This is supposedly a huge milestone for a blogger, because Blogger can only archive 300 posts at a time. CP, however, having a geek for a husband and the worlds largest hard drive, has already chronicled and archived her shit from day one, so this is not a milestone for me at all. So there. See you on my Bloggerversary later this month.
In December 1st news, I am blogging from my brand new home. Gorgeous. Mine.
In Happy December news, I was fired today by L-Rex.
However, both of those things mean NOTHING to me, if you aren't going to remember the most important thing about December 1st.
Today is World AIDS Day.
I encourage all of you, if you can, please...send a five dollar donation to the cause. Even a one dollar donation. Every cent counts. Every penny goes towards a child being able to receive a cocktail of pills or vaccination to help increase their life expectancy. It allows a father to see his children for another day. It allows victims of fate to be forgiven for perhaps an error in judgment that has now cost them their lives. Everyone deserves a second chance. Everyone.
Break out a red ribbon today. Wear it all weekend long in support of the cause. Break the silence and the prejudice of those living with AIDS and HIV by talking about it. Or, if you have the time? Attend a World AIDS DAY event.
Follow the banner above to get to the heart of what truly matters today.
As for me, personally? I am not going to let this destroy me. I am a good person, a charitable person with an open heart and mind. I am going to look to this firing as an opportunity to grow, to thrive and perhaps in some way, change the world. I am going to do what I have been putting off since my post, "Over The Moon" from two weeks ago. I am going to call the nursing board and schedule to take my exam. I am in a brand new home. I am on a brand new medicine that will hopefully help me to regain some control of my world. It is time to start my brand new life.
Today, on December 1st, 2006...on World AIDS Day, I will take the necessary steps to further my education so that I may further the education of others.
In the interim, I am off to Orlando for the evening to celebrate the 40th birthday of my childhood best friend, Abby. We are going to spend the night in Pleasure Island, celebrating life, love and friendship. The last hurrah before living the life of an unemployed nurse. Hopefully, there is more in store for me than this.
I hope all of you spend the weekend doing something (or someone) that you love.
15 Minutes Later Edit: I did it. I registered for my exam. January 30th, 9am in Tampa. If you have 10 minutes while you are driving to work, taking a shit, masturbating, whatever it is you do on that day...please, give me a quick thought. Pray/think/hope/wish that I pass this exam so I can send L-Rex a big bouquet of flowers that says "Thank You For Firing Me and Allowing My Life to Begin". Maybe I can have my former co-worker and baby sister, D., snap a picture of her grazing on the roses while cursing my name and blood shooting out of her pulsing forehead vein. That would be fun, no? Wish me luck.
48 comments:
CP,
I've got my red ribbon on (as I do every year at this time), and salute you for posting about it.
I'm sure I'm not the only one of your readers, though, who would love to hear more details of the firing. What news!!!! What did L-Rex say? What was her reasoning behind it? You have to know that people like me live vicariously through you to forget about the crap in our own lives. You're a primary source of entertainment for some folks (ok, me), after all.
You will have no problem whatsoever finding another job, or passing your exam. You're a diva, CP, and divas do great things.
Have a FANTASTIC time in Orlando!
Muser Love - I promise to do a full blown blogpost about each and every little detail. It is totally cringeworthy, I can tell you that much. I will say that I am not entirely proud of the way I handled myself. I made her cry, and I don't like doing that to ANYONE, even if they are a bottom feeding pariah like she is. My only huge regret is not being able to be with D., C. and C. at work any longer. The three of them were my best and closest friends and I will miss them so much. But, admittedly, they are my only regret. But, when I do tell you all WHY this happened? Lawd have mercy, you will all simply CHOKE. I may provide an address for everyone to send hatemail to her. *LOL* Nah, not my style. I try to do things with grace and aplomb. I don't always succeed, but I at least try.
Give me the weekend to gather my thoughts (and collect my unemployment! *L*) and I will give out all the dirty details.
CP.
I don't know that congratulations is exactly the phrase to use in a situation like this, but that is what I choose! Good luck with the Nursing Boards and you will be in my thoughts!! I'm so happy for you!
This is a big day for me and one of my closest friends since he is living with AIDS. I love him and worry about him every day -- it is a subject close to my heart. As for the firing -- glad you are taking it as well as you are -- hate the fact that the broad had the nerve to fire you but glad that you can move forward. I will send wonderful reiki energy to you on the 30th. (actually, I have a picture of your family -- from the wedding -- on my wall so I can send energy daily to both you and Nick -- I am NOT a stalker -- it helps me to focus who I am sending the energy to :))
Congrats on the new house. That's got to be an amazing feeling.
