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Well, Well, Well

Amber — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:51:42 +0000

Look what we have here. I’m actually blogging. It’s been over three months since this has happened. I am so ashamed of myself! Honestly I do have some few reputable excuses for this happening. I have been a bit on the busy (and lazy) side for the longest. My new job that I started on January 4th has taken up most of my time recently. It’s a very nice job, actually. I make $13 an hour tutoring at a local high school. I get about 3 hours in a day so that’s a good $40 a day. My paychecks are usually around $400 every 2 weeks so it’s a pretty good payout! Not to mention the job is the easiest thing I’ve ever been apart of. I like it a lot! It’s a shame that I won’t be here but for a couple more months. If anyone who comes here reads Andy’s blog, which I doubt because he is always complaining about not having any visitors, then you would know that he has a house now! I plan on moving back in with him some time between mid-April to early May. He lives in Spokane, Washington, which is a beautiful city, and not to mention a pretty cheap place to live. It’s going to cost around $1400 to hire a local moving company to take care of everything. If my grandmother becomes a millionaire (I’ll talk about this in my next blog post) then she said she would buy me a newer car once I move to Washington. I’m so excited!

Andy has slowly been getting furniture and appliances for the house. Today he received his new stove. It’s actually pretty nice. I’m so used to using a gas stove though, and his is electric. I’m sure it won’t be hard for me to adjust. It seems like an electric stove is a lot easier to clean than a gas stove anyway. He already has a bed with a box spring and bed frame, a few bookcases, a dresser, and a kitchen table. He is still lacking a couch, though. I’m interested in seeing what kind of couch he’s going to get. I hope it’s not ugly!

I went on a 7 day cruise from January 24th to the 31st with my dad and step-mom. The itinerary included Montego Bay in Jamaica, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel in Mexico. I have a butt-load of pictures I need to upload to my Flickr account still **Refer to the beginning of my post as to why I haven’t done this yet either! I’ll have them up eventually. So there is what has been happening in my life recently, and what will be happening soon. Let’s hope all goes to plan!

Still Here, Promise!

Amber — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:19:13 +0000

I’m still lurking around the net as usual, just not as often as I was before. I update my Twitter pretty religiously, but when it comes to making a full blog, I’m hopeless as of right now. I think the whole conformity of only have 140 characters to write about is rotting me from the inside out when it comes to having the creativity to make a decently long blog. Nonetheless, I do want to get back in to blogging, not just for the interwebs, but also for personal logging of my life. I like looking back through my blog entries and reading about stuff, and I’m sure I can relate to a lot of people on here in that idea. I hope everyone has enjoyed looking at this summery layout throughout summer and fall, but I definitely want to put something new up by Winter. That would be weird if I just left this up the rest of the year.

I’ve been to numerous interviews the past few weeks, and actually scored a job. I was hired at Bath & body Works. Unfortunately, they did not explain to me that I could constantly be a call-in. I was scheduled for 4 days out of the week and was told not to come each one. I asked them about it and that is when they actually explained it to me. Jerks. I dropped that job as quickly as I could, even though I was very excited to start working there. I had an interview at Barnes & Noble, and have tried numerous times to get back with the hiring manager, but she is always on vacation / busy / not in. I asked someone to leave a message from me for her to call me back but apparently she just doesn’t want to, or she didn’t receive the message in the first place. Either way, I’ve been calling back every day asking for her with no avail. hopefully today this will change. also, a store called Fashion Bug is very interested in hiring me. I haven’t heard anything back yet, but supposedly the manager is out until Friday, so hopefully then I will find something out. Andy already has two jobs. He works for UPS and Target. He never gets a job before me! I’ve always been the one to get work before him, but that’s changed. I really would like to go back to Starbucks, but of course, none of them are hiring. i think the one I used to work is hiring at the moment, but I refuse to go back there for numerous reasons. I guess I’ll just back to suck it up and go back if I can’t find any work, though.

