She-Geek Memoirs : The Sequel

Forgive me blog, for I have sinned, it has been well over a month since my last entry. I have good reasons, I swear! Not only have I been extremely busy with work, but I've been busy with family and non-work things as well and trying to manage to squeeze in a few things that do not fit into either of those categories. Ugh! When does it end?

Let me go on a tangent and vent about this terrible lady that is supposed to do my life insurance and let me explain why my life insurance has been canceled.

I have amazing benefits with the company I work with and since I have a 7 month old at home, I thought it was time to think about life insurance and such. Not that I plan to die anytime soon, but it never hurts to be prepared and make sure those that I love are taken care of. So, I signed up for these great benefits and life insurance and as a part of my life insurance, I have to meet with a lady to do the medical part and get the coverage going. A woman by the name of Erica called my BlackBerry one day -- I was unable to answer the call because I was busy and didn't recognize the phone number. I hadn't gotten the chance to return her phone call due to the lack of time and drive, but days later she called back and I was able to answer. Things went well, we scheduled to meet on a Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pm at my house to do the needed paperwork. That day I had plans and went through the trouble to move things around to accommodate for this appointment. I arrived home with just enough time to spare to put Sean down for a nap to that I may have time with Erica without any interruptions. I sat down, turned the TV on, and waited... and waited... and waited. The bitch never showed up! She never called or anything. I was at home, having moved my entire day around for this woman and changing my son's nap schedule so that things could run smoothly for the 30 minutes or so that we would need to get this taken care of, but she didn't even have the decency to call and cancel. I was furious at the fact of what I had to do to meet with her, but I was relieved because I got time to relax. My fury outweighed my relief, however.

Days go by, she keeps calling, I keep getting voicemails and text messages from her. Yes, I said text messages. She stopped calling and decided that texting me was much more professional on her end. I was thrown off by her new means of communication. We had arranged (through text messages) to meet up on another Saturday, which I really didn't want to do, but forced myself to because I just need to get it over with. The night before, just before going to bed, I get a text message from the insurance lady from hell. "My son is very sick and in the hospital. Can I meet with you on Friday or Saturday of next week?". Seriously, I understand how important it is to be with a child that is in the hospital, but in this instance I didn't even believe even part of her "excuse". Not only do I hear excuses like this at work all the time about being in the hospital, having some new fangle disease that no one knows about, so on and so forth, but she never acknowledged that she didn't show up for our first appointment. This, teamed up with her lack of professionalism and concern for anyone other than herself, prompted me to "nicely" tell her how I really felt the NEXT time she tried to schduled an appointment with me I firmly stated that I would hate to re-arrange my day to accomodate her only for her to not show up. After what seemed like hours of no response from her, she finally apologized for missing both appointments and promised she would be at the next one. I was unable to fit her into my schedule this time because of work and such. She had the nerve to ask if she would be able to meet with me at work to do this. I said, "It is very unlikely.". C'mon! You're going to come bother me at work while I'm busy doing my job because you lack the ability to do yours right? You seriously have some issues with getting your priorities straight.

So the other day, while I was cleaning my house, which terribly needed it, I came across some unopened mail that I had received and saw one from the life insurance company that she's from. After skimming it a bit, I get to the part saying that my coverage has been canceled due to incomplete forms. Ugh!!! MY coverage that I voluntarily sighned up for is being canceled because of some stupid, incompetant woman with a hillbilly accent from hell. This goes to show that people are very unreliable and most are imcompetant. You bet your ass that I will be contacting the main branch to verbalize my frustrations and request someone that is able to actually do their job right the first time.

So, now that I have that out of my system, I can explain other reasons as to why I have been neglegent of my blog. I recently got a new laptop. (A beautiful Alienware laptop with a 17' screen screen, butt loads of RAM and storage, two video cards, bluetooth, lightscribe, etc. etc. -- Definitely worth the $3,000.00 spent on it and the near month wait period!) and couldn't remember my username or password to log in to my blog for the life of me. Once I was able to set up my laptop, I was finally able to log in and here I am now.

