Why I love Target pharmacy

Not only do the nicest people IN THE WORLD work there, they are also smart and really care about each person. So here's the story. I called my nurse (Celeste, who it totally the best) and asked if we could change my prescription from two 750 mg of extended release medicine taken once a day, to three 500 mg of extended release medicine once a day. Anyway, I get in the car all excited that my new medicine was only $6 instead of $76 like the old way was, and then I look at my bottle and realize it was the wrong dose. The problem is, I didn't explain it so well, and somewhere in the lost translation between me to Celeste to pharmacy person,(ok, so it was mostly me not saying it right that messed it up) I ended up with 500mg taken 3 times a day, not the ER. I was on this dose previously, and it was the one that made me hate food and digestion in general. So I call the pharmacy, and they say they will call my Dr tomorrow, and get it all taken care of. I then ask, what should I do tonight, and they say just come on up here we will give you a couple of pills to get you through tonight. I mean, how nice is that? So I already LOVE them, but to do just offer to do that, wow. Anyway, as if that wasn't enough, John and I had people over and by the time they left and he was on his way over, they would be closed, so I called and they said they could stay and wait for him. I said it was no big deal, I could just wait 'til tomorrow, but she said it was fine. So John goes the the pharmacy that was all closed up and they pharmacist was waiting for him in front of it, purse in hand ready to leave, with my medicine for tonight in hand, just like that. They deserve a medal, or trophy, or at least a cookie. Ahhh Target.

Self Control

Those of you who know me, know that I don't have a lot of patience for dumb. I was proud of myself for having some control yesterday though. My mom and I pulled up behind a truck that had some window art and a vanity plate. Now this alone isn't dumb, but what he had, and how he spelled it was. In his window he had a picture of the Pillsbury dough boy, but with a gangsta look to it, ya I said gangsta. This isn't all, the dough boy had a bag of money in each hand. I know, I said gangsta and dough boy in the same sentence. So that is dumb enough, but my favorite part is, he spelled dough, doe. Like a female deer. So he had Doe Boy written on his window, with the picture of the dough boy holding two bags of dough (money) and then a matching Doe boy vanity plate. So please, if you insist on trying to look all cool and hard, please spell things correctly, and please know there is nothing gangsta about a female deer.

For those who know me REALLY well, aren't you proud I didn't just put my car in park and go up to his window and tell him about it? Can't you picture me doing it? Put my car in park, unbuckle, open my door, walk up there cooly, knock knock on the window, signal to roll it down. Then simply say "do you know how to spell dough, like bread dough? Ok, how about dough like money dough? Are you aware you look like an idiot for spelling dough D-O-E not once, but twice on your truck? Who made these decals for you, and why don't you have any friends who corrected you?" I know, I'm impressed with myself too! See, I do have self-control.

JOB

I finally have one! A job that is. I graduated last year and have been looking the whole time. Some people are telling me it is because of my degree, but I don't think they really know what all my degree includes. My degree is a mish mosh of things. I have a BSE in FACS. What is that you ask, well it is a Bachelors of Science in Education (I have my teaching license) in Family and Consumer Sciences (home ec.) Home Ec has gotten a rather bad reputation as of late, but it really is great. It is an education you can use, and I only had one sewing class! I loved having such different classes. I could be taking child development, food science (learning about chemical reactions in food and our body) finance, a social science class where we learn about time, and how people use it, and a parenting class. It is the perfect major for someone as ADD as me. Taxes and mortgages in the morning, psychologists views on spanking at noon, and some chemical reactions in the evening. The perfect day.

The point is I found a job in my field and I love it. Here is part of the posting describing it. It is only part time, but I think that is perfect for us right now.

Job Title Child Care Program Technician
Position Location: Little Rock State Office
Classified Grade
Job Type: Part Time (50-99%)
Annual Salary/Hourly Rate
Job Open Date 02-06-2009
Major Duties: Assist content specialist in creating Best Care lessons for online child care provider training program in the areas of child development, early childhood education, and child care.

Collect and analyze data from program participants to provide an evidence base of program effectiveness.

Stay up-to-date on trends and current issues in child development and the child care field to aid in program development.

Assist project director in conducting research to support program sustainability.

Assist with preparation and submission of monthly reports and contract renewal process

Assist in the design, development, management, and support of web-based child care program (Best Care Connected).
Willingness to learn and maintain knowledge of the field of electronic course delivery.

Coordinate with and assist subject matter specialists and steering committee to determine the most effective delivery of relevant training content for child care providers.

Assist with conducting educational activities as required.

Willingness to learn and utilizes HTML, Dreamweaver, and other web software and online instructional tools to prepare online childcare provider training course.

Coordinate with computer support personnel as needed on technical issues.

Coordinate with Communications specialists on graphics support for web site as needed.

Coordinate with Instructional Design Specialist for course standards and development as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: The Child Care Program Technician position requires a strong knowledge of, and educational background in, child development, early childhood education, and child care.

