One more night ... in My Unpredictable Life ...

One more night to work after tonight. Luckily it is at the sister hotel. Then I am off till Saturday.

Ruth asked me if I could work her 3-11pm shift on Thursday. Normally I would have said yes. I still want to say yes. But I said no. Because I know if I do, The Child will go beserk. So I am giving up a day of extra pay. For my daughter.

She's on Spring Break from school this week and she's still pretty pissed at me that I worked this past Saturday.

Ruth said it was fine that I couldn't and that Tami said she would work it. It is one of Jimena's requested days off so she can't work it. Shelia is already coming in at 11 that night. I was the only one available to ask. It felt good to say no, especially knowing that Tami will get screwed and have to work it. But that is just the Bitch in me.

I think I might have come up with a plan. Hubby said he is okay with it but I know he lies. When I first got this job he said he was okay with me working weekends. He lied. He said he was okay with me working night shift and that he could take The Child to her karate practices/Girl Scout meetings, etc. He lied. As I had to take her to karate practice tonight, sick, so that he could "rest". So him saying he is on board with my plan means nothing to me, because he lies.

The Child is so not on board with my plan. She teared up. She whined. My heart broke a little. But I explained the bigger picture to her and what the next 3+ months potentially means for July. She accepts my decision, even though she doesn't like it. She will so make things miserable for me. But, again, I do this for my family so it is worth it in the long run.

My Plan: The sister property is losing a night auditor at the end of this month. He works 2 audit nights, split up and an evening shift. I'm going to let them know that if they would like/need me to I will work 3 audits, but it will have to be in a row - such as Sun, Mon, Tue or Wed, Thur, Fri since I am already working this property. I have no idea if they will want me working the 3 nights or if they would agree to them being in a row. Right now Levi works Fri & Sat audit so I'm not sure if they would be willing for me to work any other days but those 2 in a row.

IF they agree with that, and it is a done deal that I pick up those 3 audit shifts, then I will tell Tami what I am doing and will only be available to work Sun -Tue or Wed - Fri (the opposite of what the sister hotel approves). By doing that I will have every Sat off from both places; I will have every Sat off to spend with my family.

Yes, it will be rough working 6 nights a week. Yes, I am out of my ever loving mind to even consider it.

But, it will only be till the end of June, when I will be quitting both places to go on vacation in July (since neither one will obviously hold my position for me while I am gone - according to Tami).

But, it will give me the chance to bank $2K to take on our vacations. Gas to/from Ohio will be expensive plus 1 night hotel each way (18 hour drive). Then a few days after we return from Ohio, The Child and I will begin our 22 hour journey to SC. Again, gas will be needed and possibly hotel accommodations. I have an uncle that lives in Nashville that I could probably crash at in route to/from. But I want to make sure I have hotel $ in case I can't stay the night with them.

The Child and I have plans to bring home a cooler full of boiled peanuts. Hubby is requesting multiple jars of pickled eggs. That will cost money. I plan to stop at as many Starbucks to/there/from as I can. I want to make this past year of struggling worth it. I want to reward us. I also plan to bank a few extra dollars to tide us over in case I don't get a job right away when we get back.

But again, all of this is contingent upon the sister hotel wanting/needing me to fill that position.

Damn Joleen. For some reason her dog woke up at 3 am yesterday morning to potty. She happened to hear me coughing/hacking as she came down the hallway. She then decided I needed to go home. I told her no, go back to bed, I had plenty of drugs to see me through the end of my shift. After a few more minutes of arguing back and forth, she finally agreed to go back to bed.

Damn if she didn't show back up at 5:30 am ready to send me home. She drove me nuts with her endless chatter. I finally caved and agreed to leave at 6am. I was only losing an hour of pay so I was okay with that. There was no way I could have dealt with her for another hour.

Of course Hubby panicked when I came home early, thinking I had been fired/I quit. Then he wanted to know why I couldn't finish out the last hour. I just looked at him and said, "This coming from the man who couldn't even bother to go into work at all. At least I went in and made it 7 hours before admitting defeat." He shut up after that. Goose head.

I'm not feeling any better, but I'm not feeling any worse so that is good I guess.

Time to get breakfast set out for the guests.

Till next time ...