3in30 ~ 06.16.2011

Here it is a lovely Friday and I am off work! Doesn’t mean I’m not working, just not working at BBY today. Not sure what a truly lazy day consists of anymore, especially since I can’t manage to sit still for very long lately.

My goals this month are going well!

1. Keep progressing with my skills on the job.
2. Not spending money foolishly.
3. Keep a healthy respect for myself.

I love my job. I don’t know why I’ve never allowed to work somewhere that I truly adore and believe in – maybe because I have always been afraid I would spend my paycheck there? Who knows.

I’m glad I took the chance and it is working out great! I love my job. Sincerely love my job and the people I work with both in the store and my department.

I’m getting better at my job every day. I have also been afforded training opportunities by my supervisor off site. Wonderful gift that helps us all out!

I haven’t been spending money like crazy. Even on little things like candy, cupcakes and sodas. Even though it will take 8-10 minutes off my drive by taking toll roads, I don’t take them. Hey, $1.75 a day can really add up!

$1.50 per day x 5 days = $7.50 a week x 4.5 weeks = $33.75 a month x 12 months = $405 a year

I can only give kudos to Ruiz’s Four Agreements and my ability and willingness to apply them to keeping #3 going! The first agreement is to be impeccable (without sin) with your word. The second is to never take anything personally – whether it be a compliment or shooting you in the face. I know, the second example is extreme but it is all on the other person, whether it is good or bad, plus you don’t want to base your own self-esteem on what other people think of you – good or bad.

I am still working on the first and second agreements so I couldn’t tell you about the third and fourth agreements. Being honest with myself and others, only obligating myself to what I sincerely intend to do and making sure that I do meet my verbal obligations was a little trickier than I first thought.

Amazing how many ways I deceived myself and others before. Even more amazing is now that I am being true to my word, it is easier to not spend money to make myself feel better or think I would be a better person if I had this, that or the other. I have instant trust from others, even strangers (is it possible to radiate honesty?) and my self-respect has soared!

Even though I have run into some great trials this month, I have kept my faith and true to my path. It is all working out so nicely.

A collection agency called me the other day, at work. I was a little embarrassed but realized that this could be a gift if I choose to let it be. Plus, no one knew what the call was about anyway, which made my initial embarrassment very unnecessary!

I have been trying to find out who had my school loan from years ago. I mean YEARS ago. It defaulted and got passed around for awhile. This company that  had gotten the loan for collection managed to actually find me since I wasn’t honest/really looking for them.

So…instead of making excuses to them, I called them back when I got home and it is all working out better than I ever imagined. I am not only in a debt rehabilitation program through them, I am repaying my loan which will eventually be pulled out of default and when I reach a certain level of repayment will be pulled off my credit report as a bad debt and relisted as a good debt.

All for $65 a month. Now…tell me that isn’t a sweet gift at the perfect time!

Oh, and more good news –> I just landed a second part time here at the beach. Yeah buddy! Now next months goal of saving, saving and saving more money in my emergency and trip home funds can happen quicker. 

Pink Balloons and Farts

I love being sick. Okay, not really but it does make for some really awesomely weird dreams.

Yesterday was a strange day. Everything in my world kept going sideways – literally. I finally made it to work after making a brief stop on the side of the road because, yes, my vision and world literally was going sideways and I didn’t want to kill myself or anyone on the road.

C covered my shift so I could go home. Made it home without killing anyone or any property damage. Crawled into bed and resurfaced this morning about 8.

Had some crazy dreams. The one I remember clearly is filling pink balloons with my farts and then releasing the balloons to float off into the sky.

Yep, crazy dreams.

I am feeling much better today. Not sure what the problem was yesterday. I’ve had this crazy crick in my neck that managed to move to the other side yesterday. No headaches or blurred vision. I am still clueless to what caused the dizziness, especially while driving or turning around too quickly. Shoot, I could even turn my head too quickly and get dizzy.

Ears don’t hurt and I can hear clearly. Throat, chest and sinuses seem to be clear and no pain or discomfort there either.

Who knows, and actually who cares if its over and done with.

Side note to my dear body: Hello, today is your day off, why couldn’t you wait until today for this happen?

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Blah, Blah, Bleh, Bleh, Bleck

Click here for my 3in30 Goals for June

Okay, so I have no clue what bleck means but it fits my mood.

Blah, blah, blah…

Yep, that’s all I have done all day is talk, talk and talk some more. I am a mobile consultant. That’s what I do, consult. This means I listen and talk, talk and listen. Ask questions, answer questions and consult according the information gathered. Solve problems or give the customers some possible actions they can take to get solutions to carrier and/or phone issues.

