I want my prepress crew to know that I miss you guys very much! I miss the laughter, the jokes, the fun, the Prepress Snack Shack, hell---I just miss you! It breaks my heart to know that I will probably NEVER get a position as exciting as the one I had but there will not be a day that goes by that I won't think about you guys b/c I have grown so close to ya. Thanks for a wonderful year!

I'm sorry that my decision was to not to stick around for the optional 45 days to help out but I'm sure you understand why--you wouldn't either (LOL). I know that you guys can handle whatever is thrown your way. I know it will be extremely stressful, but I know you can do it!

I hope that you will keep in touch--I know I will! Take care and I love you all!

BTW--Monica, the "little secret" that I told you not too long ago is still in the works. I will be sure to let you know when it happens. Kiss those beautiful babies for me.

Disgusted to no end,
K

So I usually don't do the blog thing, but now I have a little something to say. I go into work on Wednesday, excited and willing to do whatever is thrown at me AND knowing that I had to do revisions to a pain in the @$$ Valentine's Day page that many of you probably saw in the paper on Thursday and the next thing I know, I am being pulled into my superior's office to be told that they have to let me go due to the "financial health of the company" BUT lets turn around and hire some temps to take everyones place!!! Therefore, only paying half hourly pay and no benefits! Now I am left with no job, a new car, a new house, a 3 year old and only one income! Someone explain to me how one is suppose to make it! The sales reps sell the ads that prepress puts together to make the money for the paper. When there is no one left in prepress, who the &%$@ is going to do the ads!!!!! It is not fair to the ones left in prepress to have to take on the responsibilities of what one person held in that department when they had more than they could handle in the first place! THEN, lets layoff the only photographer in the department that took the pictures for auto, real estate or whatever it might have been. And let's top it off by hiring a new guy for IT who has been there for a total of 2 weeks if that and layoff the guy that has been there for 2 years or more!!!! Guys at the Herald, if you read this, I will keep you in my prayers b/c apparently you're gonna need it! Prepress--you guys are awesome! Thanks for a more than wonderful year. I love you guys and miss you very much already. Especially to you, please be prepared b/c it looks as if the paper is not going to make it to online, now or in the future b/c they are killing their selves. I am just sitting back waiting on the day! You guys keep in touch and I will be by to see you when I can. Goodbye SHJ!!!

I HATE it when people call me at work and the first thing they ask is "What are you doing?"........

Ok guys....The only two people that know me on my friends list have already had the pleasure of hearing part of what I'm about to say because this is an everyday thing with the exception of Skyler being sick, but before I snap, I feel that I should say it again.....

I come home from the work, the house is a mess, the one person that should be watching my two year old son is not. He is sitting in front of the tv watching some sorry excuse of a sport called RACING. As soon as I place one foot inside the door, he is heading toward the bedroom. My son has not had a bath or ate supper. (Neither have I) So once I've thrown away all his wrappers that were so conveniently placed on the counter AND THE FLOOR and clean up the rest of the kitchen, I feed my child that should have ate 2 hours ago. Again, I clean up the kitchen.
Once I feel like I have actually gotten somewhere, OH NO, I have to give my child a BATH! ...............  Now that he is clean enough to get into bed, I have to get him dressed--which is not an easy task. We lay down in the bed -- I still have not had a bath OR ate -- Skyler falls asleep. So, I had this outrageous idea that I would go to the kitchen to get something to drink and then I would lay Skyler down in his bed.......NOT!!!! He throws up ALL over me and the bed. I wake my husband up to realize that he apparently does not mind sleeping in a bed of vomit. I KICK him out and, hold on to your seats because your not going to believe this, begins to take the sheets off the bed without being told!!! Give him a star!
Of course, I have to strip my shirt and shorts and put Skyler in the bath tub. I turn around and my husband is standing there starring at me. (I'm not sure, but I think he may want to learn how to run bath water.) After I TELL him to get me a towel and washcloth he actually brings it back! But he somehow forgot that I am standing there half naked and fails to bring me a shirt.
SO--I get him out, get him dressed and lay him down again THEN I get a clean shirt and shorts. I go into the bedroom to help get the bed cleaned up and find my husband spraying COMET on the bed! If Comet was made for cleaning fabric, maybe I'll try Woolite on the bathtub!!
As soon as the bed is cleaned up, my husband goes back to bed. After 3 more shirts and 2 more sponge baths I attempt to get some sleep after coughing my lungs up for the last 2 hours and no supper.

I could continue to share the heart warming events of my weekend in hell but I will stop here and save some to share with you later once it all builds up again.
Just to clarify, I am not complaining about being a parent because there is nothing in this world more important to me than being a great parent to my son. To put it bluntly, Monicoo hits the nail on the head calling it MAN BASHING!!!! It sure is great to have someone that I can relate to!!!