

We got married in the middle of a semester. We had a freak blizzard, the priest was an hour late, even though the parsonage was across the parking lot, his sermon was on how a woman should stay home and procreate, my FIL got in a bar fight, Jim went the wrong way down a one way in front of the cop, then we realized we had run out of gas. Have 2 wedding pictures because our photographer never gave us the rest. We always say we survived the wedding we can survive anything.

 

[ReAnSt]

Last thing and then back to bed (worst migraine I've ever had)

My Uncle Gerald passed away last night. I just can't handle all the saddness anymore. Good man, good family. Makes me miss my mom (breast cancer) I'm going back under the covers

Sending you and .

Becky

 

[babytrees]

Just a quick post.


Then today one of the little boys, Ty, I babysit for, he is my DH's coworkers grandson, ended up in the hospital. He is 19 months and the info that I have gotten is that he has strep infection, I believe this is what I was told, of the skin. They are waiting for the results to come back tomorrow. It is in his scrotum and has spread to his testicles. The doctor's lanced the sore and he is being kept overnight. The grandmother said he is in so much pain, his left leg is so swollen and every time they change his diaper they have to change the bandage on the wound. So I am sure that is causing major trauma. And to top it off Ty's mom is 9months pregnant.

Sorry for the long post, but thanks for listening. I will try to keep up but can't make promises. I may or may not have Internet access next week.

This family and you are in my prayers and

 

[tinknme]

& prayers Denise

Rees goes tomorrow morning at 7:30am for his Upper Endoscopy and Bravo pH Probe test at Scottish Rite hospital in the surgery center. Rees will have General Anesthesia for the tests, so I'm not sure when we will get home tomorrow.

He has been off the Reflux meds since Wed am. After the Bravo pH probe is placed during the surgery, we will feed him the acidic diet through Sunday morning. We turn in the monitoring device either on Sunday or Monday am to get the results of the pH probe test. Once the doctor reads it, then he will decide if Rees needs to have his Fundo surgery repeated.

Thank you all for the emails, prayers, and calls. I will keep you updated on his progress.

 

[Glynis]

Ok! The puzzles are done, all 7 of them! They sort of read like a greeting card, but I'm proud of the way they turned out. Well, the words anyway -- the actual 'designs' are pretty lame since I had to do it without the use of a computer to hide behind! Also, the one that was supposed to be a photo was not worth the effort. I ruined two puzzles trying to figure out how to separate the pieces with the picture on it. Something just wasn't clicking apparently!

Any luck with clues? I have one or two from you all, but I'm really terrible at this it seems! I have to get started tomorrow though, or I'll never get all of this out in 6 days!


I'm off to bed. I have a headache coming on so I took my medicine and should be left with no choice but to sleep within the next few minutes!

Have a good night!!

I wish I could help you, but I have no head for scavenger hunts. I hope someone will be able to help you!

 

[Glynis]

I really shouldn't be here as I should be gathering things for my Brownie troop sleepover but I can't resist playing.

Plus I have a cute story to share from my Brownie meeting and a question.

We were discussing what to bring to the sleepover. I said you want to put your toiletries in a bag. Before I could tell them what I meant by toiletries one of the other adults said "But what is a toiletry?" One of the Brownies said it is where boys go pee when they don't have a bathroom, they go pee on the toilet-tree. This had everyone including the girls .

I went on to remind them how they are supposed to write their name on everything they bring with them as there will be about 100 girls and last year at camp we only had 8 and nobody could remember what belonged to them even though they were supposed to put names on everything. Imagine that with twelve times more girls.

A little while later I told them not to bring to bring a night gown to wear. I said they could wear one if they wore pants underneath. Some wanted to know why not. Before I could answer, one of the other girls said in case your nightgown comes in up the back you don't want someone with binoculars to see the name on your underwear. We all lost it, I could not believe it. We were probably laughing for two minutes.

My question, we were going over the day and resident camp brochure. I have really been trying to push getting these girls to summer camp, even last year. One of the girls said her Mom won't let her go until she is going into sixth grade, mind you all of these girls are between 1st and 3rd grade. I then said you could go to Day camp as you will be home at night or perhaps you could go for a short 3 day program.

At what age would you let your kid go to a day camp and what age would you let your kid go to a resident camp? A camp where you don't know the adults but all have went through background checks, etc.

I am asking because I went to a day camp probably before I went to kindergarten. My first overnight camp experience was for a week the summer before second grade, I went with my second cousin to a camp about an hour away from home. The only person I knew at camp was my second cousin who is 2 days younger than me.

I know these girls would love camp as they were begging me to call them in sick from school the next day because they did not want to go home. This is not meant to be judgemental, I am just curious. I know different cultures and families feel very differently about this, as I met people in college who had never slept away from home before or traveled more than 2 hours away from home.

I don't have any kids and I want to know what your opinion and experience is on the matter. Thank you in advance.

Becky

Well, I don't have much experience with this, either, even though I hae kids. But here's my gut feeling. I would be ok with my children going to a day camp when they are 5 or 6. As for a sleep away camp, I would wait until they were a little bit older and more mature. I would say 10 or 11. Like I said, though, I don't really have any experience with either of these things. All my kids like to camp, but have only ever done so with my husband and me. Never away from us. In our church there is a week long girl's camp every summer for girl's ages 12-18. It is church sponsored, and there are no boys. There are also adult leaders on site. That was the first camp I ever went to without my parents.

