SIMPLY ONDREA

BUSY BUSY BUSY

2008-09-20T09:41:00.000-07:00

OK, WELL I STARTED ORIENTATION AT THE CARE CENTER AT 7AM (yawn) AND WE GOT OUT AT 2PM (still yawn). THE DIRECTOR THAT HIRES EVERYONE, LORRE, WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THE SCHEDULE AND THEY FOUND THIS GIRL THAT WAS A NO CALL NO SHOW. SO LORRE AND THE RN WERE FREAKING OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE SHORT STAFFED. WELL I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WORE MY SCRUBS TO ORIENTATION (lil weirdo me) AND LORRE WAS JOKING AROUND SAYING "WELL ONDREA IS FRESH OUTTA ORIENTATION AND IS DRESSED TO START WORKING". SO, AS IT ALWAYS HAPPENS, I FELT BAD AND OFFERED TO WORK. THIS LITTLE OLD MAN KEPT TRYING TO ESCAPE, HE TRIED 4 TIMES WHILE I WAS ON SHIFT!! THEN I WAS PUTTING A WOMAN TO BED AND THAT SAME MAN CAME INTO HER ROOM. SHE SAT UP IN BED AND POINTED AT HIM AND SAID " HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE! I DONT KNOW WHERE HE GOES BUT ITS NOT IN HERE!" SO WHEN I WAS DONE WITH HER I PUT THE GUY TO BED AND HELPED THE OTHER NURSES WITH VARIOUS THINGS SUCH AS CHANGING "BREIFS" ANSWERING CALL LIGHTS AND SHOWERINGS. WHAT AN EVENTFUL NIGHT... I TRIED TO READ MY BOOK TO CALM DOWN BUT I JUST ENDED UP CRASHING AND WHEN MY SISTER GOT HOME SHE WAS TALKING TO ME, BUT I DIDNT REMEMBER HALF OF OUR CONVERSATION... SO I WAS TELLING HER THE SAME STUFF THIS MORNING AND SHE SAID "YOU ALREADY TOLD ME THIS LAST NIGHT!"... SO IM UP FOR ANOTHER EVENTFUL NIGHT TONIGHT. MORE BLOGS TO COME ON THE RESIDENTS OF THE WEST WING AT THE CARE CENTER

SCHOOLING AND FINDING A CAREER ♥

2008-09-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

SO YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE CARE CENTER IN RICHFIELD TO APPLY FOR A JOB. THE LADY ASKED ME IF I WAS A CNA AND I TOLD HER NOT YET. WELL SHE GOT ME ALL THESE APPLICATIONS TO FILL OUT AND TOLD ME THAT I COULD DO ON THE JOB TRAINING WHILE IM GOING TO SCHOOL TO GET MY CNA LICENSE. THEY WILL ALSO PAY FOR ME TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO IM TOTALLY THINKING ABOUT A CAREER IN NURSING (which has been an option for me). AFTER IM ALL TRAINED AND CERTIFIED I CAN GO TO SCHOOL TO BECOME AN LPN (they will pay for half of that) AND THEN I CAN CHOOSE MY PATH, WHETHER OR NOT I WANNA BECOME AND RN OR A XRAY TECH. IM PRETTY EXCITED AT THE FACT THAT MY LIFE IS GOING SOMEWHERE BESIDES HOUSEKEEPING AND BURGER FLIPPING. yea!!! THATS ABOUT ALL FOR NOW. TTYL

UPDATING MY FELLOW BLOGGERS ON ME :]

