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Mo, sounds like Strawberry is a good companion. My dog, Princess, has been trying to help me lose weight. She does this by getting on the top of the couch and climbing on my shoulder when I'm eating and licking my face to convince me to share. She's particularly fond of Ritz crackers with cheese in the middle.
I was so exhausted today that all I did was go to the post office & walmart to grab a few things. I'm supposed to cook tonight but my coordination is garbage. I had trouble getting my key in the lock at the post office and had trouble getting my card in the slot at the store.
Just heard from my friend- he found out the car he just bought has a broken K-member so the motor moves and hits the belt for the power steering & knocks it loose. Mechanic that put the belt in place had to know it so he must have been in on it with the seller to not tell my friend about the problem. If he can't get it welded together, it's a $550 fix. He's pretty upset about it. I was worried that something else was wrong with it, but I thought maybe I was just being slightly paranoid. I should have told my friend to walk. He would have listened to my advice. He's got a friend who can weld stuff so hopefully that will work. He's irritated with himself for buying it though. He can't afford the $550 to fix it since he had to pay taxes 3x (he had to pay to federal and two different states bc his employer is based in NJ-- but I think he shouldn't have to pay NJ if he lives & works here).
My brother got screwed by his employers as well. Someone essentially wrote him up so he got "points" for going home early when they set him home for being high on labor. They did it to make it so he had too many points to be able to transfer to another kitchen. All points used to clear after 6 months, but now they only clear 1 point every 3 months. He's tempted to quit and re-apply because he might be able to get re-hired in 2 months & his slate would be wiped so he'd start with zero points. He tried to argue with HR about it not being right for him to get points for being told to go home when high on labor, but they didn't care. There's no guarantee he'd get hired back if he quit & applied for another kitchen. They really need him in the one he's working at because they aren't training new people to work his shift. Oh, and he also can't change shifts while he has that many points & he's getting tired of the shift he's working because he ends up having to do the previous shifts work & having to stay at least an hour past when he should go home to finish everything. He's doing the work of 3 people.
He's also mad because I'm not doing his chores that he promised to do in exchange for living here rent free & having his food, internet, utilities, and phone paid for. The house is messy & he keeps complaining about it but isn't willing to lift a finger to help me & I can't physically do all of it with my back problems. He thinks because he works he shouldn't have to clean up after himself-- but he didn't clean up after himself or do his share of the work when he was unemployed.
I was so exhausted today that all I did was go to the post office & walmart to grab a few things. I'm supposed to cook tonight but my coordination is garbage. I had trouble getting my key in the lock at the post office and had trouble getting my card in the slot at the store.
Just heard from my friend- he found out the car he just bought has a broken K-member so the motor moves and hits the belt for the power steering & knocks it loose. Mechanic that put the belt in place had to know it so he must have been in on it with the seller to not tell my friend about the problem. If he can't get it welded together, it's a $550 fix. He's pretty upset about it. I was worried that something else was wrong with it, but I thought maybe I was just being slightly paranoid. I should have told my friend to walk. He would have listened to my advice. He's got a friend who can weld stuff so hopefully that will work. He's irritated with himself for buying it though. He can't afford the $550 to fix it since he had to pay taxes 3x (he had to pay to federal and two different states bc his employer is based in NJ-- but I think he shouldn't have to pay NJ if he lives & works here).
My brother got screwed by his employers as well. Someone essentially wrote him up so he got "points" for going home early when they set him home for being high on labor. They did it to make it so he had too many points to be able to transfer to another kitchen. All points used to clear after 6 months, but now they only clear 1 point every 3 months. He's tempted to quit and re-apply because he might be able to get re-hired in 2 months & his slate would be wiped so he'd start with zero points. He tried to argue with HR about it not being right for him to get points for being told to go home when high on labor, but they didn't care. There's no guarantee he'd get hired back if he quit & applied for another kitchen. They really need him in the one he's working at because they aren't training new people to work his shift. Oh, and he also can't change shifts while he has that many points & he's getting tired of the shift he's working because he ends up having to do the previous shifts work & having to stay at least an hour past when he should go home to finish everything. He's doing the work of 3 people.
He's also mad because I'm not doing his chores that he promised to do in exchange for living here rent free & having his food, internet, utilities, and phone paid for. The house is messy & he keeps complaining about it but isn't willing to lift a finger to help me & I can't physically do all of it with my back problems. He thinks because he works he shouldn't have to clean up after himself-- but he didn't clean up after himself or do his share of the work when he was unemployed.