So it happened, I lost my job. They got rid of all 2nd shift custodians. My pops kept his job though, that's a good thing. I guess I have to apply for unemployment for now and try to find something part time while I go to school.
I'm taking 3 classes this fall and plan to take 3 next semester. After that all I'll need is 2 classes over the summer and I can apply at Springfield College.
I've been fishing lately so check out my fishing page "Get Hooked". It's rough being unemployed :) Just kidding. I say that now with a smile but once the money stops comming I won't have a smile. But 'til then... :D I'm still with carol and things are going good.
-Later_
Dear God - 5/ 19/ 2006
Finally school is done for the semester. I ended up getting an 84 on my lab practical and found out my final grade. I figured out my final grade would be around a B+ but to my surprise it was an A! I'll take that :) Now I think I'm going to take the summer off .
Work was boring today, my girlfriend wasn't there. She had a stomach bug and it didn't sound fun. I got to see her after school and on my luch break atleast. She was feeling better towards the end of my shift and I'm glad. I hate seeing her sick. I was worried about her and that made me realized just how much she really means to me. Hope she's all better by tomorrow.
The meeting about the custodians was yesturday. I knew the news people would be there so my plan was to stay low key. That fell through :) I was handed a sign from someone out of the blue, and people with signs = Camera time :) It could have been worse I guess, I could have been interviewed. I just ended up in the background with my sign while they interviewed other people. It's still not looking good for us. If your interested in seeing the coverage Click Here.
-Later-
Dear God - 5/17/2006
I don't have much to post about except for the news about my job. Tomorrow the custodians in springfield are going to gather outside putnum high school and news 40, 22, 3, will all be there. We have some state rep. talking to the press for us about keeping our jobs. We are hoping to get atleast 75 people to show up, but more would be better. I'm going to try to stay away from the cameras :) There's not much else to write about, just wanted to post something up here tonight.
-Later-
Dear God- 5/16/2006
Today was my last two exams for my class. I didn't do so well because we had to study for two exams back to back. I ended up getting a 72 and a 62, but there is still a lab practical thursday and I've had all good grades until now. I'm pretty sure I will still pull out a B average atleast.
It's been raining for almost two weeks now and It's starting to get me down. I hate all this rain it's depressing. This weekend is looking good so i'm taking a personal day saturday if my work likes it or not, besides I'm pretty sure we're loosing our jobs anyway. I wish they would hurry up and tell us so I could get another job. Maybe I will take that EMT class again and do that for awhile. Anyway, Carol and I are going to do something saturday and I'm sure it's going to be out doors. Can't wait for the sun shine!
My girl friend's friend came home from the army not too long ago. He had some kind of family get together and invited her. I know it shouldn't bother me but they were such good friends in high school and it kind of does. My mind gets going and I think all types of bad things, but I need to find a way to stop that. I think I do that because of the things I went through in the past with relationships, and it's a hard thing to get around. We talked about it so everything is cool, I hope. it's not that I think she'll cheat or anything like that, but I think it's more that I'm afraid she'll find feelings she didn't know she had for him and leave me. I like her a lot.
Needless to say I haven't worked on my car because of all the rain, but I bought some aluminum color exhust paint to touch up my muffler and tailpipes. I'm also looking a getting a new muffler later, maybe a whole new exhaust, but definally a new "Super 40 series American Thunder " muffler by Flow Master Inc. They have places you can purchase them and have them installed. That's most likely the way I'll go seeing how I can't weld. My tailpipes are welded onto the muffler so I'll have to get new ones also. I have a lot of ideas for my camaro but let's get it running again first right :)
-Later-
Dear God- 5/ 10/2006
It's been a while since i've posted on here, and a lot has happened. Lets start with my camaro shall we. I crashed it again. Don't worry I bought it back and I'm currently fixing it. In the mean time I'm driving a 94 chevy caviler with only 53 K miles. It's a nice little car but far from my baby. I smashed the front of my camaro and needed a whole new front which I found :) I bought it a brockton auto parts yard in Brockton, MA. I started taking off the fenders and the nose already next will be the hood and everything under it. If your interested in checking out what wounderful damage I've done click here.
I'm not with Sandy anymore I 'm now dating a girl I work with named Carol. She teaches third grade and is currently working on her Master degree. She's really nice and I enjoy being with her a lot. We seem to have a lot in common and she has a great sense of humor.I'm sure I'll be writing about her often :)
My job is good but the city of Springfield is trying to hire some company to come in and clean the schools, which would mean us loosing our jobs. I hope it doesn't happen, not because I'll loose my job but because my father will. For me this is just another job while I finish college, but this is my father's career. If it happens we will be out of a job starting July 1, 2006 . Lets hope for the best.
