December 30, 2018

December 28, 2018

I know I wasn’t suppose to, but I did.

I know. You haven't heard frozen me in an age. Sorry. I'll be able to explain next week. For now I just want to complain and note something.

We are moving in 4 days and I bought new clothes when I know for a fact I now have too much, or think I have too much clothes already.

In my defense, I got what I needed outside of two shirts that were like the kind I wish I had bought months and months ago. The rest were new bras that I needed and a new matching set of pjs for when I go to spend a day or two with a friend of mine in PA.

Now I am on my way home after picking up one box from that same store to help others the packing. I hope I don't have to go ask the liquor store for box's. 😆

After we have moved on the first and have our internet and tv and computer set back up, I will inform you of why we ended up moving.

I hope everyone had a decent if not happy Christmas and if not, I hope New Years is kinda to you.

Later. 👋

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November 07, 2018

Tuesday, November the 6th of 2018

That was a busy day for me.

First I woke up about 8:30 am. Then I took my time getting up and getting ready to leave to go vote. It would be my first time voting ever. When I thought about this later, I wondered why I hadn't voted while I was home for ten years. What ever my reasons were, I just know that I didn't vote in the end.

So, I still left here about 2 hours before I had to be at work to make sure I would have time to get there, vote and call an Uber to get me to work on time. I knew it was raining when left the house, or I knew it was going to rain, since I had my umbrella and wore my big coat with the hood.

I ended up not opening my umbrella until after I voted. So I walked seven-ish blocks to my voting station. In a very heavy down pour. For some reason I thought my coat was water proof. So wrong. When I got there, there was no line or crowd like I expected. I, what..? I checked in I guess is what it's called. They found my name in a book. I signed next to to it and then I signed something else and took a ticket to the 'booth' and waited my turn.

Once I stepped into the booth, then I had issues. I didn't understand that I had to touch the paper to the name to make my choice. So I stood there for almost 3 minutes pushing other buttons to make my choice. When I didn't see anything that made sense I called for help, as quietly as I could. Once I got help, it was over in 2 minutes.

Then I walked back out into the rain and I still had almost 2 hours before I had to be at work still. So, this is when I opened my umbrella and walked back down the hill I just walked up. Half way there I was soaked through. Since I had so much time on my hands and my 59 bus wouldn't be by in a while, I jumped on the 66 bus. I was going to get up by the bridge, walk over, get some Chinese food and then get on the 59. I then decided to see if the stop beyond the one I knew off would be closer to where I was going. Then we passed through a small lake. I wasn't walking back through that, so I asked the driver to let me know when it crossed the route for the 26 bus.

A week or so back I looked into taking a different path home just to see something different, so I knew the 66 and the 26 met up at one point and the 26 stopped where I would change from the 59 to the 24. So when I got off the 66 I saw a subway shop. Yeah, food. I hadn't eaten yet and I was working until 9:30 pm. So I needed food. As I think about walking away from the bus stop, the 26 showed up. No subway for me. So I enjoyed my ride into Elizabeth as best I could while still being water logged.

Not too long later I off where I would catch the 24 and saw that I had enough time to go to the subway that was half a block away and get something to eat. As I crossed the street, I look back and saw the 24 A as it show up. Great. Normally the A shows up after the B bus and the the A takes longer to get to the Mall and if I had already missed the other bus, I may not got to work on time by waiting for the next bus to show up, so I walked back and got unto the A. I'll have to get something at the mall to eat.

I was starting to feel a little dryer by now, and I just had one more jaunt out into the rain at the end of this ride. The some what empty parking lot made me think that most people weren't at the mall today, but then I remember that the tourists don't drive there. They have taxis or they use the bus. Few come by personal cars. Most with their families that live here.

 So as I enter I mall, I stop at Applebee's and order my standard. Veggie burger, no cheese, no butter on the bun and fries with no salt. Once I paid, I left my coat and umbrella there and went to the bathroom to change to kill two tasks at once. I had some time so I could have just done that at work, but I had the time at that point, so I did it then.

When I got back, I was handed my food. Cool. So I lugged my boots, by bag, my big coat and my bag of food to work. At work I got into an interesting talk about food. Canned corn beef and breadfruit.

Then I started work. Yeah, I was at cashrep that day. I think I was the only one clocking in at 1 pm. Our plan for the day was decent, so I believed we would pass it. So I worked along for 4 hours then took a bathroom break. I point this out, because I actually left to get something to drink. Something that I don't do very often. And I took a moment to just sit in the bathroom for 3 mins. I still got my water since I'm allowed a 15 min break. But I wasn't gone for all that long. I took a min to fill my bottle and take a swing before going back to work. then two hours later I asked about my 30 mins break. That is when I found out I was suppose to go an hour before. So I got to leave for it now. No one told me. Which is normal. For me it's almost a 50/50 toss up some weeks. So I leave to get my jamba juice. Which is all I've been having for lunch for the past 2 months at least.

I was then way laid my a mall worker who I'm friendly with. He wanted my to buy a coat for him. He had the money, but he wanted me to use my employee discount for him. So I told him when I got back from getting my 'lunch' I would get his money and buy it for him. Shrinking this part down, I got him his coat, and I got myself some new tights and a sweater for my friend. I wasn't going to get her anything for two reasons. One, I didn't want to spend too much, but I needed the tights for the weather and I already had other things for her that I hadn't mailed yet. She was good. But it was just hanging there. At the end of the line. The same colour that thought of getting her. IN Her Size! So I got it. Then I got checked out again to hand over his coat to him, and then stuffed the rest of my buy into my small locker.

