Traci's Journal

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So I finally have gotten my self a job! Doing something I really love, working with kids, Im a nanny by trade, but a while ago my bf and his roommate had a idea, and they shared it with me and that was I should start my own daycare. So when I lost my job back in May, then the job I was supposed to start in August, I started looking into daycares and preschools. Even though I love the one on one time of nannying, I love working with multiple children too. So when I interviewed for a assistant position at a daycare and they offered me the job, I took it. The lady is wonderful very outgoing. And has a bunch of great kids who have already become attached to me. My first day was great. I got off early cause she had said she only wanted me half day the first couple days. That’s fine with me. More chance for me to do more around the house. She told me when I interviewed I would need to be TB tested, get fingerprinted and she would give me the card to do so, and also get my cpr certification back. No problem. She asked when I would get that done, and I said ASAP. I can go to my moms office to get the TB test since I will get it for free from there, it would just be a all day thing since my moms office is down in San Diego. And I could do it on Friday as with getting my fingerprints at the same time I just need to get the card from her, and she tells me, You don’t already have this done. You don’t already have your finger prints, how did other family’s run background checks on you, and I said by my SSN no one has ever fingerprinted me. And all my background checks have come back clean and she could ask my former family’s if she wanted. And she didn’t like that I was going to get my TB test done at my doctors office. Where I have been going for over 20 years, where im known, and yes my mom does happen to work there. That’s just another plus. So im trying to get all this stuff done. And today she tells me one of the parents said they think im overwhelmed, and that I should just do half days. Ok, I guess, aside from the fact that none of the parents have met me yet. I will admit, Im kind of shy at first, but im still getting used to things and get ahold of the routine. But im defiantly not overwhelmed. If I was I would say something. But I love my job, I love that im not bored. And that I have other adults around me. Another thing is, that they also speak Italian, and today a lot of the time they were talking they were speaking in Italian, and I felt as though they were talking about me. I mean at least give me a chance to prove myself. This is my passion and I love kids, and when you hired me, you knew I was coming into this learning. Also. AHHHHH im just gonna scream.

 

I got another thing going on too. My fuckin car loan company took WAY more out of my checking account than they were authorized to. So they overdrew me. And I got charged a overdraft fee. I called and complained and they said you authorized it. And I said no I didn’t I authorized the 230.72 and if that wasn’t good enough then I would just pay by mail. I called my bank also and they are WAY more helpful than Citifinancial. ASSHOLES!

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Well a LOT has gone on in the past couple weeks, I will start from today and go backwards HAHA. Anyways. Finally at last I HAVE A JOB!! Its about damn time. I am working for a family in Encinitas, and I couldn’t be happier there, they treat me really good. They have a 8 week old baby girl. The day that I accepted the job, I received 5 more job offers, I guess when it rains it really does pour. I can now finally get back on track and pay my past due bills and FINALLY BUY MY TIRES (haha only one person bugs me about this haha) Anyways, the family treats me really good, They DVR the shows I like in case I want to watch them the next day, buy all the food and drinks I like, so I don’t have to go out and buy lunch everyday or bring it with me. And She pays for me to get my nails done which is most awesome; She said the key to her baby being happy is my happiness!

Last weekend was Jennifer’s Christmas party, she took me her favorite sister and so far the best damn date she has taken to one of these functions. Her Christmas party was held at the Radisson in downtown San Diego. We were treated to a dinner show called Joey and Maria’s Italian wedding, and it was by far the best show I have ever gone to. The dress was semi formal/ wedding attire so I went out and bought a new dress and I looked damn good, I just forgot to get a picture, oh well I am wearing the dress again on new years and I will for sure take a picture then. After the show was over there was a raffle, and I won a 50$ gift certificate to Best buy! I was really happy! And now to the fun part of the night (like the night wasn’t already fun enough haha) This actually starts at the beginning When we pulled up to the Radisson, we checked the parking garage’s vehicle height to make sure we would fit since we were driving Beauty (the Excursion) cause we were supposed to bring a lot of people with us, but only ended up only having 4 in the car with us. We get up to the parking attendant and notice that the driveway to the parking garage is kinda narrow, but he says absolutely no problem just pull in the mirrors or we could park in the basement, I said no we will go up since the basement height is only 6’8” and the garage height is 8’2” we pull in the mirros and head up the narrow driveway to a very sharp turn, we made up and around the turn very carefully, backing back down and out was not a option as we had 2 cars behind us. We drive around and find no parking except all the handi-cap parking is empty there is a second level of parking so we go to go up that, and EHHHH NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. The height was 6’5” and even narrower than the last to where it was hard for regular compact cars to get up. This is also where we discovered the Exit ramp. We backed up and went and parked in Handi-Cap parking and left a note. We knew it would be impossible for them to tow us since getting a tow truck up there would be even harder. Than getting our car up there. And it would make it impossible for them to get it out. When it was time to leave I handed our friends hubby the keys and told him to get us outta there cause there was NO WAY I was attempting to get us out of there, there would have been damage done to the car possibly. It took us about 15 –20minutes to get the car turned and lined up with the exit ramp and we were outta there, then we switched drivers and I drove home, it was scary. And when we were out we all breathed a HUGE sigh of relief. And then the next day promptly called the Radisson and complained that the garage attendants should know exactly what size of cars can fit in the garages. Instead of saying yes to all cars, to try, and make his commission.

