Posts by TweetieBird

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WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

by TweetieBird in

sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

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Life is good. The mood in the office is great and residents are elated that she is gone. One came in yesterday upset about something and I told her that manager was no longer with us. She said, "good, did she get fired? if not, she should've been". All we are allowed to say is that she is pursuing a different opportunity (unemployment). She said it was a good thing, that she was totally incompetent and never followed through on anything.

I did not realize how much stress I was under until it was gone. I have slept awesome the past two nights and I don't dread going to work anymore. In fact, I am going in today (my day off) just to organize things. I pulled out invoices from several months ago out of a file last night. I have no idea if they ever got paid.

And I hired a new leasing agent yesterday that already has experience and looks like she will be a great fit to our team.

I'm a happy girl right now.

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Planning the xmas party-suggestions needed

by TweetieBird in

i am in charge of planning the resident xmas party (300 apartments that i manage) and about 100 to 150 residents will be there.. i already have a musician lined up but need ideas for food, theme, etc.

$400 budget for food, etc.

any ideas?

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The party is from 6 to 9pm. Forgot to mention that we always provide beer and wine as well, but I was thinking this year coming up with a christmas punch, one with alcohol and one without. If anyone has a good recipe, please let me know. The total budget is $600 but the musician I hired is $200.

I definitely want to go simple. Last year we had a cocktail party with hors d'oeuvres. This is my first year as manager and christmas parties are definitely not my thing.

I love the idea of finger foods and veggie trays. I do have a Sam's Club membership so I'm sure I will be getting all the food from there. I can get decorations from the Dollar Store and I love the idea of the tree clippings, LisaRose. I did the meatball thing for my son's graduation party and it was a big hit, will probably do that again.

Great idea, Mum, about the money for charity. We always support Toys for Tots and our residents never disappoint. We will be doing it again this year. We also always donate unopened food to a local food bank.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.

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The music that moves you....

by FlyingHighNow in

once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

he named each song after a person in our family.

this is the one he named heather.

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Rascal Flatts-"I'm Moving On"

This came out when my husband and I were fading and the words resonated so perfectly with what we were feeling at the time, plus it's a beautiful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiHhTdg8qrc

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Well it is time for me to say GOODBYE!!!

by mouthy in

it has been nice talking with you.but i seem to upset a few because of my faith.. so have a great christmas.... & be good, i wont be here to send you to your rooms .

i have grown close to many of you.... if i have ever said anything to hurt you sorry!!!!.

when i kick the bucket i am sure "mary" who ssometimes post will let you know.. mouthy grace gough.

TweetieBird

Mouthy, please don't go. You bring a lot to this forum. If people don't like what you post, they don't have to read it. Don't punish the majority over the disgruntled few.

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Have you ever had a hallucination? What was it like?

by Nathan Natas in

i have almost never had a visual hallucination and i was wondering what they're like.

how "real" do they seem?

is there any kind of a hint you get that tells you they are not real?

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I was slipped something at a party once when I was a teenager (maybe LSD) and for years after I would have hallucinations when I slept. I would open my eyes from a deep sleep and see huge spiders on the wall, or think someone was in the room. One time I saw blood dripping down a painting. Freaked me out. Haven't had one in a long time.

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Planning the xmas party-suggestions needed

by TweetieBird in

i am in charge of planning the resident xmas party (300 apartments that i manage) and about 100 to 150 residents will be there.. i already have a musician lined up but need ideas for food, theme, etc.

$400 budget for food, etc.

any ideas?

TweetieBird

I am in charge of planning the resident xmas party (300 apartments that I manage) and about 100 to 150 residents will be there.

I already have a musician lined up but need ideas for food, theme, etc. $400 budget for food, etc. Any ideas? I am so not good at this.

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WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

by TweetieBird in

sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

TweetieBird

Jeff, she was receiving a discount on her rent which will go away Dec. 1st. She had a hard time paying it with the discount so i'll probably end up evicting her for non-payment. She's a mess.

I'm in Florida (the panhandle).

Things were pretty good today. My head maintenance guy has decided to stay since they let her go. He had asked for a transfer because of her. Our previous maintenance guy (a good friend of mine) quit last year because of her and another maintenance tech quit because of her. We've lost several of our residents because of her in the past and the ones that stuck around are rejoicing at her leaving. Karma's a bitch.

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WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

by TweetieBird in

sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

TweetieBird

Thanks. A little freaked out though cause she lives on site and she's ballsy enough to continue living there. She always said that if she got fired she would cause trouble.

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A mistake in fading 4 months ago is coming back to haunt me... HELP!!

by ILoveTTATT in

jw
friends

so today, two elders from a congregation i was in two years ago came by the house.

they said they wanted to talk to me about things that they have heard, and that they want to talk to me very quickly, as soon as possible.

perhaps before this week ends.. i don't know what to do!!

TweetieBird

A friend of mine avoided the elders when she started dating a "worldly" man and she was not "scripturally free". She didn't care about getting df'd or anything, just didn't want to get dragged through the kangaroo court and was hoping they would just df her in her absence. She even sent one of the elders an email saying that she had done the deed with her new boyfriend and as far as I know, nothing was ever done. That was about 3 years ago.

So, if you don't meet with them, they probably won't do anything. Just make excuses for not meeting them and maybe they will back off.

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WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

by TweetieBird in

sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

TweetieBird

Sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and I can't sleep.

I am an assistant manager at an apartment community. The manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least. Got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week. I walked back into the kitchen to find the HR person (from out of state) making coffee. I said hi to her and asked her if someone was getting fired. She looked at me strange.

The manager showed up a little while later (late as usual) so I asked her if she knew they were coming to which she said, "no". Long story short, a few hours later they escorted her out of the building with her personal belongings and promoted me to manager.

It was a true WTF moment. They brought the rest of the staff in and told us that she was pursuing other opportunities (unemployment compensation would be my guess) and that I am now the boss.

So here I am wide awake at 1am, rebounding from the 3 glasses of wine that I had when I got home, no doubt, and head spinning out of control trying to figure out my new job. She left me with a drawer full of unfinished projects and 500 emails to sort through.

Thanks for letting me vent.