2008-09-07T20:27:00.000-07:00

HELLO ALL!
WELL LETS SEE, SINCE I LAST BLOGGED I HAVE GOTTEN BACK INTO CONTACT WITH MY BIOLOGICAL MOM AND SISTER THAT I HAVENT SPOKEN TO IN ABOUT 10 YEARS. I CAME UP NORTH TO SEE THEM (they are doing great btw) AND NOW I WILL BE MOVING UP HERE. I KNOW ALL MY CEDAR CITY CHUMS WILL MISS ME BUT I PROMISE THAT I WILL MAKE TIME TO COME SEE YOU AT LEAST ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH IF NOT ONCE A MONTH. (thats about all you are used to seeing me anyways right?) I AM GOING TO WORK UP HERE AND GO TO SNOW COLLEGE. IM SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO BUSINESS MANAGMENT (to start my own bed and breakfast, o yea!) ALMOST ALL OF MY DEBT IS PAID OFF (the debt that accrues interest anyways) AND I WILL BE ABLE TO START OVER FRESH IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE. FOR ME, THIS VISIT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT A HEALING EXPERIENCE AND IT TURNED INTO A CHANGE OF PACE FOR ME, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK I NEEDED. I WILL ALSO TRY TO BLOG MORE CUZ YA'LL KNOW THAT DANA IS THE BLOGGER NAZI! (i love ya long time in a non-creepy kinda way!!!)

TTYL

THE WAY OF MY HECTIC LIFE

2008-08-28T11:36:00.000-07:00

GOOD GRIEF IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY RIGHT NOW. I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY THAT ALL I EVER WANT TO DO ANYMORE IS SLEEP. I GET UP AT 7:30 AM AND GET READY TO GO TO THE MARRIOTT AND DO MY "GUEST SERVICE ATTENDANT" (that is my official title) THING AND I USUALLY GET DONE AROUND 2 OR 3 PM. WE HAVE BEEN WAY BUSY LATELY SO SOMETIMES I WONT GET OFF UNTIL 4 OR 5. THEN I COME HOME (but lately ive been taking my BK clothes with me, to preserve gas) GET DRESSED AND HEAD OUT TO BURGER KING aka THE BK LOUNGE aka BURGER HELL, WHERE I SPEND THE REST OF THE NIGHT TAKING ORDERS, MAKING FOOD, CLEANING SOME MORE AND CLOSING THE LOBBY. A COWORKER AND I USUALLY ALTERNATE ON CLOSING THE LOBBY, BUT SHE IS PREGO AND HAS NOT BEEN FEELING WELL LATELY SO ITS BEEN UP TO ONDREA TO CLOSE. (woo hoo...not) I USUALLY GET HOME AROUND 11:30 PM (one night i didnt get home till 12;15 am, because i feel guilty when there arent enough people there and i feel like i need to help. darn me ) THEN I GET BACK UP AND DO THE ROUTINE OVER AGAIN. I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I GOT TO SLEEP IN TILL 10 AM YESTERDAY. SO THAT HAS BEEN MY LIFE LATELY. DANA HAS BEEN HOUNDING ME ABOUT UPDATING SO I SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY.

OTHER THAN WORK NOTHING HAS REALLY BEEN HAPPENING. THERE ARE THE CRAZY MANAGERS AT THE BK LOUNGE, THE WAY FUNNY (way cute) FRONT DESK GUY AT THE MARRIOTT ( more to come later) AND ONDREA, WORKING 1 LB OFF AT A TIME. :)

COMFORT INN...NOT SO COMFY

2008-06-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

OK SO HERES THE DEALIO... THE GUY THAT I BLOGGED ABOUT THAT BROKE INTO ROOM 215, WELL I GOT FIRED OVER THAT.THE GENERAL MANAGER TOOK MY NAME OFF THE SCHEDULE AND SO I CALLED HER (she couldnt even call me to talk to me about it, i heard it from a fellow co-worker).SO I WENT IN THE NEXT DAY, TUESDAY, AND TALKED TO HER. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO THE OWNERS AND THEY HAD TOLD HER (imagine their little hindu accents, like Apu on the Simpsons) THAT SINCE THAT HAD HAPPENED ON MY SHIFT THAT I WAS AT FAULT AND THEY DID NOT WANT SOMEONE LIKE THAT WORKING FOR THEM. SO I WAS LET GO AND I JUMPED ONTO THE JOB TRAIL RIGHT AWAY AND ONE DAY AFTER GETTING FIRED I FOUND ANOTHER JOB AT THE MARRIOT. (which is a freaking AMAZING hotel!!!) IT IS ALSO IN THE WORKS FOR ME TO BECOME A MANAGER AT BURGER KING AND POSSIBLY WORK AT SUBWAY. SO THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. I HUNG OUT WITH DANA, LYRA AND SHELBY TODAY. DANA AND I TOOK THE DOGS TO THE PARK BY MY HOUSE AND LET THEM PLAY AND SHELBY WAS AFRAID OF LYRA (i think its cuz shes so much bigger than him and he's never really seen that big a dog before) THE CATS WERE DEFINETLY AFRAID OF LY-SKIZZLE... SHE CAME INTO THE HOUSE AND I SWEAR I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAT RUN SO FAST OR SCALE A KITCHEN CABINET SO QUICKLY!!!THEN WE WENT TO GET SUBWAY AND STOPPED ALONG THE WAY TO GET ME A LEMON LIME SNOW CONE WHICH DANA SAID WAS THE BIGGEST SNOW CONE SHES EVER SEEN. IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