Since the last entry, I got my car I've been eagerly awaiting for and I am in love with it. It is like a second child! A child that I plan to protect to the death. True story: The other day after work, Sean and I went to dinner with my parents, sister, brother-in-law and neices. Afterwards, I was putting Sean in his carseat and for obviously reasons, had the door open to do this, when this stupid woman, in her 40's I would say, ditzy as hell, talking on her cell phone with her windows down came trying to pull in to the spot that I was kind of taking up with my door being open. Typically, I would just move and let them park, but something about this woman and her "ditzy blonde way" she had about herself irritated me so much that she was already under my skin. So, I move, let her park and finish putting Sean in his carseat. While my door was still open, she opens her car door and hits mine with the mirror on her ugly Solara. She gets out with this clueless, snobby, ditzy look on her face, smiles and says in the most cheerleader type voice, "He-he! Sorry!". I just glared at her and watched her walk away knowing that this stupid woman doesn't care that she just hit my $40,000.00 car and is too self involved to put her cell phone down and park like a normal person. It was the overall appearance, attitude and demeanor that pissed me off. Obviously the fact that she hit my baby was there, but putting everything together just got under my skin. I won't say what I did next, but I will say she got what was coming to her without me having done anything bad enough to go to jail for. LoL.

Onto the book of Sean. He is now 7 months old, almost 8 months old and is sitting up all on his own. He has been for a while, actually. He gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth, rolls around the floor like a roley poley and squeal for more cereal every morning for breakfast and he is on his way to be crawling any day now. Honestly, I would much rather him just start walking and not crawl. Chris and I both never crawled as babies and just started walking. I've been hoping Sean would do the same thing. I have started to "baby-proof" things, but I am quick to realize that I've got my work cut out for me. But that will be a whole different blog entry...

...to be continued.

So, Sunday was my first "official" Mother's Day. Last year, I was pregnant with Sean, but this year it was a full fledge motherhood day. My sister actually got me something for Mother's Day, which is strange, but it was very nice. She got me this cute decorative plate that says "Sister" on it with a long quote spiraling from the inside out. Once I figure out where I want to put my two Home Interiors shelves, I think I'll put that plate on it with some ivy around it. It is currently sitting on our bar waiting for a spot to go.

The hubby scheduled an hour and a half massage and a facial for me at Identity Salon and Spa. I've been there before, and they do great massages. I am definitely looking forward to 1pm today. It would be pretty safe to say that I am quite the massage whore. I regular get massages from Chris because it feels good and helps me sleep. Poor guy!

I feel bad though. I have yet to get my mom or sister anything for Mother's Day. To be really honest, it hadn't occurred to me because I had been so busy. I think I will have to head to the mall on Saturday to find something nice for them. Shame on me for being so inconsiderate.

So, mine and Chris's first wedding anniversary is next week. Our plans are not set in stone, but I have two things I'd like to do. One, go get a suite downtown at the Westin Hotel, which means that we will surely be making a trip across the street to Tiffany & Co. and down the street to Louis Vuitton. Strangely enough, my dream lastnight was about Louis Vuitton. LoL. High class even in dreams?! Two, I'd like to go get a suite at a nearby casino, gamble and drink through the night and just have fun! I am more appealing to the latter of the two since Tiffany's and LV are close enough to where I can visit them anytime I want... and I will!

Let's see how long it takes me to write a blog while I'm at work. Usually I watch movies and through my 8 hour day I can't even finish one movie, at least I have yet to. I get too busy. The best time is when I go grab some lunch, Chipotle perhaps, come back to my desk, eat it and watch a movie. Good times. But the rest of the day I can almost get to the end but not quite make it. Today, I shall be watching Secret Window. Recently I've watched Knocked Up, The Pursuit of Happyness and The Terminal. Aside from the fact that I can't make it through an entire movie, I must say the fact that I am even able to watch a movie at work is definitely better than most other peoples' jobs. Not to mention, even when I am doing actual work, my job is still pretty great. I have beyond great benefits and definitely great pay. Here's an example. I've only worked here for 2 weeks and have already gotten paid over a thousand dollars. Put that in your juice box and drink it.

What is this great job I have, you ask? Well, considering this is a public blog, let's just leave that up to me, my family and close friends. By all means, if you are one of the afore mentioned, don't hesitate to ask what it is that I do. I will be more than happy to share and gloat a bit. Otherwise, I really don't want some crazed stalker or jealous acquaintances showing up at my work with that insane gleam in their eyes!

On other notes, upon moving to Cincinnati, my husband, Chris, and I have managed to pay of all of our debt. With the exception of his truck payment we have absolutely no debt. My car is paid off and because of my exceptional credit, Victoria's Secret thought I was worthy enough to be promoted from their regular pink Angels Card to their silver VIP Angels Card. Yay? Whatever. Anywho, in the next two months or so, the middle of July most likely we will be adding one debt to our lives, but it is totally worth it. My new card, well all wheel drive, sweet ass SUV will be coming real soon. I can't wait. I need something much more family friendly because my 2 door, 4 seater with bucket seats is definitely not that.

