OH My Aching Feet

So I worked wed-fri last week. My boss wasnt there one day so I had to do most of the stuff on my own..holy crap! I can't believe they let people with NO experience fill prescriptions LOL They are checked by the pharmacist..so it's not like the wrong meds would go out!

On the weekend we went to the mainland for the memorial for fallen peace/police officers. It was at the peace arch. Lots of uniforms and bagpipes..It was a nice memorial. My parents and my sister and her husband came with me to watch. We had a nice mini visit while there. Saturday night was stayed at the pink palace..they had a transvestite convention at our hotel..lol it was pretty hilarious.. my dad was in the lobby and he was like.. was that a man or a woman? man that was a good looking woman for a guy!

I worked yesterday and today. My boss wasn't there again today.. and I was alone filling prescriptions..its not soo bad..but when youre new and you dont know what things are or where to find them you run around trying to figure it all out and you are on a deadline and then the pharmacists give you more prescripts AFTER you have already sealed the boxes and the delivery guy is waiting to pick up the boxes..UGH! But it is a great job and challenging.. but I couldnt imagine doing it all day!! They say working in a pharmacy is very stressful..now i believe it.. but i thrive on chaos and I am great at multi tasking :)

my feet are killing me and I am tired.. I need to do laundry but it will have to wait til the morning!

Update

So the day before yesterday I went for my job interview.. I was so nervous but after about 5 mins of talking I was relaxed. I was told that they would let me know the next day. After I had been home about 2 hours I got a call. I was sure he was going to tell me that they went with someone else but he said we would like to offer you the job!!! I was like.. really! that is GREAT! Inside I was shitting bricks though :P He said, when can you start and I said tomorrow!

So yesterday I took the bus to town.. I was a bit early so I waited at the library for a bit and I was starting to freak out a bit.. panicking.. etc.. I had to do a lot of self talk!! Then I just put one foot in front of the other and entered the bldg!

I was introduced to everyone. For such a small place it was abuzz with people!
Well what an experience and much more involved than I figured. I was told I would just be starting off slow, cleaning, stocking shelves etc. But I took to my training right away and I was filling prescriptions after an hour being there. I am sure my medical transcription helped with that.

So basically what I do is, I help the pharmacy technician.. A really nice man named Wayne. It is a compounding pharmacy which means they make a lot of the meds on premises. They service a lot of the nursing homes in the area so a lot of the job is filling those prescriptions, then packing them all up on a time limit so the couriers can come and pick them up. So there is a lot of checking and rechecking. They also have individual customers and they stock items for walk in customers but they don't do much business that way. When the orders are all done then I have to go into the recycle room and I have to dispose of the half used meds. I have to black out all the names on the old boxes..and pour the other half used ingredients into the recycle bin they use.

I also have to do some clean up and recycling of paper etc.
I think I will really like this job. My feet are killing me cus I was on them on a concrete floor for 4 hrs straight..but it was challenging and I finally feel like I am using my brain :)

Gotta Get Off My Duff

I have been looking for a part-time job lately. Yesterday I was on Craigslist and I saw a job for a Pharmacy Assistant and I thought, what the hay! So I sent in my resume, and low and behold, today I got a call asking me to come in and interview!!! So I am off to do so at 1 pm.
I am nervous but excited. It would be the perfect job for me. It is M-F :)
Cross your fingers for me!

Videos

http://apps.new.facebook.com/dogbook/album/viewvideo/?videoid=31134
my dog piper

me getting my nose pierced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrW0h_j7opM

Update!

Barry is going to be starting a new post in his job, which means a regular shift, no more night shifts.YIPPEE! We are going to be going to the mainland in a couple weeks for a parade at the Peace Arch.

Next week is my 45th birthday! UGH! Not sure how we will celebrate.

The Brat started highschool last week, she seems to be liking it ok so far.

Just some random pics!

Once again been pretty busy!

We got a DOG! His name is Piper Ramsay Rhodes! He is a shih tzu! He is about 1 and a half. He is such a fun dog. He is house trained.. and he is a quick learner so he is learning lots of new things.

He is such a big sucky. He sleeps in our bed :) We are so happy that we got him :)

Pics

my hubbys new tattoo

my new piercing

Jordan, Kaitlin, Dakota..

its kinda blurry..ugh


My early birthday present from my husband. He got someone to draw this for me :)

Chris Cornell

phew..update

I realise it's been quite a while since I updated.. sorry bout that..
lots been going on.. had lots of company.. :)
We did get married on the morning of 8.8.8 ..on a dock overlooking the ocean.. just a few close friends and some family attended :) It was romantic and I cried like a baby ..lol :)

hmm what else? OH Barry got a tattoo.. and I got my nose pierced ..woohoo!

Life is pretty much back to normal.. haven't been doing the WW but I have managed to stay about 2-3lbs above where I was at..so nothing drastic.

You can tell fall is approaching..ugh! Actually I like the fall..but my 45th birthday is approaching as well..oh well Beats the alternative huh?

I will be adding new pics soon. My laptop crapped out on me so we bought a new one, I just have to get a graphics program on here so I can edit my photos.

love n hugs

Life in Perspective

There has been a tragedy in the family... it brings life into perspective... Some things are not worth worrying yourself over. Live life to the fullest. Give love 100%, and don't let the assholes get you down.

