HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween everyone!! I love halloweeen. When I was younger my brother and I would dress up and go trick or treating for hours. We knew all the best neighborhoods who had the most and best candy. At home we would dump our candy out, sort it and then start the trade business. Before bed mom let us have a peice of candy, highlight of the night. Halloween is not the same anymore. The best candy has now been deemed dangerous and it seems kids get less and less each year. I used to have to carry two pillow sacks around. I am telling you, I cashed in with candy. In my teens, trick or treating was still ok to do, dressed up in silly costumes, sang for our treats then went to a Halloween party to see who had the best costume. As an adult trick or treating is no longer allowed, unless accompanied by a child, and dressing up is less likely unless going to an event, which does not always happen. It is also more stressful to pick a costume than when you were a kid. The possibilties were endless when you were a kid, now it seems that our choices as adults are limited. At any rate this year I will be dressing up and going to a halloween party. The decision making process was difficult but I managed to figure out a fun costume.

I am not a fan of scary costumes, I think Halloween should be about the fun and silliness of it all, not to scare the living crap out of someone. I also like to hand out Halloween candy. Not something that is fun when you are a kid but as an adult I appreciate the fun of it. Its fun to look at all the kids costumes, see what creative ideas their little minds come up with. I have also developed a love for walking around a neighborhood to look at the kids costumes. I doubt no one will come to my house for candy so this is the opportunity I must take to get a look at the cute kids running around with pillow sacks screaming the famous Trick or Treat!

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Today...

Today I am sitting at home in my jammies enjoying the rainy day and a day off school.

Today I talked to my mom. I miss her alot. I wish I spent more time with her before I moved. I am thankful however for the fact our relationship has grown. I am quite proud of her as she continues to improve her life. I am also excited that she is finally getting a computer so I can send her pictures of my new life.

Today I am a little sad that the trees have lost their leaves as I love the fall colors. It is nice outside today despite the rain, I wish that it was always that colorful outside. I love this time of year, not too hot to wear a sweater but just cold enough to need a sweater.

Things that make you go Hmmm

University, that is a thing that makes you go hmmm. Why is it necessary, to get decent jobs but is that really true. In school you learn all these new and cool things. For example I am taking American history and English, both good subjects, and they are interesting. But when I go look for a job in the real world is anyone really concerned what I think about Huck Finn or the Scarlet Letter? Probably not. Does anyone really care that I know the events of the Boston Tea Party or the Civil War, probably not. All employers care about is the fact that you are dedicated and hard working. That is what I am paying 40,000 into debt for? Is too show you on a peice of paper that I can work hard and am dedicated. If you hired me you would know that already. Anyway as I write this rant I am currently sitting at a table about to write another paper which is probably more trouble than what its worth. All I have to say is thank god I am almost done!

Paying it forward, does it really work? I would like to believe it does. I paid it foward today, I bought some random guy a coffee. He was standing behind me in line and I said I was going to pay for that. Don't get too excited, it wasn't b/c he was hot or anything, he was some old dude who looked like a prof here. Not someone who couldn't affored a coffee but I thought it would be my good deed for the day. I wonder if he did something nice for someone else today?

Why people feel it necessary to come all the way out to my house to tell me I should find the love and joy of God. I am all for believing in your own thing and sometimes its interesting to learn about, when I ask about it. I don't need you to come to my house to TELL me what I should or should not read or believe in. If I wanted to talk about it I would have done something about it. I don't think it would be very acceptable if I went around to people's houses telling them my beliefs.

I cannot even express

Words cannot even express how pissed and yet how amazed I am. I just don't understand people, how they can outright lie to people without even thinking about it!! How stories can get twisted around to make someone else out to be the bad guy. My husbands previous employer is one such person who I just don't get. My husband was looking for a new job, he had an interview and told his boss about it because he is an honest person and did not want to start off any new or old job with a lie. So he told them he was looking and asked to use them as a reference. I did not think this was the greatest idea but I understand his motives. His boss put an ad up for his position and when they found someone they "let him go". My husband hated his job so was fine with this as he was sure he was going to get the other job and he did. So he asked his old boss if he should come back for his two weeks. His boss say NO and that he would get his two weeks of pay plus severence in the next few days. Sounds good, my husband leaves his old crappy job for a new one and there is no hard feelings between him and the boss. My husband goes to pick up his paycheque only to find on his ROE the reason for leaving was because he quit and there was no severence pay!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! What a bunch of A$$holes. First off he did not quit,you let him go therefore severence pay is necessary!!!
Understandably pissed at the situation my husband called the labor board. They told him he would lose the case because he was avaliable to go back and finish his two weeks. THEY TOLD HIM NOT TO COME BACK! WTF?! So we are out money and faith. I just cannot express to you how pissed I am at these people. I have never have wished so badly for something bad (not death or hurtful things) to happen to these people. Something like their systems to crash or go out of buisness would put a smile on my face. However I am not going to do anything to make this happen as Karma as a way of making its rounds and so they will get whats coming to them and when it happens holy crap are they in trouble!!!