Fast forward to the end. I clocked out at 10:40 pm. I think. Yes, I did say that my shift ended at 9:30 pm. You would think this was the end of my night wouldn't you? I would call my Uber, go home, eat something and crash. and that did happen, but it wasn't all that happened. For starters, I ordered a pool and the second person that was picked up was a girl who use to work with me and is now at another store in the mall. We talked and chatted all the way to my house. So much so, that I don't even remember when the other person joined us for the ride. I won't get into what we talked about, but it was nice seeing her again. I may go looking for her one of these days when I had time on my hands after work.

Then I got home and my sister had a nice salmon bowl for me. And there was a package from the same friend I got the sweater for. She ended up sending me a gift that I was wanting for a while now, but hadn't gotten around to getting yet. A tea infuser. And it's suppose to float. I'll be testing that this weekend. :)

So, I ate, smiled, and then crashed around midnight.

Long day. A good day. A wet day, and a surprising day. :)

October 25, 2018

End of my shift on Wednesday

A lot of people told me I looked good at the end of my shift since most of them started like an hour before my shift was up and they were on the other side of the store. So they didn't get to see me until I went to the bathroom after clocking out.

So, before I got myself winterized, I took a pic. Two really.

The sweater I got like two weeks ago. I hadn't been on the floor that week, so when I was getting something for a friend I saw this in clearance and got it. It wasn't on clearance but I got it anyway. I was talked into it since I didn't drop it like a hot potato when I realized that it wasn't clearance.

It seems that we were all right. One girl said I looked really good in it and might get one for herself.

If that isn't a ringing endorsement, I don't know what is. The pink skirt I think I sent you a pic of like a month ago, at least. And yes, my wing is back. It's a great hat for this insane weather, but I got a little too hot when I'm working in it.

I have thought of just wearing the wig to work and taking it off, but I think an actual hat would raise less eyebrows. 🤔 I just have to buy one. And I haven't owned one since I was 17.

I also took a head shot since I hadn't taken one in a while. I did not do the glowly thing. That happened on its own.

So worth it...

But I inhale it like air and right now my mouth hurts from my dental visit that I don't want to think of biting any of it.☹️

October 21, 2018

Almost A New Bedroom.

So, yesterday my sister and I went to IKEA and got a lot of stuff.

I got a whole new bed and bed frame with slats. New sheets and comforter set along with different seasonal inserts. So I put the thicker one in since it is winter time.

Those sets each had two pillow cases but I only had two pillows, so my sister gave me her two since she just refuses to use them. Go figure. 🤷‍♂️

I also got a new wardrobe. With a mirror door. I now have a mirror. I've never really had a full length mirror before. I've wanted one for a few years now, but my sister was creeped out by them.

I have one shelf in there with a basket for my socks. 😆 my only silly perk.

There are suppose to be two draws under my bed, to hold my sheets, but my landlord said that we were making too much noise when were halfway through with the wardrobe. So they will have to be done another day.

So here are the pics. My sister did most of the building but I helped when she wanted and with half of the wardrobe. Also, my bed got upgraded from a twin to a full.

My sister wouldn't let me get a twin. She insisted that no adult should be sleeping on a twin sized bed.

So here are the pics. Later.

October 10, 2018

Didn’t get a pic

As I was rushing to catch my bus, I saw a squirrel dash across my path. When it stopped it had a small mushroom in its mouth and started to eat it.

I don't consider it unreasonable, but it was very unexpected. You don't hear anyone saying how squirrels eat anything but nuts.

Granted, I never stopped to read up on squirrels, so it could be easily found out if I decided to look. ☺️

So, on day 4 of my 6 day work week. I almost cried when I thought I had to be there for 10:30 this morning. That when I woke up, I double checked to make sure and saw 11:30 instead.

I was so temped to go back to sleep, but I got up and prepped my oats instead and did some stuff until it was time to get ready.

Now, when I say prep my oats, I mix dry oats, some sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried cranberries and walnuts in a bowl and plugged in my water heater/kettle and just before I went in the shower I put the hot water in the bowl, mix everything up and covered it with something.

Sunday I was on register but the rest of the days I've been running back and forth in the fitting room. Outside of all the shirts they wanted hung for clearance it wasn't that bad. Lucky us, more people bought stuff for other people than themselves so we weren't that swamped in the fitting room.

I could be sent there again today, but I feel like I will be sent to the register today. Just because of the time I'm going in for today. But that is no guarantee.

Later.


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September 27, 2018

The rain...

... was so bothered by the fact that it's afternoon thundershowers was canceled yesterday, keeping me dry, then when it saw me leaving work late and not going straight home, it decided to rain on me now with paper bags in hand.

But I have my umbrella and I refuse to call an Uber. I spent far too much on them last month. I will end out September with riding one.

Just a few days left and I've made it.

So what's in the bags? I got a dress from work a few weeks ago and wished it with the intent to wear it yesterday. But I didn't try it on and once I said that out loud I realized that it wasn't going to fit. Such is my and I was right. So I returned it and got two other things. I think they both came up to the price of what I returned.

