Pretty Little Liars: "March of Crimes" Episode

Best Moment: Scene with Alison & Jenna in the music room
Ali: Wait! Shauna was my friend first, how did you turn her against me?"
Jenna: I didn't. You did.
+3
BURN.
BURN, BURN, BURN.

Thank god someone (sort of) put Ali in her place. +2

Side Note: How do all these teen girls have such AMAZING cars?  It's disgusting, really. -1

Aria finally believe Hanna's story because her mom reveals ANOTHER incident with Zach and, I am assuming, a teen girl. Nice. How do you "excuse away" your fiance hitting on and trying to pick up teenage girls? "Oh, yeah, you know sometimes he gets urges for children, but I'm okay with. I get to marry a young, hot barista! Yay!"

Sidney needs to go away. -1
Caleb (still) needs to SHAVE. -2
So far this episode is EZRA-FREE. +1
Spencer and her crowbar of justice +1
Aria apologizing to Hanna +1

Aria has two (count them, TWO) parents in her house at the SAME time, for the first time in, what? Like 3 seasons? +2 (ha, two, for two parents)

#AlisCoverUp SHUT UP. -3

I don't even really know what is going on anymore. What happened with the horses? What about Bethany? This is becoming LOST-esque, in that there is always more and more information and people being added to this story, and I feel like it will NEVER be totally explained.

Episode WAS entirely EZRA-FREE!!! +1,000! 

Pretty Little Liars: "Scream For Me" Episode

Okay. First things first, WHEN did Caleb stop protecting and caring about Hanna and being a good influence? Now he's some lazy, drunken loafer that's just all like "heyyyy man whatever...here's some whiskey that I bought because with my new 12 year old haircut and trashy facial hair, I'm obviously old enough to purchase said whiskey". Give me a break.

Next issue: I am seriously annoyed at how everyone, ESPECIALLY SPENCER, is giving Hanna a hard time about her newfound drinking problem! Hello, Spencer, you were addicted to SPEED more than once. Stop being so self-righteous and uppity.

I love this show, but some of these plots are bogus. And what fucking season or time of year is it in Rosewood!? I have no clue!

Now- Zack. So, he's a young guy. Falls for older woman. Whisks said older woman away to Austria - AUSTRIA people! Now we are supposed to believe that he's a child predator? Really? I. Marlene King, come on. We aren't all dumb 13 year olds watching this. 

Grrrrr.

If It's Not One Thing, It's Another

That subject is 100% truth, and it seems to be even truer as I am on the precipice of turning 30 years old. I'M FALLING THE HECK
APART...
Whether it's work or my personal life, it is always SOMETHING. For example, I am currently sitting, no laying, in a lopsided position on the couch. There's a gob of toothpaste covered in gauze topped with an ice pack resting on my right side, about bra-line. Why? Well, let me start at the beginning...
It was the end of July. I was on a Kennedy family vacation in Tennessee with my boyfriend. After the hike up, around, down and all over the Mountain of Death, I acquired TWO incredibly painful blisters on the backs of both heels. I couldn't wear shoes for a month, and I still have 'blister scars'.
Fast forward to right before Labor Day weekend. I'm doing laundry. There, near the doorway of the laundry room of our apartment building, was lurking a small, yet dangerous, puddle of water. And down I went, landing square on the knee. The result? An air cast for a sprained ankle and a knee brace for a pinched meniscus. My knee is still messed up.
And now, back to the awkward position and ice pack. Late last week I discovered a painful irritation on the side of my upper abdomen. It appears to be a spider bite, and it's a bad one. The redness and pain is out of control. I've been working my way through various home remedies, so far to not much relief. Next up is the salt or garlic remedy!
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Breakfast Quesadilla!

Delicious, simple and damn tasty!




Ingredients:

Flour or corn tortillas (2 per quesadilla)
1/2 avocado, diced or sliced
Diced tomatoes
Couple spoonfuls black beans
Shredded cheddar cheese (I use the mixed Mexican shredded cheeses)
2-4 eggs, scrambled (2 per quesadilla)
Olive oil or butter for each side of tortilla shell that you're cooking
*Meat can be substituted or added.

Directions:

Scramble your eggs, then heat a medium sized frying pan to medium-low. Dice up tomatoes & avocado. Brush olive oil or melted butter onto one side of each tortilla shell, put one shell in pan. Top with cheese of choice, scrambled eggs, black beans, tomatoes, avocado, (meat if used) and finally, top with a little more cheese and your remaining tortilla shell (brush with remaining olive oil or melted butter). Cook until lightly browned & crisp on each side. Let cool, cut into fours triangles and enjoy!
*sour cream or taco sauce make excellent dipping choices too!


