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It's not much better up here, FEM, that's for sure!!!
So the BF finally caved and put the borrowed window unit into the bedroom that we had sitting in the house for like 3 weeks. *Insert eye roll here* I think he's finally decided he's got to do it now. Now he knows why I was trying to bug him about it last week... oh well, he's the one suffering. I'm glad he put the window unit in, even though the dang thing ROARS every time it cuts on. And I'm actually almost TOO cold sleeping with it, but whatever. It's better than having nothing in the bedroom. Price of having 1960's tiny windows. No air flow what so ever if there is not much breeze.
Not much else happening in other news. Picked up a few extra hours in the office putting up the mirror and paper towel holders. I HOPE the BF can get himself together to go back over there and hand the paper towel holder in the bathroom. He needs a drill bit that will go through tile, since he doesn't have one, and he's been late and grumpy almost every night this week. He was REALLY in a mood last night.
He's getting jaded about this job again. It is SO frustrating. He's really not cut out to work in a corporate situation AT ALL. He hates the corporate BS and rules, and his boss is a micromanager all the way. Which to the BF is an insult to his intelligence and ability to get the job done. So he comes home every day frustrated and irritated at what infraction the boss was breathing down his neck today. He will happily follow rules if you stay off his case about it, and if something needs to be said, just mention it and he'll correct. But the boss harps on him about stuff. I think between that, and VO's encouragement he's going to go back to school. In the mean time he's got to get himself in a position where he can do that. So he knows this job is helpful and important at the moment, but that doesn't stop his whining about it. I finally just had to do what I needed to do and go to bed last night. I tried to do little things to make him happier, but there was no getting him out of the mood fully. I'm going to send him a little note today to make sure he does ONE thing to move towards getting himself back into school. I think he needs to get his transcript from the college he was going to, and then find out if they offer these tests that will allow him to just take a test and get credit for a course. Each "class" test is about $100 for the test and study guide, which is a GREAT way to jump through a bunch of hoops quickly. He's smart enough to be able to pass them with ease, I'm sure, and so it's just a matter of getting to it, and pulling the extra funds together to get it done.
Part of his bent yesterday was they had a meeting and the boss was harping on the safety crap they have to do. They're supposed to do this "flex and stretch" every morning, which is a ridiculous CYA policy from corporate to "reduce injuries" and is pretty much total BS because nobody cares nor sees any real value in it. They have so many safety rules to follow it gets in the way of doing the job effectively because they have to remember which rule to do when. Chocks, cones, hard hat, gloves, safety glasses, flex and stretch, blah blah blah. It takes away from the personal responsibility to do what you need to do to stay safe for yourself. This is a dangerous culture to condone, and its everywhere in the corporate world. The good news of the meeting, though, was they're getting a 'profit share' bonus for the first time in a while. I HOPE that it's hefty because that sure would make life a LOT easier right now. The old Explorer has to have new tires, the ones on it are dangerously bald. Plus we've got to pay for the rest of the a/c stuff and get that done this weekend. So yeah, about $800 or $1000 would be TERRIFIC to make life easier!! At this point ANY will help, but I'm rooting for more than enough!
Oh, I almost forgot, I finally got a call back yesterday from the Soil Conservation District office, and the gal was able to come over yesterday afternoon to take a look at the property. I was really happy to get that box checked off, and we came up with a plan. I'll have to post a picture of our very rudimentary not to scale what so ever drawing. Right now, the design is to put the sacrifice area in the center, lower on the slope, and have 1 limited use pasture uphill from that, and then divide the lower area into 2 pastures, an then have the wooded area as a 4th pasture. The process is to prepare the sloped area with the first 3 pastures first, and then work on fencing in the wooded area later, once it is cleared and taken care of. It's a pretty neat and really functional design. It will take some grading to be able to put the shed in place, but I think it will work really well. It should also make it pretty easy for me to manage keeping it clean, and it will be further than I'd like for water and electric, but it also puts the shed and main sacrifice area off of most of the septic drain field, too, so that's a good thing. I'm really excited about it, and I think when my parents are here in a few months I'll get my dad's help to really lay it out and figure out how it's all going to work. I was surprised to find that the recommendation for a sacrifice area is only 800 to 1000 square feet, which is 50x20 per horse. That's a lot smaller than I expected, but that's a good thing because it means I can preserve most of my grass that we have.
That's about all that's happening around here at the moment. It's hot, humid, and threatening to rain, but I don't know that it will happen today.
