WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt6

[nskjerven]

Nan - forgot to tell you to let Wilson know.....WAY TO GO!!!

thanks Mon.

I know how you feel about your kiddos. One of the nice things about racing lately is my nephews are hanging around with us at the track. These boys grew up with Aunt Nan as their primary babysitter. When they hit 10-12 they all grew up and pulled away. My favorite nephew (don't tell the others) is really loving helping Paul and he and Wilson are very alike, so I'm so enjoying having him around now.

Keep calling those kids and tellingthem you love them all you can. Your relationship will change over time, but I'm sure it will always remain close and good.

 

[HollyTyler]

just joining in!

Hi Everybody!

HI SHANNON!

 

[nskjerven]

GREAT NEWS!!! How'd you do that? Or it could mean 2 trips to visit Sydney & Ian!

THAT IS A GREAT IDEA!!!!

 

[JLSE50]

Not sure if anybody remembers, but before I left work on Friday, one of the partners had a 1/2 hour conversation with me about the new job. He asked me if there's anything they can do to stop this from happening. I told him, sure, they could match the pay and number of hours (40 compared to 37.5) and toss me a few more vacation days, but the insurance is the big kicker for me. I told him I'm almost 40, so there are things that could start going wrong, and I just don't like the idea of the GIANT yearly deductible when the new place can give me the plan with ZERO yearly deductible, just the $20 copay for most things. But I told him I'm sad to leave because I really do enjoy the guys I work for, even the old guy, believe it or not, and I like the comfort level of knowing everything there.

Well, there must have been some discussions because today our office manager called me into her office and told me that same lawyer talked to her and asked her if I'd be OK with them asking me to stay with them for the same amount of pay. I told her just what I told him, and she said, "OK, I'll tell him you said no."

Well, after I left her office, I went to talk to that lawyer directly and told him of the conversation in the office manager's office. I told him I just wanted to share that info because she's not known for accurate communications. He thanked me for letting him know.

Just a bit later, his secretary (while I was at her desk working on the filing from all the work I did while she was gone) helped me realize that since they can't change the insurance plan for the whole firm, if they really want me to stay, they could take the amount of the yearly deductible (which is the main dealbreaker for me), figure out how much per hour that equals over a year, then add that onto the increased amount that the new job is offering me. It's just that simple. We came up with the dollar amount and of course, she'd want a couple dollar increase too if I'm getting one, and I asked her to go mention it to that lawyer because she's his secretary and knows how best to communicate with him.

As I left today, she confirmed with me, "So it would take XXX dollars for you to stay, right?" So I'm hoping that means she's going to talk to him because I just don't have the guts to demand that.

HOWEVER, about 3 years ago I was hired elsewhere and my current job offered to match what the new place would have paid me, and I stayed. So if they did it before, they just might do it again! If not, it's fine, it's just fun to negotiate and very nice to feel appreciated!

keep us posted

Jan

 

[JLSE50]

Thanks, I scrapbook/do swap stuff to relax. Its also time my mom and I spend together just the 2 of us.

I have good news:
This past weekend My DM, sister and I went to Chattanooga to go to a scrap convention and the mall. This was my moms first time leaving my stepdad since he couldn't walk. I asked Matt if he would stay with him for the day and he did. We had a fun time, I spent lots of $$$, the mall was worse than our local mall though but still fun. While we were gone Matt took my stepdad to the bookstore, target, and hardees. He took his wheelchair and they had a good time too. My poor stepdad said it was the first day no one had yelled at him for trying walking. (it scares mom when he tries to walk). We are thinking of doing this once a month now (girls day out). So all in all it worked out fine. My mom is doing better since she went to the Dr. for depression medicine. He said it was normal for people who take care of a disabled spouse to become depressed. She is starting to relax a little but she has always been uptight.

Maybe Mom would have benefited from a little medication years ago?

