I Lost 5 Pounds and NOW.......I'M SEXY!!!! (LOL)

What's up, everyone?  Haven't posted her in awhile....these past few weeks have been busy.  I am school shopping for the girls, taking care of FEMA business, caring for my mom in Southwest Houston, cleaning and doing laundry, and looking for another job.  I had taken the dispatcher test for Manvel PD last Thursday.  They aren't hiring that new dispatcher until October, but the airport has called me in for another interview August 8th.  Let's see....this will be the SIXTH time?!?  Well, let's hope that the sixth times' the charm for me!!!

  

I read an article in the New York Times about the rise in men not working and refusing to accept low-paying jobs (click HERE for the full article).  I couldn't help but think about my husband when reading this.  He worked for UPS for eight years, and was making $27.00 an hour before the hurricane hit.  Afterward, they gave him the screw-around (and trust me, it was a screw-around, because I was helping him make calls, and sent in the paperwork they requested from him).  After receiving a disaster relief check from his union to our CURRENT address, UPS sent him a letter of termination two months later, stating that they didn't have "any current information on his whereabouts". 

  

Since then, he has been struggling to find work.  The job that he did get wanted him to start immediately, but then he remembered that if he would have taken it, no one would have been home with the girls until they return to school August 16th (they offered him the day shift).  So, he is waiting until a graveyard spot opens up.  We are hoping that things will improve for him once he finishes school.  I always remind him that he can always work for Wal-Mart until something more lucrative comes along, but he refuses.  I am concerned that, as with these men in the article, the longer Matt stays out of work, the more his skills will decrease.  That's why I remain adamant about continuing to work.  I don't want to become lax in my skills.  And something as simple as dependability or how well I work with others can make the difference between an employer giving me the nod and passing me over.  And trust me, I have been on my BEST behavior at Wal-Mart; I am surprising myself! LOL LOL LOL  But we cannot tell men what to do, we can only make suggestions and hope they consider.  I am sort of relieved in reading this aticle, as well as frustrated a bit sympathetic at the same time.  I didn't realize HOW MANY men and women are in the predicament Matt and I are in.  Many times, we think that we are alone, until we read something like this.  But I also feel that if I am willing to do whatever is necessary to care for my family, then the men should, too.  They should be on the FRONT LINE of the battle, instead of throwing the brick, hiding their hand, then sending the women out to win the war.  Men's pride gets bruised SO EASILY.  Oh,  well.......................................................this ain't a perfect world.  Thank God for Jesus! 

  

Getting back to the title of this entry............................

Those five pounds I lost have me looking GOOD, I ain't gonna lie......and hubby has been kinda frisky lately.  I have been slowing his roll, though.........I have to save my energy!!!!! 

  

TTYL, Love you guys!!!!!!

  

Adrian