So Eric got a new car and everything was great until two days ago. We went to Target, came back out and it wouldn't start. It got power, but wouldn't turn over. Great. Eric thought maybe it Vapor Locked which isn't really something we can fix, it just happens with heat/humidity. He tries 5 or 6 more times and it doesn't start. We sit there for 5 minutes and he tries again and all of a sudden it started. Great, maybe it just needed to cool down.
We get home and he turns it off and tries to turn it on and once again, nothing. He text one of his friends and told him what was going on and he came over the next day (yesterday) and had no idea what was wrong with it. Eric then thought maybe it was the spark plugs so off to Auto Zone we go. This morning he's taking them off and putting the new ones on when he gets to the last one and the old one breaks off. Um.. it's not suppose to do that. He then looks around and starts to notice a bunch of hardware that is missing and a lot of bolts that are stripped from over tightening and a lot of the stuff that is suppose to be done in the service inspection at the dealership wasn't.
By this time he's just mad that after 5 days of having this car it doesn't start and the previous owner took a bunch of shortcuts and the dealership didn't do what they were suppose to. He called them a little bit ago and told them to come and get it. He's now waiting for the manager to call him back to see what is going to happen.
Now we get to start the car looking processes over again. Lovely.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Definitely not a good teller
I suck at it... That's an under-statement. I get so nervous with a lot of cash that I mess up and boy did I mess up today. I don't even know where I messed up, but I did. I was short $988.18. I know I didn't just hand someone $988.18 so it had to have been a button or something I did wrong... or multiple things. I count the money 2 or 3 times depending on the amount so I'm just confused. I keep going through the customers in my head to see if I can think of the one or ones I messed up on.
Before I did my end of the day balancing to find out I was short almost 1k I got yelled at by a customer. I'm assuming he's from a country where women aren't equal to men because he was a complete asshole. So much, my manager had to step in. I got so pissed I was shaking. Twit. Go back to your effing country.
Before I did my end of the day balancing to find out I was short almost 1k I got yelled at by a customer. I'm assuming he's from a country where women aren't equal to men because he was a complete asshole. So much, my manager had to step in. I got so pissed I was shaking. Twit. Go back to your effing country.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Just an update
It's been awhile since I've updated this blog. I've been at my job for almost three weeks and today I start by myself today. Scary stuff. Eric has weekend duty this week as well (he had it last week too).
Last weekend we were on the freeway and something blew in the car. It almost sounded like we ran over something and a tire blew out, but then all of a sudden our Passat sounds like a turbo diesel, except has no horsepower. We get off the freeway and we are in the middle of the ghetto. We putt our way to Carmax to find out they're closed. Get a ride to the Airport to rent a car from the Enterprise (the only one open in the whole city) since that is what Carmax told us to do. We get there only to find out they won't rent us a car because we don't have a credit card. Whaaaaa?! We are now stuck at the airport. I call Brittany (another military spouse I met out here) and her and her husband come to our rescue to drop me off at the house and Eric off at work. By this time it's 5 (Eric had to be in at 1645). He made it just in time. He didn't get out until 0100 and walked home. He finally got home at 0230 and passed out. His direct supervisor for the weekend said she would take the Sunday morning shift since it was at 0500. He gets a text at 0830 saying he needs to come in ASAP because it's his weekend duty and it doesn't matter if he needs to take a cab. I text Brittany and they come to our rescue once again.
[That stupid Sgt just didn't want to be there anymore because she partied too hard the night before. She wasn't even in uniform when Eric showed up.]
They chauffeured us around for the next day and finally Monday night we got the car back after getting it towed to a muffler shop.
We also got approved for a car loan through a credit union so now it's just trying to find a car within our budget that Eric likes (which is harder than getting the damn loan).
Other than that nothing too much going on. I'll try to update more often.
Last weekend we were on the freeway and something blew in the car. It almost sounded like we ran over something and a tire blew out, but then all of a sudden our Passat sounds like a turbo diesel, except has no horsepower. We get off the freeway and we are in the middle of the ghetto. We putt our way to Carmax to find out they're closed. Get a ride to the Airport to rent a car from the Enterprise (the only one open in the whole city) since that is what Carmax told us to do. We get there only to find out they won't rent us a car because we don't have a credit card. Whaaaaa?! We are now stuck at the airport. I call Brittany (another military spouse I met out here) and her and her husband come to our rescue to drop me off at the house and Eric off at work. By this time it's 5 (Eric had to be in at 1645). He made it just in time. He didn't get out until 0100 and walked home. He finally got home at 0230 and passed out. His direct supervisor for the weekend said she would take the Sunday morning shift since it was at 0500. He gets a text at 0830 saying he needs to come in ASAP because it's his weekend duty and it doesn't matter if he needs to take a cab. I text Brittany and they come to our rescue once again.
[That stupid Sgt just didn't want to be there anymore because she partied too hard the night before. She wasn't even in uniform when Eric showed up.]
They chauffeured us around for the next day and finally Monday night we got the car back after getting it towed to a muffler shop.
We also got approved for a car loan through a credit union so now it's just trying to find a car within our budget that Eric likes (which is harder than getting the damn loan).
Other than that nothing too much going on. I'll try to update more often.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Bentley and his boarding (rant)
We went out of town this week and boarded Bentley at the same place we take him for training. We have spent a great deal of money at this place between training and various products.
