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Quick Update

Posted by Michelle G on 8/23/2006, 1:50 am

Hi Everyone
I hope you all are doing well as can be expected and this message finds you in good health . I am doing okay . I am still having quite a bit of issues from the hysterectomy . Found out that I have ORS and need a bladder lift badly. I am doing my best to battle through it though . I decided to start working and tried for the most demanding job I could find as a means to keep my mind off of all this health insanity. Unfortunately it has kind of backfired but I refuse to give up because I really do like the job. I am working as an executive manager for a very large retail store .... cannot say the name suffice it to say it is not Wal Mart .... and everyone loves to shop at this place they are based out of Minnesota so Sue that should give you a pretty good idea. None the less I am managing the guest services part which includes all cashiers ... jewelry salespeople ... cart attendants and team members who work in the returns department. I of course am not the only manager good thing is I get along with all the staff really well. I am training at an older store right now as we wait for our store to open up on Aug 31st and at that point we will start training all the team members on registers and what not for our official opening on Oct 2nd. I have never in my life been so exhausted I spend about ten hours a day on my feet running around helping out guests as well as any team member who needs help . Thing is I really do not mind it ... gets my mind off all my health problems because I am so busy and caught up in the moment to actually think of them.
Although this week my body basicicaly gave out on me. I had worked seven days straight and I was mentally and physically exhausted when on Saturday I was running to go help a guest out and I all of a sudden found myself out of breath and had a full blown asthma attack. I have not had one of those in about 19 years so it came as quite the suprise. My boss told me to go sit down and take a breather and when I felt up to it to come back out to the sales floor. So I did just that and somehow made it through the rest of the day. Well when Sunday rolled around I went to work and simply put I looked and felt like hell. I was sent home immediately. They were not trying to be mean about it but they were really scared that I was going to collapse on them. I went to see the Dr and found out that I have pnuemonia .... I got a shot started taking my antibiotics and went back to work yesterday just to be sent home again. As they said they could not in good conscience let me work knowing the condition I am in . So as of now I am scheduled to back on Thursday and I feel terrible about missing work . I am losing out on precious training time and that really worries me. I know my boss is more concerned about me getting better so when the store does open I will be healthy and able to do my job . I just hope I can make up all of this training I have missed and it does not affect me adversly. I do have notes and justification from the Dr and they are the ones who told me to take it easy and not to push myself as they could not afford to have me sick come the end of the month . So I hope this does not hurt me as it is obviously not my fault and God forbid I give it to another employee of customer.
Well I guess that is about it ... we are putting our house up for sale as we do not want to live directly behind Wal Mart and houses in this area are selling like hotcakes even in this market so we need to strike while the iron is hot. We have already picked out a new home and have been approved for the loan. I am in love with this new house it is a two story four bedroom three bath and has a huge backyard. So our plan is to sell this one as soon as possible and by doing so being able to come up with the ten percent down payment on the new one . Even then we will be left with a nice chunck of change left as our property value jumped 14 percent this year as a result of all the retail stores moving so close to us. Our new house will not be ready till January or Feb so if we sell this one prior to that we will just have to rent an apartment on a monthly basis until it is time for us to move into our new house. I wanted to try and save some money in those months between selling this house and closing on the new one so I asked my in laws if we could stay with them and my mother in law flat out told me no. She told me that she thinks I am lying about working as she has gone to check up on me and I am never there when she goes. Well Duh I have an office I spend a lot of time in. None the less it is none of her business my husband knows I am working because he sees my paychecks . I do not know what she thinks I am doing besides going to work but I have an idea and it is revulting to me. I really have tried my best with her but she just down right hates me and today after she told me we could not stay at their house for a couple months to save some money I lost it and told her she was no longer welcome in my home .
For me it is all about preserving my sanity and she is doing all she can to circumvent that and I refuse to let that happen . She hates me to the core of my being and she makes no bones about it. I mean we have had many differences throghout the years but accusing me of not working and lying to my husband and asking me for proof that I actually am working .... well that is where I draw the line and have decided to stay away from her for good and she is not allowed to see my children either so lets see how she likes that. I know that sounds harsh but she is a bad influence on them anyhow. She is the most cynical depressed person I have ever met in my life and she takes it out on those who love her and I am sick of her abuse and this time I am putting my foot down and that is final .
Okay enough family drama I just needed to vent .... Sue I posted a message on the Birthday Club board as my birthday is Aug 27th and I did not realize I had never posted prior. Kendra I did notice that our birthdays are a day apart ... so do you like being a Virgo? I really do not believe in astrology I just think it is fun.
Well better run need to get some rest... Oh just one question for you all. Do any of you gals take Ambien for sleep? I ask because I was put on it after the hysterectomy because I was not able to get any sleep . Thing is it does not work for me at all and I find that to be the strangest thing. I am on the CR 12.5 and it does absoltely nothing for me . I am better of taking a couple Benadryl . Just wondering if you all have had any success with this medication .
Well have a good rest of the week and I will try to post more often just hard now with this new job and all.
God Bless You All
Love
Michelle G