Yup.

   Just clenching my teeth & smiling silently is getting old...I hate when people tell you things that have been said by others, and then don't want you to say anything...Makes dealing with the person who potentially talked shit VERY hard... Ugh.

   My contract at work got extended by almost a month, and I'm SO thankful for that!! I interviewed for another position in the company last month, but I ended up not getting it...It kind of sucked, but I wasn't thrilled with the job anyway...They advertised it one way, and it was completely different when they started explaining it at the beginning of the interview...I was still polite, answered the questions like I was interested, and asked some good questions at the end...As much as I want to be hired on permanently, I know I wouldn't have been happy with the position...So now we're hoping Liberty will extend my contract a while longer, and/or something permanent will come up in my department...I really want to stay there...I get along with most all of my team, and they respect me even though I haven't been hired...Another member of my team actually brought up how much she wants me to stay to a supervisor 3 levels above us...I was totally flattered, and really shocked...Since then, things have been so good with all of us working together....Not that they weren't before, but now it's just better somehow...

   Ryan was specifically asked to work the other night, because some corporate people were coming in to check out the store & staff...They wanted their best people on, and they made sure to tell him he'd definitely be working it...He said it went well, and I'm glad...He also put in to be a shift trainer and/or manager...I really hope he gets it! He said many times the store manager has asked him to help with things, so he's confident that that is a good sign of how he is doing in his job...I'm so proud of him!

   My uncle is finally out of the hospital, and I can't even put into words how relieved I am...I'm brainstorming ideas right now of what to do for him for Christmas...I'm thinking of making up a basket of goodies for him, and a few gift cards... He gets down on himself sometimes, because he's not back up to how he was before the extended hospital stay, but the dr's told him he has no idea how close to dying he really was... I hate that it was THAT bad, and no one ever mentioned it...I would have been devastated if we had lost him, and then found out everyone knew it was probably going to happen & didn't say anything so that I could make myself go see him in ICU...I didn't want to see him like that, but if that's the only way I'd get to see him again, I'd have done it in a heartbeat... I'm just so thankful that he is still here, and that he is getting stronger every day...

   Sometimes people get so obsessed with something that they don't realize they are alienating others around them & making them feel ignored... 99% of the time those feeling that way will never speak up, because they know it will cause an issue, or make some people think they're an asshole... Sometimes it's easier just to deal with it...

   Thanksgiving should be pretty good...Ryan has to work overnight since it's most likely going to be insane with people going Black Friday shopping & whatnot...He's waking up early so he can eat at my Gram's though... I'm kind of excited, because I'm doing some of the cooking! I'm going to make sweet potatoes, and also some double chocolate chunk pumpkin cookies... I can't wait to see what the family thinks!!! Christmas seems to be coming so quickly...Luckily we pretty much know what we're getting people...Dad's all figured out, as is Peg & the family, and our gift swap people... I think I know what  we're doing for Kirstin, and I know what the kids on the Chagnon side are getting...Still not sure what we're doing for mum though, so we need to work on figuring that out... I might venture out on Black Friday, but most people around here think it's lame, so I'll be going mid-day, and probably alone...Ah well, it'll help with the gift planning...

   I've been doing really well with my walking, and it's starting to pay off...I am really starting to feel comfortable with myself, and it feels AMAZING! I know Ryan is glad, because he hates when I tear myself down...I'm just hoping I'll see even more results before we leave for our weekend getaway :D