Thanksgiving was spent up in Maricopa at my Aunt and Uncles house. It was so much fun, My sister and I left on Wednesday night. We drove Beauty (the Excursion) up there. The drive was not bad at all. It took us the usual 5 hours. We only hit a couple spots of traffic One spot we were stuck in for 45 minutes to go 5 miles, the others we were stuck no longer than 15 minutes. We got there about midnight, we tried playing a practical joke on everyone but it backfired on us. My cousins and I all had a blast, on Thursday we went out to the field and flew the plane, then we went inside and stuffed ourselves silly with food! After that we went to the hospital to see grandma June, then it was back home to play a really intense game of JENGA! Friday, all us girls went out and did a couple things and went to visit grandma June, Then Friday night all us kids went to Riley’s Bar to drink and Dance (except I did no drinking cause I was DD as usual). Saturday we said goodbye, to half our family they all headed back up to Nor Cal since they had a way longer drive and more family to see. Saturday we ran errands with my cousin then we met our parents for dinner at this YUMMY restaurant. Then it was back to my aunt and uncles house to sit in the Jacuzzi and just veg on the couch and watch movies. Sunday we made out trip home.

The weekend before that I went and stayed with a friend of mine and again he treated me to an awesome awesome time, when ever I hang out with him I end up having a lot of fun with him. We drank watched movies ate popcorn, and the rest is left to us. Saturday I went to Chuck E Cheese for my friend Sonnia’s son’s birthday, they weren’t serving any alcohol to anyone, so we made a trip next door to Hana for some sake bombs. Then it was back to the mouse’s house for a ski ball tournament, yah we made the little kids mad cause all us adults took it over but hey, were allowed to have fun once in a while right!

My Parents are going out of town this weekend to go see my Aunt and Uncle, My sister and I will be staying here and going out for her birthday. Dinner at Fridays then who knows what we are going to do. The next couple weeks will be filled with Christmas partys and holiday cheer, and new years. I hope every one has a Happy and Healthy Christmas, and a very Happy New Year.

So much has been going on, it’s literally made me tired and wanting to fall asleep extremely early some nights. I will start with the title of this post. Last weekend, we had to take Jennifer to the ER. I wont disclose that here; some already know what happened so if you know her you can ask her. But I will say everything is A OK! And she is fine. But we were there from 4am till almost 12pm. We got home and I took a quick shower then it was off to run errands with my mom. We got home ate dinner and at about 8pm, i took a bath, and i preceeded to fall asleep in there TWICE! That, clued me in that i should just get out and go to bed a few minutes later I was in bed sound asleep. Then I was awake the next day for an interview. That is getting on to the second thing I going to rant about!



Why is it that people cannot read? I mean seriously why even respond to my ad if I don’t meet your requirements. I clearly list what I am looking for. There is a reason I don’t want to work on the weekends. So don’t write me asking to work on the weekends. Also I am a human being, I do have a life I don’t want to watch your kids mon-sun for 5$ hour, I list mon-thurs 8-5 for a reason- that is the days & hours I want to work. Sure I can be flexible with my hours that’s no problem, my days, I can be semi flexible with those too, I can work some Fridays. No problem, but not every Friday- I do like to leave on the weekends sometimes. And don’t get pissed off at what I ask for wages. I charge a very reasonable price, go thru a nanny agency and you are going to be paying me 3-5$ more an hour. I wont complain. Going on interviews is getting frustrating too, I am getting sick of the families telling they really want me and are going to contact my references but never do, then never get back to me.