So the BF finally caved and put the borrowed window unit into the bedroom that we had sitting in the house for like 3 weeks. *Insert eye roll here* I think he's finally decided he's got to do it now. Now he knows why I was trying to bug him about it last week... oh well, he's the one suffering. I'm glad he put the window unit in, even though the dang thing ROARS every time it cuts on. And I'm actually almost TOO cold sleeping with it, but whatever. It's better than having nothing in the bedroom. Price of having 1960's tiny windows. No air flow what so ever if there is not much breeze.
Not much else happening in other news. Picked up a few extra hours in the office putting up the mirror and paper towel holders. I HOPE the BF can get himself together to go back over there and hand the paper towel holder in the bathroom. He needs a drill bit that will go through tile, since he doesn't have one, and he's been late and grumpy almost every night this week. He was REALLY in a mood last night.
He's getting jaded about this job again. It is SO frustrating. He's really not cut out to work in a corporate situation AT ALL. He hates the corporate BS and rules, and his boss is a micromanager all the way. Which to the BF is an insult to his intelligence and ability to get the job done. So he comes home every day frustrated and irritated at what infraction the boss was breathing down his neck today. He will happily follow rules if you stay off his case about it, and if something needs to be said, just mention it and he'll correct. But the boss harps on him about stuff. I think between that, and VO's encouragement he's going to go back to school. In the mean time he's got to get himself in a position where he can do that. So he knows this job is helpful and important at the moment, but that doesn't stop his whining about it. I finally just had to do what I needed to do and go to bed last night. I tried to do little things to make him happier, but there was no getting him out of the mood fully. I'm going to send him a little note today to make sure he does ONE thing to move towards getting himself back into school. I think he needs to get his transcript from the college he was going to, and then find out if they offer these tests that will allow him to just take a test and get credit for a course. Each "class" test is about $100 for the test and study guide, which is a GREAT way to jump through a bunch of hoops quickly. He's smart enough to be able to pass them with ease, I'm sure, and so it's just a matter of getting to it, and pulling the extra funds together to get it done.
Part of his bent yesterday was they had a meeting and the boss was harping on the safety crap they have to do. They're supposed to do this "flex and stretch" every morning, which is a ridiculous CYA policy from corporate to "reduce injuries" and is pretty much total BS because nobody cares nor sees any real value in it. They have so many safety rules to follow it gets in the way of doing the job effectively because they have to remember which rule to do when. Chocks, cones, hard hat, gloves, safety glasses, flex and stretch, blah blah blah. It takes away from the personal responsibility to do what you need to do to stay safe for yourself. This is a dangerous culture to condone, and its everywhere in the corporate world. The good news of the meeting, though, was they're getting a 'profit share' bonus for the first time in a while. I HOPE that it's hefty because that sure would make life a LOT easier right now. The old Explorer has to have new tires, the ones on it are dangerously bald. Plus we've got to pay for the rest of the a/c stuff and get that done this weekend. So yeah, about $800 or $1000 would be TERRIFIC to make life easier!! At this point ANY will help, but I'm rooting for more than enough!
Oh, I almost forgot, I finally got a call back yesterday from the Soil Conservation District office, and the gal was able to come over yesterday afternoon to take a look at the property. I was really happy to get that box checked off, and we came up with a plan. I'll have to post a picture of our very rudimentary not to scale what so ever drawing. Right now, the design is to put the sacrifice area in the center, lower on the slope, and have 1 limited use pasture uphill from that, and then divide the lower area into 2 pastures, an then have the wooded area as a 4th pasture. The process is to prepare the sloped area with the first 3 pastures first, and then work on fencing in the wooded area later, once it is cleared and taken care of. It's a pretty neat and really functional design. It will take some grading to be able to put the shed in place, but I think it will work really well. It should also make it pretty easy for me to manage keeping it clean, and it will be further than I'd like for water and electric, but it also puts the shed and main sacrifice area off of most of the septic drain field, too, so that's a good thing. I'm really excited about it, and I think when my parents are here in a few months I'll get my dad's help to really lay it out and figure out how it's all going to work. I was surprised to find that the recommendation for a sacrifice area is only 800 to 1000 square feet, which is 50x20 per horse. That's a lot smaller than I expected, but that's a good thing because it means I can preserve most of my grass that we have.
That's about all that's happening around here at the moment. It's hot, humid, and threatening to rain, but I don't know that it will happen today.
Hang in there and keep doing what you're doing. You're doing your best and trust things WILL work their way out for you! Make time for yourself to do absolutely nothing but whatever you need to do to help you relax and rebalance. And do that as often as you can.
