Work last night was great, for a thursday night. Great patient, went up to 14 for my 30min break, came down and strecthed out. Really good. Somehow i was tired by morning.
Went to the new hospital for the one hour tour and i was just dragging. Even these senior RNs who worked in the rehab floor and had 10patients were walking so fast, i was amazed. All in all, my feet hurt. A little surprised considering i wasn't running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.
Anyway, i got home, decided to mail my check to TBR ( original plan was to send it through the hospital's mail chute but i forgot the check at home.) Considering i cruised controlled down 95 home, i decided i was too tired to drive to the post office which is about 2 -3 blocks away. So i decided to walk to the mailbox by the 7 eleven.
Wore my skechers shape-up boots for the first time and boy, oh boy, i did not feel the pressure on my legs and thighs. I think i hurt because i place the weight on my sole because the skechers shoe puts the weight somewhere in the middle and i actually enjoyed walking to the mailbox and back. I didn't want to stop walking. I paid $49 bucks for these black ones and $44 for the brown ones i ordered yesterday at 70% off. I'm sure the timberland boots i wanted will be good but considering the comfort of these skechers, i'm glad i went with them.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Shameful encounter
So i'm back from work, instead of going straight to bed, i make breakfast and watch psych. When that's done, i start to surf aimlessly and somehow i check chase's website. I see 2 charges for $12.71 from target. Without thinking further, i say to myself "i've been charged twice for the crockpot and mixer." So I leap out of bed and drive straight to target. Mind you it's almost 11am.
I get to target and tell the poor young fellow i've been charged twice. He talks to someone over the phone but the person tells him he can't find the transaction. I tell the fellow i also want to exchange the slow cooker since the bottom is scratched. I keep waiting, grab the new cooker, come back and keep waiting.
So i get impatient, very impatient. And start telling the guy it would take 30seconds to clear this up with chase instead of waiting hours. Then i ask if the person we're waiting for is coming. No response. Then i start pacing, impatiently. Then i tell the guy, to just do the exchange i'll go through chase. At this point i'm irrate because i've been waiting for forever and talking loudly, not loud as in yelling but... Anyway, i still wait and i'm more irrate because the guy seems to be doing other stuff and i feel like i'm being ignored. So he tells me i bought i curling iron and i go "i didn't buy a curling iron! Can you pull the receipts instead of having me stand here. i have slept since yesterday." Not in that exact order but i did say those things at different points.
For a second, I pause to think and ask myself, did i purchase anything else from target besides the pantene for $4 and the black friday deal? It starts to dawn on me that i may have purchased the kinky curly that day. To avoid disgrace,i tell the poor fella to check the cooker out and that i'll leave right away, i can't wait any longer. Guy ignores me still, goes about his business while i stand and wait. Then when the person finally shows up, he's pulled the receipts and tells me the two $12.71 charges aren't for the same thing. Lo and behold, i did buy the kinky curler knot today that same afternoon and i believe i paid $11.99 for it which also adds to $12.71 with tax, just like the crockpot and mixer. To conceal my embarassment,which i didn't show, i just kept on acting angry, got the exchange for the cooker and stormed off.
Shame on me! I kept saying to myself how much shame i feel and how guilty i feel for my awful, awful, disgusting behavior. I totally regret the behavior and if there's anything beyond shame, it's exactly what i feel. I made someone's workday misreable as a result of my stupid ignorance and impatience. I did not take a second to think when i saw the transaction online. All i did was jump out of bed and head out. And then i went to the store and prolly made the poor fellow feel bad although as i type right now, i feel like he has my attitude of tuning out whinny patients because he didn't seem to care that much and only seemed to not wait to get rid of me.
Nevertheless, a little patience would have benefited me. Taking a 2nd look would have saved me the gas, time and energy of driving to the store as well as the shame. A nicer attitude and i would've been a pleasant person to deal with and while my impatience could be due to the fact that i wanted to run there and run back quickly to sleep, maybe i shouldn't do stuff like this on no sleep, just so i don't appear rude. I kept apologizing to God all the way home and was appalled at my shamelessness. Had i been pleasant and calm, i could've easily admitted my fault and apologized. I've seen people do that when they laugh and say "my bad, i thought it was such and such..."