Then I was thinking of going to Shoprite, but decided to go to Whole Foods instead. Got some cassava fries, flax seed granola and something else that I can't spell to try out and to kinds of vegan yogurt to test out. All said and done, not much damage.

Later.

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September 25, 2018

Well.

Yesterday I wore a dress who's back zipper kept sliding down.

Today I'm in full rain gear and almost none of me, out side of my hair and face is dry.

On the bus now. I hope I get to work on time. There was B bus today, that I saw. That is how I got to work about an hour early yesterday. But yesterday I had to be at work for 11:30 not 11 like today.

It's not that bad. It's not yet 10 and I'm entering Elizabeth now. I should have about 15 mins to change and use the hand dryer to dry my clothes before I start my shift.

Started watching Bleach again. About 5 eps into season 4. This is one of my least liked parts in the anime. I'm not a fan of these bod souls.

Later.

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September 11, 2018

... well, one pic, for now.

Forgetful Me

Second day of me forgetting things.

It actually kinda started last week. I took my umbrella to work and forgot it there because it wasn't raining when my shift ended. No big right? So normal.

But then yesterday I was focused on switching buses on my home that I left it behind on the bus. The minute I sat down I remembered it. When I texted my sister to tell her she laughed at me.

Today I was so proud of remembering to take my pills before leaving the house that I forgot to take my shoes with me. It's still very wet from the last three-ish days of rain, so I put on my rain boots to wear to work along with my new tights since it's now "cold" and I forgot to pack my work shoes. 😰

I could just take off the tights and keep the boots and socks on. I was just not planning on doing that. But it doesn't look like I have a choice.

But I kinda blame my lack of sleep for the slip up. My sister did my hair and it lasted for hours. Way longer than it should have taken since I took that into account when I got her to start as early as possible.

Pics later.

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August 19, 2018

Sunday, Rainy Sunday.

Today was a slightly odd day. I woke up kind early 6:30, to try to get to work for nine for a meeting. I wasn't early enough to take a bus there so I had to get an Uber with just an hour left to get there.

I got rained on my way there and the meeting was on the short side. It was slightly informative but like most meetings. But one person commented that it wasn't anything than something they could have told us at the meets we have before each shift. When I left it was raining even harder so I didn't bother going to the market like I wanted to and I came home.

Then my system just shut down and I have been fighting off sleep since I've got here, but I did manage to make dinner about an hour or so ago. Though it was just leftover chicken from when I tried to do a slow roast and didn't quite do it probably in the end. I added some sautéed vegetables. Eggplant, Squash, Onions, and Peppers. I also made some quinoa with some brown rice and then I reheated some stewed tomatoes with garlic in a few other things mixed in there. Yep, I got it out of a can.

I'm watching the Matrix trilogy on Roku channel right now. I should be typing really. That was my plan. I was gonna put the matrix on to play, then go to my computer and type on my story to get something out on Wattpad this weekend. I still have time if I can keep myself awake.

OK, that's it. Later

August 17, 2018

Cake day... kinda

Today was such a slow day. I just like laid in bed and read all day at one point I just ate cake. 

Yesterday was fun. Well, it really was fun even though I had to take an uber to work because I read when I started my shift incorrectly and then when I was coming home, the bus lady told me I couldn't use my electronic bus ticket only that they would accept my bus pass but not an actual ticket for per rides, so I have to start taking the 40 bus to work or just hope the next person doesn't make any fuss about it. 

I will see. Now I have to go to sleep early so I can get up early so I can buy school supplies. No, not for me. We are being told to buy school supplies to give to people so that we can look good for the charity that they made. Go figure. 

Anyway, later.

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August 08, 2018

4 (four) buses!

Today I bought a new phone for my cousin, older lady, living in Brooklyn. So I tried to leave home a little early since I was going in later for work so I could stop in at Cricket to buy her phone and add it more to my plan.

For the whole time I'm looking out for my bus to get me to work since I left later than I would have liked. Since I was in Elizabeth, I was going to give he bus until half past the hour before I got an Uber to get me there.

Then with about 10 mins left to go, one showed up. Then a second. Then a third and a fourth! A fourth! This would be why so many people were there waiting with me and didn't get on the other two buses that came by before.

Four buses, one right after the other making a line going down the block. This is why I gave up looking at their time table last year.

So, I'm working for 5 hours today. 4 pm till 9 pm. Let's see when I actually leave. Sunday my shift was 3 pm till 10 pm. I left at half past midnight. 😒 I had the next day off so I had just stayed and helped. So not much to gripe about.

So it's 3:33 now. I should make it to work in good time.

Later. Sorry about the lack of updates.

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June 22, 2018

Popped up out of nowhere

For a moment I felt like I walked out of work and into Japan.

I'm sorry if I haven't seen a new kind of vending machine in ages.

But I was not the only one taking pics of this, so my reaction to seeing it wasn't that odd.

I had a short day at work today. 11 - 4. Tomorrow they will take it out of my hide. I work 2 - 10. I didn't bother buying anything to eat for breakfast or to eat after my shift so I will feel better when I call Uber to come get me tomorrow night.

I'm currently on the 40 bus as it makes its way through the port. A lot of shipping crates. I think that is what they are called. Those things that the 18 wheels move around the place. White wrapped cars along with a few trains and some piles of bricks and stones.