2008-06-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

MOPEY KINDA DAY

2008-06-19T13:34:00.000-07:00

... I GUESS IM KINDA IN A MOPEY MOOD, IT SUCKS WHEN HE HAS TO LEAVE... I WANT ICE CREAM WITH LOTS OF CARAMEL.... BUT I CANT CUZ IM GOING TO LOSE ALL THIS WEIGHT IVE GAINED OVER THE PAST YEAR, IM PLANNING ON BEING THIN AND CUTE AGAIN... ALL THIS WEIGHT IS SLOWING ME DOWN WHEN I NEED TO BE SPEEDING UP... SOME HOME TEACHERS CAME YESTERDAY, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE MY DAD INTERACT WITH THEM, THEY CAME TO SEE HIM OFF... JUST INTERESTING, THIS IS THE BORINGEST BLOG I KNOW.... YOU SHOULD STOP READING IT NOW, ESPECIALLY CUZ IM GONNA STOP WRITING NOW...

MY POS ;)

2008-06-18T19:12:00.000-07:00

OMG... THE BEST THING EVER HAPPENED!!! MY DAD WAS ABLE TO FIX MY POS CAR!!! I HAVE TO GET NEW BRAKES SOON BUT I AM GOING TO BE GETTING INSURANCE AND WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT...MARVELOUS!!! OTHER THAN THAT IVE BEEN WORKING AND PLAYING, MY LITTLE BROTHER JUST GOT A BLACK LAB PUPPY AND WE NAMED HIM SHELBY (DAD PICKED IT OUT, HE WANTED TO NAME MY LIL BROTHER THAT!) THE CATS DONT LIKE OUR NEW ADDITION SO MUCH BUT I HOPE THEY WILL GET USED TO HIM... OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING EXCITING...

LIFE (con't)

2008-06-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

OK OK, SO THE CRAZY LADY FROM APPLEBEES.... SHE WAS GONNA TAKE HER 7 YR OLD TO SEE SEX IN THE CITY, WHICH WE WERE TOLD WAS PORN ON THE BIG SCREEN, DUDE.... HELLO!!! SO WE TOOK THE GIRL (we will call her "K") TO SEE IRON MAN... MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE... ANYWHO I GO TO WORK TODAY TO FIND THAT A ROOM I SHOWED SOMEONE WAS USED WITHOUT THAT PERSON CHECKING IN AND PAYING... SWEET JESUS... SO NOW MY BOSS WANTS TO KNOW WHAT I DID (nothing) AND WHY I GAVE HIM THAT ROOM (didnt) WELL NOW THE POLICE ARE INVOLVED AND ITS A BIG OLD SHOWDOWN AT THE COMFORT INN AND SUITES... *sigh* I WISH LIFE WAS SIMPLE, I THINK I MIGHT BECOME A HERMIT... GO TO WORK, COME HOME, PAY BILLS, EAT, SLEEP, THE END.... WHICH IS WHAT I KINDA DO NOW BUT MORE DRAMATIC, THE DRAMA NEEDS TO LEAVE MY LIFE....NOW!!! IM READY TO CURL UP IN A BALL AND STAY THAT WAY TILL THINGS CALM DOWN...AT LEAST IF IM A HERMIT I CAN BLOG ALL THE TIME (so Dana would be happy) BUT MY LIFE WOULD BE LESS INTERESTING SO WHO WOULD WANNA READ MY BLOG? :) COMPLICATED.... ANYWHO... THATS THE UPDATE.... O AND THEY FOUND THE IDIOT AND GAVE HIM TIME, SO I GUESS THATS GOOD.... TTYL