Some people have struggled on the edge of depression their whole lives. They felt guilty when they were told it was all in their heads (which was RIGHT) and that they should pull themselves together, so they faked it What a stressful life!

Hoping things pick up.

Can you get a handicapped room for the cruise?

Love the embellishments you make!

KUDOS TO MATT!! What a guy!!


Jan

 

[nskjerven]

No, you weren't ragging, just offering a perspective that I might not have considered (you didn't know), for which I'm always grateful.

I would actually like it if the scout meetings change every year. That would be helpful! I get the impression his dad isn't happy about it. Everything else I email him about, he responds in major detail. But the response to my email about the scout meeting day issue was just "I'll take him on Thursdays. I'll go into more detail later." And I never heard anything else about it. Maybe if I email him the picture of Tyler wearing the scout stuff that will help.

remember the Pack meetings (ours are monthly) are a family event. So both of you should go. Make sure you go for sure since this will be the place that Tyler gets his advancements and reconitions.(sp) even some of the den meetings can be ok for both parents, just ask. You'll love scouting and I'm sure Tyler will too.

 

[nskjerven]

running out to take mom to the doctors see ya later

 

[JLSE50]

Strange thing about Tyler's day. Both his teacher and the special ed teacher told me all morning it was like he had ants in his pants. So bad, they said they've never seen him like this so far this year. It was very extreme they said, but by afternoon that was completely gone. I don't think that's a side effect of his particular med, but I'll still mention it at our appointment on Thursday, but for some reason, I'm kind of thinking it was nervousness. I say that because on the way to school this morning, one of his arms had itchy bumps all over the top part from his wrist to his elbow and they looked like hives. I told him that Grandpa (my dad) gets bumps all over when he's really, really worried about something, and asked him if he's worried about his day. He denied that of course, but I can't help wondering if he was feeling pressures, knowing his med has been increased and feels expected to have a better day. And those bumps were completely gone after school. In fact, he told me he noticed at lunch that they were gone. Strange, huh?

You are such a good detective!
(We need a smilie with a Sherlock Holmes hat !)

Now if Tyler and his teachers can learn to recognize that symptom and then figure out some ways to diffuse it, like time in the therapy room or a run down the hall and back or 20 jumping jacks in the hallway where the teacher can watch and no one is making fun or just some words of affirmation, we might have another piece of the puzzle!

Jan

 

[HollyTyler]

keep us posted

Jan

Yeah, well, that's not going to happen. My replacement starts tomorrow morning. AND they're hiring an EXTRA person to help the worthless secretary we have that can only handle working for 1 lawyer. That makes me SOOOOOO angry, now I'm glad I'm not sticking around here because I'd get fired for the things I have to say about that. If somebody can't do the job, get rid of them and hire somebody who CAN. Every other secretary before this one was always playing solitaire on the computer because that position doesn't produce enough work to keep somebody busy. And sure, I play around on here when I don't have work to do, so I'm not complaining about that part, what pisses me off is that nobody else had trouble handling that job, so she shouldn't. Or she shouldn't be here.

I'm GLAD I'm leaving now!

 

[HollyTyler]

remember the Pack meetings (ours are monthly) are a family event. So both of you should go. Make sure you go for sure since this will be the place that Tyler gets his advancements and reconitions.(sp) even some of the den meetings can be ok for both parents, just ask. You'll love scouting and I'm sure Tyler will too.

Yup, our pack meetings are on Saturdays.

 

[HollyTyler]

You are such a good detective!
(We need a smilie with a Sherlock Holmes hat !)

Now if Tyler and his teachers can learn to recognize that symptom and then figure out some ways to diffuse it, like time in the therapy room or a run down the hall and back or 20 jumping jacks in the hallway where the teacher can watch and no one is making fun or just some words of affirmation, we might have another piece of the puzzle!

Jan

Yes. I definitely don't want to reduce the med just because of a short time of "ants in the pants" if the teachers are able to work around that. That is much better than having him be violent towards others. But, it could be a fluke thing. After all, that was only one day. I'll just have to wait and see how today and tomorrow are.