Lesson learned is be pleasant always even if you think those you're dealing with have wronged you and you are in the right. Be patient with others and be considerate of others. Lord i've been in situations where i feel patients/+ their families were impatient or inconsiderate and i found that very hard, stressful and just annoying to deal with. And here i am being an awful customer. Yes, the guy may have taken forever, the poor fellow was prolly ignoring me to deal with me but that didn't mean i had to act all annoying and irrate.
Lord, please help me to be pleasant and patient always when dealing with my fellow humans. And please forgive me and i hope the poor fellow finds it in his heart to forgive me. That said, it's gonna take me a while to set foot in this target. I know the last time i went there was over a year ago and after this annoying behavior that even i wouldn't put up with, Christe eleison.
I get to target and tell the poor young fellow i've been charged twice. He talks to someone over the phone but the person tells him he can't find the transaction. I tell the fellow i also want to exchange the slow cooker since the bottom is scratched. I keep waiting, grab the new cooker, come back and keep waiting.
So i get impatient, very impatient. And start telling the guy it would take 30seconds to clear this up with chase instead of waiting hours. Then i ask if the person we're waiting for is coming. No response. Then i start pacing, impatiently. Then i tell the guy, to just do the exchange i'll go through chase. At this point i'm irrate because i've been waiting for forever and talking loudly, not loud as in yelling but... Anyway, i still wait and i'm more irrate because the guy seems to be doing other stuff and i feel like i'm being ignored. So he tells me i bought i curling iron and i go "i didn't buy a curling iron! Can you pull the receipts instead of having me stand here. i have slept since yesterday." Not in that exact order but i did say those things at different points.
For a second, I pause to think and ask myself, did i purchase anything else from target besides the pantene for $4 and the black friday deal? It starts to dawn on me that i may have purchased the kinky curly that day. To avoid disgrace,i tell the poor fella to check the cooker out and that i'll leave right away, i can't wait any longer. Guy ignores me still, goes about his business while i stand and wait. Then when the person finally shows up, he's pulled the receipts and tells me the two $12.71 charges aren't for the same thing. Lo and behold, i did buy the kinky curler knot today that same afternoon and i believe i paid $11.99 for it which also adds to $12.71 with tax, just like the crockpot and mixer. To conceal my embarassment,which i didn't show, i just kept on acting angry, got the exchange for the cooker and stormed off.
Shame on me! I kept saying to myself how much shame i feel and how guilty i feel for my awful, awful, disgusting behavior. I totally regret the behavior and if there's anything beyond shame, it's exactly what i feel. I made someone's workday misreable as a result of my stupid ignorance and impatience. I did not take a second to think when i saw the transaction online. All i did was jump out of bed and head out. And then i went to the store and prolly made the poor fellow feel bad although as i type right now, i feel like he has my attitude of tuning out whinny patients because he didn't seem to care that much and only seemed to not wait to get rid of me.
Nevertheless, a little patience would have benefited me. Taking a 2nd look would have saved me the gas, time and energy of driving to the store as well as the shame. A nicer attitude and i would've been a pleasant person to deal with and while my impatience could be due to the fact that i wanted to run there and run back quickly to sleep, maybe i shouldn't do stuff like this on no sleep, just so i don't appear rude. I kept apologizing to God all the way home and was appalled at my shamelessness. Had i been pleasant and calm, i could've easily admitted my fault and apologized. I've seen people do that when they laugh and say "my bad, i thought it was such and such..."
Lesson learned is be pleasant always even if you think those you're dealing with have wronged you and you are in the right. Be patient with others and be considerate of others. Lord i've been in situations where i feel patients/+ their families were impatient or inconsiderate and i found that very hard, stressful and just annoying to deal with. And here i am being an awful customer. Yes, the guy may have taken forever, the poor fellow was prolly ignoring me to deal with me but that didn't mean i had to act all annoying and irrate.
