Sorry it took me so long to post back about the Job situtation, but now I can do it without being a total BITCH about it.

I HAD a job - for all of one week.  Never got a chance to start it though.  Got the call 2 weeks before I would start, then the next week - got a call telling me they weren't filling the position because the GM of the station was EXTREMELY over budget.

I moped around, cried, groaned, and did the whole depressive thing - until I got ticked off and called the UAW Local that represented this position.

Apparently, what is going on, is the the people at the station do NOT want me for the job.  The job was posted to give a full-time position to a 'tech' part-time/temp person that would be leaving the 'tech' position shortly.  They wanted to unpost the position and post it up again AFTER my call-back rights expire on the 17th of June.

Now just waiting to hear from the Union on what is going on and the outcome of grievance with the WSU-Board of Governers.

Will let y'all know what is going on when I find out what is going on about it - but for now - jobless - again.

Carla

P.S.  Thanks to all of you that gave me good wishes when I posted up about having the job.  Now just say a prayer that everything works out and this gets settled BEFORE my call-back rights with the union expire on the 17th of this month. 

 Just wanted to send you wishes for a very Happy Birthday!

Hope you enjoy YOUR day to the fullest and have a best year ever.

Okay here's the update about my mom.

We found out that she broke her leg because of metasized breast cancer that was in her bones.  Left leg was fixed with a rod from top to bottom of femur and then 10 days later they put a rod into the right leg as a preventative to breaking that leg as well (since that would be the leg she'd be putting her entire weight on).  Mom spent about a month in the nursing home getting physical therapy and now she's back home.

She's still in a wheelchair and is inhabiting the living room in a hospital bed, but she is getting better.  The oncologist has her on hormone therapy (instead of chemo for now and we're praying the hormone therapy works and she doesn't need chemo).  Just went to the orthopedist on Friday morning and he's now allowing her to put 1/4 of her weight on her left leg and work up to 1/2 of her weight.

So progress is being made in her recovery.  I'm still in school and having to work homework, classes, and everything for school into also taking care of mom's meals, medicine, the housework, and taking care of the dog.

That's all on that for now 

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Censorship:

I think that after all the time LJ has been home to communities, journals, and people who write in the world of Harry Potter and other fandoms being censored is a load of bullshit!  Nuff said.

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General things:

Sleeping is an iffy thing and that's not good when classes start at 8:30 in the morning.  Don't know why I'm having problems getting to sleep and staying asleep, but like everything else; it'll pass.

Hi everyone,

Okay just giving everyone an update as to what's going on in my life right now.

I started back to school - Baker College of Clinton Twp., MI.  I'm currently enrolled in the Accounting/Computer Information Systems Associates Degree program but will be taking it through to a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with a minor in Computer Information Systems. 

Baker is a GREAT school; unfortunately for me (who hasn't been in a classroom for a long, long time) it's an accelerated program.  Baker has their school year split up into quarters instead of semesters..that's good and bad.  The good thing is that you can get more classes into a school year; the bad thing is that thier quarters are 10 weeks long.  So what everyone in a normal college gets in approximately a 16 week time period... I have to stuff it into my poor brain in 10 weeks time.

Right now I have three courses (12 Credit Hours).  The class are - Comp I, General Psychology, and Pre-algebra.  (Having to take a refresher math course is my fault for agreeing to take the entrance exams when I had the beginnings of a muscle-tension migraine starting.   Anyway... I've had my first test in that class, pre-algebra, and I got an A- on it.  Not bad all things considering.

But that's it for now.  Got four chapters of Psych to study for a test on Thursday, two chapters of math homework to do, and a Composition paper to write (on my least favorite topic; me).  

So if ya don't hear from me for a long time period; I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth I'm just buried in homework.

TC and have a great weekend everyone.

Bye

I've got a job interview at 9 am tomorrow morning. I really, really need to get back to work before I go stark raving mad from boredom and brokedom. It's with a temporary service, but work is work, and from speaking with the people on the telephone they DON'T only look at the resume when placing people (which is good considering my last 14 years worth of job experience was running a fully automated television station).

