September 15, 2006
"Okay...I was aggravated when I wrote the first blog. NOW, I'm even more aggravated because it erased and I had to rewrite it.
So let's begin with how much the shit has been going on this week.
Do you ever feel like when everything is going wrong that nothing else could happen to make it worse, and then something does?
When it gets to this point, you automatically shut down and say..."Bring It"...and the walls of reality crumble. Everything that you possibly think could go wrong, does. (and a bit of things that you don't)
Let's start at the beginning.
First, I'd like to say that the beginning of this year was wonderful. An all expenses paid trip to Washington, to kick it with the United States Olympic Luge Team. A trip to Oahu, Hawaii for a stay at the Marriot, right on the beach of Waikiki. Many of my good friends and family had new additions to their families. A proposal. Met some great new people and had many amazing experiences with friends.
Now for the bad part:
In August, Andrew was put on suspension. Why, you ask? Well, his company rewards their employees who do great sales with trips. This chick that he worked with, set him and a few others up by reporting them to HR and saying that they were doing fraudulent activity to customer accounts. HR started an investigation. Then that chick tells them that she fears for her life, because Andrew and a few others made threats to her. They put him on suspension with out pay. Andrew doesn't even know the girl and would never threaten anyone, over a something like that.
We had to think fast and make a plan of action before it was too late, and just in case things didn't work out the way that we had hoped they would.
We decided to move out. Without them paying him, we wouldn't be able to afford all of our bills.
We moved on Sept 1. It was difficult. We were giving up a lot. Our privacy, our memories, the place that for 4 years we called home. It was really hard and it put an extreme strain on our relationship. We were forced to let go of a life we had built together.
I had to quit my job, because it was too far. I got sick for a very long time. I was depressed and homesick. I didn't want to get up in the morning. Where we moved to, made me feel trapped. I felt like there was nothing there for me.
Things slowly started to deteriorate. For a moment.....we gave up.
I snapped out of it before it was too late. I got my ass up in the morning to face the world. No matter how cruel or horrible it was going to get, I was going to face it...head on.
And so it got worse.
Yesterday I found out that Bally's background check discovered that, apparently, I have a felony on my record. For what you ask? For driving without a license in Culver City!! For those of you that don't know, let me give you the 4 reasons why this would never be true.
1. I don't have a license
2. I don't drive.
3. I don't have a car.
4. I have no reason to be in Culver City, nor have I ever.
I called the courts to dispute this. They tell me that I have to go through their process, to find out if it was me or not. Apparently, this person who claimed to be me missed the court date. That's not a good thing. So this process that they want me to go through, means that I may have to go to jail. I'm actually pretty pissed off about this and am sure why many people think that the Law is sometimes a joke.
To continue with all the wonderful news about yesterday, Andrew's company concluded their investigation. They decided to let Andrew go. It was sad and hurtful because he gave his heart and soul to that damned place. He stuck through hours of traffic, sat through their mandatory overtime, became leader in their group improvement meetings. He worked his ass off for them. He hung in there and didn't look for another job. He was faithful to them. But all because some dumb bitch wanted to go on a trip to the Bahama's, she deceived, lied, and messed up the lives of several people who were better than her. (karma's a bitch...you'll gets what's coming to you.)
So to conclude with yesterday's events: (bit of a back story) Andrew had applied for a job at another company about 2 weeks ago. He went to the interview and they offered him the job on the spot. They told him that they would send out a packet that contained the information that they would need. He waited a week. He never received the packet. He called the office and they told him that they sent out the packet on Friday. He should have received it on Monday. Monday came and went. He called again on Tuesday. They said they sent it out on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday came and went. On Thursday, he called again. They said they sent it out. Andrew finally said, "can I just go over there and pick it up?" sure nuff they had his packet there.
However, the packet was entirely wrong. Andrew's name was misspelled, they had the wrong contact information on it, and the wrong address. He then had to call and tell them they had made such great errors. They said they would call him back. They never did. He sent in the packet last week. He went in for their drug test which thankfully was in Walnut. They still hadn't called him back.
Yesterday rolls by and he finally receives a call from them requiring more information that he had sent to them in the packet, but was supposed to be sent to a person in particular.
The information they say that he provided was invalid. (which it damn well wasn't because the other company he worked for accepted the information AND had called to verify it was valid, so I don't know what this new company's problem was..it just seemed that they were not on their A game with the run around they kept giving Andrew) So they decide not to hire him.
At that point I knew, that was the lowest we could get.
I feel defeated. I feel like I need something physical to fight, because it's so much more easy to fight something you can see. I could be angry at that girl for fucking things up for us. I could be angry at the company for not believing in Andrew. I could be angry at the person who used my information to ruin my record. I could be angry at the Law for not doing a better job at identifying the law breakers. I COULD JUST BE ANGRY. But that would just be wasted energy.
If there is anyone that I should be angry with, it's myself. I should have better planned for a situation like this. I should have been able to sit back and laugh because this is really no biggie, and I go my stuff on squared away.
I will not, however, falter and be run down. I WILL NOT GIVE UP!
Bright side to this? I've learned so much from this. I know what I will do so that I will NEVER be in this situation again. I think that was the lesson I was supposed to learn. And I did.
