Time To Start Over...

Thanksgiving went really well! All my food came out great, but I have to toot my own horn about my sweet potatoes! I think I could eat them 24/7. But the turkey came out perfect, and everything got out on the table on time. I was a little disappointed about my stuffing. I shouldn't have put in so much chicken stock, and cooked the carrots a little more, but the flavor was really good. Next time, I'll do it right. It was great to be able to spend a whole holiday with Jerry, too. He was able to help me get dinner out and I just loved it.
But otherwise, it's time to get starting over. I'm at my last few weeks at Planet Bark, and I start at Woodlake in a few weeks. I have to find something to supplement the hours a bit, but I have to keep looking around. It's sad, because I have to start saying goodbye to the kids. No matter how much I get mad and frustrated with how bad the dogs I being. I love them. I spend everyday with them and their like my kids, too. So to the ones that only board every once in awhile, I have to say goodbye to. I'm never good at goodbyes, because I am such an emotional person. But it's definately time to move onto something new.
I'm so excited because my parents are going away this weekend and Jerry and I both have Saturday off. It's going to be so nice to have the house to ourselves and be able to just hang out with Molly. We had a short opportunity last Saturday to do that, but work interupted us. But we won't have ANY interuptions this Saturday. I am a little jealous though, because my parents are going up to Stockbridge, MA to see the center of town get redone into how it looked in Norman Rockwell's Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas. They shut down the whole Main Street and re-enact the painting, old cars and all! I hope that Jerry and I can do that one day. It seems beautiful. My dad is a big Norman Rockwell fan, so he's super excited.
But right now, Jerry and I are super excited just to have some time to ourselves for once.
*Amy Drifts Off Thinking Of Houses*

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!!!

I love any holiday that has a combination of food and family. It just doesn't get better. And since I, by some act of a higher force, have Thanksgiving Day off, I decided that I would take on THE THANKSGIVING DINNER! I am so excited. I already have the stuffing prepped, it's just gotta get baked tomorrow. I'm doing Paprika Thyme Turkey, Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes, Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes, Tiny Little Peas, Garlic Almond Green Beans, and I'm making the Gravy from scratch. :) I am so very excited. I just love to cook. I hope I never get sick of it.
Not to mention, Jerry has the day off tomorrow, too, so we get to wake up with each other (which has been rare lately), and watch the Macy's Parade and then start cookin'! Dinner's at 4:30.

But also, Big Changes... I got the job at Woodlake in Tolland, so I will be a Dietary Aide there. The hours are only 16 hours a week for now, but the HR guy assured me that a 24 hour/week shift should open and there is always opportunities to pick up extra shifts. I am so excited to finally be starting somewhere else, but the low hours means I'm going to definately have to look for another part time job. I gotta start working on that, too. But I did give the PB my notice today. My last day there is the 14th. It's so up in the air if I'm going to get my bonus or not. Our bonuses are based on attendance and I barely called out this year. I would say that since the bonus is based on past performance that she would give it to me, but since I won't be an employee soon, we will see. It depends if she's feeling generous. All I know is, that money would really come in handy.
I just really gotta get out of there. It just my time to be moving on.
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to start school this semester because I didn't get all my crap together on time. I just can't afford tutition on my own and it's due on Dec. 12th. Can't come up with 2,800 by then. I have an appointment with an advisor on the 5th, so hopefully I can figure some stuff up.
Anyway, to anyone who reads this insanity I call a blog, Have a Wonderful, Safe Thanksgiving.

Changed The Header...

I changed the header a little bit, I wasn't super thrilled with the last one. But I think I like this one, but who knows. I had my interview at Blockbuster yesterday. I think it went pretty well. I'll know on Monday or Tuesday if I got the job or not. It's just a seasonal position, but I think that might actually better off for now.
Tomorrow I have another interview at the local nursing home for the dietary aide position. I hope that goes real well, but come what may. If I don't get it, then it just wasn't written in the stars for me. I'll figure it all out. I always do, no matter how much I whine and complain and freak out about everything. I keep my cool in the long run and it all works out.
But once again, I'm tired and I need to be asleep before my hubby gets home. He says he's got a surprise for me when he gets home, but he wants to wake me up. ;)

A Fresh Look For A Hopefully New Start...

Well, I finally got my name changed over which was a whole heck of a lot easier than I thought. I thought that I would have to spend my entire day in Willimantic between the Social Security Office, DMV, and going to Eastern to get my Transcript sent. But I was out of each place before 45 minutes had even gone by. I was totally impressed. So I have a new license with a much better picture ( I don't have fangs!) and it doesn't say that I'm under 21 anymore! Whoo-hooo!

Also, as I said in my last post, I have been spitting out applications at a bunch of places. And this past weekend I was getting wicked depressed because I hadn't heard from any of the places I had applied at. Very discouraging. But Saturday night, I got a call from a local DVD rental place and today I got a call from a in-town very well-known nursing home, that was looking for a diet aide. Both want interviews with me! I'm very excited, especially for the diet aide position because after 6 months, they consider reimbursing your school tuition if you are going into a healthcare field. Last I checked, that's what I'm doing! How great! It's only about a 25 hours/week job, but I'm hoping that both work out and I can do both. Anyway, I about to fall alseep on the keyboard, so I'll update tomorrow about how the interviews went...