So cross your fingers, say a prayer, or just send me good vibes that they'll find something long-term or permanent for me.

ttfn and I'll update after coming back from the interview.

I just got two e-mails one yesterday and one today informing me that three of my PR fan fic stories have been nominated for "Season of Love Awards".


BEST POWER RANGERS CROSSOVER SEASON ROMANCE STORY
Quantum Red Blues

BEST POWER RANGERS MULTI-SEASON ROMANCE STORY
By Invitation Only

BEST LIGHTSPEED RESCUE ROMANCE STORY
Blue & Evil: The Beginning

Voting begins on March 1st and you can find more info on the awards or how to nominate stories yourself at this link:
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/season_of_love_award/

My three nominated stories can be found by going here:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/899553/
This is my author's page at fanfiction.net were I write under the penname PernDragonrider.

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES!!!!!!!

Skoshybabe (aka: PernDragonrider & Carla)

Hey,

Just wanted to say:

Happy Belated Birthday to you!

Hope YOUR day was a great one and that the weekend around your b-day was great too.

Okay just spent three days going absolutely bonkers.

This all started Friday with a fire, caused by the transformer on a telephone pole, between my street and the next street east. Didn't know a thing about the fire (couldn't see the pole from any window in my home) until about 5 pm friday night when the DFD (detroit fire department) put out the fire and approximately 10 minutes later the transformer on that pole went KABOOM!!!!

We lost power the whole house at first and then about 1/2 hour later, we had power to a third of it. Power to the lights in the two back bedrooms, the kitchen outlets, the lights in the basement, and one outlet in each bedroom; that's it. Power came back fully about 9:00 that night and our electric/gas company (DTE Energy) had trucks out replacing the fritzed and fried transformer at about 11:45 that night.

Everything was going along just grand until around 6:45 pm on Sunday night, Christmas Eve. For approximately 10 minutes the first three houses on both sides of my street along with the businesses at the corner and the street lights were sending messages with blinking lights. Actually the off/on, off/on, off/on was closer to being in a dance club and someone turned on a strobe light. Again called electric company and reported the problem. Everything went back to normal and I finished eating my dinner.

During all of this, my DSL modem was working like a charm. Sometime around 7:15 or 7:30 Sunday night, that changed. I was chatting with friends on Yahoo Instant Messenger when the light next to me dimmed for just a second. (Like there was a quick draw of power for something else. My DSL modem went dark and the only place in the house I could even get it to work was a plug in the kitchen (remember we lost 2/3's of the house in the first problem...). So I humped my monitor, tower, dsl modem, keyboard, mouse, external hard drive, and headset downstairs to the dining room table so I could still be online (because the stupid dsl modem would only work while plugged into that socket in the kitchen). After doing all of that, hooking everything back up, and getting back online... boom power went bye-bye again at approximately 9:45 or 10 pm that night.

Another phone call to electric company (and again managed to speak with live human being (surprise surprise)) to report the problem and then found out that not only was it the three houses on our street, the mainstreet and businesses at the end of the block, but there were 118 homes also affected by this whole business.

Chatted with a good friend from Kentucky until sometime around 12:15 Christmas morning and then I went to bed, deciding to sleep in my mom's room in case she needed help to get to the bathroom during the night. (for reference my mom has a pinched nerve in her back and she has been sleeping, eating, and everything else (except for bathroom needs) in the recliner in our den (which is the other back bedroom)). So I laid down on her bed and read a book for a little bit. I fell asleep with the light on and must have been facing it in my sleep when it registered on my brain that the light just dimmed badly two times in a row. I slogged out of bed, grabbed my glasses and looked at my watch... 2:33 am.

