Halloween :)

I'm pretty excited for Halloween this year. I have to work 10:15-4 and we get to dress up at work. Then I get to go home and get Aaralynn ready in her bumblebee costume. I'm going as Alice in Wonderland and Tyler is going as a zombie soldier. Tyler and I decided that Aaralynn would be a bumblebee but we didn't tell her, we just went to the costume store together. When we got there Aaralynn was just walking around touching everything then she grabbed the bumblebee costume and said she wanted that one. It was pretty funny and I'm glad she liked it. We got to the bags for the candy and Aaralynn picked out a Cinderella bag. Tyler told her she can't tear it up because she needs it for Halloween. So after we got home she said "Tyler said I can't tear it up Mommy." I told her she can't because on Halloween we get to go trick or treating and she is going to get candy in that bag. She said "Oh, this is my candy bag?" So everyday she asks when she gets to be a bumblebee and use her candy bag to get candy. We have been counting down the days. Tyler's parents got her a pumpkin and Tyler asked her what shapes she wanted for the eyes, nose, and mouth. He let her help him draw on the pumpkin then he carved it for her. When she was scooping out all the stuff inside she kept trying to use the little plastic shovel saying it was her shovel, she got frustrated with it, reached inside and grabbed a big handful, then she put in on the shovel to put in the bowl. After a few times Tyler told her to just put it in the bowl from her hand, that she didn't need the shovel. When they were done Tyler's sister Macheala pointed out that the stem on her pumpkin looked like a ponytail and she tied a bow on it. This is the first year that Aaralynn actually gets to go trick or treating so it will be a fun experience and I know she is going to love it, especially the candy. But she might get mad when I limit her so she doesn't get a tummy ache or anything. But then again when I tell her she might just say "Oh." She tends to do that a lot. At least she listens well ha ha.

Research Process

The group I'm in is with Zach, Alyson, and Mink Yung. As of right now we were able to decide that we want to do this paper on College Degrees vs. The Economy. We just got in our groups about two hours ago so other than that not much has been accomplished. Hopefully we can all find time to meet up outside of class to work on this together.

Work

Basically work is super frustrating right now. Well I have to work because I have to pay for gas between muncie and anderson, daycare, and work. Plus I have to pay for daycare, bills, food, other miscellaneous things such as my stupid car which I have overall payed $600 to get fixed and I believe I still have another $140 in things that still need fixed. My dad said he would help me with gas money as soon as I started school, my mom said she will help me with anything I needed help with like gas, food, clothes, or bills as soon as I moved out. I have yet to see any money from either parents. Which is fine because the main reason I moved out is that I know I need to rely on myself, I have for many years now. Anyways, back to the work, I'm supposed to get 38 hours a week and my manager keeps scheduling me 31 a week. That means 14 hours off of a check that I'm not getting and it really sucks. So I told her that on Tuesdays and Thursdays instead of 7 or 8 to closes I can work 4 to closes. I told her this as she was starting on the schedule and she said okay. Well she goes ahead and schedules me 8 to close tuesday and 7 to close thursday. So I'm pretty ticked off at this point but oh well maybe she will change it next week. Well yesterday when I was supposed to work the 8 to close I was going to pick up Aaralynn and spend a few hours with her and try to get a working washer in my house (another expense). Tyler ended up texting me saying that our manager just put up a sign saying we start closing at 11 during the week. I was like I sure hope we start that next week, nope it was this week. So I called my manager and said there is no way that you are scheduling me for 31 hours then I have to lose 4 hours on top of that. I told her I'm scheduled those four hours and I will get paid for those hours. Well she decides to tell me well it isn't my fault because we just found out yesterday, oh it kind of is my fault. I'm like you think so! She never wants to take blame for her actions and it makes me mad. So after I'm walking out the door with Aaralynn she decides to tell me to come in to work 4-8 because some girl didn't show up for her shift. So I'm torn with going to work or spending time with Aaralynn. I mean it's a no brainer that I want to be with Aaralynn but I also don't have a whole lot of money and with losing hours I had to make sure I could get more hours. So I decided to talk to Aaralynn and she really didn't want me to go to work but she was okay with it. The lady that runs the daycare told me today that I shouldn't have went. I'm thinking well how do you figure that I'm losing that many hours plus I have all these finances and I payed her like an extra hundred dollars just so she had enough money to pay her house payment and not have negative in the bank but I shouldn't have went into work. This was after she told me how good and happy and playful Aaralynn was. I just don't understand because of course it was hard for me but I still have to provide for Aaralynn and make sure she is in a safe environment with everything she needs plus put myself through school so I can get a good job making decent money, at least so we can live comfortably and not paycheck to paycheck the rest of her life. Anyways, today is going to be terrible because this morning the two people running the store will be the district manager and a shift supervisor who are both very mean and just annoying so things will be chaotic all day, I get there at four which is when they are supposed to leave so it will be chaos walking in there. Then at four when I get there our general manager (the one that does the scheduling and such) and a shift supervisor who is pregnant and lazy will be running the store for the rest of the night. So all night it will be chaotic. Not only that but closing an hour early will give me an hour less to do things I have to do like sandwich station, shake station, salads, dishes, and cleaning. It's going to be a mess and I'm certainly not looking forward to it. Well I'm off to study, class, then work. Can't wait to spend the morning with Aaralynn tomorrow!

Aaralynn is pretty funny

I was trying to get all of the dishes out of boxes and washed. So I put a movie in for Aaralynn and turned some music on in the kitchen for me. Aaralynn comes in the kitchen to talk to me and I had a spice girls on so I'm singing and we are dancing and Aaralynn says "I like this song Mommy" She decided to stay in the kitchen with me and I got to the pots and pans. They were wrapped in plastic that I couldn't get off so I took a knife and started stabbing it so that way I could get it off. Well she looks at me and says "Why are you killing that mommy?" I'm thinking what in the world, how does she even know what that is! I asked her where she heard that from and she says "Tyler", which is my boyfriend. Of course I called him and asked him about it and he just starts laughing saying he never taught her anything like that and says it must be from the hunting shows. Sometimes Tyler and his family will watch Aaralynn for me when I go to work, Tyler and his dad tend to watch hunting shows and Aaralynn just loves them. She went out and used the old bow that Tyler's dad made for him when he was young and a really dull arrow to shoot the fake deer, Tyler's dad helped her. It's just wonderful to know that she loves hunting. But I've always wanted to go hunting too, so maybe we could go together when she gets older :)