Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas to all and a quick update: I got back to work on Thursday, and part of Friday, then we left Idaho Friday night after a few delays at the two airports, and we arrived in Sacramento at...a really late time, I don't remember. That night was the first time I've tried to sleep on an airport floor. But we did make it without major incident (although I could actually feel pressure on my uterus during the flights, which made me very nervous). We got to go to the extended family thing on Saturday, where I got to meet little Lexi, Liz's baby, in person. That was definitely the hilight of the event. She is so precious. I can't wait to see her again.
Since then, we've pretty much just been hanging out, eating way to much sugar and junk (one word: fudge), being lazy, and enjoying it. And missing our kitties. I try not to think about them much, honestly, because I feel so terrible leaving them alone. We can't WAIT to see them again.
Also really looking forward to seeing Jason open his presents tomorrow, along with the rest of my family, and to be honest, getting my presents too. That will be nice.
Oh, and watching cable will be something else I'll miss when we leave. There was a "Dog the Bounty Hunter" marathon on for a few hours today. HECK YEAH!
Okay, going to join the fam in watching Christmas specials. That's pretty much what my family's Christmas celebration centers around: watching depictions of other families' Christmas celebrations. :) That's okay though, we like it that way.
Hope you all are having truly wonderful Christmases! Remember the Reason for the season!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sick. RAR.
I don't know what it is about this winter that has packed such a wallop on my immune system. I'm home sick AGAIN! This is the third time in, what, two months? I've had to use my precious paid time off yesterday and today, so I'll probably have zip left for the vacation next week. It's just a really sore throat, a little coughing, achy eyes and head, stuff like that, but it's just enough that I would probably get much worse if I went to work, and I'm sorry, we are going to California on Friday, so I am getting better for it.
Let me tell you, being sick when you're 35 weeks pregnant is ridiculous; you drink a ton of water to try to flush it out of your system, but then you're peeing so often (I'm talking about once you stand up from the toilet and flush, you already had gravity or something working against you and you have to go AGAIN) that you can't get any sleep. Really, I think I had a round of about five of those (the having to pee again as soon as you stand up, or better yet, get your hands washed) this morning at around 5:30.
Well, not much else going on, just looking forward to Friday. I can report that the Trader Joe's pumpkin bread mix I had my mom send me was waaaay better than the...Betty Crocker or something one I got at Albertson's. I'm planning on making my mom's amazing recipe for fudge tonight, for the Christmas potluck on Thursday night. My baby has the hiccups yet again and according to what I've been reading, has reached his birth length, just not weight. That's a crazy idea, since people keep telling me how tiny I am.
Wondering if I should throw some baby clothes in the wash, since I'm home to do it, or just take it really, really easy, because I'm seriously tired of being sick.
Let me tell you, being sick when you're 35 weeks pregnant is ridiculous; you drink a ton of water to try to flush it out of your system, but then you're peeing so often (I'm talking about once you stand up from the toilet and flush, you already had gravity or something working against you and you have to go AGAIN) that you can't get any sleep. Really, I think I had a round of about five of those (the having to pee again as soon as you stand up, or better yet, get your hands washed) this morning at around 5:30.
Well, not much else going on, just looking forward to Friday. I can report that the Trader Joe's pumpkin bread mix I had my mom send me was waaaay better than the...Betty Crocker or something one I got at Albertson's. I'm planning on making my mom's amazing recipe for fudge tonight, for the Christmas potluck on Thursday night. My baby has the hiccups yet again and according to what I've been reading, has reached his birth length, just not weight. That's a crazy idea, since people keep telling me how tiny I am.
Wondering if I should throw some baby clothes in the wash, since I'm home to do it, or just take it really, really easy, because I'm seriously tired of being sick.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Validation. It's a nice thing.
I have tried and tried to banish my verbosity (?) and make this long story short, but it's still a little long. Sometimes for people to even begin to understand, you just can't keep it to a paragraph. My apologies.
Often horrible new co-worker (let's call him...George), totally full of himself, opinions about everything, talks trash about his wife, says he wants to learn, but if we correct him on anything, he turns surly and rebellious, I could say so much more. A joy to work with. :P
A couple of weeks ago, we had a major run-in, where out of nowhere, he "jokingly" insulted and humiliated me in front of Boss. Then, when he saw that I was angry, condescendingly told me not to "get all worked up." I was too shocked by his gall to say anything and didn't come to my angry senses until he'd gone home a couple minutes later, which was probably lucky for both of us, as I was furious and ready to rip him a new one. I even looked for his phone number. I can't express how mad I was. Boss told me later he agreed with me that it was totally inappropriate, yet never said anything to George because he hates confrontation. Nice, huh?
I confronted George about it on Monday, and he is impossible. He would admit to being wrong one minute, but then defend everything he does and say everyone likes him but me (SOOOO not true) and that I'm just sensitive the next. So after honestly trying to be diplomatic and work out some of our differences for a good ten minutes, and getting nowhere because he wouldn't bend on anything, I told him in professional-talk basically to stuff it, that I would be talking to higher authorities, and maybe he would listen to them.
Boss walked through the room twice while we were going at it, and once, it was rather heated. So he knew. Never said anything though.
Yesterday, Female co-worker (let's call her Sally) told me that Boss commented to her that there had been a lot of drama while she was out sick. "You mean Kristina and George?" "Yup." I'm not sure what she said then, but he said that I had "finally" put George in his place, that it needed to happen, and that George seemed to be getting the point that he can't act like such a jerk.
