Out of My Mind

The other day, while watching Mr. Rogers, Sebastian made this comment.  "You know, he’d be able to make his speedy deliveries so much quicker if he wouldn’t sing that stupid speedy delivery song all the time."  All I could do was laugh and agree with him.

Yesterday while I was on the phone with my mom, he was watching an Arthur video.  A little while later, he comes to me and starts asking about spin the bottle.  Apparently, they were playing it on the episode he was watching.  But this is Arthur.  What the heck are they doing playing spin the bottle??!  Anyway, I explained that boys and girls sit in a circle and one person spins the bottle and whoever it is pointing at when it stops, that is the person the spinner has to kiss.  He just looked at me in amazement for a few seconds and then said, "Boy, I hope I never have to play that game.  I don’t want to kiss girls!  Blech!!!"  It was so funny.  My mom could hear through the phone and was laughing so hard.

The things that come out of that boy’s mouth are just too much, sometimes.

He got the job!!!!!  The hubby got the job!  Oh, I am so happy!  He’s just left to turn in his offer packet and ask some questions.  He was told he would be getting a company car and he would have to pay 20% and the company would pay the rest.  We’re just not sure how that whole thing works.  And he has some questions about the health plan, too.  He’ll get 100% tuition reimbursement (So sweet!) lots of paid holidays and after one year, he’ll get two weeks of vacation.

I had finally resigned myself to the fact that he wasn’t going to get the job and I was going to have to walk to work.  This is so much better!  It’s a good, good day!

Whether I like it or not!  The hubby’s brother left him a voice mail yesterday, and for sure, we are not going to be able to borrow their "extra" car for a few weeks.  Which means that I am going to have to walk home after the morning session of latchkey and then walk back again before the afternoon session starts.  The hubby is going to drop me and the bub off in the mornings and his friend has said he can pick us up in the evenings.  This just sucks so stinkin bad. 

But let’s try and look on the bright side.  I will be walking for nearly 7 miles, 5 days a week.  That’s got to have some impact and will help to get rid of the weight that has been sneaking back on, pound by pound.  So I’ll do it, I’m just not gonna like it.

Because I do.  I really do.  Still no word on the hubby’s possible job.  After such a positive response and telling him they would let him know some time last week, we still haven’t heard anything.  He was told they were just waiting on reference, background and credit checks.  The first two should be fine, but the credit check has us worried.  After being out of work for 4 months, his credit is not a pretty thing.  I think if he hasn’t heard anything by the time the mail comes tomorrow, he’s going to call and see what he can find out.

If he doesn’t get this new job, we are so screwed transportation-wise.  I will have to either walk or ride my freaking bike to work.  And it’s more than 3 flipping miles.  Just how I want to show up for work, sweaty and out of breath.  Way to be professional, Erin.  We never heard back from the hubby’s brother and SIL if we could borrow their extra car for a few weeks until we can pick up one of our own in October, so I’m guessing that’s a big fat no.  And I still have to figure out how the hell I am going to get to my meeting, go to Personnel and fill out all my paper work and get finger printed this week.  Plus, I’m supposed to meet with the principal and go over to the site to check things out with my boss this week.  Stressing out just a tad, here.  I’m trying to have faith in what the hubby always say.  Things will work out, somehow.  They always do.

I just really don’t want to ride my stinking bike to work. 

And not just because that is when I start my new job.  It’s the first day of school.  Sebastian and I are driving each other nuts.  Aside from the few hours I’m at work on the weekends, he and I are together 24/7.  Maybe it makes me a bad mom, but I cannot wait to get a little break from him and I know he feels the same way.  He’s had such a bad attitude and argues with every damn thing I say lately.  Drives me freakin insane.  We just need a little time apart.  And yet, it makes me feel like such a schmuck for saying I need some time away from my kid.

Woo-hoo!!!!

Ahem. Yes, I am just a tad excited! I wasn’t expecting to hear anything back until next week, but the program director called me today around eleven to let me know that they were recommending me for the job, it just had to be okayed by the head of personnel. She called back a few hours later to let me know that it is official, I have the job! Phew!!

I will be making$2.30 more an hour than I do at Lowe’s, which is cool. I’m still going to work weekends at Lowe’s, at least for now. I’m sure they’ll be pissed when they find out that my schedule isn’t going to “open up” like I said it would when Sebastian got back into school, but oh well.

Judy, my boss, was telling me a little about the program. I won’t have to do any of the billing or scheduling, which is pretty cool. She was going to get me set up with an email address in the system and see about getting the paperwork started for my credit card. That’s right, I get a credit card. From what she was saying, they already have a lot of things in place at the site. They have a playstation for the kids, for pete’s sake. She told me a bit about my co-workers, and I think I should get along fine. Both have been there for a while, which is good, in my opinion. They know the kids and the lay of the land and that will be really helpful while I’m getting my feet wet. That’s not to say I won’t be making any changes (ooooh, the power I will wield!), but I definitely want to see how they do things before I just jump in and completely take over.

I’m just really excited right now. I really, really hope this new job pans out for the hubby as well. God, it would make such a difference! We should know about that in the next few days, though. Until then, we wait.

