We had our Secret Santa gift exchange for work today. The Boss treated us all to Chili’s. It was a lot of fun.

We wrote down three things that we might want and I included a new plant for my desk. I already have some lucky bamboo on it but I want mroe green. Amy was my Santa and she got me the Chinese version of the Lucky Plant. It’s really cool looking and even came in a really neat blue pot. I’m going to have to do some reading up on it to find out it’s history and how to take care of it.

So, if anybody can identify this plant let me know!!

I got an official job offer last Friday. The way it works there is that my supervisor grades me uing a points system. Using actual refunds that I’ve submitted to come up with a #. Then he submits that to the finance department and they assess my past experience and come up with a final dollar per hour amount. I’m feeling pretty good about it because the amount that my supervisor came up with before finance got ahold of it is almost $2.00 more than what I’m making now. So finance will either offer that amount or more.

My boss told me that I’ll be on the payroll in January. Benefits start immediately. Ben is paying $250 a month for coverage for Cassidy and I right now because we fall under ‘domestic partnership’. My coverage will be much less and his will drop to $70 just for him so we’ll save money that way. Plus I’ll be making more. AND I won’t be a temp anymore so that won’t be hanging over my head. I was always confident I’d be hired on because my boss loves me but still… it feels good.

YAY!

I got word from my boss today that at the end of my three month temp period I’ll be getting the job full time. I am so excited. They have a “mandatory” six months waiting period for temps and after three months I’m getting the offer. I am stoked becuase I really like my job and all the people that I work with. AND they pay me well!!

*does the happy dance*

Miss Lisa: I have a lot I want to say to ya but I think the best thing to do will be to dedicate an entire post to it. I’ve never really told my story… my fall into depression, the length of time I lived in total denial, the shame I felt for not being ‘normal’ or knowing how to cope with the overwelming feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness that I had… and the funny thing is that all of this hit me when my life started to take a turn for the better. Depression is an amazing, complex, confusing and VERY COMMON disease.

I promise I’ll start it at work tomorrow and when I get home around 3ish I’ll post it for you. The main thing I can say right now is that you are NOT alone. There are SO many people around you that are in the daily struggle to… get to the NEXT day. You’d be surprised how many people put on the front of ‘everything’s great’ but really feel like… well, like you do. I know, I did it for a LONG time.

Hang in there, we all love you and promise you that you WILL get better.

Somebody stole my butter. MY BUTTER in MY tupperware container. There is a entire TUB of community use butter in the frige and somebody rummaged around enough to find MY LOW FAT BUTTER (in a plastic bag TIED AT THE TOP with the rest of my food in it) and used all of it but a sliver enough to cover ONE corner of ONE on my pieces of toast this morning.

You don’t go and UNTIE somebody elses bag to look through it.

I will find out who did it. My cube is next to the brake room. I can hear the toaster pop.

Revenge will be had. What can you put in butter that won’t make it look different that will tast like ASS? I was thinking ExLax at first but I don’t think the dose would be enough to do major damage if they are just toasting bread… so I’m gonna go with the make-it-taste-like-four-day-old-rotting-meat kind of revenge.

Suggestions?