I love my job. With.A.Passion.

I do a lot of thinking, too. A lot LOT of thinking. Not to the point where I am suffering from “brain burn”, just tired when I get off work and would like to do some mindless things. Things like eating, watching some boob tube and playing some games on the computer. Even just staring at the wall.

Mind like water.

Things that don’t require me to analyze a situation, do math in my head or remind myself to sit/stand up straight. Just for a little bit, that’s all I ask.

The ride home I am usually talking to myself. Unloading the day, emptying myself of phone plans, coverage maps and phone accessories. I want to come home and just not do anything.

Never happens.

Bleh, bleh, bleh…

I come home to a drunk that acts like a needy two year old, four year old – hell, a needy kid. An attention whore from hell. Granted, I still have a smile on my face and bounce in my step since it is my personality, especially when I am amazed at how much I love what I do and how much I love life.

When I get home, I can’t talk about how neat my day was, or how busy my day was or how I landed the perfect sale where the customer got exactly what they wanted/needed without any hitches. My supervisors get wind of this stuff asap and within a few minutes I am approached with a smile and a congratulations for an awesome job well done.

Not just for the sale (of course we need to sell or there is no income for the department which in turn means no jobs for any of us) but the fact that I covered every available option for the customer so they could make informed choices and be satisfied with their purchase.

Satisfied and happy customers. That is the goal.

I know that having a friend pass away is something to be dealt with, hopefully not alone.

I want to be there for my roomie when things go perpendicular when they were horizontal. However, it is not easy when I can’t even being to grasp what is really the problem. Is it the death? Is it the fact that roomie hasn’t been doing what he is suppose to do around here to keep the roof over our heads? Am I actually a problem that needs to go somewhere else?

When depression meets ADD – well, it isn’t a pretty sight. Toss in alcohol and its even more confusing, frustrating and well, just reinforces that although I don’t want to be alone I would like to be left alone. Just for a little bit.

I also have trouble figuring out what is real and what is imagined in his inebriated mind. I can’t deny that occasionally I have slight panic attacks wondering if we’ve been kicked out or if he just wants to move and get out from under this obligation of rent free for property management deal.

Drama king or would that be King Drama. Amazing how some things that are so minor can be made out to be so major, traumatic or life threatening.

He says that he can’t stand being under someone else’s thumb all the time. I know the feeling. Oh boy, do I know the feeling.

Now that I’ve spent two hours in the land of G Oz I have finally gained understanding that we have not been kicked out and that he is just drunk, tired and feeling overwhelming guilt at not stepping up to the plate regarding the duties that he has agreed to with the property owner.

Bleh.

Almost enough to knock this smile off my face, the patience out of my heart and the bounce out of my step. Almost…

I am finally unwinding. I am finally getting this crick I’ve had in my neck all day worked out, and its quiet in here other than G’s snoring. Soothing sound to me because it means he is finally sound asleep and I can write this, read a little and possible get my crops farmed on Farmville before they die.

_ _ _ _

It has been a good day. I am getting better at meeting my customers needs and wants. Handling things on my own at work with more ease. Understanding cell phones and cell phones more and more every day. I also get to meet such a wide variety of people every day. I learn so much from each and every one of them.

My immediate bills are paid, my gas tank is fuel, I have a full belly and a smile on my face. I even have a little cash left to make sure that there is fuel in my tank and for those little incidentals that always manage to pop up.

My goal for this rest of this month (3in30 Goals) is to continue to progress in my job skills, not spend money on foolish things and to keep a healthy respect for myself. This means that I will thrive in the work place, not have to panic when financial things pop up and wear a sincere smile on my face all the time. okay, maybe not while I’m sleeping – but who knows, it could happen then too!

Cold And Windy

Today it is cold again here at the beach. I am beginning to wonder if it is ever going to get warm. Better yet, stay warm when it does warm up here. Thank goodness that it was a beautiful Memorial Day weekend.

At least today it isn’t raining!

Here are some of the beautiful clouds we saw last evening while walking on the beach:

It was a little windy and I managed to end up with a ton of sand in my hair without actually rolling in the sand!

Love the beach, love New Hampshire!

Okay, so I also love my totally awesome job at Best Buy, too!

Ps. Memorial Day really sucked here at the beach. A 12 year old girl lost her life Monday. For those that pray, please keep her family in your prayers.

Kudos to the fire department for rescuing her brother, the police department for keeping the area clear during the search and to the coast guard and others that helped in the search that last 16 hours.

Also, please keep the beach go’ers that actually found her in your prayers as well.