|
MKochan
|
read my profile
sign my guestbook
Name: Michelle
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Metro: Chicago
Gender: Female
Interests: YAY for scrapbooking! I also like to watch movies and hang out with my friends!
Occupation: Internet Marketing Assistant M
Industry: Marketing / Web Design
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
2/11/2003
|
|
|
I submitted to have my mom win the best mom contest and win a trip to NYC, she deserves it. You can read and vote every 24 hours!
Here is what I WANTED to put! I love my mom because she has shown me so much love over my entire life. The best example I can give is when I was 24 years old (08/2007) I was in a near fatal car accident, one minute I am out having fun on a summer morning and the next I woke up and I couldn’t move. My mom dropped EVERYTHING and drove 6 hours to come see me. While I was in intensive care she stayed with me for 5 days without leaving my side, including going home to sleep. While I was in the ICU my husband and I closed on a house (which he had to do alone). My mom boxed up our apartment, moved the boxes and set EVERYTHING up in our new house. She also painted all of the walls and ceilings of our new house because she wanted me to come home to something great. After I was moved to the regular area of the hospital she stayed with me and wrote down everything the doctors told her and asked a lot of questions, she was my medical advocate. On my first day of physical therapy (learning to sit up in bed) she was there and really pushing me hard to get me through the pain and still caring for me. She also made all of the calls and sent emails to everyone updating my condition. I was finally moved to a rehabilitation hospital that was 45 minutes away from where I lived/where she was staying. She was there every day when my first session of therapy started and stayed until I fell asleep at night so I wouldn’t get lonely or sad. Then our new house flooded! She single handedly cleaned up the mess, tore out the carpet and bleached everything in addition to still coming to see me every day to support me. When I finally came home she brought me to our new house and helped me around because I could still barely walk. She took her time and showed me everything. She continued to pack up everything in the apartment to move while driving me 3-4 times a week to physical therapy and doctor appointments. She also did a lot of landscaping and shaping of our new yard. After all of that she would drive me to the store and we picked up things for dinner that she had to make because I could not. She gave up 2 months of her life and without her here my husband and I could not have done it. I know that I am walking and doing so much better today because of her. I can never express how much my mother means to me or how much this meant to me. Thanks so much, Michelle | | |
| Three days, five hours, and 19 minutes (from when I started this blog) until I am done with Follett. But the time is going by so slowly today. It is probably because I don't have much to do. I sit here and when I get an email I answer it ASAP, but relaly, nothing else. So what should I do all day. Becky said I should update Xanga, TADA!!! What else...check Facebook, ok, I do that about every 5 minutes... Thank God some people are on IM to talk to. What else should I do, any suggestions?
| | |
| Gabe and I had such a productive weekend! Saturday morning we went to yoga and we both did a lot better than usual. I think it's because we weren't working all day long. Then we came home and cleaned up the house a big and prepared a nice dinner. I made pot roast with carrots and mashed potatoes and gravy. Clemente came over and we played games and watched a movie. It was a lot of fun! Plus it was the first time he ever ate my cooking.
Then Sunday started out lazy but we saw our neighbor outside so we went out and talked with him and he gave us advice on how to make our yard look nicer. So then we went to Lowe's and got some weed and feed, weed killer, and mulch. We called some professional lawn people to come out and aerate and dethatch our lawn so then we can put down the weed and feed afterwards next weekend.
Then we started cleaning out Gabe's car because it was an absolute mess. Then we started cleaning out my car fro mthe winter crap. Which then led to cleaning out the garage! So now our cars and garage look VERY nice!
It's so crazy owning a house, we have no idea what we're doing, but trying to learn fast! Plus we have to go buy something because most of the time we dont' have it (like a weed and feed spreader). If you have any other advice let me know! | | |
| I'm counting down the days I have left at Follett Higher Education Group (6.5). But I can't help but feel bittersweet about it. It was my first job when I moved to the windy city. I met my first friends here. I will miss the fun lunches that we have. But at the same time, I will NOT miss a lot of things too. Like how when there's a birthday, anniversary, new person or person leaving, we all go out to lunch but have to pay for ourselves and the person who we are celebrating. Follett never pays for any group lunches, it starts to get expensive for us! I will not miss the meager wage. I will not miss the INFURIATING and INTOLERABLE co-worker who has caused 3 (me being 4) [people to quit. Yet management does nothing about this person. She never has to take a project she doesn't want (she actually throws tantrums at work), she never meets deadlines (so then her work is redistributed to the rest of us who DID make the deadline), she can just be a complete BITCH to anyone whenever she wants, yet nothing is done. But at least I won't have to be completely infuriated at work or on my way home because of her anymore!
I will miss all the great people who still actally work at Follett though. And I kind of feel bad they will still have to deal with her and the management who doens't listen to us (about her or other problems within the department). All the support they gave me when I was out for the accident. They will never know how much that meant to me *tear*
| | |
| Well, I finally got a new job! After months of getting frustrated with that one person and management because they won't do anything about her, I finally got one! It's at Dreams Incorporated. it's in Niles, IL (38 miles one way). Then they are moving to Northbrook, IL (45 miles one way). But I will have a better position where I can move up, I will be doing what I WANT to do, I can get an annual bonus, only work 4 days a week for 7 weeks in the summer. so there are a lot of benefits (not to mention a pay raise)!
I will definitely miss all the friends I have made at Follett though. I will miss our fun and funny lunches. Though lately since everyone has left and things have gotten tense things haven't been as fun. We will all keep in touch. We had a big party on Saturday to celebrate and just all get together. It was a fantastic time. I'm pretty sure that everyone was at least tipsy!
| | |
|