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Chipmunk Recovery, Day 3

It's Day 3 here at the Chipmunk Recovery Cabana after Friday's wisdom teeth surgery. I'm still in pain and still pretty nauseous at times, but a bright spot is that I don't look like THIS anymore (see below)



My mouth tastes AWFUL, and I'm not sure what's causing it to be so icky. I'm doing my warm salt water rinses three times a day, and brushing my teeth twice daily (as best I can). My only thought is that it's the taste of the sutures that are supposed to dissolve on their own, but who knows. It's disgusting😣

Here's some things I can't do yet:
-yawn
-laugh
-yell
-lay on either side of my face while sleeping
-breathe through my mouth
-eat solid foods
-drinking acidic beverages (ex. Lemonade)
-drink alcohol
-SMILE

I am debating whether or not I should try to go back to work tomorrow or not. My painkillers make me incredibly sleepy and VERY nauseous, not a good combo for working productively. To not take the meds would be downright painful, which also makes an unproductive work day.

I have decided to base my decision on how I sleep tonight. If I am up and uncomfortable most of the night, then I will stay home and attempt rest & sleep for the day. If I sleep through the night or am pretty wide awake and not in too much pain at 5am, then I will suck it up (not literally because I cannot suck in air) and be a little trooper. Worst case scenario, I leave work and come home...

To be continued...

P.S. The WORST part about all of this is that I'm missing the first days of summer and the very warm weather😥



I want to go to the pool & the lake and just enjoy the HEAT
☀☀☀
Damned wisdom teeth...😠


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Letter of Res...ig...na......

My job sucks. There. I said it. Now for the why...







I used to love my job; the company, the people, the work itself. Now I just want to throw staplers around, throw up all my files in a heap, and run out of the building screaming and skipping and swearing. But you know how life is; there are bills upon bills, which sit on a mountain of other bills that are laughing at me.







I work for peanuts, pennies, whatever you want to call the hourly wage I make. It's laughable when you look at the work I do. The sheer volume of it all astonishes me on a daily basis. I keep learning, doing, perfecting, helping, coaching, training, testing, hating, dying...and for what? Not for a raise. Not for a promotion. Not for an internal transfer. Nope, I keep getting held back no matter what I try to do. The treatment of all the associates where I work, to put it simply, SUCKS. Just because you're a strong-willed person doesn't mean you have to be mean and nasty, and it most certainly does not mean you should hold someone back from something better.







Recently I interviewed not once, not twice, but three times for a new position at a new company. I never thought I would leave the company I am at, honestly, because I was comfortable and good at what I do.  Anyway,  I didn't get the new position outside my current company, and I all but broke down and sobbed (okay I sobbed) over the news, which very courteously came to me in email format. Okay, I'm a big girl, and I wasn't exactly looking for a new job anyway, so it's fine, it's whatever. (Still bummed, not gonna lie...)







I then decided to do something that I had often thought about, but decided against because I really did (and still do) love the actual work I do. I'm just tired of being treated the way I am treated, and tired of waiting for the day the managers will actually own up to the promises of promotion they make time and time again. So, I did it. I filled out and turned in an internal transfer request for a department I already do lots of work for and am familiar with. The manager there is amazing, he's great and will work hard for you. I turned this in this past Thursday, Friday morning I had an interview lined up. From everything I heard, it was basically a done deal, and I was beyond happy about it, but of course evil ice queens have to ruin good feelings. Now everything is on hold for two weeks (or longer) because my department manager wants to "discuss" this with someone above her. Undoubtedly, she is going to say the other department was trying to "poach" her employee. Thing is, I am the company's employee, not hers. She does not sign my paychecks. There have been rude and unnecessary comments made to the potential new manager about me, I am guessing, in hopes he will change his mind. Too bad. He hasn't. So, now they are going to try to drag it out for as long as they can, instead of letting me go with the July 1st plan that HR and the new manager came up with. Needless to say, I am not happy at all.







As I like to say, "A happy associate is a productive associate", and you're losing big time, because I am TIRED. I am SO tired of being treated like garbage, even though you know I am a incredibly valuable asset to the department. I just hope that this person finally gets knocked down a peg (or two), because it's not fair and it's wrong. I deserve the promotion, and I deserve the raise. I deserve it! And I am tired of not getting it. Just tired...





The Weakerthans- Letter of Resignation

Happy Father's Day?

This will be brief. Three days ago I contacted my dad asking him to a Father's Day dinner with me, his eldest child, unfortunately I didn't hear back that day. Two days ago he contacted me stating that he would let me know, he might have to work. I asked if another day would be better, he said he'd let me know.
That dinner was supposed to be today.
I guess he couldn't make it.
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