We upgraded him to a 'suite' which is his own private room, with a TV and bed that they provide. I can also log in online and watch him at any time. We also brought his blankets and a toy. The blankets were not his his room as of yesterday or the day before. I would have thought that if he had an accident they would wash them or at least give him some of theirs. Nope.
Then earlier today I logged on and he was ripping off the cover to the bed so I called and told them. They came in and took the bed out. Okay teach him a little lesson. Though, I thought they would at least give him something to lay on (whether it be blankets or the bed) for the night and the rest of his stay. Nope. It's 10:30 at night and he is curled up in a ball in the corner on the floor with no blankets or bed. I'm pissed. We picked this place to board him because I trusted them, even though it definitely wasn't the cheapest and then on top of that we put him in a suite.
They will definitely be hearing from Eric or me and we will be reconsidering if we keep using their services.
We upgraded him to a 'suite' which is his own private room, with a TV and bed that they provide. I can also log in online and watch him at any time. We also brought his blankets and a toy. The blankets were not his his room as of yesterday or the day before. I would have thought that if he had an accident they would wash them or at least give him some of theirs. Nope.
Then earlier today I logged on and he was ripping off the cover to the bed so I called and told them. They came in and took the bed out. Okay teach him a little lesson. Though, I thought they would at least give him something to lay on (whether it be blankets or the bed) for the night and the rest of his stay. Nope. It's 10:30 at night and he is curled up in a ball in the corner on the floor with no blankets or bed. I'm pissed. We picked this place to board him because I trusted them, even though it definitely wasn't the cheapest and then on top of that we put him in a suite.
They will definitely be hearing from Eric or me and we will be reconsidering if we keep using their services.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Who got a job?
I GOT A JOB! Lol! Yes, finally I got hired by Bank of America. This actually works out 100x better than the first location I interviewed at. The one I got hired at is less than 3 miles away from the house. I'll start out as a part time teller, but it sounds like since it's a small branch people get promoted pretty quickly.
I've thought about applying at the casino out here to do part time cocktails to just have some extra 'fun money'. It's still up in the air so who knows.
Eric got picked to do a TDY next week. It's only like 6 days and his command said I could go. He's going down for the Air Show and everyone has told him it's kind of a free vacation. Excited! It's about 2 hours south of here. He was told they normally don't let level 3's (what Eric is, since he's right out of tech school) go to this TDY, because it's normally used as a reward for 5+ levels. So he's super excited.
I've thought about applying at the casino out here to do part time cocktails to just have some extra 'fun money'. It's still up in the air so who knows.
Eric got picked to do a TDY next week. It's only like 6 days and his command said I could go. He's going down for the Air Show and everyone has told him it's kind of a free vacation. Excited! It's about 2 hours south of here. He was told they normally don't let level 3's (what Eric is, since he's right out of tech school) go to this TDY, because it's normally used as a reward for 5+ levels. So he's super excited.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Comp day.. Where are you?
Eric has worked some pretty crazy hours and days lately. He had to work the Air Fest Last weekend so he worked two weeks straight and was suppose to work this past weekend as well, but was lucky enough to switch with someone. He finally got his comp day today so it was a nice 3 day weekend.
Saturday was a friend's Birthday so I took her to lunch and Sunday Eric, me and Brittany all went to explore the beaches over in St. Pete and ended up in John's Pass again until it started raining, just like last time. Today we went to a furniture store to start looking for a new sectional and dining room table. No luck.
Bentley has been having issues with going to the bathroom in his crate while we're gone. And not just number 1. I've asked a bunch of people and have heard everything from "he might have worms" to "it's just a 'teenager' phase" to "it's separation anxiety". Personally, I believe it's combination of the last two. He also ripped up a little bit of carpet in the bedroom too. So now there is the big hole in the dinning room and the little bit in the bedroom. Though, I think we can get away with the one in the bedroom.
We're still looking at other apartments and houses so when Eric deploys we can get out of this lease and move in somewhere else. We're so tired of being here it's ridiculous.
Saturday was a friend's Birthday so I took her to lunch and Sunday Eric, me and Brittany all went to explore the beaches over in St. Pete and ended up in John's Pass again until it started raining, just like last time. Today we went to a furniture store to start looking for a new sectional and dining room table. No luck.
Bentley has been having issues with going to the bathroom in his crate while we're gone. And not just number 1. I've asked a bunch of people and have heard everything from "he might have worms" to "it's just a 'teenager' phase" to "it's separation anxiety". Personally, I believe it's combination of the last two. He also ripped up a little bit of carpet in the bedroom too. So now there is the big hole in the dinning room and the little bit in the bedroom. Though, I think we can get away with the one in the bedroom.
We're still looking at other apartments and houses so when Eric deploys we can get out of this lease and move in somewhere else. We're so tired of being here it's ridiculous.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Photography
So as some of the people who follow this blog know I have a few other blogs that I keep up with as well. I have a food blog where I document recipes and things I've made, I have a blog that has a lot of info for new military wives with spouses going through BMT and tech school and I have a photography blog that I recently started really getting into.
I've always played around with my cameras but never really edited my photos or took it seriously. Recently I started taking more and more photos, and not just of Eric and I, but animals and scenery and started editing them. I'm really beginning to love it. So I'm going to keep updating that blog as well if anyone would like to follow that too.
You can go to it here.
I've always played around with my cameras but never really edited my photos or took it seriously. Recently I started taking more and more photos, and not just of Eric and I, but animals and scenery and started editing them. I'm really beginning to love it. So I'm going to keep updating that blog as well if anyone would like to follow that too.
You can go to it here.
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