So after 4 interviews and even the start of a background check I got a call that they went with someone else. I was so excited to have finally found a job. It is really disappointing.. The say 1/2 million Oregonians are on Food Stamps and the unemployment rate for Nov was 8.1.. That was 7.6 in September.. I project it'll be 9percent for Dec. I hate being one of those... I am about to apply at a fast food place.. I mean I didn't even get picked up by target for the holiday season. It is so hard to think about only making min wage... Key Bank was only 10 an hour... At this point is using all my unemployment up worth trying to wait until I can get a decent paying job... I mean how is any Single Parent Live off anything less then 12 an hour? I know I am doing it now but I also don't pay rent and I want to be able too..

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Kristen Beaty Photography

So I finally fall asleep at 2am... Just to be woken up at 340Am but a weird noise from the basement.. "Oh Shit" I think.. A pipe must have cracked.... So I get on my shore and shuffle down the stairs to find the condensation pump on the furnace is going.. But is has been running forever and it is still full... So I get dressed and crunch my way to the pipe out side.. Frozen.. So at 4am I am running a hair dryer out my sons window to defrost the line... At 5am it is unfrozen and I go in to shut his window.. which is also frozen and breaks on it's way down because the seal is frozen the pressure of my hand against the glass pushes it out of the frame on one side it stuck on all the other sides and cracked... So then at 5am I am using a circular saw in the basement to cutting wood. I got the prefect cut the first time!

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Christmas 2008

So there is a sneak peak of some of the photos we had taken today on http://kristenbeatyphotography.com

So I have started the background check process with Key Bank but have been warned I still might have to do a interview with the DM. I know my B/G well be fine. I past the one at Verizon and it can’t be any worst at Key. But it makes me nervous because I worked for myself and then as a contract Sub for daycare's for some long.. Hopefully it works out.. I faxed of my Release today..

Dom has been sick. I toke him to the Dr today and guess what.. He says I should celebrate the cold because it means he’ll be stronger against colds later.. LOL Then he tells me No cold Meds work and they actually proved 6 years ago that they hurt more kids then helped and only starting pulling them off the shelves last year.. That explains why I couldn’t find anything..

He says one thing that does work is putting Vicks on the Feet then putting on your socks when sleeping.. That this well help his chest.. I never think of Vick because we never had it in the house growing up. My sister is allergic to it.. So I decided If Vicks is the only thing I can give him; I well.. I know the Pharmacist by name.. Because it is mine and she knows my face.. she see’s it enough … I ask her about the Vicks on the feet and she says She does it and also puts it on the chest and nose and It helps so much.. CRAZY… But that I shouldn’t get it at Target I should go to Wal-Mart where the bottles are bigger..

So we are trying that tonight. I’ll let you know..

So I had my 3rd interview with Key Bank… And Oh my was it great! I was so amped up.. and I didn’t get the coffee till after. I aced it. At the end the guy says I can’t say this but you well be hearing from us about interviewing with the DM… they even ask me of the three shifts they are hiring for which ones do I want in order.. Then as I leave the lady I was interviewing with says… “I don’t know if your really this good or just coached” “I say “Oh No I have had a job for 2 years so I haven’t had to interview.”

So I left got my coffee.. I stop at ToysRUs.. Wonder why? LOL anyways I was then super amped I think I forgot to say de-cafe.. It was such a great day. I went home and toke this Picture of myself because I realized getting my clothes ready that NOTHING fits… My old work clothes are all 16’s and some 14’s… Well I am down to a 12.. I did manage to find a pair of 13 and a belt and a LG shirt that I bought just in Aug… and it is an inch too big.. Got to LOVE it..

Then I get the dog and we go get Dom.. My Grams calls to invite me over for steak.. LOVE Her!.. And when I hang up I get a Call from Key Bank .. Asking me to fill out the second step of the interview process and then call him back tomorrow.. OH MY!! I mean this is only a part time job but it is a JOB.. It’ll pay some bills while I am going to school… Yeah! So we take the dog to the Minto Brown Island Park where me and Dom rode bike back when I had a way to get our bike there and he goes nuts.. It is way to much for him and I start training all over.. It’ll take time..

Dinner was great.. My dad was in town so I got to see him during a work week.. The Dogs did great together AND.. Dominick even ate his steak.. LOL

I Added more candy canes. I think we are done now.

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I was reading back and noticed that I didn't mention how good Dominick's School Conference went. We had to rush there because the night before we had been out of town borrowing a truck to help a friend move. We ended up being the only people that showed up and it toke 3 trips.. and 12 hours.. Since we didn't start til 3pm we weren't done til 3am. We had to wait for my Step dad to be off work to borrow his truck. Poor Dominick he was tired and starving and there was nothing to eat at 3 am.. We ended up crashing on the floor getting a couple hours sleep then heading home at 5am. It was better with a little sleep behind me before the drive.
So We got home and went back to bed for a bit. Got up in a fevered lack of sleep rush.. the one you get in when you only have 4 hours of sleep.. well basically 2 2 hour naps.. Or less.. We got to the school about 15 mins early. Dom had a lot more sleep having never woke up even when switching back cars..
So we sat down in front of the teacher.. Dom still eating. And She Read us the report card. They Don't grade in A B C D F they have + or - and E S I E= Excellent, S= Satisfactory Improvement needed... (I might be messing something)I volunteer at the school so She points out when she tests the kids and starts reading his report card. He is getting S- in about every block and the main grading he is getting I. He is in Second Grade and reading at a first grade level. She goes on to say his Math is at 2nd grade level but he rushes though it so much he is still S- and a I overall.. This is disappointing because that was his best subject last year and she doesn't spend near as much time on it as the teacher did last year. On Writing she says he is at grade level but he also rushes though that and he draws more then he writes, also he writes run on sentences and needs to be writing a story now. so it is again a s- and an I. So overall she says she has seen great improvement over the last 2 weeks sense he started new meds. And that He has been doing a lot better but the report card is older then that.
So then we talk with the Teacher that is working and checking him out for IEP Ind. Education Plan. They have been doing testing for a while and Dominick has enjoyed it. I think that is funny. Anyways. She says that is Math is Above Grade level. And that his Reading and Writing are Below. They Also do an IQ test which is 1!02... His Processing Speeding is holding him back at 88. Normal is 100. His Perceptional Reasoning is 112. His Math reading and language are somewhere in between. Anyways his Teacher was impressed. The IEP Teacher says we can set up classes and plans to help him now that we know what is holding him back..
I look at my little Boy. This is the best Report Card he has ever gotten. And his teachers all sounds so hopefully with the future. I say "Dominick this is a great report card and as long and you keep trying hard I think you can have a Fantastic one by the end of the year. and we can Frame it. You think you can keep trying?"
I had tears in my eyes and was so happy when he said yes.