For all the lopping we make through this place we only drive by one small but of open water.

It's a nice little ride. I'm going to see if i can catch the 37 or 107 bus home on the highway. Yeah, odd I know.

Later.

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June 14, 2018

Results

On a sobering note. Kinda.

I had a pap smear like 3 weeks ago I think, and I got a letter the other week saying that my results require a follow-up appointment.

I won't lie, there's no point. I first thought cancer. After all what else is a pap smear used for finding out? I thought I would look it up to make sure but I'm just getting around to it now, a week later, to see if there is anything else the test is used for.

https://www.healthline.com/health/pap-smear#results

No, I was right. It's to detect cancer or pre-cancerous cells. So when you read down the page, you get to this part.

"Depending on what the test results show, your doctor may recommend increasing the frequency of your Pap smears, or getting a closer look at your cervical tissue with a procedure called colposcopy. During a colposcopy exam, your doctor will use light and magnification to see vaginal and cervical tissues more clearly. In some cases, your doctor may also take a sample of your cervical tissue in a procedure called a biopsy."

This is where I'm at. I had to get a date for my colposcopy visit at least 3 weeks away because I can't request a day off any sooner from work. So on the 12th I'm going in find out if my cycle, that finished the day before, messed up the results or not.

And a week after that I got back for a double root canal and a repair of another root canal that seems to be incomplete. Yeah. July is going to be fun.

Later.


June 09, 2018

Will I make it to work on time?

Just caught the bus. And it's the 24A. I was hoping for the express.

I'm suppose to be clocked in at 11:55am for 12 pm shift.


P.S. (days later)

I made it. Clearly. Or I would have written sooner. But when I got off the bus, I hurried to buy my lunch so that when my break time came around, I wasn't going to lose at least 15 mins getting something to eat to only get about 10-15 mins to eat and rest my feet.

I was even going to send you another screenshot showing off what I was playing at the time too. Which was the point of this post in the first place. Well, one of the points at least.

Sorry.

May 17, 2018

Thought I was going to be late

I think that I'm going to be late to work a lot of times for different reasons, but I really left my house way later than I should have.

I ended up catching the 11am bus. I should have been catching a bus 30 mins earlier. Then I decided to get off a few stops early so I could see the bus that I would be transferring to easier.

I step out and see a bus in front of the one I got off. I get to see that it's my bus just in time for it to start moving away. Yeah, I had like 6 seconds where I saw the number and tried to reach the front of bus before the light changed. But nope. I can now be included in the masses that run along the bus as it leaves a stop and keeps on going.

I almost really thought about calling an Uber, but there was time, so I waited. Oh, it's cold and raining at the moment. But I got my boots and umbrella. So about 5-ish mins later, another one shows up.

So now I'm about 10-ish mins from work and I will be there on time and not just barely making it.

Today work is from 12 till 6 pm.

Later.

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May 11, 2018

I actually caught the express bus.

Hey👋

I meant to let you know when the whole waiting game ended yesterday, but my battery got real low and I needed it to turn on to show my bus pass to get home.

Then when I got home my sister had me cooking and cleaning for the next 2-ish hours.

Anyway, I walked into the federal building at 11:30 am and I walked out at 5pm. On the dot.

I have been sworn in. I am official. I am now a legal citizen of the US. 🇺🇸 They even gave us little flags. Just when I was starting to die from hunger, we took the oath and was given our papers.

We were also warned that replacing it would cost us $550.

I'm so tired right now. Lately I seem to be falling asleep just before midnight, then something would wake me up about 3 hours or so in, then it would be heck to go back to sleep and I wake feeling like I was be dragged from my grave. I've taken two Uber's to work because I just needed some more sleep. I refused to do that today which is why I'm very happy I caught the express bus.

I almost missed it too, but with a little daring and wheelchair bound human, I was able to make it. Now I have time to eat breakfast.

Later.

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May 10, 2018

The spelling!!!

I knew that would get me in trouble. But it was none of the few words I expected. It was president. I kept swapping out the 'i' for an 'e'. But the interviewer was very nice about it and we worked through it.

That was the "hardest" part. Until the interview I was falling asleep waiting for my name to be called. When they did it was an hour and a half after I showed up.

My name also threw her for a loop. I think she said Elba correctly. But my first and last name suffered. 😆

Now I'm back in the waiting area. I had to fill out this short thing and hand it over with my green card when they call my name again.

I don't think I'll be getting it back, so I took pics before I left the house.

Ok. Back to waiting. I knew I should have taken the chicken out of the freezer this morning. At least I'm off my feet.

Later.

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I’m here

Where is here?

The federal building in downtown Newark. It's time for my civic test. I was like 5 minuets late checking in, but I was told it wasn't a problem. Which I kinda knew from the first part, months ago, but I asked on my way in and he said it was fine.

So now I wait my turn. The place is pretty full, like I kinda expected, but it's the amount of people I didn't really expect.

They have room/seats here for at least 200 people and almost all the seats are filled.

Going to make sure I know how to spell California and Delaware. I did it! 😆

Back to the questions.

Later.

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May 06, 2018

Successful!

What I do for applesauce

You have seen how I cut def out the world , more or less, got just having to walk around my house the other day because of the pain that inflicted on me.

