Things are a little better.................

I still am way bummed about Tyler being traded and I just don't have quite the desire to attend any of the games anymore. It also does not help that we soo still suck even though we accquired Sergi Fedorov in the trade. Guess I will be happy to attend the Ducks games only because Tyler will be there. It gets to much sometimes to have to run to 2 or three games a week. Hockey runs through the holidays and cold and flu season etc. Sometimes I just wish that we could go to like maybe 10 games a year rather than 40-45. Anyways I don't know if I am burnt out or what I still love the game but it gets old sometimes too. I would imagine that the team doing horribly now more than ever is not helping matters. This has been my feelings for awhile now even before the whole Tyler being traded issue happened. Oh well maybe things will improve maybe not.

Onto other things we will not be striking which is good all in all. We have to pay some on the insurance now and there is a deductable but it's withing a reasonable amount. Dental and Vision improved. So there were some pros and cons . The biggest thing is we don't get a raise until August of 06. My company is giving us a 700 dollar tax free gift card. Nice but still pisses me off that it will be almost 2 years for me without a raise. I guess they think this 700 dollar gift card should compensate? Not to mention every penny on it is basically going back to them. I mean where else can we use that gift card? So they just basically invested in themselves. Also they are going to give GM dept heads and the assistants a total of $1.90 worth of raises in the 3 year period of this contract. So no raise until august then in 9 months i wil get a 75 cent raise and then in about another 9 months we will get 85 cents. So Gm made out the best as far as raises go but the whole reason we will get the biggest ones is we ae the lowest paid dept heads always have been and even after all this we will be making 25 cents less then the department heads. Which I think still sucks we should all be equal at least they are finally attempting to close the gap. So now in three years we will have to go through all this drama again rather than in five. Good times for me. Still I think it could have gone much much worse. It did not though and the benefits were better than they orignally proposed.

Turkey day is around the corner and I again get to host it at my house and be responsible for the whole mess. So last year which was my first time must have not been to bad. My brother is coming and bringing my niece so I will get to spend some time with her. It's hard to believe she is 10 now. Anyways Friday she and I will have a fun girls day. Maybe hit the movies do some shopping something cool. Last time I was in PA i did not get to spend but about 20 mins with her because I ended up staying at my sisters house with her and my 2 nephews. I think this will be the second time if not the first I have ever spent Thanksgiving with my brother. Last year was the first time I spent Thanksgiving with my sister ever. Crazy stuff but a long story behind it all. They are my half siblings and their Dada ran off with them and my mom did not know where they were for years and one day my brother found her and well ever since we try to get together whenever possible. Not much else to say tonight kids sooo until next time "You must be out of your mind this was a simple design you fuck it up everytime how could you leave me behind?" Night and sweet dreams.