Ugg ok got that off my chest, this weekend was a good one my Aunt and Uncle came down. Friday night I went and watched movies with a friend of mine, Saturday I went shopping with my mom and aunt down in Encinitas. Saturday night we sat around the table talking, I made some triple fudge brownies for desert they were yummy. Today was a lazy day; I just sat around the house with the family.



I can’t wait for thanksgiving to be here, the whole family will be together YAY!! Only 2 more weeks. Ugg. I need a job car payment due and phone bill due… life sucks sometimes.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 5 years. I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I was sound asleep in my bed and the phone rang, my parents were carpooling that day. I saw on the caller id that it was my parents so I answered figuring it must be important and they hung up on me, that is what I thought at that moment. Little did know that cell service was going to start going crazy. Anyways I called them back. My mom told me to turn on the TV something had just hit the world trade center. It was breaking news. I did and I just sat there in awe tears streaming down my face, my mom was quiet, she told me she needed to call my sister. Just then the second plane hit. A little while later the plane hit the pentagon then flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. I cried for a long while, thinking about my family my aunt and uncle lived in New York at that time. But most of all I thought about all the people in those buildings. It was also my parents best friends birthday. My parent’s left for Reno that weekend, my sister was also out of town somewhere. I was alone that weekend. I was scared. Rusty had died earlier that year so I didn’t have her to keep me company. My parents came home to a really clean house. In the weeks that followed I participated in some memorials, the most memorable is the human flag, Me and my best friend are in the third red row, the coverage for that was world wide. Its also one of my favorite pictures and hangs proudly in my computer room. Or it will today when I hang it. Today is fitting for it. Today 5 years later…

WE GOT BEES!!!

Haha, woke up this morning to a backyard full of bees again. We have had this problem about 5 times before, to fix the situation all our birdhouses were filled with foam. Well this one some how most of the foam is gone. And we have bees in it again. MMM honey- though that’s probably not a good idea since there have been chemicals sprayed in there a couple times before. Hmm anyways here is pictures of the bees in the back yard. They will be taken care of next week probably Thursday since that’s my next day off. And our pest control company requires someone to be home for bee, wasp and hornet removal.

1. What kind of marks (grades) did you get in school? Pretty good grades, i was a B-C average.
2. Do you have any birthmarks? 2 One on my belly and the other on my arm that is just a patch of black hair.
3. Whats the story behind one of your scars? One on my elbow I got when Rusty decided to take off down the street and drag me along with her. Other one on my eyebrow, i had a brick thrown at me when i was 4 playing on the swing set by some older boys.
4.  What do you usually use to mark your place in a book? One of my book marks
5. What famous Mark do you most admire? Um what is that supposed to mean? is this like a place or something, if it is a place then i most admire Mt. Soledad in La Jolla.

When it rains it pours right. Sometime things just happen at the exact wrong time. I wake up today to find a tire on my Jeep flat. My dad says we will deal with it later since we had errands to run before my aunt and uncle got here. So I go to the tire place and they find the screw that I had found-But here is the kicker- the screw didn’t flatten my tire it was just barely in my tire- My tire was slashed. Yep slashed. And it was deep enough to only slowly let out air. So it held air long enough for me to get to big O tires. But then again I was only thinking it was a screw! So now I need to buy 2 new tires cause my other tire that has been sitting in my cargo area was damaged when it went flat last year ( yes I have been driving on my spare tire for almost a year now- but it’s a full size spare so that doesn’t really matter). They put the slightly damaged tire back on my car since the slashed on can go on there. And said that I shouldn’t drive long distances to keep it local and if I can just avoid driving on it at all till I can get a new tires. so yah my day was pretty shitty cause of that. So there goes at least 250$ on 2 tires on top of the car payment and cell phone bill. Ugg like I said when it rains it really pours. Life… we have to live it.

