aI was sick two weeks ago, and I am sick again! And I hate it. I was off today so my mom took me to the doctor despite my protests. I wanted to lie in bed, not get dressed and go to the doctor. But good thing I did, because i had a sinus infection. I never had a problem with my sinuses before, how was I supposed to know? Now I got antibiotics, and cough medicine with Codeine in it which makes me sleep (more than usual anyway!). I am working tomorrow but I am worried about functioning. The iftar gatherings are starting at full speed. We are giving one this Saturday, which my mom already started preparing for. My dad's boss got us a card to this big huge place called "Restaurant Depot." Think Sams Club or Costco but bigger, muuuch bigger! The place started bringing Halal meat for pretty good money. And with my mom's iftar dinners coming up we need all we can get! After this saturday our friends are giving an iftar in Madison. And the fast-a-thon of MSA is on the 12th. I am very excited about the iftar two weeks from now, it'll be at Burcu's! I missed Burcu tons and my little boyfriend too. I still didn't get a chance to give him his dinasour present yet, that should show how long it's been since I seen him. My manager said I was a week ahead in my training, yay! I am learning to price things this week. Since we hand price everything that comes in it's an art form almost. I am just hoping my brain will cooperate for the eight hours I will be working. kelebek }{
If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know How to say How I feel
Those three words Are said too much They're not enough -- Snow Patrol
Posted at 8:17 PM
Sunday, September 24, 2006
tow bookstore
I love my new job! That pretty much sums up everything I feel about my job. There is so much to learn, but I am doing my best to keep up. We do not have stuff on the computer so we have to look up everything on the shelves. I am learning the sections slowly. So far I have shelved in Romance, Westerns, Games-Humor-Travel, Cooking and Children's. Elhamdurillah I am doing well with the register too. Yesterday was crazy busy! Saturdays are always busy, and one person called in sick so we had to pick up the slack! Ramadan began here on Saturday. Our family is inviting a whole bunch of people for Iftar next Saturday. Preparations already began! We are invited to an iftar on the 8th. I am soo excited to be home for Ramadan again. Although I do miss the MSA iftars we had in Madison. I just might have to crash one of their iftars one day. Maybe I'll go for the fast-a-thon. I have a lot of observations that I wanted to write for my blog, but my eyes are starting to close so it'll have to wait till the next time. kelebek }{
You said "I do" - I guess that means we're married! -- Clementine (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Posted at 11:12 PM
Monday, September 18, 2006
tow kelebek is exhausted
This working full time on my feet business is exhausting! I work 40 hours a week, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. And in the store I work at, there isn't a minute down time! At Pick'n Save we would get a break between customers when I was at the register. Here though I do more than register work. Actually everybody does everything in the store! I am still going through training. They put me on probation for 8 weeks! That should show how much training I have yet to go through. But I am not complaining, I love this job! I feel like I am in disneyland. I work with books all day. I shelve books, I check out books, I help customers find books. And I get a pretty sweet employee discount. I am pacing myself so I won't be spending half of my paycheck at the store! I am hoping to save up to buy a car insaAllah. Right now I drive my mom's van, and she doesn't appreciate that. She is too busy to drop me off and pick me up everyday, but the solution of me driving the van is no better. We used to have another van, but it is sooo old and now it is practically dead. I am scared to that van out in the road! The downside of working here is that I am so tired all the time. I am hoping it will get easier as I get used to working fulltime, and settle into a routine of sorts. But right now I pretty much pass out as soon as I come home. I am excited and nervous about Ramadan. I don't know how on earth I will survive without coffee!! kelebek }{
Posted at 11:22 PM
Saturday, September 09, 2006
tow sore throat
My mom was sick last week. She had a really, really bad cold. We stayed away from her as much as we could but I think the germs found me! This is not good, because insaAllah I am starting work on Monday. My throat really hurts and I do feel feverish. Looks like I will have to spend the weekend at home. I did want to go shopping for a decent pair of shoes for work, but I will have to grin it and bear it. I didn't get to work out today, that does bum me out! I think I will go to bed early and read for a bit. I am reading Count of Monte Cristo. I bought the unabridged version, so I can enjoy it fully! kelebek }{
"P as in Phoebe, H as in Hoebe, O as in Oebe, E as in Ebe, B as in Bebe, and E as in ‘ello there, mate!" -- Phoebe Buffay
Posted at 1:39 AM
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
tow kelebek gets a job
I got a job! Unfortunately (or not) it is not with a newspaper. I don't want to write the name of the company, because I don't want google picking it up. And people have gotten in trouble for blogging about their work in their blogs (Rosie anyone?) But I can say it is at a bookstore. It is a good job for me while I figure out my future plans. It is almost a blessing that I haven't heard back from the newspaper yet, it let me look back and decide what was it that I wanted to do. I am not too sure if I want to get bogged down with a daily newspaper while my heart is really in academics. My plan is to save money for grad school while working in the bookstore. I start Monday insaAllah. I have been killing as much free time as possible before I start work. It is a full time job, so I am only getting 2 days off a week (once in a weekday and one day in the weekend). I will get my two week schedule when I go to work on Monday. It will take a while to get used to working 8 hours a day. The most I went to class was about 3 hours a day or so. Fortunately (or not) I won't have to move because the bookstore is really close to my house. I am not a fan of living at home with my parents, especially after living on my own for two years. It is a slap in the face to go back under my parents rule! I hate having to ask them before I do anything, and everything. That was the reason I wanted to move out, because as long as I live in their house, they will treat me like a kid! But I can't deny the comforts it brings. It is nice to have meals made everyday! And can't beat free laundry in the basement. We have the treadmill now, which is very nice. I try to walk 5 times a week for 1.5 miles. I will insaAllah increase the milage but for now I want to warm up to it. Before I moved out I used to have gym membership so I used to be able to walk 1.5 mi without breaking a sweat. But I don't want to push myself too hard and than become to sore to walk again. Furkan started school. He is in 7th grade now. It is hard to believe he is so big! I think back at myself at 7th grade (granted he's 11, I was 12 when I was in 7th grade) and compare myself to him. It is not fair of course, girls do mature faster! I was telling my mom this morning (after a shouting match with him) that this is why people have kids closer together. She had to endure me going through the sucky pre-teen stage and beyond. If I was closer in age with Furkan after a few years he would be done too. But of course Furkan and I are 11 years apart so Furkan is just getting started in this annoying growing up business. I calculated before that I would probably will be out of the house by then but as we say, evdeki hesap carsiya uymaz. Meaning the calculations you do at home does not match the shops. Eh, something like that, too lazy to look up the exact translation. Lets just say I miscalculated, shall we? kelebek }{
"Gorustugumuz zaman Londra Koprum asaga gitmek istiyor" -- Sayin Okcu translates Fergie
Posted at 7:25 PM
