OK, I have worked at the snack bar at the Air Force base for almost 5 weeks. At first, they bombarded me with hours. Then about the middle of the third week, my supervisor started to gripe about everthing I did. My cleaning wasn't up to (their) standards. But, remember, this is the military so there standards are extremely high. Then I was told that I am "late" to work. Hello, I was supposed to be there at 7 and they complained because I came in two days at 7:03 and 7:01. First of all, when you get to the base, they have to check your ID, so that takes awhile and I was still learning about all that. The 7:01 was a joke. I got there at 6:58 but by the time I put my purse in my locker, washed my hands and got to the cash register, it was 7:01. Talk about being nitpicky!!! Then they started cutting my hours. I went from getting 35-36 to 22.5. They are complete jerks and need to get the sticks out of their asses. I want less hours than what I had so I could focus on school, but this is ridiculous. There should be a middle ground. And the next two weeks are going to be the same way. My husband is a manager at one of the other facilities at the base and when I go to him for support, he always sides with them. This whole thing is bull **** bull **** bull ****

This last week, as well as the next two weeks, are going to be so stressful. With my new job, I am working 30 hours a week (I worked 40 last week because of training; now I have a set schedule) Plus, I'm taking 12 hours this semester. Mind you, this is just class time. I have 2 projects in my Intro to Early Childhood Education class, a project in my Infant and Toddler care class, a test and 2 projects due in Children's literature and have to have a 8 chapters of Tale of Despereaux read, and a test in Children with special needs. I am feeling extremely overwhelmed right now and like I'm not going to have time to get everything completed and do well on it

I have made two attempts to get the seventh edition of the Amazing Race all star game going. Others have had a lot of success where mine has not. It's very disheartening to put effort and nobody plays. Am I coming up with bad idea? Is everyone just not getting on the forums anymore? Hopefully something will change

We just got into a car accident the other night. Sara, my daughter, came home for the night and we had went to dinner at Taco Bell and my husband tried to turn left when the traffic was going right. The reason for this was that he wanted go get into that direction because Sara was wanting to pick up so stuff at Wal-Mart. Of course, all of our saving was depleted with the house and I don't start my new job until tomorrow (my husband got me a job at the Air Force Base where he works). Our car's drivable, but with the taillight out, we cannot drive it at night. He and his brother are working on the car as I write this blog. As much as it sucks for us right now, it's not near as bad as it was for the other car. As far as damages, they only have a dent and a blown out tire, while we lost some of our lights and our front bumper. But what did happen was that when they ran the licenses of everyone involved, it turned out that one of the passengers of the other car had a warrent out for his arrest. Ouch!!!! But other than a bruise on my knee (and that's because of the way I was sitting) nobody was hurt.

There have been several changes going on in my life as of late. First of all, Sara--my only child--has left for college this week. I really miss her and with the school being only 45 minutes away, I wish she had commuted and lived at home. Speaking of which, we just bought a house which is about 30 minutes from where we live now. Which means that I am having to find another job. Easier said than done !!! Plus, I've been at this current job for over 5 years, so changing is scary for me. But, it's more practical where we are now because it's closer to my husband's work (and he makes more $$$ than me) and closer to my school. But I told him that I draw the line at switching churches--for now anyway.