Congrats on registering for the exam. You will definitely be in my thoughts.
L-Rex should pay attention to history---dinosaurs are extinct. She better watch herself in the future.
Marci - Awesome choice of words. I love it and I am trying to stay positive. Thank you SO much for the congrats. I am going to make y'all proud of me next month!
Sue, you may have read in my archives that my best friend, Norman Patton, died of AIDS related complications/cancer almost three years ago. I have never been the same since. I love him and think of him every day, but today especially. I am trying to make sure that he is proud of the way I am handling my day...and honoring World AIDS Day for him. And I love the fact that you have a pic of my family! I like the thought that it brings positive vibes to someone. That's an extraordinary idea!
Debbie - BEST. LINE. EVER.:
"L-Rex should pay attention to history---dinosaurs are extinct. She better watch herself in the future." I laughed so fucking hard I nearly wet myself, and I know when my best buddy at work, D., reads that comment she is going to worship the ground you walk on! *L* Love it!!!! Thank you for the first laugh of the day.
CP.
Sorry you got fired, but it is probably the door to opportunity. Good luck with the nursing stuff. My dad is an RN and I remember when he had to take some kind of nursing test.
Good luck, CP!
yes, congrats on the new house.
Sorry you got fired, that sucks, but...you WILL sit for the Nursing Exam, you WILL pass the Nursing Exam, and if Florida is anything like Georgia you WILL NOT have a hard time find a great paying job.
Good luck.
WOW, I am sure nobody can top Debbie's line about L-Rex, LOL. Sorry you got fired and R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the way you are handling things (summin L-Rex could learn from big time)
Woohoooo on the new house. Will there be pics?
and my thoughts are with ya on Jan 30!!!
Sweetie, you'll pass with flying colors! And the genius thought of sending a bouquet of flowers to L-Rex says a lot about your character. I TRULY believe everything happens for a reason- and by firing you, they opened up a brand new door to a new opportunity that will lead you to higher places.
As far as the World AIDS Day, it's so very important that people are educated about this, instead of making up assumptions about it. AIDS doesn't discriminate, and people need to know that. Thanks for posting this important reminder!
Love you! xxoo!!!
I'm sorry to hear that you got fired and I will certainly think of you each and every time I masturbate.
WHOA!!! I didn't see that coming at all!
Well, when one door closes (or is slammed by some bitch), another better one opens. You'll ace your exam (I know you will) and then every door you want to open will open.
And you get to study in your BRAND NEW HOME (said a la Bob Barker, even though he never gave out houses).
Stay strong, baby. You've got a shining bright future.
Talk about a bittersweet day! You've got sucha great attitude though, I have no doubt you'll be sending that bouquet !! I'll be thinking of you on Jan. 30th. Break a leg!
Here's to the new year (so close!) and to new beginnings. Congrats on the new pad and GOOD LUCK! though I hardly think you need it.
This definitley is a new beginning for you in so many ways, things can and will only go UP from here!!!!!
Lynda - I hope to be half the nurse your dad probably is. Man, I didn't see this coming at all...but whoo...everything for a reason, right?
jr estelle - Mind taking a road trip to Florida for that rah rah speech the day of my exam??? *L* I could really use that! You are the best cheerleader ever!!! *mwah*
Dutchy - And already, the hateful rumors are starting at my former office. Eventually though, I will be nothing more than an afterthought there. Just a chapter in their history. L-Rex claims she had to have our PA in the room with her because she "felt threatened" by me. Ridiculous. Anyone that knows me knows I am the most hardcore bitch on the outside and a big ball of oogly mush on the inside. The woman is dying of a terminal illness. She is not long on this earth. I would never shorten the time she has left by beating the living piss out of her. *L* In reality? I feel for her, because I know she is never going to see her beautiful granddaughters grow up and get married. Karma has a way of eating people alive. When you aren't a good person, it comes back at you hardcore. But, more on all of this at another time.
Deb - I'm STILL going to New York between 12/14 and 12/24. I expect to have cocktails with you. Many, many cocktails. Even if they are virgin cocktails...I better see your ass there!
Avi - You're a CEO of a company. You got any need for a former paralegal who is now a nurse? *LOL* Just kidding. It is enough to know that my name will be going through that enigma of a mind of yours everytime you ejaculate.
What more could a girl ask for?
CP.
Dawn - Bob Barker is retiring. I suggest you take his place. I like the way you said that! *L*
Jenn - Aww, don't kid yourself. I am still having my moments of utter despair. Then, I am getting over them just as quickly. I was so unhappy there for so long...that I honestly believe she did me a favor. I just would have liked to have left on MY terms...and NOT before Christmas.
