Cleveland State University Vikings Volleyball

My cousin's daughter, Jordan, is a junior on the CSU volleyball team. She has played all 3 years and has been a starter the past 2 years. Last year I was able to see them play in the league tournament since it was only an hour from me at Wright State.

Earlier this season I was going to go to Toledo to see them play in an invitational unfortunately, I attended a funeral instead on that day. Friday night was my only other opportunity to see her play. They were at Wright State again for a league match.

Of course, my cousin, Sue, and her husband, Ed, were there and it was good to see them. Sue's dad, Uncle Bill, was there as well with his sister, "Aunt Betty" that I've known forever. But I was really surprised to see Becky and Nathan. Becky is actually a cousin to my mom and Sue's mom. We had a super time catching up with each other as well as watching the volleyball.

Needless to say, these 2 teams made it exciting. They went to 5 games with the score of the final game being 16-14. Unfortunately, CSU was on the losing end of that score.

Of course, I took lots of pictures (over 60) and I'm pretty happy with them. Here are several of them. First 2 are Jordan during introductions, she plays libero so is always in a different colored shirt than the rest of the team.... Makes it easier to pick her out!







And, here is an action shot.




I'm so proud of her!

Update on Work-Hell

Today was a very bad day. The project I was working on that was due on Monday just wasn't coming together like it normally does. That'll happen when people change procedures without thinking about them. I was so frustrated with it by lunch time that I had a mini-meltdown during lunch. I just sat here and cried for 5 minutes. Didn't even eat lunch, just drank a slim-fast shake.

I told the HR gal after lunch about it. She told me to be strong and not let it get to me. In fact, just before she went to lunch, she met with my boss and they had decided that she might possibly have to find a temp to help out. They were going to wait and see what she could find out tomorrow. She also said that she would ask co-worker to make up a list of some of the monthly stuff she does so that we don't miss anything. Small things like writing up a voucher for postage....

Later on, I saw the co-worker's daughter come in to see the HR gal. A little while later she called me back to her office to meet with her and my boss.....

My co-worker is officially on FMLA leave for an undetermined amount of time. Her diagnosis is some type of vertigo. She has to have some rehab and these sessions totally wipe her out.

And, with that they wanted to know what skills a temp should have. We discussed it and there are a few things that a temp could do to help me out that wouldn't take that much to learn especially since I would be available to answer questions. Hopefully, they can find someone and get them in place next week. They are thinking part-time for now with the possibility of more hours if my co-worker is off for awhile.

In the long run, I will still be working some long hours for the unforeseen future, but if I get help, maybe I can cut it back to 50 hours or less....

Until a temp actually happens, I guess I better plan on working 12 hours a day...

It has been a long 3 1/2 weeks.....

Dad & Martha came to visit for a little over a week. Love having them here. But unfortunately, the payroll clerk was on vacation that week so I was working 10 hour days. And, add to that, Dad's brother Mike passed away while they were here. Thankfully, the funeral was on Saturday so I didn't have to miss work for the funeral or miss the funeral for work. I'll blog about Mike later. Worked 48.5 hours that week.

Week 2 of the payroll clerk's vacation was the following week. Had month end stuff as well as all the payroll stuff. Worked 50.5 hours that week. Thankfully, it was a holiday weekend and I had 3 whole days to relax. I looked forward to her return from vacation on the next Tuesday. I knew I'd be working long hours trying to catch up on my work and doing all the beginning of month stuff (bank reconciliations, etc) that would need to be done by today.

At 6:45 Tuesday (9/4), her daughter called and said she was in the hospital in Illinois! OK, I'm back to payroll mode. As the week goes on, it is not looking good for her to come back even though we heard she was admitted for dehydration. We find out on Thursday that she is back in Ohio and in a hospital here having all kinds of tests run on her to determine why she has the dizziness. On Friday, we find out a little more and that it looks like she won't be back to work for at least another week. So in 4 days, I actually worked 45.5 hours.

She called in today and she is out of the hospital. She has a couple more tests at the end of the week but has gotten a probable diagnosis. In the meantime, she is not allowed to drive. She is hoping to be back next Monday, but in my gut, I highly doubt it.

Today was the 4th week that I did payroll.... it was only supposed to be 2. The work that needed to be done for my boss isn't even half done although that was my priority last Friday. The only good thing to come out of this is that my boss and the HR gal now believe me that I need to have a backup for MY job..... Yeah, I don't have one. If I'm not there the work doesn't get done. You know what.... I have been telling them this for a couple of years.

It boils down to this. In the last 3 weeks, I have worked 144.5 hours. I probably spent no more than 40-50 hours on my work. If these were normal weeks, there would have been 112 hours of work that I would have doing for my job. In other words, I'm about 60-70 hours behind..... Did I tell you that I have to have ALL my billing done by 9/28? Yep, it is fiscal year end and all uniforms purchased and "sold" have to be done before the physical inventory is taken 9/28.

Needless to say, even if the payroll clerk comes back next week, I will still be working 10-12 hour days. I usually do in September/October but so far this year is the worst it has ever been.

On top of all of that.... I've been have "twinges" in the heart area all day today. I know it is the stress but they have not gone away tonight. I may have to leave work and go to the doctor tomorrow for an EKG just to make sure everything is all right.

I keep telling myself though, that the paychecks are gonna be mighty nice :) So nice that I've decided to treat myself to a scrapping retreat the end of October! At least this one is in OHIO!

Senior Moments..... 1973/1974

The latest Scrapshare blog challenge.

In honor of the new school year, think back to your senior year of high school, and answer these questions accordingly:

1. Who was your best friend?
Had 2, we were always together. Pam and Cindy.

2. Did you play any sports?
No

3. What kind of car did you drive?
1964 Ford Falcon



4. It’s Friday night. Where were you?
High School Football Game in the fall. Basketball during the winter. Or just out with Pam and Cindy.

5. Were you a party animal?
No

6. Were you considered a flirt?
No

7. Were you in the band, orchestra or choir?
Band--loved it! Also choir but I'd rather forget that.

8. Were you a nerd?
No

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled?
No

10. Can you sing the fight song?
In my head, absolutely. Out loud, no way would I ever subject anyone to my voice!

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
Tie between band director and bookkeeping teacher.

12. What was your school mascot?
You mean someone dressed as a mascot? We didn't have one. Our nickname was (and still is) Redskins.

13. Did you go to the Prom?
Yes with Gary.



14. If you could go back, would you?
While I thoroughly enjoy looking back on those years, I'd rather not live them again. Now if you would be talking college and my 20's, just maybe ;)

15. What do you remember most about graduation?
Walking in next to Marjean. She had her baby 9 days later.

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day?
We didn't have one.

17. Did you have a job your senior year?
Started working at McDonald's the end of April a few hours a week.

18. Where did you go most often for lunch?
School cafeteria. We were not allowed to leave the school grounds. However, instead of senior skip day, some of the seniors did skip lunch one day the last week of school. My friends and I didn't but some others did. One girl told us in English class right after lunch that the Asst Principal stopped them and asked them to pick up some cigarettes for him while they were out.....

19. Have you gained weight since then?
Of course.

20. What did you do after high school?
Got a college education and have been working since 1978.