Ok, here's something I've never seen before. I was browsing around the internet, considering doing a little clothes shopping, and I came upon one very interesting thing. I was on a lingerie store, I don't know why, none of the stuff ever fits me, but I found that they have bodystockings. Now I'd never seen these before. They're literally a big panty-hose type of thing that goes over your whole body. Some of them were quite pretty, others quite skimpy, but they were all interesting. Maybe if I wasn't so fat and I wasn't covered in surgical scars, I might consider trying one. Alas, they didn't seem to come in my size, and frankly, my scars, though old, are too prominent for my liking.
I spent most of my "weekend" at my best friend's house, playing Kingdom Hearts and NASCAR 07, going out to eat, running around looking for NASCAR tool chests that hold candy in the #20 version, and doing laundry. Oh yeah, and paying some of my rent. After March 1st I will owe $740, which is better than the $1010 I was going to owe. I paid $270 which was all I had this time, and I'm hoping I'll have more next time.
In other news, I'm considering getting a few things once the finances settle down, so I've been shopping for the best buy on various items. A few of the items in question: a new TV, a new iPod, a new computer monitor, a new laptop, NASCAR 08, and a few other games that will probably end up being purchased via online auctions if I can't find them new. We'll see though. :) We shall see.
Well, for my best friend that is. Her birthday is next month and I don't have a clue what to get her. Honestly I don't. I never know what to get for her anymore. I mean, I'm sure she'd like a cross necklace or something like that, but really, being Wiccan, I'm not that comfortable shopping for religious jewelry like that. I could see if it were for another Wiccan, or a Pagan, but not for a Christian like her. I have no idea what kind of cross she would like anyways.
I'm thinking of an iPod. Probably a pink shuffle from eBay. I know she wants a pink shuffle. So that will probably be her birthday present this year. I have an orange shuffle myself, and want the new black nano. I'm not too fond of the iTouch, so I probably wont' get that. I don't care for touch screens, they never cooperate with me. :/
I miss the little employee fitness room at Mercy. I wish I still worked there at times, because then I'd have that little fitness room back. Stream has a deal with Curves, but right now, I can't afford to pay attention, much less Curves, even if I do get a discount. Besides, Curves is more of a class based thing, and I want to have a gym where I can just go in and do what I want, like walking the treadmills. That was my favorite form of exercise when I worked at Mercy, walking the treadmills. It was fun, it was easy, I could use my iPod or I could turn on the TV and watch TV while I walked. So yeah, I miss doing that. They have a "track" set up on the upper floor at Stream, but you know what? It's not the same. It really isn't the same. *sigh*
I'm telling you, the companies who make these cable modems really ought to be kind to those with bad eyes. You see, in certain cases we must ask for a modem MAC address. This is on a sticker on the back or bottom of your cable modem. Now why should the companies who make these be kind to those with bad eyes? Well, frankly, because even those of us with good eyes usually need to get a magnifying glass in order to read off that MAC address. Seriously. It's not pretty. At all. I've had to transfer people to their local offices because I can't verify the MAC address because they can't read it. So yeah. Not cool. Make 'em bigger people. Make 'em bigger.
Ok, I've been called a lot of things before, but talent isn't one of them. However, when I participated in Mercy's "American Idol" contest last year, singing Kelly Clarkson's "Break Away" that's exactly what I was called. Talent. Why on earth do we call people who perform "talent?" That's just weird to me. And the job of the manager is to provide talent management. So now, not only am I talent, but I'm also in need of management. Ok.... sure, whatever. Not my style people. I mean, really. Not my style. ;) I don't want to be referred to as "talent" it's just not cool. I'm Charity, and that's that. I'm not "talent." ;) I have a name people.
Ok, this library user is off to try and find herself some applications to put in just in case she can't keep her current job. TTYL.
In order to get everything I need to paid off, I'm going to need a lot of longevity. Trust me on this one. I will. I have almost $1000 in debt to pay off and not enough money to do it. If I'm ever going to get enough money, I have to live until I'm at least 200. I'm writing this from the library because my internet was shut off and I won't have any way to make a payment until at least Friday. It's a good thing I only live about 10 minutes walk in this crappy weather from the library. But this means I get 45 a day on the computer. So yeah. It stinks. I'd love to be able to do this at home, but I can't. Hopefully I can do some blogging from work tomorrow, but since I didn't have a ride today, that's not likely to happen either. I hate my life sometimes. I really do.
What's your morning beverage of choice? Coffee, tea, juice? Homemade or store-bought?
That depends entirely on what I have on hand. I can't drink juice, so I never have that. Coffee on occasion, hot cocoa on other occasions, but usually water or soda are my choices.
Question: What the heck is Ashley Judd thinking? She's married to a race car driver, which is great. No problems there. But wearing a black sundress, heels, black sunglasses, and big, floppy, black hat to watch your hubby QUALIFY in? Um...no. NASCAR is a sport that practically requires jeans, t-shirts, and tennis shoes. You don't wear fancy clothes to the track. It just isn't right. Sheesh.
I could use something like energy pills. I'm going to need to do some serious blogging between now and April 30th as well as as much over time at work as I can in order to raise the money for that tax bill. I can manage to get the rent bill, the couch, and the cable bill handled, it's the tax bill that's making me sweat. Why? Well, because you can go to jail for not paying taxes you know? Aside the fact that the state of Iowa TAXES YOUR REFUND from the feds for the previous year. Yes, you read that correctly. The state of Iowa considers it income and since that part of your income didn't have state taxes taken out, they tax it so they get their share of it. Pathetic is what it is if you ask me. So I'm going to need a lot of energy for the next couple of months while I raise the money to pay that darned tax bill. *sigh* Wish me luck. I'm going to need it.
You know, I've been lucky so far. Almost every job I've had has provided benefits. I've had a couple that didn't, but the majority of them have. Even Wal-Mart provided an option to get health insurance the second time I worked for them. Granted, I had to be there two years before I could get it, and I'd have to pay the entire bill myself, but they still provided insurance. Mercy required you to carry insurance, and if you didn't sign up for it and didn't prove you had it from somewhere else, they signed you up for it themselves. My current job requires you to waive coverage if you don't want it, but I believe that if you do waive it, you have to prove that you have coverage somewhere else, and it can't be a state assistance program. Mercy didn't care where you got it from, as long as you had it.
I am seriously wanting to know what the current presidential candidates are going to actually DO about health care if/when they get into office. Sure, I hear all the pretty little lies, the stuff they know we want to hear, but what I want to know is, what is REALLY going to get done. And while I agree that the kids should come first, we also need to make sure that adults are covered as well. After all, we start covering the kids, but leave the adults out, then we have adults who are getting sick and dying because they don't have insurance and can't see a doctor and that who is left to care for the kids? Thought of it yet? Nobody. Exactly.