So now instead of getting an Uber like I told myself I would to keep from getting wet by rain that seems to not have fallen yet, I crammed myself into a very full bus so I can get off in Elizabeth to hopefully get some apple sauce before then getting an Uber to take me the rest of the way home.

Darn. I forgot about the supermarket that I just passed. Shot!

Well here is my stop.

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May 03, 2018

Why am I still on my F**king feet?

I'm in pain. And I'm hobbling across my kitchen trying to make a good dinner from scratch and I'm starting to question how I'll be able to get around, never mind out of bed, tomorrow.

I do hope I get it finished before she gets here. It's one of the ways I'm able to hide some of the vegetables from her. 😆

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Not diabetic

But my blood pressure is high, so I'm getting some pills to help with that. We think that could be why I was having headaches.

Mostly the "doctor" was more concerned about my mental health. She was sure that I was depressed.

I just don't like going to see any kind of doc. You end up condescending the last 3-10 years of your life for them and you just feel judged and how good can you feel with all that?

Well, I made an appointment for my Pap smear. I hope I get the day off. It's the 21st and that might be too soon to get the day off.

Now I'm going home to clean the kitchen and take out some trash. Well abut of trash. I've put off talking out the paper and boxes for too long.

I may walk it since traffic is messed up due to road work. I washed it here and made it in like 20-25 mins. Not bad. And I should do what little I can to chip away at that 20lbs I don't like, I guess I'm walking. Very happy for the fact it's over 80 degrees out. Heck, I think it's closer to 90.

Later.

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20 lbs more than I would like

If that didn't clue you in, I'm at the doctor's. But I know I gained back some weight, but I'm happy it's not worst than what it is.

Got to go, docs here.

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April 27, 2018

Shopping Again


I might be wearing this to work in the near future.

It's the closest I've gotten to shape-ware in ages.

Progress!

I cleaned my desk. Now I have one less reason not to be online tonight.

March 30, 2018

Going home from work ...

... with Peter Gabriel playing in my ears.

It's cold and I'm getting off the bus to get dinner and then going to get an Uber to get me home. I will not be walking up the hill tonight.

That and the buses are running on holiday schedule and I want to get home before midnight since I have to be up at 7am to get ready for work again.

March 28, 2018

New hours tomorrow

I was suppose to work from 11 am till 5 pm. This has turned into my normal hours lately. But I left work and I was checking my phone to see that work called me.

I was ready to write it off as a mistake since I was just there, but then I thought that if it was important they would have left me a voicemail. I found a voicemail.

So I leave the store, where I was looking for new work shoes, to go back to Tommy Hilfiger, since I was still in the mall, to see what they wanted from me?

I find the manager who called me and she asks what my hours were for tomorrow and then proceeds to ask me if I could come in for 8 am because they need people to go help at the warehouse. She wanted me to go at 10 am, but when I told her that I had never been, she then says they could take Ezra since he has been there before.

But that does not get me out of having to be at work that early in the end. I still have to show up that early to cover someone else that they are taking to the warehouse I think.

I'm just not happy about having to leave my house that early. I have to call an Uber. So now I three days in a row were I will be working at least 9 hours.

I don't even know what I'm going to be doing those days. I'm hoping for cash rep, but they could easily stick me in the fitting room. Either way I'm on my feet the whole time.

Well, I'm buying dinner. The don't feel up to cooking and everything is frozen anyway.

Later.

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March 10, 2018

I couldn’t do it

I was trying to see how much it would cost to get to work buying single ride bus tickets vs a whole month pass. But I gave up last night and got a bus pass.

Other than the first reason given for why I was doing this, I came out of February with a light schedule and entered March on a light schedule, so didn't want to spend money on a pass I wasn't going to use that much.

But it was so a hassle. Buying two tickets every day. On my phone mind you. Then the thing only lasted for half an hour so I never got to use the built in transfer because by the time the next bus showed up it had already expired and the bus drivers were anted me to pay more for a transfer. When I had a two zone ticket.

Last I knew, that covered the price for a transfer. So I paid for the tickets and then paid for a transfer with cash, that I have very little on me of, and that leaves me not being able to make an extra stop on my way home, which I did once in a while to get something for dinner or anything else that I may have time to do after work on my early days.

I also saw my schedule for the next two weeks and I'm back to a full schedule. So there was no point. I would spend twice as much if I kept buying single ride tickets.

Time to take a bath. I have work today. The last weekend shift for a while actually. Now I'm rethinking signing up for swim class.

Later.

March 09, 2018

Back to being a Slacker again 😆


My internet radio of choice is Slacker. I even paid them for a time when they had a cheaper membership available.

So I had to get rid of them maybe a year ago when they just about dropped service for my old phone. It had two things working against it. It wasn't the newest OS and the OS was windows.

So two days ago I was reminded of their existence and now I have music in my life again that is connected to the outside world. 😆

I may get around to paying them again, but right now I have more pressing bills to take care of.

On my way home from work now. Later.

March 04, 2018

Yeah.. I’m at work...

... for sports day?



We have quaternary meetings and today’s theme is Tommy sport. It made Mose sense when I realized that we had activities.

Three legged race
Plastic egg toss
Speed hanging
Sack race
Toss cups??
Perfect folding

And last but not least a Tommy themed quiz.