I've read the latest installment on my so called ex best friend's blog, and she has further slagged me. I actually found it entertaining. I won't be reading it anymore.,. I prefer non-fiction!

Update

Had a busy week/end. Had a nice Canada Day. We took a blanket to the waterfront to watch the fireworks. It was short but sweet. We had a bunch of good laughs while we waited for the show to begin.

This past week I did some soul searching and decided to do something that I had been wanting to do for a long time. I revealed my hurt and anger to my "supposed" best friend who had been bringing me down for quite a long time and I decided to just let it be but then I couldn't stand all he negativity so I said something which in turn resulted in her pretty much going apeshit on me. I won't go into details. I basically banished her from my life. Even my 14 y4r old could see how petty and negative this friend was being. I just blocked her emails and won't be in contact with her again. I am a bit sad because I thought we were friends for life but I realized she wasn't a real friend when she just couldn't be happy for me. It's sad when someone is so negative and their life is so lame that they can't be happy for others. She can hide behind her false declarations that she has so many friends and such a happy life but I know better! She used to spend all her spare time with me.. oh ya.. she was just using me to be near someone else.. silly me. I keep forgetting!

If she reads this, yes I read your blog.. and if you think I didn't catch your digs, then you're even more sad than I thought! At any rate, nothing you say hurts me because I consider the source!

now go take on the day!~

Just Stuff

It's beautiful out today.

Mount Baker, you can see it from our living room window!
Kaiti and I went for a long walk, got all sweaty then went for coffee at our favorite local place. Barry has been working a lot of OT to save up for the wedding.

We finally have our venue booked. We will be going to take a look at it and I will post some pictures :)

Kaiti and her signature look LOL

One of my favorite things :)

A bald eagle in a tree behind our house :)

The Rock

This past weekend we went to White Rock to visit my parents. We hung out, went to some garage sales, hit the casino (I won $300) and went to my sister's for a bbq! Here are some recent pics.

Mom and Barry

Dad

Barry and Kaiti on the ferry

Kaiti

Officer Rhodes

Barry and Abby

Kaiti and Abby

Me and my mom

My sister Dayna and her husband Dave

Just Some Pics

update

So the next morning the allergist's office calls and leaves a messages on my phone. They said, Oh we sent in for your serum on monday! So I am wondering ..why did they wait til this monday to order it when I saw the allergist like 3 weeks ago? Somebody dropped the ball! They expect it to be in their office for pick up on the 23rd. Just in the nick of time. Today I was suffering badly from allergies. Probably because we were visiting the horses, then playing with Abby the dog, and I was doing laundry at the same time and I am highly allergic to the lint that comes out of the lint duct..ugh! So tonight I finally broke down and bought some allergy meds and wow, it knocked me out.. I fell asleep for a couple hours, I was so dopey. It also gave me an upset belly.

This past week was Barry's parents 52nd Anniversary. We bought them some hanging plants.

One day Kaiti and I came home and found this poor little Chickadee sitting on our deck. I think it may have flown into the window and stunned itself. When we tried to pick it up it just flew away.

Barry and I finally found a spot to get married. Under this beautiful tree overlooking the water in Oak Bay. We bought our wedding bands, now to get our invitations sent out and buy our marriage license. We are hoping to go away for the weekend, rent a cottage or something and then a few months after the wedding in the off season, go to the UK :) We are so happy. I have never been in love like this. It is an amazing feeling.

Ticked Off

I am ticked off. A couple months ago I went to the doc to see about allergy testing..as I've mentioned. Well they referred me to a doc and they faxed the info to them. After a month they still hadn't recieved word back from the allergist. Finally they responded and set up an appt. I went, and they said they would call the following monday. NOPE, I waited two weeks. I called and they acted like they had no idea what was going on and they asked for my number and said they would call me right back.. so now it's two days later.. NADDA! So I call and get their damn machine so I left ANOTHER message to call me.. we will see what happens.. dang I could have been on the serum for over a month already!

This Doesn't Surprise Me

I have always said I am a throwback to the 50's! This test proves it now :P

84 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Superior Take the test!

Meet the Parents

This past weekend Barry and my parents met. My parents came over from the mainland for the night and we had a family bbq! It went well and we all had a great time. The food was DEElicious!




I need to get a life. Barry was frying eggs and when I went to wash the pan I saw this.. !! which is amazing because Barry wants to get a bull just like this tattooed on his shoulders! Too bad I ate it, cus we could have sold it on ebay? LOL snort

Birthday and Such

Kaitlin turned 14 yesterday! I feel so old knowing my baby is that old! We took her to the mall to eat and to the book stores so she could pick up her fav manga books. She ended up spending about $60 but at least she is happy. As of today she has already read 5 of them!!! sheesh.. READ MUCH.. wonder who she gets that from?


My one lily of the valley has beautiful bells on it now. The rest haven't bloomed at all. Wonder if they will this year or if I will have to wait til next year?

On Wednesday I went for allergy testing. I have had asthma and allergies for years and have never been able to get a doctor to put me on serum so I can feel better, but finally I found one here and as I knew, I have severe allergies. I will be starting the serum soon. I can't wait. I would really love to get a dog. My most severe allergies were to grasses, horses, dogs, cats, molds, dust, trees and a few foods.


Just a few pics from our weekend :)



the whole matching shirts thing was coincidental LOL and he wasn't smiling cus he was driving and I just snapped a pic.. god I look like hell!