Jayda Bug

Jayda Bug is my little niece that has just recently turned one year of age! Her birthday was on September 21st. She is such a bundle of joy! I recently got to spend an entire day with her and I loved every minute of it! She has actually just learned to walk and the cutest thing ever is watching her tottle around. She thinks it is so funny when she bends down and picks something up...but then when she falls she laughs even harder. She has also started to master climbing the stairs, she actually thinks it is a game because of course we all go running after her! She turns back with this devil little grin and then turns around and tries to go faster! She is in that stinker stage right now and it is so cute, of course I can think it's cute, but that is only because I can give her back at the end of the day!

Some of Jayda's favorite things to do are ride horses, ride the fourwheelers, and to go for rides on the mule, by mule I mean a four-wheeled utility vehicle! She gets super excited when she see's the horses and definitely when she gets thrown up on one. She just sits back and relaxes, it is actually very cute and funny! Then when you ask the horse to trot she giggles/laughes so hard, because obviously all you do is bounce and little kids her age love to bounce!

Jayda has also learned the importance of blowing on her food to cool it off. Last night my mom gave her some really hot chicken...not really but you know...and told her that it was hot and that she had to blow on it to cool it off! Well she actually did she blew on her food untill it was nice and cooled off. Also she blows on other peoples food too. Like she blew on my sisters soup one day to cool it off for her. After Jayda got done eating last night she decided to drag empty milk jugs all over the house. While she was doing that she kept saying ow. So like every step she took she would ow, It was soo funny! One of the cutest things I have seen though, was last night grandpa was getting ready to go to bed and grandma was like ok Jayda grandpa is going to bed you better go give him a hug and a kiss....well she did. She tottled over to him and gave him a hug and a kiss before he went upstairs to go to sleep!

It's actually amazing how much love you can have for a child because when my sister first got pregnant with Jayda I have to say my entire family was not too happy about because for one she was only 17 years old and for two the father dumped her right away. He clearly stated right away that he wanted nothing to do with Jayda, which is very sad because she is such a bundle of joy! And all through the pregnancy the entire family just got used to the idea and learned to except it and when we found she was going to have a girl we were very happy because girls are so much fun. By the time Kayla was due we were all definitely ready for Jayda to be here. She was so cute too, she had perfect skin, she slept through the night, she was down right the perfect baby. Now that Jayda is a year old I can't imagine life without her. My entire family has come to love her so much and it's amazing because at the very beginning we pretty much resented the pregnancy....I mean the beginning when Kayla told us she was pregnant. All in all I have come to realize the love that a baby can bring to a family and how much your love grows for that child once you get to know her and interact with her. Jayda is a bundle of joy and I don't know what I would do with out her!

Work Study

So I officially decided that two jobs just wasn't enough, so I picked up a third! I know, for the second time, am an employee of Western Technical College! I just picked up a new work study. It is super crazy that I have three jobs but really they aren't even that bad. My first job is taking notes for a student in Written Communications. It is kind of cool because I get paid to go to class. My next job is work study for the PCC, which is the Parent and Child Center at Western Technical College. My third and probally least favorite job is KMart. I look at my KMart job as it is money, and money is what I need right now! But at any rate I am super excited that I have three jobs I just can't wait till I figure out the pay schedule for all of them!

I know this totally doesn't have anything to do with workstudy but, tonight on October 22, 2009 I went to the Jason Aldean Concert. It was one hell of a time, let me tell ya! We started out the night at a friends house, which I wasn't totally excited about because it involved drinking and well if you can't guess I don't drink. So I decided to go with four of my friends from high school, ya well three out of them four girls are pretty big partiers and usually don't give a crap about anyone else. So anyway after they got their drink on at a freinds house they played the usual game of Beer Pong. We were at this house for about an two hours and then went down to the concert. It totally sucked because we totally had orginally planned on being down there by like 6 and we didn't get there till 7 because we had to wait for the two drunks to get done with there games of Beer Pong. So we get to the La Crosse Center and of course there is a shit ton of cops and one of my friends brings some beer with her and we are all underaged so I was like you better keep that stuff hid! So we had one heck of a time getting to the parking ramp, but finally we got there and of course we had to go all the way to the top and then some! But we got there and of course me and my one friend were like screw taking the stairs, which we totally should have because the elevator took forever to open up and then we had all these people that needed to get on and off on the different levels of the ramp and it would have just been much faster to take the stairs. So we get in side of the La Crosse Center and we were trying to get in so we could go to the pit because we got pit tickets and we were actually three standing rows of people back from the stage it was awesome! Of course for the first two bands; Love and Theft and Gloriania, there wasn't too many people in the pit, but when Jason Aldean came on stage it was literally standing room only. I was literally rubbing shoulders with like five different people. It was soo crazy, but a lot of fun! :) Then when Jason came down by our part of the stage it was soo crazy because like everyone tries to touch Jason's hands, legs, pants, boots, any parts of him that they can! Two of my friends were actually able to touch his hands....they were so excited....I was like two inches away but I couldn't get over the crap load of people that were infront of me! One of my friends was like arguing with one of the other people in the pit. They were complaining and yelling at each about touching and griding on each other..it was actually rather funny! Anyways the concert was great and I got a lot of good pictures! I left the concer with very sore feet and legs, but other than it was awesome!

But don't you fear our night didn't end there. We went to Taco Bell and Kwik Trip to get a little food and then we went back to the house that we started at! Of course my four friends played beer pong again and to looks at the time that I posted this post I did homework! The only reason I am trying to get my friends moving is because I have to go practicum tomorrow and work tomorrow night, I am going to be so dead that it wont even be funny, but o well I guess!