Lord, please help me to be pleasant and patient always when dealing with my fellow humans. And please forgive me and i hope the poor fellow finds it in his heart to forgive me. That said, it's gonna take me a while to set foot in this target. I know the last time i went there was over a year ago and after this annoying behavior that even i wouldn't put up with, Christe eleison.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Back to searching
So my roommate left around 8am this morning so in essence, he gave me less than 12hrs of notice. i can't believe he was expecting some type of a refund. i took his check for the utilities to the bank today. he lived here for about 2 months, paid for 3, i think with the abrupt notice, he deserved nothing back. it's obvious he made his decision when he went home for the thanksgiving break. At least he could've called or emailed to inform me instead of walking from work, telling me "as of tomorrow, i'm gone and i'm not sure what you want to do about the rent."
In hindsight, i'm glad he refused me prorating his rent when he moved in. I'd offered to have him pay the prorate from the 22nd to the 30th of september and he decided he'll pay on the 21st to the 21st and i said fine. Had i prorated, he wouldn't have rent due till tomorrow and i'd be stuck with not being able to get rent from him. i'm also glad i made him pay utilities for the month he wasn't here because in that case, i got 2 months of utilities which is what he owed. I just think his reasoning was absurd.
Oh well, his money went towards paying december's rent so at least i'm good for a month. Hopefully, i find a good person by God's grace.
In hindsight, i'm glad he refused me prorating his rent when he moved in. I'd offered to have him pay the prorate from the 22nd to the 30th of september and he decided he'll pay on the 21st to the 21st and i said fine. Had i prorated, he wouldn't have rent due till tomorrow and i'd be stuck with not being able to get rent from him. i'm also glad i made him pay utilities for the month he wasn't here because in that case, i got 2 months of utilities which is what he owed. I just think his reasoning was absurd.
Oh well, his money went towards paying december's rent so at least i'm good for a month. Hopefully, i find a good person by God's grace.
Monday, November 29, 2010
more details
while folding laundry in my laundry room, my roommate starts of saying "part of the reason is my dad, and the other reason is the job down here." As i listened, he went on to explain that he doesn't work much and he's on making the rent to pay me so he's not making any money to cover bills back home and factor in the airfare, he's in the hole. I actually thought he works a lot, i mean for weekends when he's here, he works saturdays and sundays and he always works late, he's usually in after 10pm, normally close to 11pm. Do i think he makes $550 a month (which is rent and utilities)? No. But i do believe him when he says it's not what he expected it to be. Air fares cost about $200 round way (rough guesstimate) so twice per month is about 400 and i still think past that he should still have something left behind. Unless he means to say he makes $950 a month which i doubt. I mean when i worked at jeff as an externed i made close to that working 60hours per pay period. times when i did 72hours, i broke it.
he also went on to say part of the reason is that his boss told him today he's thinking about quitting. The part about the dad, i believe simply because he mentioned him being diagnosed with something a couple weeks back. The part about barely scraping rent to pay me, i don't believe.
I think a big factor is how hard it is for him. i know he mentioned it's hard for him and i know he's concerned about his wife which adds onto it. The last time he was saying something about how his wife has been doing something since he moved (can't remember the specifics) but i think it boils down to him rethinking the decision and realizing it's not worth it. I mean factor in being away from his wife and having to spend an extra $950 each month, i doubt if he's making more than he was making back in michigan at the end of the day.
The less than 12hour notice is ludicrous and plain absurd. i can't believe he was expecting some type of a refund.
Instead of being worried, i'm looking at the bright side and thanking God this happened at a time where i met my financial goals and don't owe ahm. That makes me very thankful to God. What will tomorrow bring? i don't know and i'm not going to worry about that. I'll just pray and commit it into the Lord's hands.
he also went on to say part of the reason is that his boss told him today he's thinking about quitting. The part about the dad, i believe simply because he mentioned him being diagnosed with something a couple weeks back. The part about barely scraping rent to pay me, i don't believe.
I think a big factor is how hard it is for him. i know he mentioned it's hard for him and i know he's concerned about his wife which adds onto it. The last time he was saying something about how his wife has been doing something since he moved (can't remember the specifics) but i think it boils down to him rethinking the decision and realizing it's not worth it. I mean factor in being away from his wife and having to spend an extra $950 each month, i doubt if he's making more than he was making back in michigan at the end of the day.
The less than 12hour notice is ludicrous and plain absurd. i can't believe he was expecting some type of a refund.