Hope this helps.

 

[ReAnSt]

Rees goes tomorrow morning at 7:30am for his Upper Endoscopy and Bravo pH Probe test at Scottish Rite hospital in the surgery center. Rees will have General Anesthesia for the tests, so I'm not sure when we will get home tomorrow.

He has been off the Reflux meds since Wed am. After the Bravo pH probe is placed during the surgery, we will feed him the acidic diet through Sunday morning. We turn in the monitoring device either on Sunday or Monday am to get the results of the pH probe test. Once the doctor reads it, then he will decide if Rees needs to have his Fundo surgery repeated.

Thank you all for the emails, prayers, and calls. I will keep you updated on his progress.

Sending and to all of the figs.

Becky

 

[babytrees]

My question, we were going over the day and resident camp brochure. I have really been trying to push getting these girls to summer camp, even last year. One of the girls said her Mom won't let her go until she is going into sixth grade, mind you all of these girls are between 1st and 3rd grade. I then said you could go to Day camp as you will be home at night or perhaps you could go for a short 3 day program.

At what age would you let your kid go to a day camp and what age would you let your kid go to a resident camp? A camp where you don't know the adults but all have went through background checks, etc.


Becky

Becky-

I went to day camp at about 5th grade and never went to sleep away camp....just a couple of weekends with my GS troop.

It really depends on the girl. But, the summer after 3rd grade is when Abi went to day camp, other than VBS, which she has been doing since she was in diapers. Neither of my girls have been to a sleep away camp....money constraints and no desire. But I would probably let them do it as they were 10. At our elementary school they do a sleep away class with just teachers at the end of 5th grade, that seems to be the median age here.

 

[ReAnSt]

Nick just has a virus could last up to 5 days

poor little guy still has not moved off the couch or bed - depending on where I put him down

my mom is on her way and we are going to dinner and the show

How did people live before cell phones? Cause I know I would NOT leave him if I didn't have mine!!

Have a great night!!

Sending and to Nick. Go and have a great time. sending and to you too.

Becky

 

[Eeyorecln]

Beowulf just might be my ALL TIME least favorite book. I still get worked up when I talk about it, it's so bad!

 

[Eeyorecln]

Quick post…

It was a long night of me not sleeping well. Elizabeth slept great and is bouncing off the walls as normal. Honestly, I just hate it when she gets something other than snot nose and cough. DH has already called this morning to check on her also. I told him if I didn’t see her yesterday, I wouldn’t have believe she had such a yuck day.

The girls are about done eating and I need to get Ellie to school, I will check back in a while.



Thank you again for everything.

Glad to hear Elizabeth is feeling better. Have a day.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Well, the computer gods were obviously not listening to you.

I got all set up to do my presentation, and was taking notes on the other student who was presenting, when all of a sudden my computer shuts down. Completely. It wasn't the electricity, because the lights stayed on and the TV in the other room was on; just the computer. I panic, turn the computer back on and, as fast as my fingers can, I log back on to the University site. I calm down as I realize the other student is still presenting, so I take a couple of deep breaths, and....yup, you guessed it, the computer shut down again. I repeat the above steps, with an added emphasis on panicking, get all set up again, and the computer shuts down again.

This time, I know I'm missing my turn to present, so I grab my cell phone, and call the professor. He's understanding, and agrees to help me record my presentation tomorrow so he can put it on the Discussion site, and I won't be out any grade, since it's not my problem.

Let's just say it's not the way I wanted it to go, but oh well! Life goes on, right! Someday I'll laugh about it. Well, I'll probably laugh about it tomorrow morning, but right now, I'm just flummoxed!

Glynis - I am so sorry!!!! That totally stinks - I am glad you could get to the professor!!

 

[KristineN]

I may not make it to Vegas...I am sooooo tired trying to organize, and pack and schedule stuff for the kids..making sure all the little things get done. Bill on the other hand is watching TV...

I need to be like our vising pal Mickey and take time out to smell the roses!!!

 

[ReAnSt]

Well, the computer gods were obviously not listening to you.

Sending you for a geat presentation tomorrow.
Becky

 

[Eeyorecln]

Beowulf I loved!!! I think, for me, with Les Mis, it was all the unnecessary description of places, clothing, etc., that I had a hard time with. I just wanted the story to move along!

School is going well. I do my final presentation at 6:00 tonight, and I can't wait for it to be over. I'm really stressing about it, even though I know I'm prepared. I just feel so inadequate having been out of school longer than any of the other people in the class, so I feel like I have to prove something to myself, and everyone else. Once I get this presentation over, I can start studying for the final exam which is Monday, and then I'm done! I feel quite confident about the exam, so I'm not worried about that. With this semester over, I only have one more required class, one elective class, and student teaching and then I'll have my Library Media certification. I'm pretty excited about that!

Good Luck tonight and Monday.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

That is an awesome letter Marti, those letters mean so much to the CM's especially if they get printed in the CM newsletter. the name of which I cannot recall at this time.

BTW: I skipped posts, I hope to go back and catch up later.

Becky

It is called the Main Street Diary -

if they print it in there you will get a copy - it is a very interesting read!!