Work

So I have finally found a job! I am now one of the new members of the Kmart team! It is actually a lot more fun than what I thought it was going to be! My first few days were all computer work and orientation stuff. It is the most boring stuff to cover ever, but at least you get paid for just sitting around! I finished all my orientation stuff on Friday October 9th! I was so happy once I was done. The next day that I worked was actually a very exciting one! Our LP manager (Lost Prevention Manager) caught the guy that was coming into our store and stealing our blue ray discs. He was taking a knife and cutting them out of there cases and just taking the discs. She noticed that he was in the store and immediately called the police. When the police showed up the couple was cutting up Halloween costumes in the parking lot. Both the guy and the girl were hauled away in separate cars. That same night the girl running the service desk told our LP manager that she should follow these three girls that came in. Well she followed them around the store for about 20 minutes and then we called her up front. I had a guy come through my line and try to use a fake 10 dollar bill. I noticed that the color was way wrong so I checked the bill with our counterfeit pen. It confirmed my suspicions, it was a fake 10 dollar bill. So I called over the manager that was training with me and gave her the bill. The guy began asking me questions like What is wrong?, Is it fake? To both questions I answered I don't know. I was trying to keep him at my check out for as long as I could. Meanwhile the manager that I gave the bill to was trying to get our LP manager to come up front, but she was tailing those three girls. So the service desk calls us and asks what was wrong and the manager answers FAKE! So the girl at the desk calls the LP manager and gets her to come to the front. As she is walking to the front she calls the police. Meanwhile the guy says I forgot something so he goes to the back of the store. We all think he wanted to run, and was going to see if there was an exit at the back of the building. Well there wasn't so he came back to the front with a dvd. The LP manager asked the officer what we should do with the bill and he said I honestly can't tell you so we had to go by the stores policy which was to give it back to the customer and ask for an alternate way of payment so he paid for his items with a debit card and asked for 10 dollars back in cash. He then asked me to check this ten to see if it was real. He also was asking what he should do with the fake ten that he had. He asked if he should burn or if he should take it back to the bank where he got it? To both questions me and the manager answered I don't know. So then the guy leaves and the cops didn't get there before he left and we couldn't hold him in the store any longer, so the LP manager went outside and got his licensed plate number and within 15 to 20 minutes of him leaving the store he was in custody. Since the officer was at the store already the LP manager decided to bust the three shoplifters. It is all on tape and it is actually really funny to watch these girls ditch all the stuff they had attempted to shoplift. One of the girls got like 300 dollars in tickets and fines because she was lieing and raising her voice plus what they got for shop lifting. It was so crazy. I actually didn't get to leave that night until 9:30 and I was suppose to leave at 8. I had to fill out a report about what all happen just in case the case ended up in court. So basically that night we caught a bunch of criminals and would have been considered a good night.

For catching the counterfiet guy I got a 5 dollar gift card which I thought was kind of lame because after all I did save the store 10 dollars and chances are this guy will not be coming back to KMart and paying with a counterfiet bill. I am just happy that I caught the guy and I was so new it kind of gives me some confidence and it also helps them with their confidence in me!

New Job

I finally got a job and I am pretty excited about it! I now work at KMart. So far it is a lot of fun! My first interview went really well, actually so well that she wanted to schedule my second interview on the spot instead of waiting to call me back. My second interview was scheduled for the next day! I usually hate interviews but the two interviews that i went through at KMart were fairly easy and laid back. The only part I really hated was all the if this happened what would you do questions. They are like the worst questions ever! Anyways, my boss tells me that I will have two four to five hour orientations. I was like oh my gosh! Ya well she wasn't lying either. I did have two five hour orientations. The first one was horendous. All me and this other girl did was watch movies, you know all those company movies that they just have to show you. They were the worst movies because at every orientation a person goes to you have to watch company movies. They all basically say the same thing-be nice to the customers is the bottom line. The first orientation also sucked because the general manager of the stores in this area was coming. So all the managers of the store were running around like a bunch of chickens with there heads cut off. It was rediculous because the manager that was leading the orientation kept leaving and coming back. She finally sent us on our break and said when we were ready to come back we had to go up front and bag. Which was kind of fun! I think cashiering at KMart will be a lot of fun. Getting back to the "big shots" I actually got to shake their hands! Exciting right! The "big shots" had nothing positive to say about anything that KMart had going on, all they do is come to the store and try to find something wrong with the store. It is very rediculous.

My second orientation was a lot more fun, although I had to do a bunch of computer work. :( I got lucky though and my computer froze so I didn't have to finish. My boss then had me go up and learn how to cashier, which was soo exciting. I had so much fun up there. My person that was training me actually did get much time to train me because it was kind of busy, so I ended up just jumping right in. Which was good because I feel I personally learn more when I can jump right in and get started. I was checking people out by myself in no time. I actully got one lady to apply for a sears charge card. If we get people to apply we get two dollars per card whether or not the customer is approved. The only thing I don't like is that we have to ask every single customer if they would like to put their puchase on a sears card.....ya lets just say not everyone likes to be asked that. I especially hate asking the question when they have already gotten out the money or swiped their debit/credit card.

Working at KMart also requires me to wear a uniform if that is what I should call it. I have to wear black pants, a white shirt, and black shoes. My shoes can't be open toed or open heel. The pants don't necessarily have to be dress pants, but they are preferred. I don't find it too hard to meet this dress code, but I just don't like wearing white shirts because a lot of the white shirts that I do have are actually good white shirts/sweaters and I am a freak about keeping things clean. I try to clean shirts and pants as clean as possible so I don't have to wash them as often because washing clothing items actually wears them out faster. The plus side of things I don't have to think to hard about what I am going to wear to work everyday. Well I am sure you will be hearing plenty more about my new job..... :)