I Can't Think of An Appropriate Title for This Post So, This Is What You Get

I've had a bad couple of weeks. Well, not totally bad. John and I did celebrate our 1 year anniversary this past weekend. I'll talk about that in another post because we had a great time and I'd like to share it with you guys, but for the sake of this post I just want to vent...complain...cry...whatever it is that might come out while typing.

Work has been ridiculous lately. We have a client that has made work hell. I've had my fair share of disrespectful clients, but this one takes the cake. Every night for nearly two weeks there has been some problem caused by her. To make it worse, her and I don't mesh at all. I've been on good terms with every client (excluding one) that has walked in the door at my work, but for some reason or other her and I butt heads like crazy. Tonight she felt the need to announce to everyone how much she doesn't like me. When a client would come talk to me she would say catty things like "you actually like her?? why?!" and then she pushed me over the edge with this comment, "Piper doesn't like me because she knows I'm prettier than she is".

You would think that with her level of maturity I would be talking about a younger person. She's in her 30's. I don't really care if she likes me, that's not why I work there- for the women to like me, but when it gets to a personal level I start to take offense and tonight she actually hurt my feelings

On top of that, my hours have gotten cut because my boss keeps hiring a ton of other workers. I don't understand why companies do this. The last two companies I've worked for have done the same thing- they complain that no one wants hours, so they hire more workers to cover shifts, when in actuality the employees who have been there for a while are begging for hours. So now because there aren't enough hours to go around what with these new hires and all, my hours have been cut and I'm forced to look for another job. I was already looking for a job (relate to previous Baby Itch posts), but now I'm forced to find one soon because starting in 2 weeks my checks will be cut. Awesome.


I've been feeling pretty homesick lately too. It's probably because of the holidays, but part of me thinks that it's not necessarily the holidays but just the fact that I'm really family oriented and I've been away from them for almost a full year now. No matter the reason, I'm homesick. And when I get this way I realize just how lonely it is out here. I hate not having my family or friends here, and I hate that I don't know how to get connected and grounded since moving here. It's hard making a new circle of friends. I have work friends, but they have their own lives and they have their own friends...I feel like I don't really belong anywhere.

To put the cherry on top of my marvelous sundae, my brother broke it to me tonight that he will be moving to LA soon. The only family member that I have here will be moving away. I understand it. The relationship he was in didn't work out; he hates not having family or friends here either, and a group of his closest friends from high school are all in LA. I get it. I just hate the idea of having no one here. Yes, I have my husband so I'm not totally alone...but it still gets lonely. And yes, I have John's family, but it's not the same having his family here as it would be if my family were here.

I dunno guys. All of this adding up is pretty overwhelming. I'm sad. Really sad.