My brother and his wife just had a baby girl, her name is Modaliso. I haven't been able to get down there to see her yet but I'm looking forward to it. Here are a couple of pictures of her Madaliso1 , Madaliso2 . Isn't she cute!
School is going well I should have a B average, but there is still 3 more exames to go. the thing that sucks is they will all be on the same day, next monday. there will be 2 exams and a final not to mention a lab practical on thursday. Geeze i can't wait to get tjhis over with, hopefully i'll finish strong.
I signed up for a course at Smith & Wesson for my license to carry (a gun that is). I plan to get my license and get into some shooting sports. I've always been into shooting in a way, but never got a chance to get involved. when I was in my teenage years I owned a pellet gun and enjoyed that but I think it's time to advance to the next stage and learn to shoot the real thing. I watch the tourtaments on ESPN all the time.
Fishing season is here!! I did my first fishing last monday and caught nothing. I got some sun and had some fun though and that's all that matters. I got some new lures to try and some differnt rubber worms so lets see if i can catch some big ones this season. I bought 2 new poles ( Shakespear ugly sticks) and I can't wait to try those out.
I haven't spent much time with my friends lately because of work and school, but now that school is coming to an end and i'll be changing to first shift maybe I'll get to do a little more. My friend Scott is doing well, his daughter is getting big. I haven't seen her in a while but the last time I saw her she was walking around and everything. If your interested you can see some pictures of her at www.irishgal.com/alex .
My friend Josh is doing well too. He's going to school for his plumbing license i believe.
Well I think that cover the most of whats been going on in my life, except for the fact that I got a tattoo back in November. I drew a picture that represented God saving me from evil and had the people at "True self" tattoo parlor put it on my arm. Other than that I guess there's no more to say right now
Later
Dear God - 2/14/2005
I bought that creatine stuff and some protein powder. I can't wait to start using it to see If I get any results. I'm tired of spending time in the gym, and not getting results.
I talked to my brother today for the first time in months. He's doing good and sounds happy. We need to get together sometime and do something. We should also get in touch with our friend Josh who we haven't seen In a long time. Everyone is just so busy these days. Speaking of which, I hung out with Scott and his wife yesturday. We played pool and had some drinks, it was fun but I'm getting sick of beer. I hate the next morning after drinking, you feel like such shit!
I was going to get a secound job over nights, but I've decided to wait until I really need to. I'm making enough for now, even though I can't go to college this semester. I will go next semester, even If I have to pass on some bills!
-Later-
Dear God - 2/12/2005
Today is Saturday and I'm going to be stuck at work with nothing to do. I'm not complaining, just making a statement. I'm going to have to bring something to past the time. Yeah, my jobs pretty cool, I go in on Saturday and have about one hour of work to do and eight hours to do it. Tough! :) I started working out thursday, I did a little bit of my legs and chest and that was it. It's so hard getting back into the swing of things. I'm going to pick up some protein powder and creatine today. Well, I should probably get to work now. -Later-
Dear God - 2/9/2005
So what's been going on? In December I totaled my car, but I bought It back from the insurance co. for 800.00. It's being fixed as we speak. It wasn't that bad just that the insurance co. wrote the estimate up for all "GM" parts which cost more than generic parts. Anyway, they cut me a check for 4,300 and I should be able to fix it with that.
My fridge finally got fixed. It's been a whole month without it and I'm looking forward to a nice tall glass of milk :) Or anything cold.
I watched the super bowl at the hippodrome. It was pretty cool, Lazer 99.3 was there and there was a 10 yard buffet. I got a few pitchers and had a couple of shots. It was pretty good for a last minute thing.
I bought a new weight set and bench. It's pretty cool, it has a spot for squats, curls, leg ext., and back exercises. First I bought an olympic size weight set of 300 lbs. but it was too big. The bar weighed 45 lbs. and was 7 feet long. I had a bitch of a time getting it in my house and had to return it later. Now I got the right kind.
Me and Sandy have been fighting lately and it pisses me off. We can't even have a conversation with out fighting. Sucks. She also keeps bringing up marriage, and I'm not getting married for a while. Also, not to someone I fight constantly with neither. Makes sense, right?
-Later-
Dear God-10/24/04
I haven't posted on here in a few days, I've been busy. The apartment is comming along nicely, hopefully the new rugs will be in this week. We just bought a new couch and love seat for the living room and we have just about everything else. Can't wait to get in there. My cat died yesturday. He was ill for a few weeks now with a liver disease. He wouldn't eat anything and the pills we got for him didn't help. We had him for 13 years, I guess that's a pretty long time for a cat to live. Not too much else going on. I caught a cold a few days ago, nothing bad but I fucking hate being sick. It's ok, in a few days It'll be gone. Ah, well...I need to hit the shower and go to class.