The hubby had his second interview yesterday and it must have gone quite well.  He got a call back this morning asking for a list of references, both personal and professional and a copy of his diploma from WMU.  When he dropped things off, he was told that he was their number one choice and that they were going to do a reference and background check.  If everything checks out okay, they will then offer him a job, starting the first week of September.  Holy crap.  We’re both pretty excited, but leery as well.  We have struggled for so long, we’re just afraid to put all our hopes on this.  But we should know for sure by the end of the week, so we are just keeping our finger crossed until then.

I had my interview yesterday, too.  I think it went pretty well.  There are two other people who interviewed for the position, but I don’t know anything about them.  I would like to say that my previous experience is a huge plus for me and everything I talked about seemed to go over quite well.  One of my concerns was if Sebastian would be able to attend the program if I got the job.  Not only can he attend, but it would be free!  How cool is that!  They did ask if I would have any problems disciplining Seb if the need arose.  I quickly assured them that would not be a problem.  If anything, I have a feeling that I might be a little harder on him than other students, though I didn’t say that.  They did also say that if they weren’t able to offer me this position, that they would definitely consider me for other positions that may be available, so I took that as a good sign.  They must have liked me or they wouldn’t have made me that offer.  They are going to make their decision this week, then let us know next week.  Again, fingers are crossed.

The latchkey program here is a little different than what I worked before.  It’s from 7-9 in the mornings, and 4-6 in the afternoons.  So I’d probably get between 20 and 25 hours a week.  Not sure what the pay would be, though.  I’m assuming they will talk about all that if they offer me a job.  Another cool thing is that I would have a budget of $3500.00/year to buy whatever I needed for the program.  Now, I’m not sure if I have to buy all my snacks and art supplies, but how cool is that!  I think we had about $500 total for the whole year when I worked for E.C.S.D.  I’m dying to tell my mom.  She’ll be so jealous!

I just can’t wait until we know for sure about these jobs.  I hate the waiting; I must be the world’s most impatient person!  I want to know right now!

The hubby just called me from work.  He has a second interview!!  It’s on Monday afternoon, so he’ll either have to take a day off, or work half a day, but we’ll figure something out.  Yay!  I so hope this all pans out!!!

The hubby had an interview yesterday.  After finding out that they were basically yanking his chain at his new job, he started applying to more jobs again.  The job he interviewed for yesterday would be wonderful.  It’s an account rep position, but it’s only 15 minutes away, would pay him a heck of a lot better and has wonderful benefits.  He could carpool with his friend who works in the building across the street and the amount of money we could save in not having to commute an hour each way is just blowing my mind.  He said the interview went well (where have we heard that one before?!), but he is not totally qualified for the position.  The woman who interviewed him did say that they were pleased with a lot fo the things he did bring to the table though, so we’re still hopeful.  Plus, the company was recently bought out buy a Japanese company, and when the hubby told her he had taken some classes about Japanese culture and was familiar with a lot of the customs, she was very pleased.  Apparently, that has been a stumbling block for many of the employees since the takeover, so that was another plus for him.  She is supposed to call him back today to set up an interview for Monday morning if they decide to go with him.  Fingers crossed.

I got a call for an interview as well.  Back in June, when it seemed like the hubby was never going to find a job, I applied for the supervisor position at the latchkey program at Seb’s school.  On Tuesday, they called and asked me to come in for an interview next week.  Of course, we’re running into problems there.  She wanted me to come in on Monday afternoon, but there was no way we could swing that.  My dad tried to get the afternoon off, since he only works 20 minutes from here, but he didn’t have enough notice, and couldn’t get the afternoon off.  He is able to get Tuesday off though, so he’s going to come here, watch Bub and let me use his truck for the interview.  Now we are just waiting to hear from the principal if she can meet with me on Tuesday afternoon.  I hope so.  I would hate to think that we went to all this trouble to rearrange everybody’s schedule for nothing.

Sebastian is pretty geeked at the idea that I might work at his school.  The more I think about it, I’m pretty geeked too.  First of all, if he knows that I’m there at his school, it might help curb some of the behavioral problems like we had last year.  Also, if it’s anything like the last latchkey job I had, it’ll be about 30 hours a week and I’ll still have my weekends free, so I could still work at Lowe’s on the weekends.  That would mean I would never, ever have a day off, but I am seriously considering it, at least until Christmas.  The extra money would be amazing and I was kind of looking forward to being able to use my employee discount on some of the cool Christmas stuff they carry.

God, if the hubby and I both got these jobs…it would be incredible.  We’d be making nearly 30 grand more a year than what we are used to.  We could pay off all our credit cards, take an vacation out West like we’ve been talking about, and finally be able to start saving up for a house or a condo.  Seriously, by next summer, we could be in our own place.  For as much as I balked about going back to work in the beginning, I’m actually pretty excited about it now.  It would be nice to finally be able to pay my parents back all the money we’ve borrowed, not have to worry about credit card debt and finally start taking  a hunk out of our student loans.  I really, really, really hope this all works out.

when he saw the commercial for this. That’s right, Walking With Dinosaurs, from Sebastian’s all-time favorite movie, is coming to Cobo. Tickets are pretty expensive, though. For the cheap seats, it would be almost $120 for the three of us. Hopefully, we can come up with some extra money before it sells out.