Freaked out over nothing

I think everyone has calmed down about my inheritance. I couldn't believe people were up in arms in terror that I was going to leave my roommate everything and make him power of attorney which would lead to me being killed and accounts emptied. Well, I am still here, accounts have money, and roommate is planning to leave when he saves enough money for an apartment security deposit. In case you didn't figure this out, I have a family that I can leave my belongings to besides my roommate. I am not alone in this world. I can also leave everything to charity if I wanted to and cut everyone out. And I certainly would not pick a power of attorney whom I don't know if they will be in my life 20 years from now when I will need them. My health is good and expect to be around for a while. Seriously, I am not that stupid to put all my eggs in one basket. Get a grip people, I know what I am doing.

Preparing for farmer's market

Working hard on my farmers market merchandise. Then make labels and bag them, next figure out the merchandise display I have to put together, make a sign for the company on posterboard, and put everything into website so I can ring up people. So much to do and have until Thursday to get it done. Excited and stressed. I hope I sell merchandise this summer. Oh yeah, gotta get cash to make change too. Well, break over. Back to work.

Made 45 bracelets before running out of beads. I have 23 bracelets but will until after 1st farmer’s market to buy more. Realized newly ordered bracelets were shorter than older ones by little over an inch. Sigh.

Lovely dream

Had a lovely dream last night. I brought home 2 kittens. I was so happy. Have to check out shelters for kittens. I think grown cats might be scared of the dogs.

Student loans paid off

Well, after 10 years, it has finally happened. I've paid off my student loans. Long road, but at the end. Feel like singing Freedom by George Michael. And I worried about payign them the next 5 years when forebearance ended in May.

Pest Control

OMG, the pest control company person was here that I had problems with last year to the point of contacting the attorney general's office cause they kept charging my card after canceling their contract when took my last hotel paycheck that I badly needed. He even tried the same lines about discount and all my neighbors are using them. Not going down that road again and no, they are not. There is no way they are getting my business back.

Friend suggested their pest control person so have to give them a call. Roommate is freaking over the ants returning. Got ant traps.

Better day at work

Today was better. Worked on preparing for advisor meetings. Why do people need so many accounts? I understand a few accounts, but 10?

Happy Easter

Happy Easter. Easter Bunny left us baskets with chocolate eggs and jelly beans. Got the humans chocolate bunnies to eat. Announced to social media I got a new dog (a Corgi named Anna) with their Easter basket with toys. My niece saw a dog video I put up and told her mom (my sister). Sister calls apologizing for giving me a hard time about getting a dog to the point I neglect to tell anyone I adopted one. Yesterday she calls wanting to meet the dog on Easter afternoon. So took her over. Her dog does not like Miss Eager Beaver who wants to be friends with every person and dog. Brought her home and got to work on laundry.

Good Friday at work

Had another day trying to file prep for next week meetings. Then the phone rings. Then client arrives for a meeting. Then an advisor wants something scanned. Every mistake I make like yesterday someone brought in a form and spaced off scanned it and uploading to corporate website, I have to explain I am running on anxiety. Then the best part, since the secretary they suddenly fired did such a great job doing tasks to prepare for meetings for 15 years, the advisors don't know how she did tasks to train me to do it all. Please God let me win a sweepstakes. I want to retire from employers and open my own shop.

Well, girlfriend completed the onboarding website to start working at the fast food place. Roommate however the computer will not accept his signature to complete the onboarding so he went over and they can't figure out it out either. So he loses the job cause the computer refuses to accept his signature. I don't know. He says he will get another job. None of this makes sense. Maybe he was rejected after failing a background check and doesn't want to tell me.

Surprise at work

Had a stressful day at work. Secretary was fired. We were watching a required online meeting with corporate office telling us how to react to client concerns about the roller coaster market. Secretary answered their cell phone and took off their ear buds to start moving things around. I thought an advisor asked them to do something for a client. After a while, they have 2 boxes of stuff packed up. I pull off my ear buds to ask if they needed help with the boxes. She announces she was fired. After 15 years and about to retire in July, she was fired over too many mistakes and a client's money order was done wrong. They don't care about all the things she did right, only care about mistakes. I helped her take one of the boxes to her car. I hug her and she tells me to be careful and be on time. Then she called because she forgot her curling irons, so I grabbed those, and her husband came up to pick them up.

Advisor comes out of their office and explain it made me nervous cause I am still learning everything. Am I going to be fired next week? They assured me I'm not on the chopping block yet and keep doing what I am doing. They will be hiring someone new and guess who gets to train them when I barely know what I am doing. There is hardly any training going on here.

A while later the other advisor comes in asking if she was gone. Seriously, you work with someone for 15 years and don't have the nerve to face them when you fire them right before their retirement. The one who called is in another office today. All day long I was full of anxiety trying to get things done. I'm still recovering from my mother's death, trying to get ready for the farmer's market in 2 and half weeks, buying things I needed for a long time, tariffs sank my inheritance in 1 week, and I really don't need more stress worrying about my job when I can barely function. I thought I could work there 15 years too and retire cause this place wouldn't go out of business like some places would. People retire and quit jobs to do rollovers, surely business is good no matter what happens to the economy. Now I have to worry about being unemployed again.

Happy Palm Sunday

Went to church and came hoem with a palm branch. Put it in a vase on my bookshelf.

Renewing a passport

Reading the news how Trump is insistent everyone prove they are a citizen to vote, board a plane, enter the country, get arrested, or get stopped for having a license plate light not bright enough. Guess it's time to renew my passport in the event I do anything that I need to prove I was born here to American citizens who also were born here. Will someone please explain his drive to deport every foreigner, illegal and legal, tourist and permanent resident. If he wants to destroy this country, he is doing a great job of it. Thanks a lot.

I hate Google sometimes. I look up the passport website to renew my passport online and thought I applied to renew my passport through the government agency. Payment wasn't going through so had to call the bank which showed up as a fraudulent transaction on my debit card. Had alert removed so transaction went through. Get an email my payment was received. It is a private business that examines my passport application for mistakes then sends me a PDF of the real passport application to fill out and give instructions how to apply for a passport, oh and pay the government to process my application. What did the hell I just pay for? I demanded my money back. I doubt they will refund me. Now have to look up the real Government Passport Agency and pay again for the real passport application. And guess what, I can't do it online. I have to do it in person.

New dishwasher came

Dishwasher came and guy hooked it up. He was still unhooking the old one when I came home from work. Had to lock up the dog cause can't have her jumping on the guy while he is working. Took her for a walk after he left to local walking trail. Have a sink full of dishes so will try it out tonight.

Ordered new dishwasher

Well that was fun. Ordered my dishwasher. It will come Thursday and got a new pet vacuum for deep cleaning. Gave my number for the store membership discount and clerk said "Hello, Catherine Humpfries." Got another person using my home phone number for a store account. They asked if I recently changed my number. No, had my number since I moved out of my parents' house in 2004. My account had my cell number on it.

Happy April Fool's Day

OMG. I just can't believe it happened to me. Publishing Clearinghouse showed up at my job telling me I won a Lotto Game last night. After all these years I finally won 2.5 million dollars. I can't stop shaking. First thing I will do is quit my job and go shopping. Yeah, I wish. Happy April Fools Day!