As the World Turns...

                                      

              The Union of Earth and Water ~painting by Peter Paul Rubens                            

My coworkers know my high production lightens their load, but ever since I began profiling, they have definitely voiced their frustration at the amount of work they now have to do. On Tuesdays, I do two presentations of profiling, which takes all day, including interviewing and data entry into four different programs. Wednesday is the day that the new list of unemployment claims comes out, so on Wednesdays I have to do outreach and send out letters for the next profiling day. After the $7 million dollar cut, there are only three of us who do employment services. Between the three of us, we handle half or a little more than half of the larger centers, so you can understand my coworkers' frustration. Tomorrow I will be in training all day, however, so I wont be doing outreach for next week. 

Little do my coworkers realize how much more occupied I will be after I start the online classes that the company has paid for me to take... no, nothing exciting... just some courses to give me that piece of paper that says that I am a Qualififed Employment Specialist Professional... although I know I already am. =.) I know this because my boss always asks me questions and his boss always asks me questions, so they know I am pretty knowledgeable.

Dont hate me, because I'm beautiful. Hate me, because I'm beautiful and smart. =.) 

Unfortuantely, I havent been able to start the classes, because the program requires a pdf reader and only administration can install it, and so the classes wait... humm... yes... just like the woman in the Glass Box.... reminders, reminders, reminders! Mustnt give up...

One of the women I profiled today sells Herbalife. It's always amazing to me to see people with a high school education ask for so much money. She is asking for$27.00 an hour. And here I sit, with five years of college, staring at my little paycheck with the few pennies raise that I was so happy to finally receive after four years of promises.

As for my diet, I do very well during the day, but I really need to go back to Herbalife. I know it works, but after my bad experience with Mr Wonderful, something inside me just continues to rebel. Get over it, girlfriend! Life goes on... and the world continues to turn..

I think my boss likes the smell of my cooking, because he always seems to pop his head into my cubby during my lunch hour. Today he was pretty brave to ask what I had cooked for him. My boss seems like the kind of man who could easily fall in love through his stomach. I wonder why his wife never packs him a lunch.

My Angel Child called me at work today. I didnt recognize her voice because she sounds so sick. My poor baby needs some pampering from her Angel Mommy. I am so excited and anxious to see my four girls during the Thanksgiving holidays. It seems odd to me that Angel has to work on the day after Thanksgiving, but it will be sweet to spend the day with her little cherub. I dont know if I will see Cecilia and my grandaughter Lexi, though, because CC will be spending the holidays with her in-laws. That makes me kind of sad. 

I know I am kind of rambling... but fret not, for It's just the mad ramblings of someone who's hungry... =.)

Sometimes, I feel nostalgia for the excitement of the work I used to do. I cannot deny that I miss my regular line of work. This is the first job I have ever had that is only 40 hours a week. It's nice to leave work at 5 p.m. and to have weekends off, and it is especially nice to actually be able to plan a mini-holiday with my loved ones.