I had to crush a mouse :( The resident didn't stop for him when I did. He crushed some front part and it lay there wriggling and twitching, dying painfully. I angled at it, and crushed him with my tire, so he wouldn't lay there in agony. I hate humans. I saw it, he had to...
I'll plant a seed for him tomorrow. It's the best I can do, poor little thing.
I knew he was an oxygen thief when he changed lanes with no blinker, driving a 2011 'Juke' and a plate that read 4GDBDIT. He weaved in and out, getting nowhere. Then, in front of me at a red, he opens his door and tosses an apple core into the street. I actually flung my hands up in bewildered disgust. I guess he saw the motion because he flipped off his rear-view mirror. I stand by my theory that people who litter should be shot. This one, to death.
Got off my 16hr shift after doing a fair bit of studying/hw all day. Got home. Got upset. Went to bed. Slept like crap. I forgo showering to steal an extra 30mins sleep (since at MAX I get 6, without the shower). I dangerously hit the snooze twice. Got up, got dressed, got out.
Shmoosh had an accident and there's feces on the bathroom counter. It will be there tomorrow when I get home from school, since I get home tonight after 16hrs, take a fast shower where I double shampoo, and pass out praying I have everything I need for Lab Monday in close proximity.
I took out 'my recycles' to the curb, but the rest of the trash will probably sit in the house, and miss trash day (this morning). The laundry stand snapped apart, again. I picked it up quickly so it wouldn't incur more damage.
So, I'm dirty, my house is dirty and waiting for me, I have a quiz, an exam, and a 7page lab this week. I slept like crap, have 16hrs to sit in the same tiny booth I sat in yesterday, uncomfortable in an ill-fitting uniform and an AC that freezes you if it blows but cooks you if it doesn't.
/growl
I was told by the LT that CPT hadn't signed off on my opera date (apr16) because it was too early too (I put it in Jan20). There's a memo in the computer today stating no more days off are to be requested/granted for apr17/23 cause 'the week is taken'. LT has an APPROVED vacation slip, that whole week, put in 3/11 and signed 3/12.
Furiouser and furiouser.
I'll keep my scuttlebutt to myself, but I think favoritism is rampant in the brass here, and it's pissing me the heck off.
This week I've also been chewed out for being efficient in a way the Cpt hadn't thought of, and was accused of trying to set policy and overstep my job description. The idea was thrown out (though co-workers tell me, without prompting, that she trashed it 'cause she didn't think of it, not because it was bad.)
I've also been reprimanded for doing MORE than any other Patrol officer would have, yet it was somehow not enough. I should have called the PD to wake up the resident who yet again forgot to close his vehicle door. I checked the perimeter to ensure it was his carelessness again, and not a thief. Apparently, that was too dangerous.
I am to remain ON THE PHONE (my personal cell btw, since we aren't issued one) the whole time I walkthrough the clubhouse, since an officer found vandalism and drugs last week. He did NOT call the PD (in that instance he should have). I've asked around and no other patrol officers (I'm the only female btw) has been instructed to do this.
Aaaall stemming (or awfully damn convenient timing) from an offsite LT using my name in a report, in which this other LT caught another patrol officer leaving half an hour early (timesheets are poor babysitters). The Cpt believes I was trying to get the lazy officer fired. All this coming so quickly after is awfully odd, don't you think?
She once buttered me up over my adherence to SOP and work ethics, my attention to detail on patrol and in report. Spoke of trying to get me a mini-raise so I wouldn't change sites over money. Now all this.
God help those who help themselves, cause no one else does.
I have a year of core requirements to decide if I want to change my major from BSNursing to BSBiology. It would invalidate some NC work (whoever decided A&P is lower div, never took it). Considering the BSN invalidates most everything from CA and AZ... it kinda stings. Don't want to 'start over' again.
I started with fun stuff and no advisor. It's hard to get one of those you know! Religion and psychology. Was gonna major/minor for fun!
In CA I shifted to Gen Eds, but everytime I change colleges there are different Gen Eds. Jazz = Music in CA but not FL. Skills for Student Success (how to be a college student) req CA,NC but apparently not FL.
As a nurse I get to help people, have some hand in biology, and make money to take care of my family.
As a teacher I would get to warp minds, I mean, teach kids to love science! Dissect! Muscles! Skeleton! I prefer Middle School to Post Secondary I think, but who knows. Summers off to work on more school or take a wee vacation. But money would be so much less.
A FL nurse BSN, in the first year, averaged a 50-54k salary.
A FL teacher BS, in the first year, averaged a 37-48k salary.
A $9500.00 difference. That's almost a new car...
When I webbed my goals last month as part of a Spark exercise I tucked it away as a bookmark. I found it a week later and was surprised to see Nurse not on it anywhere. I wondered... I always phrase the nursing as a stepping stone to teaching.
•BSN -> Army Nurse -(20yrs)-> Science Teacher til I die.
Husband keeps telling me to ignore the Army, probably means he'll go back. We decided we couldn't both go in if we wanted kids. Dual deployments are rough on spawn.
Hubby says if I stop trying to plan every moment of the future, and just plan for tomorrow or next year, I'd be less stressed. He's right on that. But it's hard when the choices I make now affect the future so strongly... Just look at my years of wasted credits :(
Another thing I notice about cardio-trackers (like my beloved SparkPeople and my gps enabled CardioTrainer...) they don't count Yoga...
Now, CT does, but I use it to give me an at-a-glance view of progress in last 7 days. Spark is where I try to keep my fit minutes so I can track a differential between eaten calories. It does what my old spreadsheets did, without having to retranslate for each new device.
Spark does have Pilates which is what I'll be logging it as, though I wouldn't do Pilates. It's a yoga ripoff with some dudes name attached. I just wanted to share what other (useless) stuff Spark DOES have in Cardio...
Acting.
Coaching sports.
Fishing (3 kinds. standing river, sitting, standing bank).
Frisbee- general.
Gardening.
Hacky sack.
Line dancing.
Massage work.
Officiating a sports event.
Stagehand.
Taboganning (sure, but how often is it entered guys?)
Unicycling.
And 13 kinds of Wii Fit, excluding Wii Yoga.
Really?
PT:
•5inc pushups (to help the sore of yesterdays 5:10.)
•13min Yoga: 3 sun salutations, +WII, Wide forward bend, and boot camp arms.
•Probably more here and there :P
We ended up going on our date on March 01 at Skorpios II, the first Greek place we've found since we had to leave our beloved "The Greek Place" on Fort Bragg. I'd had my eye on the place for most of the month and it did NOT disappoint!
I ordered a spinach pie for an appetizer, and ordered dinner right away. I opted for a Feta and Spinach Stuffed Flounder. Little did I know it came with a bunch of extras! I also ordered a Greek beer, Vergina, which Shane felt tastes like Budweiser. I liked it, either way (3/6). I demolished the spinach pie, giving a meager third of it to hubby. Yum! They brought me a lentil soup (mmmm, even Shane liked it, but I didn't tell him there were lentils in it.) We both had Greek salads. They ALSO brought us pita chips and tzatziki (mmmm). By the time dinner came I was full! The plate was HUGE. I ended up nibbling the delicious dinner, and splitting it into three more meals (two lunches and a dinner) over the next couple days. SO GOOD!
