Couch 129: The Semiprime Couch

I thought it was one of the most boring movies I ever tried to watch. I have never made it to the end. Or even the middle,

Just in case cancer triggers anyone... I'm heartbroken.

so earlier at work i was *****ing to one of my managers about my pay rate and how this kid makes more than me but has only been there for a year while ive been there for 3 years. i was just venting. a few hours later the store director comes in to check on some things. he called me into the office. i thought i was in trouble.

i go in there and sit down and he says, so do you have anything you want to ask me? i said umm im unsure of what youre talking about. he said it again, i said uhhh what. he said soooo theres nothing you want to ask me??? i said are you talking about my pay rate?? he said yes!

i said i am just confused about how -coworker- makes more than me. he said thats messed up (that he makes more than me). he said i have been there longer and i do a good job. i dont work a lot though. he said he knows i have other things going on though. i said yes. he said he will put in a raise for me. he gave me a ball park amount. its a nice amount, considering the store and what they pay people. i thanked him. i said i dont mean to ***** behind your back.

the store director is actually on leave for a month, so he couldnt authorize the raise in the system. the manager i initially was *****ing too told me that he is going to contact someone in HR to put in the raise for me. it might take a few weeks.

i was SO SCARED when the store director called me in there and asked me that. i was like oh my god.... im gonna get fired or yelled at.

i think he just wanted to see my reaction??? it was really weird how he went about all of that.

anyway...ill take the raise... and also mind my mouth better

First of all, I used to be addicted to this show!! I actually was just talking to my T about this show last week, and she said while the show is captivating and does show the perils of severe addiction, it does a disservice to all the people who are struggling, but not so far down as the people they show on tv. (aka: me)

She has a point, and i said "but that would make terrible tv!" haha.

Just in case cancer triggers anyone... I'm heartbroken.

I am always amazed at how much my alcoholic clients drink - like literally how much liquid they can consume in a day. I don't like the way alcohol makes me feel and it takes very little to get me drunk, so I would not drink that much liquor no matter what. But even taking the alcohol part out of it, I could not drink a can of anything an hour.

I don't think it is the amount of alcohol consumed that makes an alcoholic - it is the need. Shows like that are misleading because they want to be sensational, so they show the amount drunk, but truth is you can be an alcoholic on a drink a day.

My first husband was an alcoholic who always pointed out he never drank that much (less than five beers on an average day, more on the weekends, then about once or twice a month a really spectacular bender).

I miss him a lot, actually, but the drinking and the denial plus the behaviors, including a DUI, that would crop up at times could not be lived with after some time. In retrospect, I am very glad we never went through with our plan to adopt a child. It would have been enormously unfair to him/her.

Omg!!! So your vet knew and didn't tell you? That is terrible!