First thought in my brain was "oh great! Now we're going to lose the rest of the house? What's next?" About the time that thought was cycling through my sleepy head I heard a strange sound coming from the alleyway that runs between my yard and the businesses that face the mainstreet to the south of my house. I slouched tiredly into the kitchen, moved the curtains, and looked out the window over the sink. There was a wonderful sight for anyone that's having a power outage. At 2:33 A.M. on Christmas morning was a truck with a crew of three from the electric company. The strange sound I'd heard? The bucket rising from the bed of the truck so that a lineman could check out the transformer located on the pole by my yard.

I watched him plug a meter of some sort or a diagnostic tool into the bottom of the transformer, scowl with disgust because it must have not shown him what he was expecting, disconnect the device, and then put everything back into order. The second he hooked up the grounding line to the bottom of the transformer..... BINGO!!! We had power back to the whole house and I got blinded because I'd forgotten to turn off the light over the sink when the power had gone out earlier that night.

I couldn't resist. Once he was back on the ground I went out the back door and made my way across the yard. I told all three of the DTE Energy people a very heartfelt "Thank you so very much and Merry Christmas to all of you".

I answered a few questions that one of them asked about all the problems we'd been having since the 'pole fire', his words not mine, and then with another 'thank you' and 'god bless' I came back into the house.

I finally, last night when getting ready for bed, checked to see if my dsl modem would now get power from someplace in the house other than that one outlet in the kitchen. I unplugged it and then plugged it into the power strip that was powering the computer, now on the dining room table, and volia!!! It worked.

After all of this.... I was wide awake and I stayed up until around 11:30 last night when I crashed. After all I'd only had about 2 hours worth of sleep but I just couldn't go back to sleep for some reason that night.

Eventually I'll have to move everything back to where it belongs in my room, but for now I'm still typing this journal entry while sitting at my kitchen table.

I hope everyone out there had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS or a wonderful celebration for whatever holiday they did or are still celebrating.

The only downside to this whole thing. My boyfriend stopped by so I could give him his Christmas present. To my surprise.... I didn't get anything from him unless you want to count the two litre of Diet Pepsi and the pack of cigarettes he handed me when he walked in the door. Don't know what's up with that but to say I was rather..

Just wanted to tell everyone out there...


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!


And for those that don't celebrate that particular Christian holiday...

SEASONS GREETINGS!!!! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!! for whatever you observe.


Have a wonderful holiday season enjoying friends, family, good food, good companionship, and just everything around you!

100 Things About Me
Stolen from carma_chaos



1. Full Name: Cydni (pronounced Sidney)
2. Nicknames: Carla, Skoshybabe, Princess, Sugar Doll
3. Birthday: November 22
4. Place of Birth: Rome, GA
5. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio/Sagittarius
6. Male or Female: Female
7. Grade: (not in school)
8. School: (see question #7)
9. Occupation: Unemployed
10. Residence: USA - Michigan
11. MSN Screen Name: Skoshybabe

__Your Appearance___

12. Hair Color: Strawberry Blond
13. Hair Length: Short
14. Eye color: Hazel (true Hazel)
15. Weight: too much but losing it
16. Height: 5'3"
17. Braces?: Nope
18. Glasses?: Blind without them
19. Piercings: Ears only
20. Tattoos: Nope
21. Righty or Lefty: Righty

___Your 'Firsts'___

22. First best friend: Patience
23. First Award: Second place in a beauty contest (tell me what game that's from)
24. First Sport You Joined: Rollerskating
25. First pet: Dog
26. First Real Vacation: St. Thomas US Virgin Islands (graduation present from parents)
27. First Concert: Styx at Joe Louis Arena
28. First Love: Fred


___ Favorites___

29. Movie: Anything Sci-Fi Fantasy
30. TV programme: Power Rangers, CSI (all), SVU, Forensic Files, Court TV
31. Color: Red
32. Rapper: NONE
33. Band: Eyeshine & Bitter Sweet Alley
34. Song Right Now: Hold Me Down (BSA) & Sunday Flower (Eyeshine)
35. Friends: Jan, Ti, Cori, Dani, Meech, & Tom
36. Sweet: Chocolate
37. Sport to Play: Darts (electronic soft-tip 501 or cricket)
38. Restuarant: Olive Garden, Logan's Steak House, or Don Carlos (great mexican)
39. Favorite brand: don't have one.
40. Store: K-Mart, QVC, Border's
41. School Subject: Computers and History
42. Animal: Big Cats
43. Book: David Weber's Honor Harrington series
44. Magazine: Don't read many
45. Shoes: Comfortable ones