I wasn’t on the team picked from the members of stock, fitting room and cash rep. So I was free to wander around and take video of most of it. I was going to say all of it, but people got in the way because it wasn’t stated beforehand that those not participating shouldn’t be at each station, so it was a mob around the players as they were loudly cheered on.

Now I’m trying to get a ride home since I got a ride here and I’m not dressed for standing outside in 43-degree weather.

Also, this is the third time I’m trying to send this post out.

Later.

PS
That jacket is not mine. I just tried it on. Yes, I look good in it, but I don’t need to buy it. I need to buy a rain jacket.

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March 03, 2018

Did I tell you I was taking swimming classes?

Yep, they start on the 17th and I ordered a swimsuit since I didn't own one. It came before I expected it to.

At least I have it in time for my classes at the rec center. Now I have to get a swim cap and flip flops.

I was thinking it was too tight and that I should have gotten a larger size. Especially after I saw how small the cups were on the top, but now it's growing on me.

February 19, 2018

I did see it

And I liked it.

I'm not seeing it three and four times like some people, but I did think it was good.

February 15, 2018

Some Jerk stole my package 😡

So Friday or so I broke the new 6-foot power cord for my new iPhone 6S and so I had to buy it back. So I go online to Amazon and ordered a three pack for $12.

It said that it would get here Tuesday. Fine. I didn't think anything of it. Then on Saturday, I got a call at about 8am asking if could cover their shift for them on Monday from 12 till 5. I said sure. I go to work, find out that they cut the guy's hours, but they let me stay and work the 5 hours. Yeah. I will get a little more than $100 for this week if, if, Saturday is included in my work week. I don't remember. If not, then I get something for the week instead of nothing.

Then I had to live through a ride home with Esra. I have never believed in seatbelts more than I did before my first ride with him the week before. Anyway, I survived this trip better than the last and I got home less than an hour after my shift officially ended.

I hurried up onto the porch because he was being bossy and didn't let me put back on my pants under my skirt. I saw that the tile box was out of place, but I thought my landlord moved it or placed it there for something.

I go upstairs and turn on my phone. The guy was in a rush to leave so I didn't get to turn it on either. When I did, it's telling me that my package was delivered that day at 11:48am. But I know I didn't see it downstairs. So something was up.

Maybe it was a glitch and they hadn't really delivered it yet. Since I was told it wasn't going to get here until Tuesday. I asked my sister if she saw a package when she got home since I was upstairs cooking since I got home.

She didn't see anything.

So I waited. I waited almost two days. Yesterday afternoon I went to ask my landlord, who lives on the first floor, if he was holding a package for me. He said no, but he did remember seeing a package on the porch in the chair. He then called the lady that just moved in upstairs to see if she saw it or might have picked it up by accident.

She said no. To moving it that is, I don't know if she said she saw it or not. So my landlord was just about to cook so he said he would call me back down to look at the video to see if it was really delivered or not in a little bit. We got down to the almost 30 mins before I got home and with the dying of the light, a guy walking by the house walks back, looks in and sees the package on the chair and steals it.

He frelling steals my package! He doesn't have a clue what is inside. It could be something medical. It could have lip gloss. It could have been kid stickers! And he just filched it! We watch him walk down the block and when I thought that he was going to enter the building on the corner but he walked past that and up the block.

Great. GREAT!

So I reordered the cords. Considering I'm about to enter the pay period of no pay, I'm far from thrilled. So, Amazon is saying it's coming this Saturday. When I have work again. But my sister will be here, and I'll have her check for me.

It's the first time that anything has been stolen off our porch. And since the kive looked to be just walking by until he saw the package, I believe it was a one-off thing.




February 11, 2018

Such A Long Day...

It started at 7 or 8 am today. My sister came and woke me up. I agreed to go with her to an opening party for a dentist friend of her's. She wanted to get there at 9 something and scope the place out for like 15-30 then get out.

It didn't work out that way. First, we missed a bus that I knew we weren't going to make, so I didn't leave my room, never mind our apartment and then she wasn't talking clearly and it was mini fight that ended up with us waiting for the 107 and getting to test out our NJ transit app by buying tickets to NYC.

BTW, it's $6 for the trip.

So we get on the bus and it's packed. My sister said that she's never seen so many people on the bus going into the city before. She has taken that bus a lot more than I have. So we get in and go down like three flights of stairs to the subway to go downtown.

We get there maybe 15 mins till 10 and my sister is oh-ing and ah-ing over every little thing. She, of course, had far more fun than I did. The kids and babies were there with their parents, and we outlasted them. Not that well on my end, but we did. I waved the flag first so that got my sister moving into getting ready to leave. She was at her end too with just 4 people left in the party.

Oh, I forgot to mention. I asked for OJ and it was spiked. They were making mimosas and it didn't occur that didn't drink. The hostess couldn't quite remember that I couldn't eat milk products either. But she was busy and it was something easily forgotten. I just bring it up because she kept telling me to eat something, and there was cheese everywhere if it wasn't already made out of butter. 😒

I normally have a pill or two on me in case I needed it, but I couldn't find them until after I put a sandwich back. They were in the pocket of my pants instead of in my bag where I expected to find it. BTW, I tried artichoke today. I liked it.