Ok so this is basically the only place I can talk about this. I cant post it in my myspace cause well the office manager of the place I used to work at is on my friends list. So here’s the story

At the beginning of may, May 1st to be exact I was told I was being laid off by the office manager- not fired laid off, her reason was cause business had been going extremely slow and they had no money and couldn’t afford me. No harm no foul, that’s what, was actually going on. She told me my last day would be at the end of the month... ok so I start looking for a new job. Well the end of the month comes and on my last day she tells me I was fired cause I was making mistakes and that I couldn’t file for unemployment. First off you can’t lay me off and give me my end date then on that date tell me I was fired and I couldn’t file for unemployment. You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do. You are able to file for unemployment if you have been fired or if you have been laid off. So anyways I file for unemployment they tell me I am going to get 98$ a week yay at least I am getting money, then I get a letter saying they want a phone interview with me. Ok so I do the interview and during it they tell me, that my former boss said that he fired me personally (he never said anything to me about it, just Thank you for your service Traci about 10 minutes before I left for the day on my last day) and he said he fired me cause I was making numerous mistakes. Granted they did tell me after working there for 5 months that I was making a repetitive mistake, but when I asked what that mistake was, the answer I got was well I don’t know, but your making mistakes. So they never could tell me what mistakes I was making which leads me to believe I wasn’t make mistakes at all, they were just looking for a reason to get rid of me since I was no longer needed and the office manager had decided to stay in California. Well unemployment sided with me in the whole matter and granted me my unemployment wages (and they even upped it too- to 204$ cause of a job I worked at one day catering said I was great haha I totally forgot about working there too) well my former boss didn’t like that they sided with me and they appealed the decision. I mean come on. You lied to unemployment and you got caught. Seriously it’s not going to hurt you, this is what you pay unemployment insurance for. If you wanted to fire me then on the 26th of may you should have said Traci I'm sorry but you are fired. And I mean you the owner not the office manager (who wasn’t even a good office manager horrible in fact) and you shouldn’t have had her tell me on the first of may that I was laid off- your mistake not mine. Anyways I am done ranting now. Gimme your opinions on what you think and oh yah, I will be going to the hearing and fighting this all the way.

Ugg so I can’t sleep, I haven’t been sleeping good the past week, and I don’t know why, I should be sleeping right now seeing as I have to get up in about 2 hours to hop on a plane to Bakersfield. Yes I am flying there, but only cause I am going up earlier than the rest of my family. So much has been going on lately. It’s kind of had me stressed out; maybe that’s why I'm not sleeping.

 

I celebrated my 28^th birthday a couple weeks ago and I had an awesome time. Thanks to all who celebrated with me. During my birthday weekend my sister and I went up to Hollywood for my cousin’s bachelorette party we all had a blast… even the bachelorette who was drunk before 6pm hehe. Pictures in my photobucket account if you want to take a look.

 

Other things that have been going on, I am currently on the hunt for a new job. I was laid off from my previous job, a job I happened to like very much. I won’t get in to this anymore here. You want to know what’s going on with that ask me because I just can’t discuss this stuff here.

 

My cousin is getting married next weekend to a wonderful man, I couldn’t be happier for her. I am going up there early to partially get away from here and to give her a hand in what ever she needs to get done. I cannot wait to get up there. My bags are all packed. But I’m going to be one tired person tomorrow seeing as it is 130am and I just can’t sleep. 

 

I had so much more that I wanted to write but I just can’t think of what it was that I wanted to write now. Oh well if it comes back to me I will add it or just make another blog in a couple weeks! Till then TTFN

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!!!

Well the week went ok, the end of the week was shitty On thursday I got pulled over, the cop was trying to give me a DUI when i hadnt been drinking at all and everyone else in my car had been. he gave me the sobriety tests and all and it freakin sucked. that was the last straw. im sick of being accused of being drunk and driving when im the sober one. i am no longer driving anyone, just myself. im done being responcible for everyone else. i should only be responcible for one person and thats me. anyways thats all

FINALLY, They cashed my check, who may they be? The DMV, My registration has been expired since January and I sent them my fees, then a MONTH later I get a letter saying I owe late fees cause it got to them past the dead line- there fault not mine, I sent it out early. so I send them a check for the late fees and they just now cashed my check over a month later, I need my damn registration. I really don't want to get pulled over. Or do I? ha ha. anyway's. everything is going good with me. just the same old same old. I am loving that the days are getting longer so much nicer! I cant wait to start laying out again without getting goose bumps from the cold.

Memorial weekend will be spent at the beach, we got a spot for the whole month of may! now my dad is trying to get us a spot for the 4th of July, that would be nice, then we wont have to pack up and drive away at midnight. I dunno why but i cant wait for this summer to come!

Till next time TTFN