Ability to assist with planning, organizing and developing training materials for child care providers.

Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

A self-motivated, organized person who has the ability to interact with Extension partners/clientele at all levels, stick to a schedule, and manage multiple tasks at one time is highly preferred.

Prefer experience with, or willingness to learn, online course development using emerging technologies (video, audio, WWW, other multimedia).

Computer proficiency.
Required Education/Experience (minimum qualifications) Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Human Environmental Sciences, or related field.


What does all this mean? It means I will help another girl in writing curriculum for child care providers, and teaching it, and testing over it on a website.
The end :)

I'm a posting machine!

So today I saw something that made my heart smile and I thought I'd share. You may say, "what makes Katie's heart smile?" The answer, is zip ties and pants. Yup. I was walking to the class I was subbing in and I saw a wonderful sight that made me smile, not just a regular smile, but the kind that makes you want to hug someone, the kind that cracks you up. I turn the corner and I see a tall guy holding his shirt up with one hand so you can see his waistband, and his other hand is holding up his pants. The administrator is zip tying his belt loops together so that his pants will stay up! I LOVED it!
Speaking of sagging, I finally figured it out. I saw a kid today who was only kind of sagging, like not butt cheeakage was showing, so that kind doesn't bother me at all. But why it stood out to me is he was wearing a pair of khaki shorts hanging on his hips, with plaid SHORTS underneath, that were on his actual waist. The plaid shorts were not boxers, they were actual shorts with like pockets. Then it hit me, he's not "sagging" he's layering. I like to layer. I wear more than one shirt sometimes, you know, for a splash of color. So he isn't trying to look cool by sagging, he was merely layering his shorts. Silly me!

So many things 3

Know what I hate? I hate when I'm going through the drive thru and the people at the second window are just hanging my food out there waiting impatiently for me. Well, on this occasion I was also waiting impatiently for the lady to take my money, but really how rude are they? Here is your food hurry up and come get it. I kinda wanted to get out of my car and walk up there and grab the bag and smack the lady in the face. Good thing I have self-control.

You know how a few posts back I talked about going through Kailyn's clothes and how I had a hard time getting rid of them, well I finally did. Here is the mass of clothes that she outgrew and I finally got rid of, and yes, I cried.

So many things 2

This is the mass of clean laundry that we had to fold, John had already folded about 5 loads, and we had about 5 more to wash. So when you think you need to catch up on laundry, remember the Baney's, we always have to catch up on laundry. (I hate laundry by the way)




This is our flooded back yard. There is one part of the yard that Kailyn was playing in her rainboots in, and I swear it was a good 9 inches deep. Our french drain was working overtime, but there was just too much water.


If you look closely, you will see that tiny thing in the picture, it's some SD cards. Why would I post this you say? Well because the tiny thing in front of that big massive box is all that came in the big massive box. Seriously? Why such a huge box for something that could easily fit in, Oh, I don't know, an envelope.

So many things

I know it's not a good picture of Kailyn, but the point is the shirt. I've been meaning to blog about these shirts for soo long, so I decided to just post one at a time instead of waiting for all of them to be clean at once. My friend Anya made this shirt for Kailyn, isn't it adorable? She made her 4 total, and Kailyn LOVES them all. She thinks they are so cute. So ignore Kailyn's bang that really need to be cut, and just look at how adorable that shirt is. Thank goodness for my hippy/crafty friend Anya!

Updates

I'm on an extended release version of my medicine, and it isn't making me as sick, in fact in comparison, I'm feeling down right amazing!

Kailyn Update:
That tooth that was knocked out in May '08, it's finally growing in! It was one of the first things I blogged about, so you can look that up if ya want, I'm too lazy to do it for you. By knocked out I mean, the one that was soooo loose that food was getting stuck between the top of it and her gums, it would move when she talked. I hated that tooth. This is also the tooth that Kailyn convinced the dentist he didn't want to pull before we went out of town. I wanted it out because I was afraid it would cause problems on the trip. John finally smacked it out on the way home, not in a violent way, but she was sticking it out of her mouth taunting me with it while we were driving, so John unbuckled and turned around smacked it out and told her to pick it up, it was in her lap. She was jut laughing, thinking they were playing, but it was really in her lap. Ya, that tooth. It started coming in about 2 weeks ago. We could see the new tooth when the old one fell out, but it wouldn't budge. I'd joked with her that it took her soooo long to pull that tooth out, that the new tooth had given up, and didn't want to come out. I had no idea it would take close to a year for it to come in. She has two loose teeth right now, but I don't even want to mess with it. I wish she'd just pull those things out already.

Family Update:
We're going to California in a couple of weeks to see my Great Aunt Oma! That woman cracks me up, I love her. I can't wait. It will be a short trip, but that's the only way we could get John to come with us. He didn't want to take off from work. It will be a 4 day trip, 2 days we will mostly be in airports and on airplanes.