So, we talked about going to see a movie afterwards. Heck, we talked about going to see a movie before we left NJ. But while we were at the party, near the end, I found a place that was showing the movies we both wanted to watch. I was going to see 'The Shape Of Water' and she was going to watch the last 50 Shades of Grey movie.

So image my surprise when we have left the party and about to leave the building and she tells me that we are going to the Bronx. She is taking me to see tombstones. For my mom's grave and anyone else that ends up buried there with her.

15 mins later I forgot and then was reminded that the 6 train is local so it takes us about an hour to get our stop in the Bronx from lower Manhattan. Now the ordeal beings.

Firstly, my sister didn't have their address so that lead to about three calls. Two of them telling us that their address was 2525 Laffeatte St. Next, standing in the downpour of rain for a Bx40 bus that we were told would get us there, but then having to use my maps app to see what stop and that we had to walk about 10 blocks after we get out of the bus in the downpour of rain in 44 degree weather.

We then think we get there, but the address doesn't match up and the person my sister went inside to talk to was too busy and she left without confirming if they were the place or not. So we walk for another 5 or so mins to then realize that we did pass them and that they didn't know their own address. So back we walk and by this time the rain has dripped off our coats enough that our thighs and knees are now soaked through with rain.

So I'm miffed and make a snarky comment that he didn't hear and then proceded to narrowing down the details. Now, until today I thought we were just getting a gravestone for just my mom. But when we stopped by the first time I was informed that it was a three-person lot. So I thought up the words and something of design as we walked to in the rain away from and back to the place again.

We learned a few things. I learned that everyone gets ripped off by the cemeteries if they want a headstone. I don't know what the price is for other places, but where our mom is buried at, you have to pay $601for a foundation to hold up the headstone. At worst, that bill should be $100 and then they mock you by giving you the bill of $601. 01! Like we know it's an outrageous number, but just so you know it's outrageous, here is an extra dollar to show we don't care.

So after the design and stone picking the grand total is somewhere around $2700. It could have been $300 cheaper if we didn't get a stone that needed to be imported. But we didn't get to pay for it then and there because my sister's bank app wasn't working to let her transfer the money. And she didn't have the deed, and she needed to make sure if she wrote her name the same as what was on the deed. Sometimes she uses her middle initials sometimes she doesn't.

So after all that, we called an uber to take us back to the train station. We got all the way to the Path station and ran to use the bathroom. Then we got something to eat and took it with us to NJ to eat while watching a movie. Surprise, surprise. They were not showing 'The Shape Of Water' but 50 Shades was there of course. The place was actually busy. Every time I went before, it was just about a ghost town. Oh, I was going to watch Maze Runner instead. I'm not watching 50 Shades.

So we stand in a long line and make it to the front to hear the teller tell the person in front of us that they weren't accepting cards. Their internet was down. I just turned around walked to the exit. My sister said something to the teller and when she understood, she then told everyone in line that they were only accepting cash.

So. Back out into the pouring rain.

We called and Uber to take us home. And that is how our day ended. Sitting in the living room, eating food from Manhattan while watching DS9 on Netflix.

Well, almost. I was falling asleep and dropped my new iPhone. Well, it's new to me, but it's my sister's hand me down 6S. And I broke off the power cable pin in the phone. The phone is fine and I pulled it out ok, but now I have to get a new cable. So I ordered a set of three from Amazon just now. I'll get them on Tuesday. I'll just have to use the shorter one until then. It was a brand new 6 foot one that she got last Friday too.

Later


February 01, 2018

The Cops Knocked On My Door Again

Nope. A car didn't explode again.

Nope. It was not another car chase after a drug dealer.

Nope. No one was shot.

Someone was stabbed this time.

Be right back. ... maybe. My sister needs the computer for something.


1:19am - Back.

So what was I saying?

Oh yeah, cops knocking at my door.

Someone was assaulted next to my building and I saw part of it.

I'm fine. I didn't actually see the attack. I heard people shouting in the street. Too common over here. Then I heard this buzzing sound and got up to look at my new little heater that I just got last week and when it occurred to me that it sounded like a taser, I looked outside and saw a guy on the ground and another guy over him like he was checking his pockets for something.

There was a lady with him and she had something that had a red light to it. It could have been her phone for all I know. They left the guy on the ground and walked over to their house when I car left the driveway of the house they were in front of. The whole time he was shouting at the guy, who is still laying on the ground, that he would kill him if he came back into his house.

I looked around to see if I was the only one looking down on this and I wasn't. A few someones from across the street saw them too. So I figured enough people had seen at this point and that I didn't need to call the cops myself.

Then when I was about to leave, the guy came back out asking the man why he was still on the ground and that he wasn't hurt that bad. Then before he got too close he backed up and started shouting again how he would kill him if he came back into his house and that he paid for everything and he didn't want him going near his bitch, which I thought was odd he was calling his girlfriend that, and he went back inside.

For all I know the guy on the ground messed with his girlfriend and he beat him over it, and she was out there she wasn't ok with what he did to her.

Then I went back to watching tv and then I don't know how much longer it was before people were ringing my bell. I look outside and there are like 3 cop cars and an ambulance.

I went downstairs and hang out on the porch with my landlord. They woke him up it seems. I think he was a bit surprised to see the flashing lights when he opened the door. I talked with my landlord until the cops saw us and came over to ask if we saw anything. I gave them my short statement then came back upstairs. They then rang my bell again about 10 mins later to get my number. Then I actually fell asleep and they called my phone to wake me up, to come downstairs. They then asked, badly, for me to go with them to give an official statement.

