Mother's Day

Mother's Day was Sunday.  And I haven't celebrated it for the past 3 years.  Because I no longer have a mother.  I have what I refer to as an "egg donor".  And honestly, I thought that I would miss talking to her, but there hasn't been one day that has gone by in the past 2 years that I've thought "Wow...I wish I could talk to my mom".  Nope.  Not once. 

I stopped talking to the egg donor in April of 2008.  Because she proved that she is an evil person incaple of love for her own children.  You see, my sister went through a divorce a few years ago and the egg donor, instead of supporting her own daughter, decided to oust my sister and defend her ex-husband.  Then she had the balls to serve my sister with court papers saying that she was an unfit mother and therefore SHE (the egg donor)  deserved custody of my niece and nephew!!!  This was, of course, after she unsuccessfully tried to convince my ex-brother-in-law to fight for custody of the kids and then just "give them" to her because she knew that HE couldn't take care of them, since he now lives with his parents and sleeps on a couch.

So, my sis went to court.  And of course, she won.  Because the truth is she's NOT an unfit mother.  Her children are well taken care of and are not in need of anything.  They have food, clothing, shelter, love, etc.  My sister is an incredible mother. 

But it didn't stop there.  Oh no.  Then the bitch decided to slap another suit on my sister.  This time for "grandparent's visitation rights".  So, this time I went to testify on my sister's behalf.  And of course, we won.  Again.  The truth is, the kids don't even WANT to see their grandmother anymore.  They used to see them when their father had them every other weekend, but the egg donor would spend the entire visit talking shit about my sister and pressing the kids for details about what my sister doing.  She even asked the kids to lie to their own mother!!!! 

But oh no.  That wasn't enough.  No, this bitch is relentless.  2 years later, my sister is going BACK to court for the 3rd time because this bitch has APPEALLED the judge's decision NOT to grant her any visitation, because she stated it was "not in the best interest of the children". 

Meanwhile, my sister has missed  countless days of work, going to court, meeting with her attorney,  spent thousands of dollars on attorney''s fees (that she does not have) when she could have been spending time with her kids and spending money on their Christmas gifts.  For the past 2 years I have paid for most of the kids' Christmas gifts because honestly, my sister just doesn't have the money.  She is a single mom, for crying out loud!  And...because she has to keep going back to court, the attorney's fees have really added up.  And the attorney wants a huge chunk of cash before the next court date (next month), so I am ponying up some of my hard earned cash just to make sure that my sister is properly represented in court.

This bitch has cost us both of us (and the kids) countless dollars and heartache.  So, no, I don't have a mother.  And I dont' celebrate Mother's Day.  She can rot in hell.

Goodbye and Good Riddance

My boss put her notice in last week.  And I couldn't be happier.  In fact, I've been doing a private "happy dance" since I got the news.  She is the most unprofessional person I have ever met and I am still trying to figure out how she landed THIS job, let alone another one.  There has been talk around the office that she was forced out, and I tend to believe this.

Here are some things about her that I am NOT going to miss (and yes, I DO like lists, so get used to it):

*  The constant whining....seriously, it's so annoying....she calls out to our administrative assistant all day long "Beckyyyyyy..... can you do this for me?"  "Beckyyyyy.....what's so and so's pager number", etc....   I am quite sure that Becky has been doing her own happy dance for the past week and will be screaming "Thank you Jesus!" next Friday!!!!
*  Her lack of table manners. She once picked up a chicken breast in the middle of an inservice from an organization that came to present to us, and began gnawing on it like an animal.
* Her lack of respect for others.  During another inservice, she completely cut off the speakers to have her own side conversation with someone across the table.  The presenters were embarrassed and appalled.
* The attention-getting/looking for a pity party.  She had surgery recently on her knee.  Before the surgery she whined and complained all day long about how bad her knee hurt and made it a point to use a cane to walk through the office and say "Ouch" with each step.  After the surgery, and her 6 week medical leave (which was a blessing, btw) she continued to use the cane, and say "Ouch" and tell us all about how much pain she was still in.
* The "I'm getting my PhD" speech every day and how we will have to call her "Dr. Deb".  Yea, ok.  She's a nurse, and got her MSN from Phoenix University (an "onlline" college) last year, and is now supposedly getting her PhD in nursing from Phoenix University.  Um...yea, I don't take much stock in "online" schools.  Obviously she couldn't get into a REAL graduate program because they would have realized, after meeting her, that she does not have the professional look/attitude to be worthy of a graduate degree.  It's sad that anyone can get a degree "online" these days.
* The fact that, although she must make a lot of money in her position, she still hasn't spent the money to do anything about her "crazy" eye, her disgusting teeth, or her red mullet-styled hair.  Like I said, I don't know how she ever got hired, looking like that....
Kind of makes me wish I had a picture....must remember to go search my ass-kissing coworker's facebook page for the pics she took today for the boss's going-away party.

Which reminds me....I also won't miss the fact that ass-kissing coworker has her nose buried so far up the boss's ass that she gets away with doing absolutely no work because, as she said to me one day (during a week-long birthday party she threw for the boss) when I asked if I was the only one that had work to do "Oh, I have plenty of work to do.  I just know where my priorities lie".  Priceless.

Good bye, bitch.  And take the lazy ass-kisser with you, please.

Thank you Captain Obvious

This weekend my BFF put extension braids in my hair.   I've had 'em twice before and paid $400-$500 for the privilege.  My BFF does her own dreads and has put dreads in other girls, so I knew she could do my braids for me, even though she'd never done 'em before.  She's very talented and I trust her completely.  We bought the hair a few weeks ago, and finally got around to putting them in this past weekend.  It was a LONG process!  Being that she'd never done them before there was a bit of a learning curve.  Apparently getting the extension hair to stay close to the scalp before you start braiding is the hardest part.  And it took her some time to master, but she did (as I knew she would).  Luckily, we were at my house and there was lots of wine involved (on MY part, not so much on hers - I didn't want *crooked* braids! LOL) so the time went by fast.  She braided for the better part of 14 hours on Saturday, then on Sunday she sealed and trimmed for another 4 hours or so.

The end result is amazing!  And I LOVE it! She totally rocks!

But here's the thing...I went to work today totally expecting people to be shocked, etc. (because I have worked there for over 2 years and have had short hair the entire time). What I didn't expect was the stupidity.  I expect people to go "OMG!  Wow!  That looks awesome!", etc.  But there were quite a few people who really seemed puzzled and confused.  I can't tell you the number of times I was asked the following:

"Wow...how did you hair grow so long so fast?
"Did you change your hair style?"
"Is that your real hair?
"You changed your hair, didn't you?"
"So, did you just change your color or your style?"
and countless other stupidly obvious questions.  Yes, my hair is 12" longer than it was when you last saw me on Friday.  Of course I changed my hair style.  Of course my hair didn't grow a foot over night. Of course it's not my real hair"....really?  Are people THAT stupid?  Because if so, I am frightened!!!  Really...considering these are medical professionals asking me these questions!

SCARY!!!