Taking the Time to Evaluate Life

Amber — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:31:27 +0000

I’ve tried to think of a time in my life when I have taken a minute to just stop, think, and evaluate how my life is at that moment in time, and I honestly can’t find anything. I’ve thought about it plenty of times, but I’ve never actually studied it. I believe it is pretty crucial in everyone’s lives to just take a few seconds to realize exactly how their life has been in the past, how it is now, and what they would like to do to make it that much better in the future. I’m sure there are a lot of people who follow that routine religiously, day by day, and there are others who are like me, who have never experienced it. Sometimes I kind of wish I wasn’t the latter. I usually try to live my life in the present, but for some reason I am always sucked back into the past. I severely let the past take hold of me and completely rip me apart. I let it prevent me from expanding certain parts of my life, and it greatly holds me back. I want to try and change how my life is. I want to be able to look at my past and actually realize that there’s no possible what that I can change it, and go on living my life without it affecting me. Well, for some reason I’m having an extremely difficult time doing so.

To make things worse, Andy is moving away. He is moving to Idaho to live with his sister because he can’t stand living with my family. They are extremely rude and uncaring toward him, and I can’t even fathom where they have any reasoning to do so. He is wonderful and he doesn’t deserve to be treated that way. That’s the only reason why I agreed to letting him go..I know living with me while I’m living with my mother is an unhealthy environment for him to be in. We have talked about moving out numerous times, but have never had the motivation to do so. Well, it has jumped right out at me and slapped me in the face. After he moved away I’m most likely going to try and get a job at Starbucks again, and of course he’s going to try and get a stable job up in Idaho. Once we can afford to move out, he will move back to Texas to live with me. Having him by me every day of my life and then him just up and leaving is going to be a major change for me. I’m going to miss him so much, but I think in a way it will help our relationship grow stronger. We will stay in contact every day either through the phone or internet, I guess whichever is more convenient for the both of us. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see how things go for the next couple of months. At least with him being gone, I’ll have more time to reflect and work on my own life.

Work, Work, Thanksgiving, Work

Amber — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:28:57 +0000

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and stuffed your mouths to your heart’s delight. I sure did. This week has been extremely stressful and long for me. I’ve been working a lot of hours, even on Thanksgiving. Yesterday was Black Friday and I might have gone out shopping but I was way too tired from closing at work the night before and having to go right back in again. Despite the nice paycheck I’m going to receive next week, I’m kind of regretting putting down that I want 30 hours a week. Bleh! I’m doing great at work. I basically have all the drinks we offer down. The only thing that I’ve been having a problem with is getting stuck with doing all the damn dishes. I hate it so much! Every day that I go into work I get stuck with dishes at one point in my shift. Sometimes twice, which means I’ll end up doing them for over an hour and a half combined. It sucks balls. Today is my day off though, so I’m going to thoroughly enjoy it, even though I have a ton of laundry and cleaning to do. My rat cage is filthy and so are my poor fishies tanks. Oh yeah, and I’m going to the movies today to either see Four Christmases or Madagascar 2. I’m trying to lean more toward Madagascar 2. I hate Reese Witherspoon! So that’s my awesome exciting update. I honestly don’t have the time I would like to maintain my site at this moment, but that will all change in a couple of weeks. I have one week of school left and then it’s finals week and then I can say hello to 6 weeks of Winter break! Yay So expect me back maybe once some time between now and then, and then I’ll get the ball rolling on updating some more. Toodles!

The First Days in the Life of a Barista

Amber — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:47:02 +0000

Talk about a fast paced job! Working at Starbucks sure is fun but it is very fast working I assure you. Yesterday was my second day working and I already know how to pretty much make all the drinks offered, except for a few. I think I’m coming along pretty well so I should be certified within the next week or so Other than having a job now and all, my life has been pretty much boring. I have absolutely nothing to blog about at this time so I’ll probably end up updating more over the weekend :).

Starbucks Here I Come!