It feels really good to be out of debt, have a good amount of money in our bank account and both of us having really good paying jobs. After getting completely settled in and being in Cincinnati for a whole year, we shall buy another house. My standards are high. I can't wait to see what we will be raising our family in.  

AGH! I haven't updated in so long. Not because I've forgotten about my blog, but because I just haven't had the time. Working during the week from 8am to 5pm. Busy after work, trying to spend as much time as I can with Sean since I only get to see him for about 3 hours a day anymore during the week. On the weekends we do the things that need to be done around the house, in our lives, with our family, with Sean, etc. I've been trying to meet up with friends and family that haven't had the chance to see Sean yet or even us since we've gotten to Ohio.

So much going on! I like it!

Check back for more.

We are now in Cincinnati. We finally made it! Now we are decorating the new home and I must say, it looks fantastic so far.

...to be continued.

I really do. I will judge you until I am blue in the face for your lack of education for grammar and spelling. It's the best from people who are so snooty and think they're better than me because I just can't help but think about how someone so much "better" than me can't even speak their native language properly.

There isn't anything worse than being a well educated person trying to read and decipher another's broken grammar and spelling. I know grammar very well and not only do I know how to say things properly, but I know why things are said the way that they are.

Grammar is such an issue that my husband and I notice spelling errors and poor grammar in professionally written articles, books, etc. People who get paid to write, and write correctly, are making these mistakes.

So, in this blog we're going to take you back to second grade and I will tutor some of society's grammatically challenged.

Common mistake: "Your grammatically challenged."
Correction: "You're grammatically challenged."
Reason: Without the contraction in there you would be saying, "You are grammatically challenged." When combining the words, the apostrophe replaces the 'a' and thus turns two words into one. Same goes for did not (didn't), can not (can't), I am (I'm), let us (let's) and here's a tricky one... will not (won't), etc.
Note: It really isn't hard! I've known these things since first grade and there really isn't any other reason aside from pure stupidity that anyone shouldn't know these.

Common mistake: "I have that Louis Vuitton bag to."
Correction: "I have that Louis Vuitton bag too.'
Reason: 'Too' is like saying 'also'. The sentence could easily be turned into, "I have that Louis Vuitton bag also."
Note: Rarely do I see people using 'two' incorrectly, but I do see people mixing up 'to' and 'too' all the time. Every time I see it mentally pencil in that second 'o' to avoid my mind from going insane.

Common mistake: "Do you want to come to Paris with Chris and I?" and "Chris and me are going to Paris."
Correction: "Do you want to come to Paris with Chris and me?" and "Chris and I are going to Paris."
Reason: If you are referring to yourself and another person at the beginning of the sentence you always refer to yourself as 'I' and come second. When you are referring to yourself and another at the end of a sentence you always refer to yourself as 'me'. An easy way to remember and see if it makes sense is saying the sentence without the other in it. For example: "Do you want to come to Paris with I?" and "Me are going to Paris." Those just don't make sense.

Common mistake: "I am going to the boys house." or "I am going to the boy's house."
Correction: "I am going to the boys' house."
Note: The second sentence in the mistake part could be grammatically correct if it was referring to just one boy, but for pet peeve's sake, in this case, it is referring to many boys.
Reason: Adding an apostrophe 's' to 'boy' shows ownership by the boy. In other words, it shows that it would be the boys house. Putting the apostrophe after the 's' shows that it belongs to many boys.
boys - many boys
boy's - one boy owning something
boys' - many boys owning something.

Common mistake: "I am a awesome person."
Correction: "I am an awesome person."
Reason: The only difference that I am aware of between 'a' and 'an' is that 'a' is used before a word that doesn't start with a vowel and 'an' is used before a word that does start with a vowel.
Note: I just don't understand how people can say something like, "I am a awesome person." and it doesn't sound wrong to them.

Common mistake: "I hope you do good."
Correction: "I hope you do well."
Reason: When at the very end of a sentence, 'well' is always used. It's that simple.

Ok, so that's enough about grammar. I could go on for years about poor grammar but I think we should move on to spelling. I am going to use commonly misspelled words I see. By common, I mean things that are obviously not typos because I've seen the same person or people make the same mistakes over and over again. There is no way someone could make the same mistake that many times.

