Old Man Winter Rears His Ugly Head!

It's COLD! Not Buffalo, NY cold... but it's cold! And today it started raining.
Yesterday... Whew! A Monday... Wow. Well, it was pretty typical. Not bad, I guess. I didn't get to talk to hubby. Got some brief emails. Would've made for a very long day, except... I got mail! 3 cards and total of 13 pages of letters! I was overjoyed! The cockles of my heart were warmed! (watch your mind there, hubby!) :)
YEAH! my blogging was interrupted by a wonderful Skype call from my hubby! Love it! Love it! Love it! He makes me so tremendously happy!
Back to Monday. My boss man listened to one of my calls. I thought personally it was a perfect call. Perfect fact finding questions to suit my offers. I didn't miss any offers. Built rapport with the dude. He didn't really buy anything, but all in all, it was a perfect call. His response when we were done (32 minutes- covering his initial inquiry, his Uverse account and his home phone account, 2 separate bills, covering offers for wireless, speed upgrades, TV upgrades and support plus for his PC)was that the call was too long. So, I was like, "I don't see how you expect us to hit all our target offers and build rapport and fact find and handle their initial request without the call taking a bit of time". He said something as he was walking off. I can't even remember what it was so my response was, "I can't win for losing"... And I went to lunch. UGH. I hate my job. But it pays the bills, right?
Oh, I had rented over the weekend, some movies from Blockbuster. The Angels and Demons and my free rental was this really weird french vampire movie called, "let the right one in." It was about this 12 yr old boy who was bullied all the time and this weird little girl (who had been 12 for a long time as she was a vampire) befriended him and they ended up falling in love. I must say it was different. Anyway, that's about it for Monday.
Today, work was a bit better revenue wise. Still had some ridiculous customers. But it's OK. Today is over. I can let it go now. :) Made this Betty Crocker Chipotle Ranch (pasta) chicken salad for dinner. Added a can of corn to it along with 3 cooked and cubed skinless chicken breasts. It was really good. Simple dinner because I am so tired. We work an hour of OT today and yesterday and Bruiser kept me up all night Monday night.
And today, I can see all my hard work with cleaning over the weekend (along with my Mom's) going to shit! I got a call from Cici's teacher today and she got a 54 on her last math test. C is missing assignments, mostly from when she was out sick but she is behind and not understanding whatever they learned while she was out. She is scheduled to go to tutoring after school with the teacher this Thursday and Friday to catch up and get help. And if needed, which I am sure it will be, next week M, T, Th and F.
I feel so bad about the girls having to walk home right now. It's supposed to snow tonight/
tomorrow AM. And it's really cold. The last thing I need is for them to get sick and they already had to walk home in the rain today. Most of Cici's friends and L's walk home though. I don't know anybody (that they have told me about associating with) who doesn't walk. So it really sucks! But we have to do what we have to do. I can just harp about bundling up and wearing their coats and I guess it's no worse than if they wanted to go outside to play in this weather.
I still haven't had time to hook up the new Bluray DVD player in our bedroom. Too busy. But I did go today and get Terminator Salvation and Night at the Museum on bluray today. The later of the 2 was what we attempted to go see at the drive in south of us here over the summer. It was so far out and the little kids were soooo noisy that I couldn't hear most of the movie but Cici and Ellie got on top of the car and watched while I sat inside with the little ones and they said it was good. So, we'll see. I am a movie fanatic! I can't stop buying them. One of these days, (after I retire) I want to sit down and just watch each one of our movies once. I'd be there for days but still. That relaxes me.
I am trying to finish my annual enrollment for my health insurance at work. The deadline is the 3rd @ 7PM. I just want to make sure I don't mess anything up. I think I have it under control. We are going to try a flex spending plan. Wish me luck! Well, the best part of today... I got a dozen BEAUTIFUL roses from my hubby at work. They made me grin from ear to ear! And to top it off, I've now seen that handsome face before I conk out at bedtime. Goodnight, Daddy! Thank you for being you! There's not another one in the whole universe like you and I am lucky enough to have let the right one in... I love you, hubby!