Amber — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:53:33 +0000

I start work on Monday My schedule is pretty simple right now. I’ll be working Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday for 4 hours each day. My training will take around 2 weeks, so that is going to be my basic schedule for a while Andy had to be at work at 9AM this morning, so I’ve been up since 8:30 helping him get ready. I came home and noticed there was a huge garage sale across the street at 6 different houses, so my sister and I walked over there. I didn’t end up buying anything for myself..but spent $15 on my sister at $1 on Andy. Why does that always happen to me! Today is supposed to be my relaxation day before I have to start work, but I have a TON of things on my mind that I need to get done by 1PM. I have to clean my room, do mine and Andy’s laundry that’s been piling up for the last 2 weeks, drive to the mall to get a clear piercing for my nose (Starbucks is strict on any type of unnatural facial objects) and finish up some online homework that is due Monday morning. So blogging probably isn’t a good idea right now, but I figured I would make a little update to hold you all until some time next week. Toodles! Oh yeah, and if you have time would you think about signing up at Re.View.Me ? A nice referral point would be extremely nice to receive

Rockn’Bowl!

Amber — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:31:14 +0000

First of all, Happy first of November! I usually never get to say anything like that ’cause I hardly ever blog on the first of the month I made it this time though! I did a huge update from my iPod yesterday morning while on break in class, but when I tried to submit it it got erased! I’m at the bowling alley with Andy and a couple of friends and figured I would try to update a little whil I’m waiting to bowl. So let me try and sum up everything I said in a few sentences ’cause my turn is coming up soon and I want to finish this before having to bowl again. Wednesday’s interview went great. Usually managers call for a second interview, but Leah (the manager interviewing me) liked me so much that she said it was unneeded so I officially got the job. I went in earlier today to fill out all the necessary paperwork and get my apron and hat. We also did tasting of some coffee. My goal is to try all the coffees by the end of February Think I can do it? Christmas is coming up next month and I already know what my dad and stepmom are getting me. In simpler terms, they purchased Andy and me a special date night, which includes a gift certificate to a nice restaurant downtown, hotel reservations, and tickets to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra!! I am so excited about it. It’s all for December 28th. The hotel will transport us both to dinner and the concert that night and also pick us up.i can’t wait Well I gotta bowl now, so toodles!

Starbucks, Bath & Body Works, and Lots More

Amber — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:43:00 +0000

Yesterday morning I received a phone call from Starbucks asking me to come to an interview at 6 tomorrow How cool is that? I barely turned in my application 24 hours before and already was being contacted. They must think I’m the greatest (of course I am!) . So tomorrow will be pretty busy for me. I have class from 8 to 11:30 AM and a Algebra review session from 5-6 (which I’ll have to leave early now) and then the interview. So I have to look all nice and pretty before 4:30PM.

After I left college yesterday, Andy and I headed over to the mall to visit Bath & Body Works. I didn’t want to go to the one I recently applied at because I figured I’d feel out of place and weird there having been denied a job. I went there with a coupon for 20% off my entire purchase and also one for a free bottle of lotion. Of course I used both. I bought Irresistable Apple body splash, Black Amethyst body splash, Pumpkin Spice pumpkin candle, A 3-pack of the limited edition Forever Festive holiday scents, and my free bottle of Sweet Pea lotion. Now, normally all this stuff would cost $50, but with my coupon and an additional free $10 item coupon one of the clerks gave me, the cost was brought down to just under $20. I’m always the best shopper

I have to pick my sister up from school in a few minutes so this blog is getting cut short. Toodles!

Terrible Mood

Amber — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:45:44 +0000

I’m updating from my iPod in Starbucks right now. I called Bath & Body Works today and found out that I didn’t get the job. I guess when I thought I didn’t do well in the interview, I really didn’t. Oh well. So to counterract that and to also cheer myself up, I’ve been dropping off applications at numerous Starbucks and also Barnes & Noble and Michael’s Craft Store. Hopefully at least one of them will call me within he next couple of days. I was told by an employee at one of the Starbucks to call around noon tomorrow because a recruiter would be there. I hope it all works out in my favor because I am broke, broke, broke and I’m so tired of it!

I Scored an Interview!

Amber — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:09:30 +0000

I dropped the application off at Bath and Body Works last Friday with some not-so-high hopes of getting the job. Fortunately for me, today I received the awaited phone call with news of a group interview coming up next Tuesday! I’m really nervous and I hope I do well.