Instead of being worried, i'm looking at the bright side and thanking God this happened at a time where i met my financial goals and don't owe ahm. That makes me very thankful to God. What will tomorrow bring? i don't know and i'm not going to worry about that. I'll just pray and commit it into the Lord's hands.
l'il bit of a shocker?
So my roommate comes in today and says he's leaving tomorrow? Am i surprised he's leaving early? not really. What's shocking is that i didn't get a month's notice. What he said was i'm leaving tomorrow so i don't know what you want to do about the rent i gave you. I told him i needed 30 days notice. Beside, his cycle starts from the 21st and he's leaving the 30th. He's already been here 10days. I'm not sure how he expects a refund.
he said part of the reason why he's leaving is because his dad is dying. What's the other reason? he didn't say but i know sometime ago he mentioned how hard it is for him being away from his wife. My heart went out to him then and i think he tried. Truth of the matter is that it really is hard. Yes, he skypes with his wife and talks on the phone with her and goes home every other weekend but i think after being married and living with someone for a long time, it must be hard just leaving them to live somewhere else, even if it's temporarily.
The other thing that just popped into my mind as i write this is whether my attitude factors into it. I've not been the type of roommate to hangout a lot with him but in handsite, i think i've spent more time with him than i have with other roommates. I barely saw David, i think i spoke to him once in the house and saw him 2x outside while he was driving in front of the house back in philly. this roommate i've actually sat down to listen to him and had dinner at my dinner table. I just couldn't stand the unsolicited advice and made me resort to just saying hello and goodbye the few times i saw him or just being in my room so i wouldn't have to be out talking. I was also studying for this exam and didn't want to be interrupted while studying to come take a look at something.
Anyway, he was a good person. I saw him as hard worker and i hope it works well for him and his family back in michigan. Hopefully, he profited from working here. I think i'll miss him but oh well, things happen.
he said part of the reason why he's leaving is because his dad is dying. What's the other reason? he didn't say but i know sometime ago he mentioned how hard it is for him being away from his wife. My heart went out to him then and i think he tried. Truth of the matter is that it really is hard. Yes, he skypes with his wife and talks on the phone with her and goes home every other weekend but i think after being married and living with someone for a long time, it must be hard just leaving them to live somewhere else, even if it's temporarily.
The other thing that just popped into my mind as i write this is whether my attitude factors into it. I've not been the type of roommate to hangout a lot with him but in handsite, i think i've spent more time with him than i have with other roommates. I barely saw David, i think i spoke to him once in the house and saw him 2x outside while he was driving in front of the house back in philly. this roommate i've actually sat down to listen to him and had dinner at my dinner table. I just couldn't stand the unsolicited advice and made me resort to just saying hello and goodbye the few times i saw him or just being in my room so i wouldn't have to be out talking. I was also studying for this exam and didn't want to be interrupted while studying to come take a look at something.
Anyway, he was a good person. I saw him as hard worker and i hope it works well for him and his family back in michigan. Hopefully, he profited from working here. I think i'll miss him but oh well, things happen.
speedreading
I signed up for my reading lab earlier this month and i like it. i was led to believe that everyone gets a lexile diagnostic in the beginning. That part is a lie. It looks like it's only those enrolled in instructor-led courses and i say this based on the fact that i'm enrolled to work on my own and i don't have the option of taking a lexile diagnostic. This defeats most of the purpose of buying it because i'd like to know how i'm improving as i work through the program and if i can't measure that, how do i know if i've improved?
I think if they had it available for independent workers, they'll probably have peopl3 in schools where myreadinglab isn't used sign up to work independently.
By not having the lexile measure available to measure progress, i don't think myreadinglab is worth the amount paid. Why? because you can improve your comprehension with tons of exercise at towsendpress.com for free. If you want to know how to find the main idea? well,the book can tell you and then you can take the exercises.
For me, i purchased myreading lab to help my comprehension and have a way to measure improvement and since that isn't there, i personally wouldn't advise purchase considering you can find free resources out there.