THIS CRAZY LIL THING CALLED LIFE

2008-06-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

SO WHERE DO I BEGIN? LETS START WITH SATURDAY EVENING, DANA AND I WENT TO APPLEBEES WITH ANGIE AND SOME OTHER GIRLS... THERE WAS THIS ONE CHICA WHO WAS CRAZIER THAN ME, NO JOKE! SHE CARRIED ON ABOUT SEX AND DIFFERENT TOYS YOU COULD BUY (YOU KNOW THE KIND IM TALKING ABOUT) AND SHE KEPT GRABBING EVERYONE AT THE TABLE. I WAS SO MORTIFIED THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS LAUGH, HOPING EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS DRUNK OR SOMETHING STUPID (THEY MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR DRUNK PEOPLE RIGHT?) AND TO BOOT, SHE BROUGHT HER 7 YR OLD DAUGHTER WITH HER! THAT POOR GIRL... CRAZYSAUCE.

WELL THEN ON SUNDAY I GOT THE MAIL FROM THE DAY BEFORE AND SAW A CHARGE ON THERE THAT THERE SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN SO I CALLED THE PLACE THE CHARGE CAME FROM AND IT TURNS OUT THAT MY EX BOYFRIEND HAD BEEN ON A DATING SITE, USING MY CARD TO PAY FOR IT NONETHELESS, WHILE WE WERE STILL DATING, IM TELLIN YA, I SURE PICK THE WINNERS. SO I CANCELLED THAT AND THEY ARE REFUNDING MY MONEY ($110) AND I WENT TO THE BANK TODAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I SHOULD DO AND AM GOING TO BE SWITCHING OVER MY ACCOUNT ONCE THE REFUND COMES BACK. SO WE ALSO WENT TO THE POLICE AND PRESSED CHARGES, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE POLICE CANT FIND HIM OR CANT GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM. AND HE HAS A $600 WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST, SO NOMATTER WHAT HIS BUTT IS GOING TO JAIL :) GOOD THING... MY GRAM AND MOM SAY THAT WHEN I START DATING SOMEONE HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE FBI, GET A FULL BACKGROUND CHECK AND BE PATTED DOWN AND INTERROGATED BY MY DAD. WELL I SAY IF THE GUY STICKS AROUND THEN HES FREAKIN BRAVE....LOL... THATS ABOUT IT, HAVE TO WORK FROM 7-11 TONIGHT. TTYL ;)

JUST FOR DANA

2008-06-06T15:40:00.000-07:00

SO DANA THINKS I NEED TO POST MORE BLOGS TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT MY BORING LIFE.... WELL I'M STILL AT THE COMFORT INN AND SUITES IN CEDAR CITY UTAH AND FOR AS MUCH AS I COMPLAIN ABOUT MY JOB I REALLY DO LOVE IT... TODAY WAS GRAND OPENING DAY AND THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR CAME, IT WAS MARVELOUS AND I LOOKED LIKE A STUFFED SAUSAGE IN MY SHIRT BUT O WELL... ANYWHO, MY DAD CAME HOME AND WE WENT TO SAN DIEGO TO SEE HIM IN, I WENT TO CALICO GHOST TOWN AND I MUST SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THEN U SHOULD MAKE A TRIP TO GO, IT WAS WAY COOL.... OTHER THAN THAT I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK AT 6 AND AM NOT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT...I ALREADY SPENT 4 HRS THERE TODAY, BUT O WELL... I GET TO SPEND 9 MORE.... WHAT FUN... I NEED A STRESS AND ANXIETY RELIEVER BUT I THINK THAT WILL COME WHEN I GET OUTTA DEBT AND GET BACK IN SCHOOL AND AM WORKING.... NOW ALL I DO IS STRESS OVER HOW IM GONNA PAY ALL MY BILLS... WELCOME TO THE GROWN UP WORLD I GUESS. GRAM CALLS IT THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS, WELL IVE DEFINETLY BEEN THERE.... BTW DANA LOVE, SISTER MACKAY TOLD ME I WAS NOT ALLOWED BACK AT THAT HOUSE IF SHE WASNT THERE.... WRITE ME BACK AND CALL ME SOMETIME.... LOVE YA....