Randi - To new beginnings, indeed, my gorgeous friend. And do me a favor, keep wishing me that luck anyway. I could still use it...especially once January rolls around.
V - Well, after my mammogram, what more is there for a woman to be in despair over, right? *L* Hopefully, by next year, I will have a whole assload of initials after my name. Thank you for always being so supportive.
CP.
Sorry to hear about the firing, but I know you will be kicking ass and taking names on that nursing test!
Thanks for the World AIDS Day Reminder. I think too many people forget about it or just brush it aside, and it is just TOO important for that!
Congratulations, CP! New house, new outlook, new prospects...
Shake the dogshit that was L-Rex off of your shoe and move forward.
CP since my The Hubster and I spend a LOT of time in the john due to advanced age, there'll be a whole lotta extra prayers said.
Sometimes getting fired is exactly the impetus one needs to charge out of the chute with both engines roaring. Good luck, not that you'll need it.
Best of luck and best wishes headed your way...
Good luck, although I doubt you'll need it.
i'm amazed that an office manager could have that much power in a doctor's office
i am saddened to hear you got turfed
any payout in lieu of notice?
Gin - I am in full on party mode for my best friends 40th. I am going to make sure that I have a great time and all the while, make sure my red ribbon is blazing on my shirt. The red ribbon is the best accessory. I never forget.
CP - Oh how I wish I could have called her one of yours or Maven's infamous vulgarities. Taint licker is far too good. At one point I told her that I "busted my ass" around this place. She said "there is no need for vulgarity, CP". I told her, 'scuse me, but ASS is a donkey...what's vulgar is wearing open toed shoes with pantyhose. Heh. I was already fired, why not go out with a bang.
javajabber - That is good to know that I will be thought of in toilets from coast to coast. It lightens my load, no pun intended.
Kat - I am going to run with that thought all the way to the exam. I think someone said that the best revenge is a good life. Might have been Jerry Seinfeld. Didn't work for Kramer though.
Tug - You rock, totally. Thank you!
Limpy - That is entirely too much of a normal, sane and reasonable statement. Not what I expect from you at all. Should I start to lose faith? If you are speaking kindly, there is obviously something wrong here.
Cad - Make no doubt about it and D. can attest to it. L-Rex runs that office. She tells the doctors what to do. One doc is a pushover because he is near retirement and really only cares about getting out the door to his grandson. I understand that one. The other one? A complete pussy. Totally without a mind of his own. But, I also know that he isn't fond of L-Rex and the first doctor I mentioned is. When one retires, the other is probably going to let L-Rex go...
I hope I bump into her at the hospital where I will be supervising nurse...and she will be there to have the stick removed from her ass.
CP.
You sound a lot like I did when I had my "mutual agreement" with my last place of work. I called my husband before I was even out of the parking lot and the first thing out of my mouth was also my headline for my post about it: "I am outta there!!" I was and still am so happy to no longer be working there.
Sending you luck for your exam although I'm sure you won't be needing it.
Have a great time out with your friend, it's time to celebrate.
Congratulations!!!!! You get my thoughts/prayers/good karma and best wishes on your exam!
T
Sure, I'll be your cheerleader.
Rah rah rah, shish boom ba, CP's gonna KICK ASS, HOOOO HA!!!!!!!!! - Spirit Fingers
This is complete bullshit!
Hey, you are right, it is for the best. It worked out the best for me. If I hadn't been fired I wouldn't have had the impetus to start my book.
You go, girl. You need anything, you know where I am.
Damn, if you hadn't just bought a house you could move up here!
OMG! This is GREAT news!
You've been needing to leave that shitty job for a while now, so good for you!
Leaving my job last Feb was the best thing EVER!
I've never looked back and neither will you. :)
Best of luck with the nursing boards.
I'm sure you'll do great! :)
My cousin is 22(?) years old. She was born HIV Positive. They didn't think she would live to 10. Then 13, so they did her Bat Mitzvah a year early. Then she got really really sick and did almost die. Then the made it to 15, then 21. World Aids day isn't just a day. It's a day to remind people. It's a day to educate stupid ignorant people who thing that AIDS only happens to gay people. It's a day to educate stupid ignorant people that it can happen to the baby next door.
I don't post about AIDS on my site. Not for any reason then I just can't. I knew it was World Aids Day. I donate to AIDS all the time.
Thanks for the links. Thanks for the donations.
I'll do my best to coordinate everything mentioned on that day and time.
You have my word!
Good Luck CP!!
Okay, well, you are going to tell us the whole story about getting canned, right?!?! And you are going to send new pics of the house, right??!?!?!