So, in researching how to take a lexile diagnostic, i came across a teacher's syllabus from some school in missouri that uses the ultimate speed reader. Googled it but came up with other stuff. Acereader pro and reader's edge are the 2 that topped all the rest. Top 10 review rated my readers edge as #1 with Acereader pro as #2 but to me, they all received the same stars for virtually everything so they rank the same to me.
i read reviews on their actual websites and they both had great reviews. I also looked at amazon.com and Acereader has 5-star reviews. i was put in a dilemma saturday, all day sunday and couldn't decide. i downloaded the free version of acereader and i feel like just using it for that short maybe 30minutes tops put me in the 300wpm range. i've never read that fast before. Their comprehension exercises are 4 question only.It's cheaper than than the basic version of reader's edge.Personally, the impression i got was that it can increase your rate dramatically. I found their games challenging and fun. Reader's edge on the other hand was more expensive, had great reviews as well. They also had a sale for their pro version, it was selling for 74.97 (50%) off compared to $79.95 for their basic editon. Their comprehension tests offer more questions,i believe 6, compared to acereader. I also saw in their reviews, MCATers who'd used it and found it helpful. So, considering their prices are similar, which one do i buy?
i went out, came home, decided i'll get up before 1am to buy reader's edge but woke up this morning. i turned on this computer and boy am i glad i hibernated it. i still had my window open with the purchase page of readers edge on there showing the $74.97 price. Without thinking any further, i just clicked on purchase and paid for it. The only thing had me hesitate for a second was whether i should choose download or pay $7 to have the cd mailed to me ($7 is a ripoff). i ended up choosing the cd anyway because i'm hoping i can sell it to someone since the pro version can be downloaded unto 2 different computers. So $81.92 was the total. I'd looked at their facebook page and the best deal i'd seen there was them offering 20% off both versions so i thought the 50% off for their thanksgiving sale was a real deal. it wasn't posted on their facebook page though.
Is it worth it? I hope it is. i feel like unlike my reading lab where i can't measure my progress, this gives a graphical detail showing your progress. Plus i get to practice speed and comprehension at the same time. I paid abut $12 more than i'd pay for ace reader (of course if i buy ace reader with cd shipping then that'll be $4 more. If it turn's out it's not worth it though, i'll pretend i had a pay a red-light ticket. They have a money back guarantee. I'll use if dilligently for the next 30days and see how much progress i make,if not much, i'll email them and get acereader. Like i said, i liked how acereader's interface was. i think the most cogent testimonial that got me to purchase reader's edge was the one from the MCATers. I'll post an update later.
I think if they had it available for independent workers, they'll probably have peopl3 in schools where myreadinglab isn't used sign up to work independently.
By not having the lexile measure available to measure progress, i don't think myreadinglab is worth the amount paid. Why? because you can improve your comprehension with tons of exercise at towsendpress.com for free. If you want to know how to find the main idea? well,the book can tell you and then you can take the exercises.
For me, i purchased myreading lab to help my comprehension and have a way to measure improvement and since that isn't there, i personally wouldn't advise purchase considering you can find free resources out there.
So, in researching how to take a lexile diagnostic, i came across a teacher's syllabus from some school in missouri that uses the ultimate speed reader. Googled it but came up with other stuff. Acereader pro and reader's edge are the 2 that topped all the rest. Top 10 review rated my readers edge as #1 with Acereader pro as #2 but to me, they all received the same stars for virtually everything so they rank the same to me.
i read reviews on their actual websites and they both had great reviews. I also looked at amazon.com and Acereader has 5-star reviews. i was put in a dilemma saturday, all day sunday and couldn't decide. i downloaded the free version of acereader and i feel like just using it for that short maybe 30minutes tops put me in the 300wpm range. i've never read that fast before. Their comprehension exercises are 4 question only.It's cheaper than than the basic version of reader's edge.Personally, the impression i got was that it can increase your rate dramatically. I found their games challenging and fun. Reader's edge on the other hand was more expensive, had great reviews as well. They also had a sale for their pro version, it was selling for 74.97 (50%) off compared to $79.95 for their basic editon. Their comprehension tests offer more questions,i believe 6, compared to acereader. I also saw in their reviews, MCATers who'd used it and found it helpful. So, considering their prices are similar, which one do i buy?
i went out, came home, decided i'll get up before 1am to buy reader's edge but woke up this morning. i turned on this computer and boy am i glad i hibernated it. i still had my window open with the purchase page of readers edge on there showing the $74.97 price. Without thinking any further, i just clicked on purchase and paid for it. The only thing had me hesitate for a second was whether i should choose download or pay $7 to have the cd mailed to me ($7 is a ripoff). i ended up choosing the cd anyway because i'm hoping i can sell it to someone since the pro version can be downloaded unto 2 different computers. So $81.92 was the total. I'd looked at their facebook page and the best deal i'd seen there was them offering 20% off both versions so i thought the 50% off for their thanksgiving sale was a real deal. it wasn't posted on their facebook page though.