Wrong: Dooney and Burke
Right: Dooney and Bourke
Note: It's funny that some people claim to be in the know can't even spell the designer's names correctly. I just laugh.

Wrong: Hypocrit
Right: Hypocrite
Note: I've had people go so far out of their way to tell me that I was spelling this wrong. They have just insisted that there wasn't an 'e' at the end because it just doesn't look right. I think that's hilarious!

Wrong: Embarass, Embarras, Embaras
Right: Embarrass
Note: Seriously. Two of each! C'mon!

Wrong: Anatamy
Right: Anatomy
Note: Grr!

Wrong: Pregnate
Right: Pregnant
Note: Someone seriously did this. When I was PREGNANT I received a comment in which the word "pregnant" was horrendously swapped with "pregnate".

Wrong: Recieve, Percieve, Neice
Right: Receive, Perceive, Niece
Note: 'I' before 'e' except after 'c'. Live it. Learn it. Use it.

Wrong: Buisness
Right: Business
Note: Seriously...

Wrong: Tomarrow
Right: Tomorrow

Oh, and STOP mixing up 'accept' and 'except'! DAMMIT! Let's see how great of a tutor I am. I mean, I didn't used to tutor math and English for nothing.

It was hell trying to intentionally misspell some of these words. For real. I kept spelling them correctly and had to keep re-typing, but my fingers just couldn't do it. I had to force myself to push the wrong keys.

Thinking out loud: I love my BlackBerry, I do, but as of late I have been talking to Hannah, Andrey and other friends a lot through BlackBerry messenger and have come to realize that I am frustrated with how close together my keys are and how small my phone is. I do believe I will be buying a new BlackBerry soon, a red Curve to be exact. I love that phone! I am not eligible to upgrade my phone with my current contract yet, however I am just going to shell out the $350 bucks to satisfy my BlackBerry addiction and need for a full QWERTY keyboard, built in GPS rather than needing a PUK and for something slightly bigger in my hand (head out of the gutter pervs!). Maybe when I get my Curve I will then be able to keep up on my blog better and be able to blog right from my phone without getting frustrated.

I have also finally found an application that has given me everything I've been wanting on my phone. MySpace mobile on Yahoo! Go (Opera mini was great, but through Yahoo! Go, it is much better), eBay since I've been cleaning out my closet a lot lately and would like to keep up on who is bidding mucho bucks on my designer items, Flickr because I can finally have an online album where I can upload straight from my BlackBerry that ISN'T on Facebook and a slew of other wonderful widgets on there.

It's a BlackBerry thing, you wouldn't understand!

Today started out like any other day. I had my list of things I needed to do and I started to cross them off. I was finalizing plans to move and hit a zinger. All this time I thought our absolute last day in our house was the 31st, which is the closing day and then they would move in on the 1st of April. We were wrong, by about 24 hours. It might not seem like a big difference but those 24 hours grabbed me by the balls and squeezed. So as soon as I found that out I went crazy trying to re-do and re-finalize our plans. I had to suddenly come up with $800 dollars a day earlier than planned for our moving truck and also a place to stay/live the night between us moving out and closing on the house. I super stressed out and went insane for about 10 minutes, got it out of my system, calmed down and worked on a plan. I came up with the extra $800 dollars we needed! A very wonderful, dear friend of mine, Hannah, offered to let us stay at her house the night before we move. I will be eternally grateful and in debt to her and her husband... and Coral (their huge ass Great Dane).

So, here as it is, our itinerary:
Now to March 30 - Finish packing, get organized.
March 30 - Get moving truck, load the truck all in one day by ourselves, pick my dad up at the airport that night, stay with Adam and Hannah that night.
March 31 - Wake up, go out to breakfast, close on the house, leave Jacksonville... forever!!
April 1 - Arrive in Cincinnati, sleep, unload, unpack, live happily ever after!

The funny thing about all this is that when I moved to Jacksonville two years ago it was on April first as well. I will be leaving this poor excuse for a destination exactly two years after moving there.

So after I get all the moving things situated to the point that I feel that it's final, I call Chris at work to tell him and he asks, "So when should we start having everything shut off?"

Hey, no problem. I am great at organizing and planning things, but c'mon! I just went through hell and back with the previous issue and he's throwing another one at me! PUH-LEASE!

Next order of business: shutting off and transferring everything.

Oh and if it isn't inconvenient enough, our house alarm company needs 30 days notice before shutting it off! Luckily we took care of that already! :-)

C'mon world! Throw another curve ball at me!