Well, maybe back to as normal as my life gets anyway. Between work and class this woman has been running ragged for several months. My hours at work had been cut to save the company a few bucks, so I picked up overtime when I could. Not only were there less hours, but there were also unfortunately timed reasons for pay being sucked out of my checks, which made for some hair pulling moments when I saw just how much had been taken from my check.
Every year at this time we have to "P-A-Y" for the privilege of working at the casino. Yes, you read that right, we have to pay for a lottery license out of our checks so we can work there,. (there is also a a $20 racing licence once a year.) The license costs $100,(which is equivalent to 2+ days of work before taxes.). I've never worked anywhere where the employees are responsible for paying for their own licensing. I could see it it we were independently employed, but we are not, we work for a very large and wealthy corporation.
The next check sucker was a loan I was forced to take on my 401K to pay for last Septembers medical bill to the local hospital. I had no other choice, and preferred to not have my pay garnished again. It is way to hard to keep my chin above the rising tide of bills when something comes along that won't take your tiny payments without taking you to court. At least I am in a sense paying myself back with the money.
And finally, I have reached the required payback to the State of West Virginia after almost 2 years of garnishment. Will they stop sucking the money out of my check now? Despite phone calls I kind of expect them to say "whoops! We are not sending that fax to stop, lets take some more!" Funny...I just registered my car yesterday for 2014. In order to do that here you have to bring proof that you have paid your Personal Property taxes. When I arrived home, there in my mailbox was a questionnaire from the tax assessors office asking me if I had anything else that I SHOULD be paying on. I have to tell you what my take is on West Virginia tax departments ..."little Ebenizer Scrooges scrunching their numbers and picking up voo-doo dolls and searching their pockets for change." I have never felt as hunted as I do in this state. They tax us to the limit on food, gasoline and cigarettes, then Personal property taxes (which I have to pay for Jefferson county, and again for living in Charles Town) and then State taxes. Oh..if by some strange stroke of luck you get a Federal refund, they want that too.
And lastly, good new, I get my Tuesdays back since my class in Aspiring Leaders is over, graduation was held today. It was nice getting to know a few of the folks in other departments that shared the class with me. We painfully graduated with a 1-2 minute presentation a piece as the entertainment. I did ok, I know I could have done better, but my entire weekend was spent racing around the clock to run the casino and handle the huge 'Price is Right' show that was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Everybody in Security had mandatory over time. So I am running pretty dang tired for having no real down time for at least 4 weeks. I'm looking forward to my life returning to as normal as it gets.
I know I am jumping from subject to subject, must be that I am running on fragmented thoughts today, way over tired. Yesterday (yes, I was off..but was I really?) I spent the morning having needles stuck into my body with electrical shocks at the Neurologists office. Officially I have some (normal for my age) degenerative disc disease in my back. I also have 3 bulging discs likely related to the August 2012 car accident, and compressed nerves in my right arm and left leg. When they say that getting older is not for sissy's they really meant it. After the session of med-evil torture I went for torture of a different sort at the local DMV, followed by an afternoon of trying to catch up on laundry. I was so tired I knocked 3 glasses and a coffee mug into the sink while unloading the dish washer. Dang..I did not have enough ummph to even curse properly at that.
So according to the doctor my future appointments will be with a Physical Therapist and a Pain Management clinic. This is depending on the cost, unless the stupid Claims Adjuster at State Farm ever gets the answers they want for a settlement. If they do then the appointments will be kept without a problem.
As I hauled the clothes back and forth to the laundry room yesterday I kept thinking that it was so beautiful; warm not hot, soft breezes...I could not stop myself from thinking what a perfect beach day it would have been... Warm sand, the sound of the sea, a good book, and bone melting relaxation. I miss that...vacations...well, what they used to be in my long ago past.
Thus ends the novel for today. I hope that everyone is doing well and feeling happy,
K
Every year at this time we have to "P-A-Y" for the privilege of working at the casino. Yes, you read that right, we have to pay for a lottery license out of our checks so we can work there,. (there is also a a $20 racing licence once a year.) The license costs $100,(which is equivalent to 2+ days of work before taxes.). I've never worked anywhere where the employees are responsible for paying for their own licensing. I could see it it we were independently employed, but we are not, we work for a very large and wealthy corporation.
The next check sucker was a loan I was forced to take on my 401K to pay for last Septembers medical bill to the local hospital. I had no other choice, and preferred to not have my pay garnished again. It is way to hard to keep my chin above the rising tide of bills when something comes along that won't take your tiny payments without taking you to court. At least I am in a sense paying myself back with the money.
And finally, I have reached the required payback to the State of West Virginia after almost 2 years of garnishment. Will they stop sucking the money out of my check now? Despite phone calls I kind of expect them to say "whoops! We are not sending that fax to stop, lets take some more!" Funny...I just registered my car yesterday for 2014. In order to do that here you have to bring proof that you have paid your Personal Property taxes. When I arrived home, there in my mailbox was a questionnaire from the tax assessors office asking me if I had anything else that I SHOULD be paying on. I have to tell you what my take is on West Virginia tax departments ..."little Ebenizer Scrooges scrunching their numbers and picking up voo-doo dolls and searching their pockets for change." I have never felt as hunted as I do in this state. They tax us to the limit on food, gasoline and cigarettes, then Personal property taxes (which I have to pay for Jefferson county, and again for living in Charles Town) and then State taxes. Oh..if by some strange stroke of luck you get a Federal refund, they want that too.
And lastly, good new, I get my Tuesdays back since my class in Aspiring Leaders is over, graduation was held today. It was nice getting to know a few of the folks in other departments that shared the class with me. We painfully graduated with a 1-2 minute presentation a piece as the entertainment. I did ok, I know I could have done better, but my entire weekend was spent racing around the clock to run the casino and handle the huge 'Price is Right' show that was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Everybody in Security had mandatory over time. So I am running pretty dang tired for having no real down time for at least 4 weeks. I'm looking forward to my life returning to as normal as it gets.
I know I am jumping from subject to subject, must be that I am running on fragmented thoughts today, way over tired. Yesterday (yes, I was off..but was I really?) I spent the morning having needles stuck into my body with electrical shocks at the Neurologists office. Officially I have some (normal for my age) degenerative disc disease in my back. I also have 3 bulging discs likely related to the August 2012 car accident, and compressed nerves in my right arm and left leg. When they say that getting older is not for sissy's they really meant it. After the session of med-evil torture I went for torture of a different sort at the local DMV, followed by an afternoon of trying to catch up on laundry. I was so tired I knocked 3 glasses and a coffee mug into the sink while unloading the dish washer. Dang..I did not have enough ummph to even curse properly at that.
So according to the doctor my future appointments will be with a Physical Therapist and a Pain Management clinic. This is depending on the cost, unless the stupid Claims Adjuster at State Farm ever gets the answers they want for a settlement. If they do then the appointments will be kept without a problem.
As I hauled the clothes back and forth to the laundry room yesterday I kept thinking that it was so beautiful; warm not hot, soft breezes...I could not stop myself from thinking what a perfect beach day it would have been... Warm sand, the sound of the sea, a good book, and bone melting relaxation. I miss that...vacations...well, what they used to be in my long ago past.
Thus ends the novel for today. I hope that everyone is doing well and feeling happy,
K
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