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as the shit ball turns...
Dec. 30th, 2008 10:49 amwell joey is getting laid off for the fourth time this year for the same reason as all the other places - there simply isn't any work. he works in manufacturing, and most forms of manufacturing are at a stand still right now. i just don't know what to do anymore. i'm tired of always having to be the rescue team, i'm on goddamn sick leave trying to heal from a major operation, and this is really not helping my anxiety level. i hate living in constant uncertainty. i seriously don't know what to tell him, i've never seen anything like this. so many shops and factories have closed down and gone out of business over the last few months. jobs are very scarce in this area. i'm glad that i have job security and that my store falls into disrepair when i'm not there. i know it sucks for the people that work there, but it ensures i'll always have a job to come back to.
my cat is snoring.
i'm going stir crazy. i'm not able to drive for about another 2 weeks so i'm stuck in this tiny apartment. i've totally scrubbed down and reorganized the kitchen and living room as well as the bedroom and my clothes closet. the bathroom really needs a go, but i'm just not feeling it right now.
pain-wise i have good days and bad days. yesterday was a bad day. i still don't have much in terms of range of motion, but the god awful spinal headaches have all but vanished and i've regained use of my left arm, thank fucking god. i see the asshole surgeon on the 9th to check how i'm doing and to assess the amount of damage that was done, if any. i am SO ready to take this godforsaken neck brace off. i'm still planning on burning it in effigy.
i seriously just want to go back to work. i never thought i'd say that, but i really do want to go back so i'll have something to do. right now i'm just sitting here gaining weight and being bored. i've played through most of the video games we have, and i can't afford to pay for my xbox live so i can't play left 4 dead with the full potential in which it needs to be played. i can't half-ass anything zombie related, heh.
we had nik this weekend, and i was actually up and around. he just couldn't get enough of me this weekend, and while i kept trying to get him to hang out with joey, i secretly was basking in his attention. he's a good kid, he really is. very smart. and sneaky. at one point i was making dinner and he came over to hang out with me. i unwrapped a hershey kiss and i whispered "shhhh, don't tell daddy!" and he walked around covering his mouth while he chewed his chocolate treasure taking sneaky little steps. he looked like he thought he was getting away with the crime of the century, and i couldn't stop laughing. he's also picked up belly bumping from god knows where. he walks up to walls or cabinets and belly bumps them going "boosh!" each time. he got really excited when i was making lunch and belly bumped my knee then laughed hysterically.
on our wall behind the door to the hallway we have a 6 foot cardboard zombie tacked up to the wall that we somehow named kevin. niklas thinks this is the most amazing thing in the world, and has been trying to spit out "kevin" for a few months now. he'll go over and dance around in front of him, offer him toys and just babble incoherently as little kids do. it's the cutest thing. this zombie is actually pretty gruesome and we expected him to be afraid of it, but instead it's his buddy. i should have known since anything of mine with skulls on it he claims as his and goes directly in the toy box.
so yeah, that's been pretty much all i've done lately. just sitting here with my thumb up my butt waiting for the go-ahead to go back to work. fun times.
my cat is snoring.
i'm going stir crazy. i'm not able to drive for about another 2 weeks so i'm stuck in this tiny apartment. i've totally scrubbed down and reorganized the kitchen and living room as well as the bedroom and my clothes closet. the bathroom really needs a go, but i'm just not feeling it right now.
pain-wise i have good days and bad days. yesterday was a bad day. i still don't have much in terms of range of motion, but the god awful spinal headaches have all but vanished and i've regained use of my left arm, thank fucking god. i see the asshole surgeon on the 9th to check how i'm doing and to assess the amount of damage that was done, if any. i am SO ready to take this godforsaken neck brace off. i'm still planning on burning it in effigy.
i seriously just want to go back to work. i never thought i'd say that, but i really do want to go back so i'll have something to do. right now i'm just sitting here gaining weight and being bored. i've played through most of the video games we have, and i can't afford to pay for my xbox live so i can't play left 4 dead with the full potential in which it needs to be played. i can't half-ass anything zombie related, heh.
we had nik this weekend, and i was actually up and around. he just couldn't get enough of me this weekend, and while i kept trying to get him to hang out with joey, i secretly was basking in his attention. he's a good kid, he really is. very smart. and sneaky. at one point i was making dinner and he came over to hang out with me. i unwrapped a hershey kiss and i whispered "shhhh, don't tell daddy!" and he walked around covering his mouth while he chewed his chocolate treasure taking sneaky little steps. he looked like he thought he was getting away with the crime of the century, and i couldn't stop laughing. he's also picked up belly bumping from god knows where. he walks up to walls or cabinets and belly bumps them going "boosh!" each time. he got really excited when i was making lunch and belly bumped my knee then laughed hysterically.
on our wall behind the door to the hallway we have a 6 foot cardboard zombie tacked up to the wall that we somehow named kevin. niklas thinks this is the most amazing thing in the world, and has been trying to spit out "kevin" for a few months now. he'll go over and dance around in front of him, offer him toys and just babble incoherently as little kids do. it's the cutest thing. this zombie is actually pretty gruesome and we expected him to be afraid of it, but instead it's his buddy. i should have known since anything of mine with skulls on it he claims as his and goes directly in the toy box.
so yeah, that's been pretty much all i've done lately. just sitting here with my thumb up my butt waiting for the go-ahead to go back to work. fun times.