!
That felt good. That was really nice. Because, yes, Boss should have put George in his place himself because that's a manager's job, but since that's not gonna happen, this was the next best thing. I actually felt...respected.
Also yesterday, Boss asked me what the diagnosis code is for asthma, I rattled off 493.90 without hesitation, and he looked at the customer he was helping and said, "Man, I'm gonna miss her." *Happy sigh.*
Last one, and this one reeks of my pride, but so be it: as I was leaving yesterday, George was closing, and I suggested he turn off most of the lights while he was counting out front because I've found that discourages people from thinking we're still open and banging on the door while you're trying to count the till and stuff. I.e., I was trying to help him from my experience. Instead of thanking me, he just said, "take care." He was mad because he thinks he already knows everything. As I was driving out from around back, what do I see but a car pull up, a guy get out, look uncertainly for a minute, go up to the door, and George have to come to the door and tell him we were closed!
And oh, yes, I laughed. I laughed quite hard.
Fourteen days, five hours left.
Often horrible new co-worker (let's call him...George), totally full of himself, opinions about everything, talks trash about his wife, says he wants to learn, but if we correct him on anything, he turns surly and rebellious, I could say so much more. A joy to work with. :P
A couple of weeks ago, we had a major run-in, where out of nowhere, he "jokingly" insulted and humiliated me in front of Boss. Then, when he saw that I was angry, condescendingly told me not to "get all worked up." I was too shocked by his gall to say anything and didn't come to my angry senses until he'd gone home a couple minutes later, which was probably lucky for both of us, as I was furious and ready to rip him a new one. I even looked for his phone number. I can't express how mad I was. Boss told me later he agreed with me that it was totally inappropriate, yet never said anything to George because he hates confrontation. Nice, huh?
I confronted George about it on Monday, and he is impossible. He would admit to being wrong one minute, but then defend everything he does and say everyone likes him but me (SOOOO not true) and that I'm just sensitive the next. So after honestly trying to be diplomatic and work out some of our differences for a good ten minutes, and getting nowhere because he wouldn't bend on anything, I told him in professional-talk basically to stuff it, that I would be talking to higher authorities, and maybe he would listen to them.
Boss walked through the room twice while we were going at it, and once, it was rather heated. So he knew. Never said anything though.
Yesterday, Female co-worker (let's call her Sally) told me that Boss commented to her that there had been a lot of drama while she was out sick. "You mean Kristina and George?" "Yup." I'm not sure what she said then, but he said that I had "finally" put George in his place, that it needed to happen, and that George seemed to be getting the point that he can't act like such a jerk.
!
That felt good. That was really nice. Because, yes, Boss should have put George in his place himself because that's a manager's job, but since that's not gonna happen, this was the next best thing. I actually felt...respected.
Also yesterday, Boss asked me what the diagnosis code is for asthma, I rattled off 493.90 without hesitation, and he looked at the customer he was helping and said, "Man, I'm gonna miss her." *Happy sigh.*
Last one, and this one reeks of my pride, but so be it: as I was leaving yesterday, George was closing, and I suggested he turn off most of the lights while he was counting out front because I've found that discourages people from thinking we're still open and banging on the door while you're trying to count the till and stuff. I.e., I was trying to help him from my experience. Instead of thanking me, he just said, "take care." He was mad because he thinks he already knows everything. As I was driving out from around back, what do I see but a car pull up, a guy get out, look uncertainly for a minute, go up to the door, and George have to come to the door and tell him we were closed!
And oh, yes, I laughed. I laughed quite hard.
Fourteen days, five hours left.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Turkey Dumplings--for using those leftovers
So I'm really trying to be innovative and thrifty, and since we got to keep all the leftovers from last week (HECK YEAH), I was looking up recipes for using leftover turkey, tried this one, and really, really liked it. The link, if you want to tweak the servings or see the nutrition facts, is http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Turkey-Dumplings/Detail.aspx?src=etaf.
Turkey Dumplings
INGREDIENTS
1 pound cooked, chopped turkey meat
3 cups water
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 (12 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough
DIRECTIONS
Place the turkey, water, salt and pepper in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, or until a broth has formed.
Spread flour on a medium cutting board or other flat surface. Roll out biscuit dough and cut it into 1x2 inch pieces. Drop the pieces into the broth and cook over low heat approximately 15 minutes.
1 pound cooked, chopped turkey meat
3 cups water
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 (12 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough
DIRECTIONS
Place the turkey, water, salt and pepper in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, or until a broth has formed.
Spread flour on a medium cutting board or other flat surface. Roll out biscuit dough and cut it into 1x2 inch pieces. Drop the pieces into the broth and cook over low heat approximately 15 minutes.
My modifications: I added a chicken boullion (however you spell it) cube to the water for extra flavor, as well as some garlic powder and dried minced onions. I had a box of Bisquick mix, so I just mixed up some of that (so easy, just add water) for the dumplings. The box had directions on the back--a good staple to have around. I made one-inch balls and rolled them in flour.
I was wary about this one because it's more labor-intensive than the turkey dogs or macaroni I've often been resorting to lately, but we both really liked it, and it wasn't hard. It's kind of pathetic how happy I am that it turned out well. Let me know if any of you try it, and I hope you like it if you do!
P.S. I have 18 work days left, or less than four work weeks!
P.S. Elizabeth had her baby last night! She was 7 lbs 1 oz and I think 19 in long.
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