I have endured, I have been broken, I have known hardship, I have lost myself. But here I stand, still moving forward, growing stronger each day. I will never forget the harsh lessons in my life. They made me stronger.
The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you're not willing to stay where you are.
It will hurt. It will take time. It will require dedication. It will require willpower. You will need to make healthy decisions. It requires sacrifice. You will need to push your body to it's max. There will be temptation. But, I promise you, when you reach your goal, it's worth it.
Okay so basically he was gone for 3 days for bereavement which is supposed to be paid & counted as worked for the full day right? So 8 hours each day. Well he can only have overtime if he worked more than 40 hours in a pay period, this is fine too. So with those bereavement days (which would've been worked days had we not had to go to a funeral), and the other normal days in his pay period he worked more than 40 hours, and did overtime.
What's not fine is how they didn't count the bereavement for him on this pay period, so essentially he's worked overtime for this pay period for nothing and now we're cheated out of a ton of money because of it (Because overtime is time+1/2).
Okay so I finally got an update to give to you guys on this. The pay is supposedly coming next pay period, and the person that he had originally told about the bereavement (his assistant manager), never passed it on to to the paycheck person, and never marked it as bereavement anywhere. Instead she marked it as a normal absence (which is unpaid). This is not surprising since his assistant manager literally hates everyone and constantly tells everyone that they don't do any work and that they need to be faster when she herself does everything slower than Llen and several other employees. It's to the point where 2 of Llen's coworkers are considering quitting due to this.
Remind me of the time my manager accidently had me work 50 hours and instead of pay me and just make sure not to make schedule mistakes again, she just put me in for 39 hours! xD
Luckily the owner of my store corrected it when I went to him, but the manager did this to people all the time. You really gotta look out for this stuff. I find it scary how many people find it so easy to screw people over like this.
Yeah, you always have to watch your back. It seems like you got it all figured out (from your little update) but still shouldn't have happened in the first place. Good luck with it if you haven't gotten it all figured out yet.
I've learned that you can keep going, long after you think you can't.
Work on being in love with the person in the mirror who has been through so much but is still standing.
Don't believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.
You are strong for getting out of bed in the morning when it feels like hell. You are brave for doing things even though they scare you or make you anxious. And you are amazing for trying and holding on no matter how hard life gets.
I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe and it will be okay because I don't quit.
Thursday night / Friday morning I made a 6 hour drive for Llen's childhood home since we got news that his Great Grandmother passed away and the funeral was on Saturday. Then made the 6 hour drive home Saturday night / Sunday morning, which I just got home from. Sorry for the inactivity, will be responding to things I wasn't able to soon.
I'm extremely happy and content in life right now, for the first time in a long long time. I'll just go through a quick run-down of what I've been up to and why.
1. I've been spending less time on electronics (PC, Phone, Game Consoles), and more time on being with my family (Llen and my 4 furbabies). This has made me extremely happy as I want to cherish the time we all have together, and just cherish real life in general.
Before people start asking, no I still don't see myself resigning from Mineplex or anything anytime soon. I just won't be going as above and beyond with things as I used to, replies may be slower, I may not do too many un-required duties anymore, that sort of thing.
2. I took a huge step in life recently which was the decision to shave all of my hair off. Since I had never had my hair this short, it was a brand new experience and really scary at first. It's been about a week since I've done it, and I'm more confident in myself then I've ever been, I feel more beautiful and just all around I have found more love in myself again.
3. Depression & Anxiety have been at an all time "low" for me, without any sort of medication. I've come so far here and while some days are harder than others, the battle doesn't seem as uphill as it used to anymore. I feel a lot more calm and collected than I used to be, and overall I just feel more at peace.
4. As I posted on about 4 weeks ago I started the Keto diet and I've pretty much stuck with it, only having cheated on it once because hey I'm human. Otherwise I've also started a daily exercise routine too that I plan to stick with and increase as my body can handle it. I've been losing a great amount of weight and I feel like I can physically do more which is amazing.
So yeah that's kinda what I've been up to the past month or so, if anyone cared enough to read it all lol.
Update on my doggo - She's out of surgery and doing extremely well. The vet is going to keep her for the night to monitor her but I'm extremely happy to hear this!
Almost 2 weeks on the Keto diet and I've lost 13.4 pounds!
To keep you guys posted, my dog's surgery is tomorrow. I'm a bit more confident having discussed more with her vet, so I'm very hopeful that the surgery will turn out fine.
Unfortunately I didn't receive the best of news. My dog will need to have surgery and it's going to cost a lot. Because of her age (she's 12), she'd be at a medium amount of risk for complications to the surgery.
