Frozen History 7 Publishing Book Review Podcast

Category: Family News

  • New Job

    New Job

    By Andrea Menzies

    I got a new job plus started this week! I already have a medical assisting certification with Excel and typing from years ago, and was taking light refresher courses in that subject online. In addition I have a University degree, and employment services verified both this month and got me a new job. My other job was not giving me enough work or hours, and I was glad for the upgrade. The job economy is really rough right now, but there are still a few opportunities out there particularly in healthcare jobs. I am so happy the change worked out.

    • Note: I have been applying and reapplying for this same kind of job for YEARS in Virginia, and it is officially weird that they picked now to notice my application. Oh well better late than never.
  • Happy Birthday Alexandria

    Happy Birthday Alexandria

    By Andrea Menzies

    Happy Birthday! Wishing a great birthday to Alexandria Menzies today! I cannot wait to eat restaurant food for dinner! I am a single mother to a great daughter named Alexandria, and I wish her well in the upcoming year.

  • Red Flags

    Red Flags

    By Andrea Menzies

    There are many red flags in job hunting. At least this week I got three call backs from managers.

  • Month 3

    By Andrea Menzies

    This week I had a fight with teacher HR as it marks the 3rd month I had no pay at all. My daughter has a birthday this week I had to borrow gift money. I have been working for days since August, and they are not going to pay me until October 1st. They did not answer my first 8 emails or calls. They do not do this to permanent teachers, and it is just one of the nightmares they inflict on subs. I officially put in applications for hundreds of jobs after getting off the phone. Some jobs pay you weekly, and this one pays you if and when they feel like it maybe someday. How can you pay rent with that? When they did this stuff around the time of the pandemic they had an excuse, but they are still doing it yet they don’t have an excuse anymore.

  • Pirate Day

    By Andrea Menzies

    It do be true a free bit of fish be at Long John Silver’s on September 19. How much do you need to dress like a pirate to get the free 2 PC Basket? If you dress as a skeleton can you say you are a dead Pirate?

  • Bike Daniels

    Bike Daniels

    By Andrea Menzies

    Join me on the free to use Garmin app for the virtual event Bike Daniels Park. You do not need to be in the park to participate.

    https://connect.garmin.com/modern/event/7304c110-0fcd-486e-b28f-0e6b93f6cedd

  • Leaving Behind

    Leaving Behind

    By Andrea Menzies

    Leaving Behind Virginia.

  • Saving For Moving

    Saving For Moving

    By Andrea Menzies

    I am still saving my change in the piggy bank for a move far from Virginia. I managed to switch away from the horrible job assignment I worked at Bird High where a kid was bleeding all over his desk, and they refused to report it or move him. I managed not to get hit by ear blood, but it was a near miss. I had just freshly watched the blood-born pathogen video. One of the reasons they make teachers watch it every year is because blood is an issue in classrooms, and even smart co-workers have made mistakes with it. The whole thing makes me want to move very far from Virginia. I never had issues with co-workers refusing to obey regulations in Texas schools when I taught there for years. Every tiny thing is a living nightmare for me since I was dragged to the state I hate called Virginia. I should have never let my family talk me into the move it has been a horrible experience every day.

  • Night School

    Night School

    By Andrea Menzies

    I had to be on the phone on hold for what felt like one million years for night school today. At long last I was able to fully transfer and enroll in a new online night school for a master’s degree. I had to verify student loans over the phone. After a while it reminded me of a surreal video game like the jokes below.

    Every phone number in the modern day is like an epic quest.
    But sometimes change is worth the hassle.

  • Changing Logos

    By Andrea Menzies

    Changing corporate logos have generated controversy this week. Pretty much all individually is against corporate politics.