I was determined I would get my retirement papers signed this week. So On Monday I started that task and found out that again no one was around to sign them. I have been patient but enough is enough. I just do not understand the big deal on this signing thing. Oh I did have one boss decide he would sign them and had his pen out until I started telling him he has to go into this program and put in information.....Well that ended that. I have really got close to a signing 2 times now in going on 3 weeks, lol. ON Tuesday there was a meeting for folks over 50 about RETIREMENT BENEFITS, it was a good meeting and informative. I learned I could retire any day I wanted after the 23rd of June and it did not have to be the last day of the month as I had always heard. I also learned that you can take your vacation all at one time.... which has been the BIG issue with the HR department and the problem with my bosses being able to sign my papers. Just to make sure that I understood correctly after the meeting I went to talk to the speaker and he confirmed what I knew all alone.. but the HR man was close by and saw me talking to the speaker and butted in and told me I could not and I swear the speaker looked at this HR man like you idiot... what are you talking about? Anyway I got really pissed and of course he could not show me anything in writing and suddenly it was a practice instead of policy..... I finally just walked off. YES I was crying and MAD. I am suppose to be HAPPY and everyone is suppose to be HAPPY for me...SO why are they making this not the happiest time of my life?As I went back to the plant I saw the next level boss up from all that I have been dealing with and he asked me how I was doing? Wrong day for that, lol. I told him not too good and continued to explain why... and he knew about the issue, because all these folks that can not reply to phone calls or emails apparently can forward to others. He asked me to give him 2 days to solve this problem. I thought this is Tuesday and lets see Wednesday then Thursday ... here we go again it will be OFF Friday and I will be back at this again next week. Wednesday did not start out any better. I got to work and my parking spot was taken by someone that has no respect for others apparently. I parked where I could and wrote a note to leave on the truck and took the tag numbers down. I noticed a bill on the dash and the truck was unlocked so... yes I did I found out who it was and got even more pissed. It was another operator and just the fact that he has no respect for a brother/ sister sent me straight to the phone and called him. He will never forget that call and it will probably be talked about by many for years to come. He went and moved his truck and I never moved my van. I was even the topic of SAFETY Meeting at the morning meeting..."BE WARE OF SANDRA". I did get my papers signed today and now I retire 6 days sooner than I was which makes me have a few more days off in May than I had planned. My last day to work will be Wednesday and I go back to check out on June 24th..... the day after I become eligible to retire. I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The rest of the work week went GREAT! I had to get busy to get some work done and get things ready to take off to Bama next week.
Brooke and I went shopping Thursday night and Friday night for swim suits. She found several she liked and we decided on 2, Hope Chris understands that women's swimsuits cost much more than men's, lol. BlAke had a spring game somewhere on Thursday night and was after midnight getting home, therefore I did not get to bed until after midnight, nor did Kyle. It is nice to have Kyle able to do the Blake running, lol. Blake was pooped on Friday and in bed by the time Brooke and I got back from shopping.
Saturday was busy with me running to Jackson to get something for my sewing machine, they are working on I-20 and I could not get back on the interstate going to Vicksburg no matter how hard I tried and I was not sure I wanted to since the traffic was backed up in the west bound lane. I detoured and went by a crafty store to see what they had that I might NEED. My trip was much longer than planned, but I got what I needed. The rest of the weekend was spent playing with my sewing machine. I had a nice Mothers Day, Kids in and out and phone calls and chilling all day. I felt bad not cooking a lunch for everyone cause I could have, and Chris was even off.
I have the biggest mess in my den with all my sewing and it makes it hard for me to ask kids to clean up stuff. I have Jury duty tomorrow and hope I do not get selected so I can finish up some projects I want to do before I pack all my sewing stuff away to carry to Bama on Thursday. I doubt I get to sew much while I am there, but I will get my room set up better where its not such a pain to get organized if I get a chance. Blah--- blah--- blah--- I am so ready for some Summer Fun and something exciting to blog about, lol.
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