Is it worth it? I hope it is. i feel like unlike my reading lab where i can't measure my progress, this gives a graphical detail showing your progress. Plus i get to practice speed and comprehension at the same time. I paid abut $12 more than i'd pay for ace reader (of course if i buy ace reader with cd shipping then that'll be $4 more. If it turn's out it's not worth it though, i'll pretend i had a pay a red-light ticket. They have a money back guarantee. I'll use if dilligently for the next 30days and see how much progress i make,if not much, i'll email them and get acereader. Like i said, i liked how acereader's interface was. i think the most cogent testimonial that got me to purchase reader's edge was the one from the MCATers. I'll post an update later.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Black Friday
I've been shopping at walmart a lot the last 6 or so months. i barely shop at target. i'll say 2x. the first cuz i was coming from work and needed to buy hot cocoa but didn't want to drive further down to walmart. The 2nd time was because i was so sick and needed the theraflu badly.
I saw the black friday ad for target and decided i'll go get the $3 toaster and return the one at walmart. I also planned on getting the $3 hand mixer. When i got there around a little close to 7am, the $3 deals were gone. One of the target sales associate mentioned people took 6 of them at time and they later found them in the aisles so they're bound to come back on the shelves. i walked out after 7:30 with just a pantene conditioner in hand.
I came home, looked online and decided to go to walmart after seeing their deals.walmart had a similar deal as target $3 deal but for $2.97 (the rival chopper, slow cooker and hand mixer). Target actually had the chopper, toaster and chopper for $3.
Anyway,i got to walmart and found the hamilton beach slow cooker for 14.88, savings of $1.12. It was a 5 quart cooker but maybe they were out of the $9.97 5qt one they'd advertised for. Their rival toaster was $6.36, down from $6.54. I actually purchased it for $6.54 a week ago and the difference was insignifcant so i didn't see the need to buy it and return with my other receipt. I walked out of walmart with nothing in hand. To me, walmart deals were no deals.
In the end, i walked out of target with a $3 mixer and a $8.99 hamilton beach slow cooker. Total was $12.97, tax included. Last month, i was looking for a slow and the best i found at walgreens was $14.99 but i had to pay $19.99 and send in for a $5 rebate which is something i tend to forget to do so i gave up. From where i stand, i got what i wanted for a really good price.
I saw the black friday ad for target and decided i'll go get the $3 toaster and return the one at walmart. I also planned on getting the $3 hand mixer. When i got there around a little close to 7am, the $3 deals were gone. One of the target sales associate mentioned people took 6 of them at time and they later found them in the aisles so they're bound to come back on the shelves. i walked out after 7:30 with just a pantene conditioner in hand.
I came home, looked online and decided to go to walmart after seeing their deals.walmart had a similar deal as target $3 deal but for $2.97 (the rival chopper, slow cooker and hand mixer). Target actually had the chopper, toaster and chopper for $3.
Anyway,i got to walmart and found the hamilton beach slow cooker for 14.88, savings of $1.12. It was a 5 quart cooker but maybe they were out of the $9.97 5qt one they'd advertised for. Their rival toaster was $6.36, down from $6.54. I actually purchased it for $6.54 a week ago and the difference was insignifcant so i didn't see the need to buy it and return with my other receipt. I walked out of walmart with nothing in hand. To me, walmart deals were no deals.
In the end, i walked out of target with a $3 mixer and a $8.99 hamilton beach slow cooker. Total was $12.97, tax included. Last month, i was looking for a slow and the best i found at walgreens was $14.99 but i had to pay $19.99 and send in for a $5 rebate which is something i tend to forget to do so i gave up. From where i stand, i got what i wanted for a really good price.
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