4/20 what a waste (LJ)

I had just graduated High School and entered community college in the fall of 1998 when I discovered that life was more than high school.

In the spring I was on my second semester when 2 high school boys in Columbine Colorado shot up their school in a carefully planned attack that left many wounded and 15 dead, including themselves.

All I could think, over and over was "You should have waited, just a few more years and then you'd know, life goes past what HS has to offer!"

It still makes me sad, every year.

Worst Day? Weirdest Day? Well, it Involves a Cat... (LJ)

A little backstory on this post, here from the future: I got an emergency call from a friend late at night, telling me she was dumping her VERY long term BF and needed help. I rushed over to help her, packed while she cried and ran over my best friend's cat. It was not the best night of my life. less than a year later this same friend I helped dumps me for being "shallow." Proving yet again that no good deed goes unpunished.

This journal entry actually started as a nice update about how I was getting more work, then deteriorated when I got home after moving and cat killing into the all caps recap.
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I woke up around 8 or 9 and got straight to work on homework. (woo!) I want to be able to show my boss Julie that I can do web work for her as well and graphics.

FINISH LATER:

R CALLED, NEEDED TO MOVE OUT, MOVED HER OUT IN 3 HOURS BEFORE BF CAME HOME, BACKED OVER GOLDIE TOOK HER TO VET TO BE PUT DOWN.

CAR LOOKS LIKE FUCKING CRIME SCENE, BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

WILL UPDATE WITH DETALS LATER.

GOD I AM TIRED.

Mini Mega Mope (LJ)

One day I had a blistering migraine and had to call in to work. It was so bad, I probably would have crashed my car if i had attempted to drive to work.

Anyhow, where I work has a VERY strict attendance policy, which I can see as necessary considering the company and that we are the retail end of things. So, you call in, you get a point. 12 points before the year is up and you get fired.

Sooooo. I have 3 points (one of them the sick day, one because my bus broke down and one because I was late and it was my own fault)

So today I wake up at 5am, horrible migraine. I take meds, go back to bed. Get up at 7:45, take more meds, get ready for work. Get to work @10, and tell my boss I am not feeling well but will try to work the whole day. Around 1:20 I am walking crooked, the pain is worse and I am getting ill. So I ask to be let off.
Then I ask if it will be a point and get told YES!

WTF?? So, I could have STAYED HOME in bed in pain and gotten a point, but instead, came to work under the impression I WOULDN'T get docked if I came in and did what I could... AND I STILL GET A POINT.

So far that averages out to 1 point a month but God Dammit, I do not plan on getting anymore and I DO plan on contesting this one. I don't think I'm wrong to say it's unfair to punish a sick employee when they NEED to go home.

Ugh. I am off to bed in my nice, dark, cool room.