___Currently___

46. Feeling: Tired
47. Single or Taken?: Taken
48. Have a crush: yeah
49. Eating: not at the moment
50. Drinking: Diet Pepsi
51. Typing: What do you think?
52. Online?: Well, duh
53. Listening To: traffic sounds from the main street
54. Thinking About: Christmas, friends, and going to bed
55. Wanting To: Find a great job
56. Watching: Nothing
57. Wearing: Lounge set - hot & light pink pants & t-shirt

___Your Future___

58. Want Kids?: Not really
59. Want to be Married?: Wouldn't mind it
60. Careers in Mind: Secretarial, Accounting
61. Where do you want to live: Shelby Twp, Utica, Washington Twp, anywhere far north of Detroit City limits
62. Car: H1 Hummer

__Which is Better With The Opposite Sex___


63. Hair color: Not fussy
64. Hair length: Not fussy
65. Eye color: Not fussy
66. Measurments: Like I care
67. Cute or Sexy: Neither, just special
68. Lips or Eyes: Eyes
69. Hugs or Kisses: Both
70. Short or Tall: Preferably taller than me
71. Easygoing or serious: Bit of both
72. Romantic or Spontaneous: Bit of both
73. Fatty or Skinny: Niether, why would I chose such a thing? Looks don't matter
74. Sensitive or Loud: Bit of both
75. Hook-up or Relationship: Relationship
76. Sweet or Caring: Both
77. Trouble Maker or Hesitant One: Bit of both

___Have you ever______

78. Kissed a Stranger: No
79. Had Alcohol: Yes
80. Smoked: Yes
81. Ran Away From Home: No
82. Broken a bone: Yes
83. Got an X-ray: Yep, a few times
84. Been with someone: Yes
85. Broken Someones Heart: No, don't think so/hope not
86. Broke Up With Someone: Yes
87. Cried When Someone Died: Yes
88. Cried At School: Yes

___Do You Believe In___

89. God: Yes
90. Miracles: Yes
91. Love At First sight: Sometimes
92. Ghosts: Yes
93. Aliens: Yes
94. Soul Mates: There is someone for everyone, yet
95. Heaven: Yes
96. Hell: Yes
97. Angels: Yes
98. Kissing on The First Date: Sometimes depends on the person
99. Horoscopes: Any horoscope can be twisted to fit, it's all about faith

___Answer Truthfully___

100. Is There Someone You Want But You Know You Can't Have? Doesn't everyone? Yes.

Nicked this from Jamie2109 journal. Come and give me a gift. I've been good, I promise!

( My Christmas Stocking )

Hey,

Happy Holidays to everyone and here is my reply to the AWDT's challeng for this week.  The AWDT can be found in 

jamie2109's Journal.  Weekly drabble challenge.  This week's prompt for the challenge was "Bah! Humbug!"

Author:  Skoshybabe
Title:  Christmas Woes
Fandom: Power Rangers
Pairing:  Jason/Billy
Rating:  PG
Warnings/Spoilers:  Slash relationship toward the end.
Diclaimer:  I don't own anything to with Power Rangers they're owned by BVE (Buena Vista Entertainment), Toei, and Ranger Productions.
Summary:  Facing his first Christmas away from home while in Geneva, Switzerland.  Jason discoveres just how much his friends and former teammates care for him.
Beta:  lttlelola (thanks my friend for doing the beta work and any mistakes are mine not yours)

 

Hey everyone,

This is right down to the wire for posting this but I'm hoping I make the dead line. This tale was inspired by the AWDT challenge for this week. The prompt for this week was: "What are you doing with those oranges?"