I'm marveling at how my night is turning out and turn to come back upstairs to get dressed when the detectives came over. One of them takes my statement then and there while the other one talked to my landlord about getting a copy of what his cams caught.

Yeah, about two years back he got them at least two or so and stuck them on his house. I think there might be one on the porch too. I once joked about getting access to the field, but I haven't pressed for it.

That happened Monday night.

Oh. As the detective finished taking my statement, I saw snow falling behind her. It looked nice in an odd way. There were no more flashing lights and the only light I really saw was from the street lamp. The light on the porch had already gone out. All the lights in the stairwell and on the porch are turned on my motion and turned off by the lack thereof.


January 21, 2018

Still Coughing

I was sick back at Christmas, but I'm still coughing. I blame the bad job the windows are doing in my apartment. But all in all, I know that they are just old and need replacing. And perhaps baseboards would be a better way to heat a room then one radiator in one part of the room with a thermostat that turns itself off when it feels like it, even if that is right after you turn it on to get warm.

Anyway.

Because of this persistent cough that sounds like I have a chest cold, I've changed my standing order at Jamba Juice. I use to have the Greens 'n Ginger, now I'm ordering the Acai Super Antioxidant one because it comes with the zinc boost in. Now, slightly oddly, I'm drinking hot ginger tea. Perhaps it's the heat that makes all the difference.

Everything coming out Jamba is cold or near frozen or crushed ice. Which is one of the reasons I didn't go near them when we were in our deep freeze.

Other than that, I thought I broke my frames the other day. I picked up my glasses and was cleaning the lens when one popped out. I thought, "Great. I haven't started to pay for these things yet and I've already broken it. At least I got insurance replacement on them."

So I packed up my old pair in case anything happened to them and I couldn't use them for awhile. But I was able to get the lens back in the frame and use them during work, on Friday, until I got them looked at after my shift. Lucky me they weren't broken. Just a loose screw. I also had her look at some other glasses I had gotten ages ago but never used because they wrote a very wrong prescription for me and couldn't fix it.

It seems that just to get the lenses replaced is going to cost me about $400. For Pete sake. So I told her that I can't even think of getting them until I've paid off my current pair.

This is when I lost my hat. I think. I may have dropped it on their chair. It might have fallen out of my pocket on my way to them, or when I was leaving them. I just know that when I got outside and was looking for it to put on my head, it was gone. 

I left the house without my skirt on and had to buy jeans...

I was wearing something. Tights and sweats over that, but normally, I wore my skirt over that to work since it would just look horrible if I folded it to change into later.

Believe it or not, I wear a skirt at work. I always wear a skirt at work. I have two blue skirts with pockets that I wear with my Tommy tops and that what I work in.

So this past Wednesday I was standing at my second bus stop and looked down to realize that I didn't have my skirt on. I couldn't wear my tights or sweats while on the clock so I had to buy something and the only place I knew I could find my size was Lane Bryant.

I really wanted a skirt, but I already knew it was the wrong season to find a skirt. I've been looking since September. So I looked at pants. Since they knew it was for work, they first showed me some dress pants, which I was far more ok about, except my top wasn't meant to work with something like that, so I had to get jeans. Well, that and the dress pants were a little too expensive for me.

So I changed and walked out the store wearing the jeans because I was no running late for work. Everyone got a kick out of seeing me in pants never mind jeans. At the end of my shift, when I was being counted out of the cash register, one of the guys took a pic of me. He wanted me to stand upright for the shot, but I won't humor him, so he got a picture of my jean-clad backside.

I did feel warmer with them under my sweats when I was going home. So one plus.

When I was finishing up my shift though, it felt as if they had gotten a little looser and I was pulling them up more than I should have been. Maybe I wasn't. Maybe I needed a belt. Maybe I might need to go down to a smaller size.

When I tried that pair on, I was wearing my tights. So I'm going to see if a smaller size without the tights fit me better and perhaps exchange them. 

January 19, 2018

Went to whole foods hungry again.


They were having a deal for two roasted hot dogs and tots for $10. I got one all beef and one vegan dog. One with sauerkraut and relish and one with pickled carrots and salsa.
It wasn't bad and it is worth the money. It's just that Whole Foods is an expensive place to be hungry. I only went there to get acorn squash and didn't find any.

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I lost my hat!

😭

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January 06, 2018

The Day Of The Storm...I Went To Work!


This is where I stood for about twenty minutes, with wind gusts, waiting for a bus that was late. 


This is where I got off the first bus to wait for the second bus. Normally there are more people around. 


Same stop, just looking back where I came from. 


Yep. It was almost only me on the bus on the way to work on the second bus. 




Yes, this is how I looked all the way to work. At the first bus stop, I was wiping frost, if not ice, from my glasses so I could see. 


I could have sworn that my nose was more covered than that. It must have been too cold for me to feel.

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The Day Of The Storm... The Mall Closed Early!







These shots are from the end of the day. Around 5-6pm.

The mall closed at 4 pm that day, but I left close to when my shift was suppose to end anyway at 5.

By the time I was leaving, there were still people who just didn't want to leave the mall and few of them tried to get into our store too. I do not understand this need to just spend money.