"Please email application"

Applying for jobs S-U-C-K-S! While I am completely grateful to already HAVE a job - I am downright FRUSTRATED with the application process. First of all, nearly all job applications are now filled out via the internet. Which is all fine and dandy for a number of reasons. Such as: 1)you don't have to leave your living room to apply 2) You can double check your facts/phone #'s pretty easily before sending them off to be judged 3)again, you don't have to leave your living room to apply. Online applications SUCK for this reason: You don't get to actually COMMUNICATE with the potential employer AT ALL! In the past I have walked in, introduced myself, asked a few questions, and generally gotten the job because of my outgoing personality in combination with my experience/references. How is an employer supposed to sum me up just from my employment history??? I want to meet someone face-to-face.. ya know, the good ol' fashioned.. "How do you do?" I guess that I should probably just forget it, and fall into line with the internet-streaming/technology-loving new World. It's just hard for me to let go...
While I may not be on the top of the applicants list, because I currently HAVE a job.. and maybe employers really want to help out someone who is currently unemployed... my job is soo crappy that I may as well be unemployed. Seriously. The work is simple. Heartwrenching, but simple. It's the PAY and the lack of respect, and really.. it's the PAY. I've been praying that some magical job will appear, with FREE magical benefits... so that our family can afford to pay our rent and the thousands of dollars in medical bills that we owe. But, who knows, I could just be walking in a mythical land of makebelieve with gumdrops and lollipops...
Enough whinning for today..
Peace and Lollipops,
Trina

Sing me a song....

A few goings on...
It's winter time here in the Smoky Mountains. The love of my life is singing his heart out to a crowd that just turns up the football game to tune him out. It's not their fault. They came here to watch football. We came here to make $150... regardless of how many people listen. I love him for putting himself out there like that. My job seems so easy when I think about it......

Slack-a-lackin

What a lonnngg day of me pretending to look busy. Sheesh! I recommend that everyone take a break from whatever they're doing, and move on to a short period of complete slacking. It can be refreshing. Just be careful not to get caught! ;)

Much Love!
Trina

Life Recap....

I EXIST!!

Alas, bloggies, I have returned! (Hold the fireworks, please. It might wake the baby.) I wish that I could say that I've been on vacation. Or that maybe I've been studying abroad or that well, just my internet's been down. But, none of those are true. (except maybe that last one, occasionally. Gotta love the Google) No, folks, I've just been the laziest, most sloth-like human alive. See, I figure that I busted my butt for 9 months carrying a toddler in my womb.. and it was about time to just slow down and forget the rest of the world for a while. So, where have I been? It's simple. BREASTFEEDING. Yep, my life literally revolves around Novalee's appetite. Scott and I decided LONGGG ago that breastfeeding was the best option for everyone. It saves us GOBS of money, helps me keep the pregnancy weight off, and provides Novalee with the best possible nutrition out there. It also keeps me extremely busy, and HUNGRY. Oh, and worried. It keeps me pretty worried. I worry about whether or not she has enough milk while I'm at work. I worry that my breast pump will break and THEN what do we do?! I worry that I've not eaten enough. I worry that I'll eat the wrong things. It's very stressful, but also one of the most rewarding things that there is. Novalee lives, breathes, and eats because of the work that I do to provide for her. (oh, and Scott. Scott does stuff too.) ;) Pretty satisfying if you ask me. Speaking of Novalee... she is so flippin adorable. She talks to herself a lot lately; in strange, alien noises.. but nonetheless, she's talking. Pretty soon she will discover that she has FEET - and they will find their way into her mouth. Lovely. She is the most pleasant baby that I've ever seen. She only cries when, guess when?... when she's hungry. And, well, that's usually pretty easy to fix.

In other news, I'm job-hunting. As in, I've applied for one of the coolest jobs in K-town. Well, it might not be cool to everyone.. but it's pretty cool for me. I'd be working directly under the Mayor - handling all of the questions/complaints from the community. It's a lot like my current job; where I hear complaints on a daily basis. The complaints that I deal with now are typically from child molestors, so needless to say, I am way more willing to handle community complaints. I've made it through the first round of applicants. (there were over FOUR-HUNDRED applicants by the way) Now, I'm on to round two! The anticipation has been killing me, because I applied for this position in SEPTEMBER. I'm putting most of my hope into this job prospect, because I know how great of a fit I would be for it. Cross your fingers for me!

Well, enough about me! Now, what you've all been waiting for....(or I'd like to hope so anyways) Pictures of baby Novalee all grown up!!

aMAZE-ing Autumn!

I found this picture from our trip to the corn maze right around this time last year... I can't wait to go again!! Another reason to love living in a small town..