Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a nice of a time as I did.
Well, the buzz of this past week has been the raising of the State minimum wage. As of December 31st, it was $5.25 an hour. For the past several years they have been trying to get it to match the Federal minimum wage of $5.75. I found out when I went to work last night that as of the 1st, it did go up. A year from now it will go up again to $6.25 an hour. Not bad for waitressing … not only do I make tips; I get a nice paycheck as well.
Check out my new friend's place, her name is Chynakatt. Just click onto her name at the left.
Nothing much to add today, just relaxing with Sianna … Chris just left to go to the beach. I’ll probably take her shopping. Have a nice weekend you guys!
Hapa
Monday, December 31, 2001
Just a little post, my last post for this year.
As I reflect back over this past year, I am reminded of how lucky I am to have two wonderful children. Chris and Sianna have brought me nothing but joy and laughter and I cannot even begin to imagine what my life would be like right now without them. I am also fortunate to have wonderful friends who have been there for me, especially this past year. I have never been really all that close to anyone, but there are a handful who know me inside and out and they are the ones that have been my life support through what has been the most trying year in my life. I love you guys for that. I am also thankful for having John in my life. He’s been nothing but great to me and my children since we met on August 10, earlier this year. With all the issues that I am having he has stuck by me … even during my bitchiest (my best … haha). I have put him through a lot, and he knows most of the time it’s not really me behaving the way I have. The medications and mood swing due to the hormones I was on didn’t make things easy at times. Hell, most people would have given up, but not John. He keeps telling me compared to his last marriage; my mood swings are a piece of cake … that says a lot about that relationship! Lastly, I want to thank Logi and Skye for introducing me to Blogger. This has been a magnificent tool for me, especially back in May when I first was introduced to it. I had a lot of choice words to say about the soon-to-be ex husband, and by coming to the site to vent has been therapeutic. More importantly, I got to meet a lot of wonderful people. If things go well for me (with the health issues) this New Year, I plan to fly back to New York and would like to get together and meet my new friends (and the old ones). I know we’d have a great time.
It’s that time that I have to run … gotta get ready for the boat ride. Hope all of you have a safe New Years eve, don’t get too crazy and remember to give the key to someone else if you had too much to drink.
See ya next year!
Hapa
As I reflect back over this past year, I am reminded of how lucky I am to have two wonderful children. Chris and Sianna have brought me nothing but joy and laughter and I cannot even begin to imagine what my life would be like right now without them. I am also fortunate to have wonderful friends who have been there for me, especially this past year. I have never been really all that close to anyone, but there are a handful who know me inside and out and they are the ones that have been my life support through what has been the most trying year in my life. I love you guys for that. I am also thankful for having John in my life. He’s been nothing but great to me and my children since we met on August 10, earlier this year. With all the issues that I am having he has stuck by me … even during my bitchiest (my best … haha). I have put him through a lot, and he knows most of the time it’s not really me behaving the way I have. The medications and mood swing due to the hormones I was on didn’t make things easy at times. Hell, most people would have given up, but not John. He keeps telling me compared to his last marriage; my mood swings are a piece of cake … that says a lot about that relationship! Lastly, I want to thank Logi and Skye for introducing me to Blogger. This has been a magnificent tool for me, especially back in May when I first was introduced to it. I had a lot of choice words to say about the soon-to-be ex husband, and by coming to the site to vent has been therapeutic. More importantly, I got to meet a lot of wonderful people. If things go well for me (with the health issues) this New Year, I plan to fly back to New York and would like to get together and meet my new friends (and the old ones). I know we’d have a great time.
It’s that time that I have to run … gotta get ready for the boat ride. Hope all of you have a safe New Years eve, don’t get too crazy and remember to give the key to someone else if you had too much to drink.
See ya next year!
Hapa
Sunday, December 30, 2001
It’s now 1am and I just finished watching ‘Silence of the Lambs’. One of the gifts John gave me for Christmas was a nice DVD/VHS player. On the way home from work I decided to head over to Blockbuster and buy the movie since Chris had gotten me ‘Hannibal’ for Christmas … ya gotta have the set. This version had an additional 20 minutes that was not in the original release.
Not much left to say, I just needed to do something before I head out to bed. If I’m not back to post before the years end … may all of you have a safe New Years Eve and a prosperous 2002.
See you all later!
Hapa
Not much left to say, I just needed to do something before I head out to bed. If I’m not back to post before the years end … may all of you have a safe New Years Eve and a prosperous 2002.
See you all later!
Hapa
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