So After class I stop to get a coffee at cumberlands and some bummy looking guy in his 50's starts asking me about my car. It doesn't stop there :)This guy starts telling me how he's on workers comp. and use to work for the city of Springfield as a custodian for 20 years. I made the mistake of telling him I work for the city too, and after that It all went down hill. He started telling me about his wife leaving him, not being able to see his kids, how he has no heat in his apartment, his addiction to coke, choking his wife and getting arrested......and kept going!! It turns out he worked at the same place I do at one time and knows the people I work with. Eventually he got hurt on the job , and is on worker's comp. now. So anyway this guy must have been on some shit because he would get mad and start saying "the city fucked me!!",then he would tell me how his wife left him and start crying. I'm like, "......dude, hang in there". I don't know what to tell him, I didn't even want to talk to him. Everytime I'd say something like "well, I gotta get going" he'd be like "just remeber the city fucks you...and you know what?" then start telling me another story. It was kinda freaky. I found out later that my father knows who he is and he did work for the city. I thought he was telling the truth because he was naming the custodians that my dad works with and the guys I work with. Trust me, this might not sound to wierd but when your just going in to grab a coffee and this happens, it can catch you off guard. I almost forgot, when we were talking some italian dude in his early 30's walks up to me and says "This yo car?". I'm like "uhhh...........yeah" ( very unsure about answering him). He starts telling me he's going to give me his "boy's" number and wants me to give him a call because he works on camaros and corvettes. Then he goes in the store and the next thing I know he's banging on the glass, waving me inside. He had the new wheeler dealer in his hand and his friend's ad was in there. Keep in mind this is all happening at the same freakin time :) Any how, I try to leave and the other guy outside calls me over and starts talking to me for another 45 min. I spent over an hour and a half at cumberlands, and all I wanted was a coffee (which I did get by the way). Unreal. Next time I'm just nodding my head and walking :)
-Later-
Dear God-10/16/04
Today at work a bus full of kids walked in the building as if they belonged there. Nobody is allowed in the building, but I guess they didn't know that. On Saturdays different schools come to the field in back of the building to play sports, and usually I can leave the door wide open to get some fresh air. Not today. They walked right in and went to the rest rooms. Imagine my surprise when I walked around the corner and saw about 30 kids in soccer uniforms standing in the hall. I realized they didn't know they weren't allowed in side, so I let them use the rest room and when they left I locked the doors. All day people were ringing the door bell, and trying to use the bathrooms. What a pain in the ass that was! I just got back from the pub and I wanted to add another entry, so here I am. Me and scott went to the bar and met up with a couple friends. Nothing great to talk about,we just watched the red sox vs. the yankees. I had fun though, like I said it good to get out for a few drinks. -Later-
Dear God-10/15/04
Yesturday was hell. Ever have one of those days where everything seems to go wrong? That was yesturday. My check was held because I had to fill out a form that I never got, I almost got hit by some guy speeding through a parking lot, I couldn't even get a coffee! I went through Dunkin' Donuts drive up window and nobody waited on me. I was there for 5 min. and nothing. I'm glad that day is over, but now I have to go to work and do a two person job. My partner covered for the day shift guy, and that leaves me alone to do the entire building at night. It's ok because I have today and tomarrow to finish it. I can take a few breaks and maybe order a pizza :) Man am I full, I just ate 3 burgers from wendy's and 5 chicken nuggets. Just thought I'd share that. I'm going to buckle down and get my EMT license soon, I think I took enough time off from getting it, It's been since july. Well It's getting close to work time so I'm finished for now.
-Later-
Dear God-10/12/04
Lets see...since this is my first entry I should start by informing everyone on whats been going on. This month I bought a new car. I had a Buick Regal '93 and now have a '94 Chevy Camaro Z28 (as seen in my main page). I'm very happy with the car seeing how it only has 63K miles and is in excellent condition. Unfortunately, two days after I bought it some one shot my windows out with a pellet gun. Good thing my insurance covered it and the car is back to it's original condition. Guess you can't own a nice car around here. Another thing I've been up to this month is fixing up an apartment. I know the person who owns this apartment and he's fixing it up so me and Sandy (my girlfriend) can move in. To help the process move faster, we are helping in our free time. We hope to get in my Nov. 1st. College is going well, I've missed some classes in "statistics" but I hope to catch up this thursday (that is If the professor hasn't thrown me out of his class). My friend Scott and I have been hanging out more lately. We usually go to the bar, grab a pitcher or two of beer, and play darts or pool. It's nice to forget about all your problems for a few hours a week. Even though scott has a wife and kid now hopefully we can still hang out now and then.Thats enough for now, just wanted to get this started. - Later-