Oh, and thanks for the reminder about World Aids Day. And congrats on the nursing exam.
I am so sorry, and so happy for you at the same time. Knowing you, this will only be a very minor setback, and not only will you bounce back from this, you will thrive and make L-Rex choke on those roses.
Im sending the geek vibs your way...kinda sounds like a fun toy huh... anyway, as you can see Tense and I are with ya in thought at least. Holler if you need anything!
CP, you're a GODDESS!! Me, just a lowly PA who shares some of your truly **great** good fortune (redundant?). I was fired from what I thought was a pretty good job, which actually allowed me to land a fabulous gig! And I have a true admiration for you, CP, after winning the fight for your nursing boards. My fight is pretty much daily, too - with HIV. Don't ask - I have it, I live with it. But it's wonderful people like you that make sure folks like me aren't forgotten or ignored. God loves ya, darlin', and so do I! OXOXOX's
Wishing you all the best, CP. I'm happy to read that you see your being fired as something positive. I just know you will make it through the exam, probably with honours, too.
Grrr! I left a multipart comment, and blogger ate it!
Short version:
Congrats on getting out of there - you really needed to, even if L-Rex was a bitch to send you packing the way she did.
Congrats on the new house! Yippee!!!
You'll ace the test in January, and any others you choose to take. Go, CP!!!
The new med sounds promising, and if it's right, will put you in a whole new world on an even keel. Yay! :-)
so, you're gonna miss the office party and secret santa!!! praise the lord!!! and kudos for the W.A.Day stuff...
What! They fired you?! Muthafuckas. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it works out as the best thing that could have happened.
I just made my little donation to the World Aids Day organaization as I was writing this comment. You always have your heart open to good causes. All that good karma comes back to you, CP.
Well, CP, my dear friend-
Yesterday was the darkest day N.I. has ever seen; blacker than estelle's onions in my opinion, and really...who else matters? C clued me in when I walked in the door, but I knew before then...I knew when I pulled into the parking lot,the sky was so overcast...and then I saw your car..and then I saw her car and the air closed in on me...
LRex pulled me into Doc 1's office and shut the door. She gave me the "I wanted you to be the first to know" speech followed with the "what happens in the office stays in the office" speech. I couldn't look her in the eye. If I had, I would have kicked that fucking soapbox right out from underneath her, gagged her with a dirty pair of his scrub pants, and ripped every last hair out of her quickly balding head. The rage was soon followed by the tears...and they stuck around for the majority of the morning. What a long morning it was...there was no color around me...everything was gray and robotic and "ain't no sunshine when she's gone" played endlessly in my head. I cried some more...they kept their distance from me and if they had to speak to me out of necessity, it was only in whispers. Maybe they were afraid I would explode on the spot or bite their faces ala Dr. Lecter...don't think the thought didn't cross my mind once or twice...
In typical LRex fashion she summmoned us all to the lobby at quitting time and made the announcement...I stared at the wall as they all stared at me. They saw the tears, I wouldn't give them the satisfaction of looking them in the eye. She closed with her new mantra, "it is what it is", whatever the FUCK that means...You and I both know that you are meant for greater things and that this is just what you needed to really set your plans in motion...you are too good for them. They lost the best nurse they have ever had, the smartest, funniest, (and let's just say it) the most beautiful woman to ever walk those halls. Everyone will move on, as you said, but you were wrong when you said you would be forgotten. Simply Impossible.
You know that I love ya more 'n my luggage...keep raising the bar for me, Sister
xoxoxo
D
ps. yes, I did actually come when I read that remark that Debbie made. Well done, Debbie!
pps..if i could have been a fly on the wall for only 30 seconds of it, it would have been for the pantyhose remark...beautiful
ppps...ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness every day...and this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away..
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Afterthought #1--
...but the timing sure does suck
Aftertought #2--
...the christmas party is going to be a real hoot now...can hardly wait
xo
Afterthought #3
...i called your mom estelle..sorry
Congratulations on the new house! Plenty of newness to relax and study in.
Congratulations on being free from that scudsucker. This is a blessing in disguise. Trust!
And congratulations in advance on passing those exams with flying colors! This is truly a new beginning.
CP, I'm glad you're beginning your new life. I wish you luck.
CP you are strong, awesome and a super sweet lady! Kick some ass on those exams and I'll be thinkin' about ya! Oh and congrats on the new place too!
We will be thinking of you! We both hope that you will do great on your exam :)
And post some pics of your new house! We'd love to see what it looks like.
i though i had the world's largest hard drive!!
oh well, happy 300!! love ya mean it!
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