RECENT EVENTS....

2008-05-19T22:00:00.000-07:00

WOW... I HAVENT POSTED A BLOG IN QUITE SOME TIME! WELL SINCE THE LAST BLOG I HAVE MOVED BACK IN WITH MY PARENTAL UNITS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUTTA DEBT....I GOT A TATTOO.... PICS TO COME POSSIBLY...ITS ON MY RIGHT FOOT AND IT IS PINK SWIRLS WITH BLUE STARS AND CLOUDS... MY MOM IS PREGO WITH MY NEXT LITTLE BROTHER... SHE WANTS TO NAME HIM LANDON, I LIKE RILEY...ANYWHO WE WILL LOVE HIM NOMATTER WHAT... I AM WORKING AT THE COMFORT INN AND THOUGH I COME HOME TIRED AND WORN OUT I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!! IM REALLY THINKING OF STARTING MY OWN HOTEL AFTER I GO INTO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND HOSPITALITY :) I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO, LATELY I HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING DROPPING THE EXTRA WEIGHT AND JOINING THE AIR FORCE, THAT WAY I WILL HAVE PAID FOR SCHOOLING, GET TO GO TO THESE GREAT PLACES AND SATISFY MY NEED FOR ADVENTURE, ALL THE WHILE SERVING MY COUNTRY LIKE MY DAD... I AM SO PROUD OF HIM... WELL THATS ALL FOR NOW... TTYL

NoseVSDust Bunnies

2007-09-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

OMG! my nose hates me right now. ive just cleaned the dustiest place ive ever seen!!! my room is dusty, but my mom would stop telling me it is if she saw this place! this is just gonna be a short blog, but i thought whoever reads this would love to know that i love my good friend, *you know who you are ;)* and that is why my nose is itching from the inside out!!! LOL

Being Ondrea

2007-09-18T21:03:00.001-07:00

I have to say that being me is a truly wonderful experience. im not trying to brag and im not conceited. the fact is that i have lost sight of who i want to be and who i have become on this wonderful journey called life. as a very special person told me in a time of frustration, "im spiraling out of control". and it took me a while to realize that they are completely right. im not Ondrea anymore. im a floater now, someone who just goes through live not caring, and i dont want to be that person. Ondrea is caring, compassionate, loving, mature, funny, wonderful.... the list goes on and on (so im told) but this floater person is nothing short of an empty space. i just thought everyone should know that i am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. my mother is amazing, she puts up with me and tells me the truth always, and i have amazing friends, Dana and Lisa, who will always be there for me and today Dana helped me realize that i can be Ondrea again, i just need to get back on the right track. today i truly understand what it means when my mother says " i dont like who you are right now, but i love you".

Makin The Blog

2007-08-20T10:22:00.001-07:00

Just so ya'll know.... this is completely addicting. Adding new pics to my blog, HTML pages, FUN!!!!!!!!!!! Here is a shout out to my buddy Dana! When you move into you're new house, we need to have a party! We also need to have another game of pool tomorrow! I'm in love with the Twilight series as well, Edward and Bella, Romeo and Juliet, they belong in the same category! True love forever! *sigh* I better go before I start crying! See you on the flip side!

My Lazy Saturday

2007-08-18T17:13:00.001-07:00

ive spent all saturday lazin around the house and now i am going to a demolition derby....my uncle just showed me how to put music on my blog, so if you like a specific song, just request it! see yall on the flip side

2007-08-16T12:43:00.001-07:00

This is way entertaining, just so ya'll know! Going back to do more! Adios!

In The Library....

2007-08-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

So..... Im sitting here in the library with Dana Cheryl making my new blog..... I have no pics YET....but they are forthcoming, I am short (4'11'' to be exact) the world is a big place but I am so ready to explore!!!!!!!!! I took summer classes at SUU, but now im starting the real thing... FALL SEMESTER..... way exciting and way scary! Thats about it here... see ya on the flip side!