This is my answer to that prompt. It's way over the 500 words, but I think it does the tale justice. Enjoy and I hope you get a laugh out of this.

Skoshybabe.

Author: Skoshybabe, that's me.
Title: Food Fight
Fandom: Power Rangers Zeo
Pairing: General some mention of Tommy/Kat and Adam/Tanya
Rating: G (Everyone can enjoy this one)
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Power Rangers belongs to Disney, not mine just borrowing the characters for some fun and frolic; they'll be returned after they're done playing around. No money being made off of this.
Summary: Mounting school work, constant battles against Mondo, Rita, and Zedd, a weekend getaway, and a much needed pressure release.
Beta: alikat2006 or "drewschic  they're one in the same. Thank you so much for doing the beta work on this my friend. It was very very much appreciated.

( Food Fight! )

Okay, yesterday was a day from hell.

It started off with getting woken up with a call from my neighbor at 5:15 in the morning (I'd just gone to bed at around 4:30).

The gist of the conversation was that the door of my mom's van was standing open. I jumped up, tossed on clothes, ran down the stairs, grabbed the car keys, and bolted out the door to the car. Sure enough the driver's side back door was half-way open and the whole car was unlocked. I check to see if the ignition cylinder was intact and there was nothing but a huge gaping hole where it should be. Sighed, cussed, slammed the doors, tromped back into the house and started making phone calls.

First call was to the local police precint, which xferred me to 911, which gave me a number to call after 8:00 am to report the attempted theft. Cussed some more over the stupidity of the Detroit Police Department, called AAA (my insurance company) and thankfully could go ahead and start making the claim to get the car fixed before I had the police report number to give them. (I have to say I like AAA because of that).

By this time it was around 6:15 in the morning. I made a pot of coffee, gave mom a cup and fixed her something to eat for breakfast. While making the coffee and her breakfast, I called my brother to leave a note for his fiancee to call us when she got up so I could borrow back my Explorer to use for the day. Then I trudged back up to my room and collapsed on the bed for an hour. The clock said it was 6:59 am when I laided down and my mother started screaming at me at 7:45 to get up and call in the police report. Grumpy, sleep, pissed off, and thoroughly read to kill the next person that said even "boo" to me, I got up. Went BACK downstairs, drank a cup of coffee and ate a slice of toast. Called the attempted theft into the number I was given earlier that morning and then called AAA back to give the the information that the cops gave me. Found out that a tow truck wasn't coming until sometime between 9 & 10 so I went BACK upstairs, got dressed and waited.

I HATE WAITING!!! Tow truck finally got here at 10:30 in the morning. Then more waiting until my future sister-in-law was awake and came over with my Explorer so I could go to the shop where I had the van taken to be fixed. Told them what was wrong, missing, etc. and now just waiting for them to fix it so we can have back our only means of transportation.

Thankfully my future sister had Friday off (yesterday) and could let me do all the running I needed for that day. She's also, very thankfully, got Monday off so that in case the van isn't fixed by then I can get mom to her physical therapy for the pinched nerve in her back. Only thing I'm doing right now is wanting to go back to sleep. (oh, bed last night at 11 pm (when I could finally crash) and then slept until around 10:30 this morning).

I really and truly want to go back to bed, but I know if I do I'll sleep the clock around and mom isn't able to get her own food and drinks so I HAVE to stay up and see to her.

Anyway I wish that whomever it was that decided they wanted my mom's mini-van for whatever reason they wanted it for, that they one day face the same situtation that I just faced today. Their turn will come and when it does I wish them all the same hassles that I just faced yesterday and that they can function on the same amount of sleep that I'd gotten. (don't want to wish more on them because I don't need the bad karma coming back to me over it)

I would have written about this yesterday, but frankly I was too tired, too frustrated, and way, way, way too pissed off to do anything but cuss like a sailor for most of the day. So I waited until today to do this so that I'd be a little calmer, a little more awake, and a lot less ticked at the world.

Have a better weekend than mine is and take care everyone,

Carla (aka Skoshybabe aka PernDragonrider)