Author: Cupcakey

I was really expecting the lack of a car to put a damper on my mood, but it hasn’t at all. It’s disappointing that my car is in the shop, and that’ll most likely set me back about $1,000 (though obviously I’d rather not have it be that much) but the other parts of my life are so.. great.

Work is going great. I’ve got close to 40 hours this week, and am considering picking up a few more on Wednesday to get some overtime on the paycheck, though I won’t see that one until two weeks from this Friday… Which means payday this Friday! I love that I haven’t been spending any money at all, but I’m saving it for a down payment for a new car. Looking into a Honda (2000-2002 Civic or Accord), or a Chevy S-10 or Extreme. We’ll see how my finances are when it comes time to get the car/truck.

The other great part of my life is my “love” life. Things are still awesome with Mark. I know we’re not dating or anything, but I like how things are. I really like him, and I’m just so happy whenever I’m around him. My love for making out and cuddling has also been rekindled. Last night I went over to his house and we watched the new episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and then watched Click.

This is going to sound horribly cheesy, but it feels amazing being wrapped around someone you like a lot. It’s so comforting and is possibly the greatest feeling ever. The first best feeling being pooping. Can’t go wrong with a great poop, that’s for damned sure. All joking aside (though I was being utterly serious about the pooping) last night was fantastic, and I can’t wait to do it even more. I love just hanging out and watching movies we’ve already seen before. Which reminds me, I need to burn Snatch so I can bring it with me next time I go over to see him. We’ve been quoting Super Troopers to death so I think it’s time for some new material 🙂

Not much else to say other then I can’t believe the guy I like is a Cubs fan 😛

My car is in the shop again, for the third time this year. It’s getting old, and it’s putting a damper on my finances. A week ago the trans would slip out of drive ever-so-slightly when I would first use the car, and then it would be fine for the rest of the day. Friday night after I got out of work I ended up not being able to shift gears when I was stopped at an intersection waiting to turn left.

I’m really hoping that this is not going to cost a pretty penny, because it’s going to put a damper on my Holiday spending, as well as other things I have to take care of (which looks like they’ll be put on hold until I can get more cash flow in.)

Last night I ended up going out with Mark to dinner and a movie. Went to Ed’N’Joes for pizza, since I’ve been craving it, and I wanted to treat him to their amazing BBQ Chicken. After that we went to go see Borat in Orland Park, but the place was so packed we couldn’t find parking in their lot or their garage, so we left to Crestwood. We had an hour to spare so he drove us up to this place to get some shakes, goofed off on the ride there and back, and then went to the movie. It was packed. Ended up waiting in a line to get into the movie, though we found some pretty decent seats.

After that we just drove around for awhile, and well, it wasn’t anything huge, but I enjoyed myself a lot. Definitely love hanging out with him, and want to see him more, so hopefully I will tonight after I get out of work. But right now I’ve got a messy room to clean, or well, just clothes to fold and put away, since they’ve been laying on top of a chair/floor/door for awhile 😛

It’s been eleven months since my last serious relationship. I don’t know whether I’m overdue for a new one or not, but I’m definitely interested in pursuing one right now. Though I’m not sure how the other person would feel about it, as we’ve never really discussed that topic in-depth before.

But regardless, I’m so happy. I know it sounds really cheesy, but lately talking to Mark is what I look forward to through my day, and then I look forward to the chance of plans with him over the weekend. It’s been eleven months since I truly wanted to dedicate any thing towards another person be it my admiration, respect or affection, and I’m happy that I can feel this towards Mark. Not because I think he’s a fantastic person, but because I think he deserves the world–yeah yeah, that’s pretty cheesy, but I’m serious.

It’s now November and I’ve been talking to Mark since September and things are still going great. I’ve also grown accustomed to talking to him through my day, and then the possibility of hanging out on the weekend. I like that I can look forward to something as simple as conversing with him, because I know that it’ll make my day that much better. It’s knowing that someone that I’m attracted to, is quite possibly attracted to me as well. Albeit I’m not sure how he feels in regards to something more, but I haven’t asked. Part of me is too scared to hear any answer, and the other one doesn’t want to make him feel as if though I’m pressuring him.
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Well, since my last post about work things are definitely looking up. Saturday I went into work for my 6-12pm shift, and the night prior had been up late, so I got very little sleep. At work we were pretty dead until about 7:30am and after that we were nice and busy. 11:20am rolls around and Angelica calls to say she got a flat tire, which left me in a grumpy state–Only because I wanted to leave at 11:30am. She ends up getting in a little after noon, but by then I was even more pissed off. Another coworker was supposed to be in at noon, and wasn’t in yet. I decided to give him a call since he wasn’t originally scheduled but rather had been penciled (literally) in to work that 12-5pm shift. Left him a voicemail, and the around 12:15pm I had the other kid working with me call his house. Found out that he never even knew about this shift, and wouldn’t be able to cover it anyway.