 

[scottishwee35]

Must tell you of a good thing that happened Thursday....

I WON....2 tickets on American Airlines for travel in the US48, Caribbean, Bermuda & Mexico

I can either take someone w/ me....or can take 2 trips by myself

Tropical vacation HERE I COME!!!

Don't think I'll be doing Turks & Caicos - haven't heard how the island fared after the 2 hurricanes went over it.

Thinking of trying for somewhere where I can exchange my timeshare for a nice place....then it won't cost me tooooooooo much

wow, that is great news, erm TAKE ME

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

I came home and find out that the school will be ON STRIKE TOMORROW

No school tomorrow, lucky I am having day off tomorrow.

Scottishwee35

 

[HollyTyler]

I came home and find out that the school will be ON STRIKE TOMORROW

No school tomorrow, lucky I am having day off tomorrow.

Scottishwee35

WOW, what's that about?!

 

[scottishwee35]

WOW, what's that about?!

Having completed a risk assessment due to thewithdrawal of support staff and dinner staff on Wednesday because of Strike Action, we feel it is necessary, for the Health and Safety of all of our pupils.

Scottishwee35

 

[HollyTyler]

Having completed a risk assessment due to thewithdrawal of support staff and dinner staff on Wednesday because of Strike Action, we feel it is necessary, for the Health and Safety of all of our pupils.

Scottishwee35

 

[EllaEnchanted]

WELCOME BACK Monica!!!

I'm back from the doctor........the leg is infected, but it's not cellulitus yet. We caught it early this time. We took a culture but don't have the results yet. We're stopping the antibacterial scrub and we're back to wrapping with the burn cream. We're on antibiotics again. We have to stop the weeping or we will keep getting infected. We have to lose weight, elevate the legs and use the compression sleves.

I'm going to Mickey's house and I'll worry about it all when I get back. In the meantime I'll stay on the antibiotics and keep elevating the legs while wrapping with the cream. We're still on schedule to leave tomorrow night. I'm excited and can't wait!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Quickly read through the new post. I decided to just leave the last thread alone, although it sounds like I missed an interesting Princess debate.

Monica - congrats on winning the airline tickets! It is so cool hearing how excited you are to see your niece and nephew.

Holly - congrats on getting thing worked out to switch to your new job! Hope everything starts to smooth out again for Tyler!

Gaylean - how was the concert on the weekend?

Nan - Congrats to Wilson!

I'm out of time, back to work now Hi to everybody else!

 

[JLSE50]

Uh Huh... He is... We were friends long before we were... and he just is...



Oh yeah... Holly... HE cooks too... actually he used to be a chef... loves to open the fridge and see what he can make out of it...

What. can He make from a refrigerator?

Sorry--could not resist....

Jan

PS: Cheri--to make smilies with a phone, you have to know the letter and colon combinations and type them in. Then read what you wrote to be sure you got instead of ;;yes;;

Then, if you have a Blackberry, you scroll through the message you quoted until little black dotted lines outline the blue arrow box beside the name of your quotee and then hit the "magic button that makes things happen" and poof, that original post appears. You can continue reading there and have not missed any posts.

 

[ibouncetoo]

JACKIE - have you ever been to England??? If we're going to consider a cottage stay that answer will help me figure out where to stay - I know the Cherry Tree cottage is in an area about 2 hrs from London in an area I have not been to, but am flexible

Yes, that got my attention. I have been to England in the summer of 1979! I'm felxible too. I loved York, but the south of England may have more places to visit on day trips if we want. Doing a Baltic with a UK visit appeals to me most (at least till we see actual ports of call), but I really have no idea where the money is going to come from! (Do have two lottery tickets in my possession for tomorrow's drawing )

Back to catch up
I'm enjoying Chicken in Marsala wine, green beans almondine and roasted baby carrots...yum!