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Yup, I mailed my early voters ballot this morning. Hope my candidates win!

OK so I got my flu shot today, as well as a pneumonia shot. I’m good now for another 10 years on that. I’ll get a flu shot again next year though. My arm hurts…I’m going to bed early with the hot pad and some advil. Get your flu shots people! Love ya, bye.

Well, Happy Anniversary to me (and Bill) 32 years ago today. It was raining on my wedding day, and when I woke up this morning it was raining…ain’t that sumthin? Our big thing today was to go to town and pick up some medicine and a pizza, then come home and watch Survivor and Grey’s Anatomy. We went out last Saturday to Husker House for our nice anniversary meal. We don’t go there much anymore for some reason, so it was nice for a change. Anyway, that’s all for now, bye.

Well, it’s October 18th. I’ve been doing the cashier job now for 2 weeks. Mostly I like it. I don’t have to do any of the back breaking work anymore, or do all the walking (anywhere from 4 to 12 miles a day), or get blamed for things that aren’t my fault and yelled at about stupid stuff. No more stress. I got to keep the best part, which is seeing all the people. I get home at a decent time now and I get to watch evening TV shows with my old man. Some days I do absolutely nothing but stand there, which is kind of like a vacation for me. Other days I’m pretty busy, but the time does go by. One of these days I’ll be able to retire, but until then, I won’t have to work so hard. I actually sleep better at night too. I’m really enjoying NOT being in that so-called UPPER ESCHELON. Yeah, they just don’t know how much that will hurt them by NOT promoting me when they had the chance! 4 times trying for it was enough for me. One of the gals there told me that it’s all about how hard they ride you there. Well, I was starting to feel like I was “rode hard and put away wet” every day. I took it and took it and took it for 5 years, and after working 25 days in a row, I had enough! A lot of people have quit there to go to places with better pay and better hours. Well, I got better hours, but a little less pay when I changed over to cashier. I didn’t want to quit and go someplace else and lose all my benefits, 4 weeks vacation, profit sharing, and insurance. So “stepping down” from being a manager was definately worth the small cut in pay (and the BIG cut in the stress level). I look at the people they have over there now, and I just have to laugh! One of them knows some about the area, and the other one is a drama queen who doesn’t know anything about the area and hates it there. I keep hearing little things, and every time I do I just have to smile and think how much happier I am now that I don’t have to deal with all that. OK, now that I got all that off my chest, maybe I’ll write more often! If anyone reads this, just leave a comment ok? Bye for now.

Hello there, today is day 25 working without a day off. Finally tomorrow I have a day off. Whatever will I do with myself? Maybe take a nap? Maybe a little road trip? Maybe clean house? No, I think I’ll just take a nap. Starting on Saturday I’ll be taking my last week of vacation, and then when I get back, I’m stepping down from my manager position down to regular full time. I’m going to train as a cashier. I’ll still be working full time, but not working as hard, and certainly there will be a LOT LESS STRESS. Wish me luck, it was a hard decision to make, but I’m sure it will be best in the long run. Maybe some day I’ll go back into a department, but maybe not. Anyway, that’s why I haven’t written anything on here for so long…ok, that’s all for now. Later…

Well, I’ve decided to take an on-line class. Inspired by my oldest kid I guess. I remember now why we never could save up enough money for the boys’ college educations…it’s EXPENSIVE… $350 for a 3 credit class plus the book. (I didn’t go into the service, so Uncle Sam isn’t paying for it.) I’m taking it on-line because actually going to college would interfere with my work schedule. Anyway, wish me luck!