Sittin' here at Job #2

I still don't know why they want me here at the ungodly early hour of 8 when we don't even open to the public until 10. All I do is shelve the reference books if there are any, print out visitor cards for the day, browse the collection for new changes, and then since all that takes a grand total of about 20 minutes, surf the 'net until 10. I guess if they want to pay me to sit around then that's their business. I would rather not have to be here so damn early, though.

I had an interesting discussion w/a coworker yesterday. We were comparing our condos. She lives about a mile from work, near the corner of Kirby and Holcombe. However, she said her monthly HOA fee is twice what ours is (ours is $356: covers water, gas, basic cable, outside maintenance, exterior insurance, trash pickup [My uncle's, who lived at the highrises downtown on Main, was a freakin' $900/month!]) and that her square footage is a lot smaller than ours (ours is 1536 sq. ft.). I live 8 miles from work. I bet she paid a LOT more for her condo than we did too! Bonus: our most recent electric bill was $68 damn dollars. Yes, $68, for a 1536 sq. ft. joint. This is b/c our HOA buys elec. in bulk. In the summer the bill was around $110. I know people who have homes at around 2,000 sq. ft and their elec. bills are at least $500. I wouldn't put up with it, man!!!

The chicken came out good last night. I thought it tasted kind of like barbeque chicken. DH liked it, so that's all that matters to me in my never-ending quest to find recipes that, 1. I can cook and, 2. He can eat.

Ok, it's 11am now and already I've had to speak Spanish 4 times now. I hate struggling though and trying to think of words that I don't know. I don't know how to say "type" (the verb) or "lost and found". I'll go have lunch soon at Ma and P.'s house and ask them. My mom was great in giving me terms to use out on patrol in the Marine Division, like "buoy" (palo blanco, or "white stick"!).

There are lots of treats in the back leftover from a workshop they had here yesterday: Cheetos, cookies (2 kinds), mini-Milky Ways. Just what I need. I've already eaten a sugar cookie and a Milky Way. I don't know what I'm going to do about the X-mas party they're going to have on the 8th. We can bring our family, and while I love to show off my beautiful DH and baby, I have to go pick her up in the Fucking Woodlands which means even if we do decide to go to the party, we won't make it down here until probably 8pm or after--which'll probably be too late, dammit. I really wouldn't mind coming to this party, unlike the one they're throwing at Job #1 which I'd just as soon boycott if I didn't want to get my free meal. However, I do have an excuse for ducking early out of that one: it's on a Tuesday from 3-6 and, oh, so sorry, I have to leave early at 4 to come to job #2!!!

Hopefully I'll go on patrol tonight. I was too lazy to make the necessary phone calls last night to arrange, but the Lt. knows I signed up to ride tonight anyway, so we'll see what happens.

Case note: I saw my lawyer yesterday. She gave me a copy of the whore's deposition--funny stuff! Great stories! Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive. This depo. cost me $643, plus $150 for the videographer. However we are not going to depo the lying old bag after all, since it's just going to be lies anyway, and our lawyer is going to use the certificate of non-appearance (when the bag was supposed to come to her depo. but refused to) as a weapon to get all the bag's testimony completely struck. Ha! Some possibly bad news though: the doddering old opposing counsel fool has not yet filed his request for the jury trial. It makes me worry we won't get to court as early as we'd hoped to, like in January. Our lawyer is going to talk to him and say, "Are you sure you want a jury trial with that client of yours???" DH and I want this court case decided yesterday. Our lawyer says if they drag this on and postpone, she's going to ask the court for sanctions which means the whore will have to pay for even more of our atty's fees. I just want this nightmare and the bullshit to end already. We need to get on with our lives.