I'm pretty sure though, that this is as bad as it gets. I'm well aware that I am at my lowest.
No place left to go but up."
So let's begin with how much the shit has been going on this week.
Do you ever feel like when everything is going wrong that nothing else could happen to make it worse, and then something does?
When it gets to this point, you automatically shut down and say..."Bring It"...and the walls of reality crumble. Everything that you possibly think could go wrong, does. (and a bit of things that you don't)
Let's start at the beginning.
First, I'd like to say that the beginning of this year was wonderful. An all expenses paid trip to Washington, to kick it with the United States Olympic Luge Team. A trip to Oahu, Hawaii for a stay at the Marriot, right on the beach of Waikiki. Many of my good friends and family had new additions to their families. A proposal. Met some great new people and had many amazing experiences with friends.
Now for the bad part:
In August, Andrew was put on suspension. Why, you ask? Well, his company rewards their employees who do great sales with trips. This chick that he worked with, set him and a few others up by reporting them to HR and saying that they were doing fraudulent activity to customer accounts. HR started an investigation. Then that chick tells them that she fears for her life, because Andrew and a few others made threats to her. They put him on suspension with out pay. Andrew doesn't even know the girl and would never threaten anyone, over a something like that.
We had to think fast and make a plan of action before it was too late, and just in case things didn't work out the way that we had hoped they would.
We decided to move out. Without them paying him, we wouldn't be able to afford all of our bills.
We moved on Sept 1. It was difficult. We were giving up a lot. Our privacy, our memories, the place that for 4 years we called home. It was really hard and it put an extreme strain on our relationship. We were forced to let go of a life we had built together.
I had to quit my job, because it was too far. I got sick for a very long time. I was depressed and homesick. I didn't want to get up in the morning. Where we moved to, made me feel trapped. I felt like there was nothing there for me.
Things slowly started to deteriorate. For a moment.....we gave up.
I snapped out of it before it was too late. I got my ass up in the morning to face the world. No matter how cruel or horrible it was going to get, I was going to face it...head on.
And so it got worse.
Yesterday I found out that Bally's background check discovered that, apparently, I have a felony on my record. For what you ask? For driving without a license in Culver City!! For those of you that don't know, let me give you the 4 reasons why this would never be true.
1. I don't have a license
2. I don't drive.
3. I don't have a car.
4. I have no reason to be in Culver City, nor have I ever.
I called the courts to dispute this. They tell me that I have to go through their process, to find out if it was me or not. Apparently, this person who claimed to be me missed the court date. That's not a good thing. So this process that they want me to go through, means that I may have to go to jail. I'm actually pretty pissed off about this and am sure why many people think that the Law is sometimes a joke.
To continue with all the wonderful news about yesterday, Andrew's company concluded their investigation. They decided to let Andrew go. It was sad and hurtful because he gave his heart and soul to that damned place. He stuck through hours of traffic, sat through their mandatory overtime, became leader in their group improvement meetings. He worked his ass off for them. He hung in there and didn't look for another job. He was faithful to them. But all because some dumb bitch wanted to go on a trip to the Bahama's, she deceived, lied, and messed up the lives of several people who were better than her. (karma's a bitch...you'll gets what's coming to you.)
So to conclude with yesterday's events: (bit of a back story) Andrew had applied for a job at another company about 2 weeks ago. He went to the interview and they offered him the job on the spot. They told him that they would send out a packet that contained the information that they would need. He waited a week. He never received the packet. He called the office and they told him that they sent out the packet on Friday. He should have received it on Monday. Monday came and went. He called again on Tuesday. They said they sent it out on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday came and went. On Thursday, he called again. They said they sent it out. Andrew finally said, "can I just go over there and pick it up?" sure nuff they had his packet there.
However, the packet was entirely wrong. Andrew's name was misspelled, they had the wrong contact information on it, and the wrong address. He then had to call and tell them they had made such great errors. They said they would call him back. They never did. He sent in the packet last week. He went in for their drug test which thankfully was in Walnut. They still hadn't called him back.
Yesterday rolls by and he finally receives a call from them requiring more information that he had sent to them in the packet, but was supposed to be sent to a person in particular.
The information they say that he provided was invalid. (which it damn well wasn't because the other company he worked for accepted the information AND had called to verify it was valid, so I don't know what this new company's problem was..it just seemed that they were not on their A game with the run around they kept giving Andrew) So they decide not to hire him.
At that point I knew, that was the lowest we could get.
I feel defeated. I feel like I need something physical to fight, because it's so much more easy to fight something you can see. I could be angry at that girl for fucking things up for us. I could be angry at the company for not believing in Andrew. I could be angry at the person who used my information to ruin my record. I could be angry at the Law for not doing a better job at identifying the law breakers. I COULD JUST BE ANGRY. But that would just be wasted energy.
If there is anyone that I should be angry with, it's myself. I should have better planned for a situation like this. I should have been able to sit back and laugh because this is really no biggie, and I go my stuff on squared away.
I will not, however, falter and be run down. I WILL NOT GIVE UP!
Bright side to this? I've learned so much from this. I know what I will do so that I will NEVER be in this situation again. I think that was the lesson I was supposed to learn. And I did.
I'm pretty sure though, that this is as bad as it gets. I'm well aware that I am at my lowest.
No place left to go but up."
