Back into the swing of things....

Let me start off with telling you how bad my feet hurt!! I just walked all over Honolulu I think! After a long day at work, I decided to walk to the furniture store, still set on finding a chair or a sleeper to fill my apartment (as I'm slowly finding out, this inflatable mattress is killing my back!). I have no idea how long of a walk that was, but I'd guess a little over a mile, especially with me taking a couple wrong turns (surprised?!). I got to the store only to find the furniture is really expensive...for one, single chick in a tiny apartment anyway. I was going to walk to the nearest bus stop but took a detour, stopped in Goodwill (to kill time) and then to ... TACO BELL! I haven't had that since I've been here I think. That was a nice dinner! :) Then I walked the rest of the way home, again, over a mile I believe. All of this done in the shoes I wore to work. Owie! But I made it. And I came home to my new fridge! This thing is huge compared to my other tiny fridge, though it's still not full-size. Kevin (the landlord) even put my food in there, all arranged and everything, and hung my pictures back up. What a guy! He also left a smoke detector, saying he forgot his tools and he'll install it this weekend or something. We'll see. I can just do it myself if I had a screwdriver!


Anyway that was today. In a nutshell anyway. Work was busy as usual. The bosses are going to Washington to try to recruit new people (By the way!! Any nurses, ward clerks, PTs, OTs, PTAs, etc....we now get $3500 for recruiting someone instead of the $1000 offered prior - can you tell we're desperate?!) and we were told while they're gone, we're welcome to all the overtime we want - YAY!! Though that sounds great, and like something to really take advantage of, I know I'll be beat from just working 40 hours, let alone any more than that. I actually already have 4 hours of OT this week so far I think, so if I worked a half day Friday, I'd be rolling in the OT. Which brings me to this: my last paycheck was SMALL. That's my rent check, and needless to say I was pretty upset when I saw it. This was due to my illness and the time I took off. When I returned to work, I spent the following week working my TAIL off trying to make up hours, working 10.5 hr days, and then the following week I worked 5 hours OT to try to make up for the time they were going to 'front' me to make up for the 9 hours I couldn't make up. Does that all make sense? When my last paycheck was for 71 hours, plus my 5 hrs overtime (which doesnt make up for the 9 hours I didn't get paid for!). So today I decided to finally ask why I was paid for OT, when I wasn't even at my 80 hrs - and why wasn't I?? Turns out, HR made a mistake, they thought I was on extended leave the entire time, and they wrote me a check on the spot to make up for the difference. PHEW! Only now, I think I'll send that home to get deposited into my Ohio account (No, I have not yet switched everything over to my Hawaii account....I know, I know). So then there's that....

What else have I failed to fill you in on?! :)

Thursday night, Shelby and Susan took Irene and I out to dinner at this place called 3660 On the Rise - a really nice restaurant. There's a picture here of Irene's dinner first, then mine (beef tenderloin with crab legs on top and asparagus). We also went crazy with desserts and sampled a couple martinis - one of their specialties. A nice dinner all-around - and it helped that it was free for Irene and me! ;)





So I've been pretty busy and VERY tired. Last night, I got home from work a little after 5, ate dinner, and fell asleep by 6. I woke up a little after 8 and eventually went back to bed but I had no idea I was so beat!! All this work is wearing me out :)

How is everything back home?? I'm kind of disappointed - at first when I made the comments private, a lot more of you were commenting and saying 'hello' - but now you've all disappeared! I'm bummed. Maybe if I were more consistent? :) My fault. Mom - I hope you're feeling better!! Sad to hear you're under the weather! :(

I'm off to sit in front of my sky-high TV now and rest for the evening. Say 'hello' and let me know how things are. I should be a bit more consistent now that I'm not sick and I have no more company coming for awhile.

Miss and Love you!!

me.