1/8 Tuesday's Gone

Good evening!
I can't even keep up with what day it is anymore. It is Tuesday, right??

I got out of work early today - was home by a little after 4:00...I'll get into work stuff later.
And guess what I'm doing? That's right - looking online again for apartments. I can only look so long before I get frustrated and give up. I have to write these down and call, though - there are some decent ones. The girl at work, Risa (Lisa with an R), has been giving me the low-down on the area a lot. Today we went to Burger King in Kahili - which is apparently the Filipino gang area - obviously it's okay to drive through and get food but she doesn't suggest living there. Every little bit of info she gives me helps...

Work today went so slow...but I finally met my supervisors and the girls I work with. They are all SO nice and sweet - it's amazing how nice people are here - and NOT snotty! There are two girls I work with in scheduling (when I say scheduling, please picture a tiny room, oooh 6 x 10 with three girls in it), Irene and Sheena, who is pregnant. They are both my age. Turns out Sheena is Risa's cousin - they had no idea the other worked there. So that was a fun coincidence... Susan, my boss, is super nice. She STRESSED to me over and over again not to worry about things and not to get overloaded or stress myself out - repeatedly told me this. So they're very laid back it seems. Shouldn't be a bad transition - but I did realize I have a LOT of information to learn for scheduling.... It will be interesting! :) Tomorrow I have to be in at 7:30 - can you imagine me getting up that early?? Funny thing is, I can right now because I'm still waking at 4:30 since I'm on Ohio time. I'll be in trouble when that wears off for sure.

Jesse works tonight - first night he's worked since I've been here. And he'll get home at 4:30 am anyway (I have to let him in)....this will be my first night I can relax alone. Not that he's bad company, but he has to be getting tired of having me around constantly, too... I am going to walk to WalMart here in a few and get myself a notebook so I cant take some notes tomorrow. It's not a real long walk...but it will definitely be my workout for the day/week!

I have no fun pictures today - maybe I'll take a picture of WalMart! Haha... I am going to make myself some food and get walking I think...I'll update after I get this errand done and I'm bored on the couch.

xoxo


**** it's now 8:00 and I am beat. I could sleep right now, in fact I might just do that after a shower here shortly...
I ran to Ross's, for some reason Jesse thought it was a bad idea for me to walk to WalMart without mace. Please. Ross's is a heck of a lot closer though so it was a good idea - and I found a pair of earrings to replace my crappy silver ones. For cheap of course. It's like a Marshall's or something.
You'll be so proud - I called five apartments, or rental companies rather, and left messages. I found a few one bedrooms for $900-ish that seem really nice, assuming they're not gone already. I also called The Bus and got the route from the hospital to Pearl City so that if Jesse can't pick me up, I don't have to stress about getting home - I really hate making Risa drive me here, even if it is on her way home. If only I had asked how to GET there in the mornings...then he wouldn't have to drive me (we're not morning people....it's a long drive).

Price: $900

I think this one's cute - it's a mini-house. I imagine there's another unit in the back or something.

This one's alright....I don't know that there's a lanai (I need fresh air!) It's only a studio though but fully furnished.


This one's $950...and there's a lanai off the bedroom it sounds like.

Okay so that's only three, but one place doesn't have a picture, and the other is rented. So that's all you get.

I think I've definitely made this long enough...and included fun pictures ;) (you can click on them to enlarge them)

LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!!!
me.

BUT WAIT! There's MORE!
Could I possibly make this any longer?? Of course I could.
I was going over my benefits for work - and our options. Obviously they go from the HMO where you go with their docs, to the HMO where you pick whatever doc you want - anyhow this is about how it ends up:
My HMO? I pay nothing out of pocket, no premiums or have to meet a yearly deductible.
My Dental? Pay nothing, just have to go to a Hawaii Dental Center.
Vision & Drugs, too but I don't know specifics on that. I think in vision, you don't pay for frames, but you do for the lens...something about contact lenses...I don't know. But I think that's a good thing right?? Plus, our long-term disability and our ... I don't know, that dismemberment one? - all paid for by REHAB. How about that?! Then, we can have our 401k (and money we put in before the matching starts) taken out before taxes, our parking fees taken out before taxes, and medical expenses (like monthly prescriptions) taken out of our flexible spending pretax. This all means that it is taken off of our yearly gross income, which, if we use it enough, can keep us at a lower tax bracket. HOLY COW how come no one ever told me about this before??
If you claim 1 dependent - you get more each paycheck or more at the end of the year?
Phew. Bed time.