So commence commotion and me infuriated at how the MIT can be so incompetent. About 40 minutes later, and calling the TP store a few times, we managed to find someone from there that will cover from 1:15-5pm. But I wasn’t satisfied. The fact that the MIT allowed this to happen, and didn’t even volunteer to come in to cover HIS mistake, pissed me off. Add on him scheduling Angelica to work 11:30-9:30pm that Saturday and 11:30-8:30pm on Sunday was added fuel. So I ended up giving the district manager a call to let him know about what was going on and whatnot.

I also left him a new letter about the schedule for two weeks from now. He’s got me doing two opens and a mid, with 19 hours total. An improvement from 5.5hours, but maybe I’m just being bitchy about that. I asked if I could have some closes as well, since I don’t like fucking opening.

Anyway, last night was an amazing night. Went over to Mark’s house to bring him the chocolate chip cookies I made and to hang out. Watched some Cartoon Network and got to watch the new episode for Aqua Teen Hunger Force (and holy crap it was hilarious), and after that we put on Waiting and Super Troopers. I love ST more then anything else in the world. I’ve seen that movie more then I can count, yet every time I watch it, it’s like I’ve never seen it before. The best was that Mark and I kept quoting it :] haha.

Well, needless to say I’m exhausted, and I’ve got to leave to pick up my ‘lil sister from school. Then I work at TP from 6:15-10:30pm. It’s such a hard shift, I just may pass out. /end sarcasm

If you’re a regular to my site, you might notice that I’ll talk about work but generally I’ll never mention people I work with or issues that I’m having at work (assuming that I ever have anyway.) Well, there’s a few things with both of my jobs that’s been going on that I haven’t discussed.

My issue with Best Buy is still best kept under wraps, as it could prove to be a serious situation and I’d rather not publicly write about it until my employment is over there or the situation gets resolved (which I don’t foresee that being the case.)

Right now I work at two different Caribou Coffees. At TP, I am a “permanent” full-time employee though I just work there Mon-Tues (and whenever else I’m needed pending no conflicts with other schedules). However to get the FT hours I also work at FF, which means that since TP is giving me 15 hours on average a week, FF needs to give me 20-25 (preferably 25) hours to hit that mark.

When the old store manager, Sally, was there my schedule was usually over abundant and plentiful of hours, and it was a strain on me but I never complained once. Sally left a few weeks ago, and our MIT, we’ll call him MD, has temporarily taken over the store. He did a decent job with the schedule aside from scheduling no mid-shifts so people were working 5-2pm (I’ve done a few of these, it’s rough) and 2-9:30 (this is cake to me.) I was getting a decent amount of hours and then last week I looked at the new schedule for this week and saw that I had 5.5 hours of floor time and 2.5 hours of admin. Admin hours were for the Holiday meeting, so I don’t even get those since I went with some girls from TP instead since they carpooled and I didn’t have to go back myself.

When I saw that I was beyond frustrated and pissed off that someone would give a full-time employee as little hours as that. It didn’t help that the part-time team members (I’m a supervisor) were getting triple the hours of that. So I typed up a letter stating that I need to have 20-25 hours, and that I will not work shifts longer then 7.5 hours, and that I have open availability from Wednesday to Sunday. Seems easy enough to schedule me, right?

Wrong, oh so very wrong. I went in the other day to check out next week’s schedule and I had 5.5 hours again. This time I was infuriated so I called the SOB and pretty much gave him a piece of my mind. I know I got an attitude with him, but how could someone be so incompetent to do this to someone after receiving a letter with instructions of what needed to be done with my schedule?

He had far too many excuses as to why the schedule was the way it was. The worst part yet again was that I am the only employee with so few hours, and again the part time team members (and supervisors) had triple the hours I had. So I gave him more then a piece of my mind. I also complained to him about his lack of common sense to call me in this week, to have me work the hours of a girl that had quit the previous week. Instead he calls the TP store and begs my SM to come over there to help him out because he didn’t have anybody. I swear, if he fucks up one more time I am going to call my district manager and make a huge stink about this.

I was thinking of going into the store today to see if he’s there so I can confront him physically as opposed to over the phone but I have a feeling he left already. I know that saying this online could cause potential problems, but it’s not like what I’m saying are lies. He lacks the attitude, personality, and knowledge to be a store manager. I don’t see him ever doing a great job. For one he is very monotone when he speaks. I dislike that greatly. He also can’t seem to look me in the eyes when talking to me, a sign of weakness and being inferior to another. Not only that but he’s still in training and has yet to really grasp the concept of making drinks, and hasn’t really made a “connection” with the other employees.

I wonder if he knows that he’s just there temporarily and that we already have a new SM coming in for that store. I hope he doesn’t because it’ll make it great when he finds out last minute. Though I know that won’t happen. Robin won’t be coming into the store until December, and then she’ll be giving me 36+ hours for sure, because her and I get along great and I’ve proved myself to her of being a fantastic employee and supervisor. I just hope that he doesn’t try to screw me over on my hours again. I reiterated that I have: bills and rent to pay, health insurance I need to maintain, and that I need to be working. *shakes fist*