I can only be me!

Ok, so Tiffany has been out of the office since the 1st of December. Can I just say that I am so happy she is going to be back tomorrow! I have been going crazy! It has been really busy because rent is due at the beginning of the month and 20 people did not pay on time...that took awhile to send out 3 days. I like being the assistant manager because I don't have to have the answer to everything and I don't have to be the one dealing with all the maintenance, construction crew, corporate, etc. Now don't get me wrong, I do want to be the manager of a property. Just not this one. The thing about being in charge while Tiffany is gone is that if someone says Tiffany told me this, I have to wait to check with her, I can't just give them the answer I want to give them. And the fact that our maintenacnce can't get jobs done in a reasonable amount of time is ridiculous! On Thursday and Friday I wasn't just me, I was a leasing agent, an assistant manager and a manager. And I did it all, I sent out 20 3 day notices, I sent other residents to the legal department, I rented an apartment and I dealt with resident issues. So all in all, I handled everything and I did what I was supposed to do and I left Tiffany's desk cleaner than I found it. I just wish that now this company I work for would recognize that and give me what I deserve. Give all their employees what they deserve. Tomorrow we have TRENDS which is a huge trade show for the industry in Seattle. It will be fun to hang out with vendors and go to a few classes and see what other property management companies are hiring. So with luck, I will speak with someone tomorrow that loves me and wants me to work for them and they will call me and offer me a job! :D But I may be dreaming.

Merry Christmas!

So we are well into the Christmas season! I've bought way too many presents on my credit card, like always! The joy on someone's face though when you give them that perfect gift is well worth it! Some people are so rude still this time of year and I can't understand that. Some lady yelled at me and all my cousins at the mall when we first met up because we were standing in the aisle at Macys. Someone needed some much needed Christmas spirti!

Thanksgiving this year was quite crazy! Ray and I spent Thanksgiving day at Ray's mom's house. We had a wonderful dinner! I even got to make the mashed potatoes! We then watched football for as long as we could stay awake after our yum yum turkey! Below is a picture of the table all set up and ready to eat!

So the day after Thanksgiving I drover over to Silverdale to go shopping with the women like we do every year. This year it was very cold out and pretty frosty at 7 in the morning! My mom called me when I was in Federal Way and started crying on the phone. She scared me so bad on the phone because she told me the girls (my cousins Melissa, Jaime, Janae and Erica) got in an accident and rolled the suburban! I got so scared I took my foot off the gas pedal (good timing for the phone call because there was a speed trap and I was speeding). So anway, my mom then tells me she will see me at the mall at the time she said she would be there. I didn't understand this since she said the girls just got in an accident so I called her back after she calmed down some. So after talking to people every 5 mintues and waiting at the mall for over an hour, everyone finally got to the mall. The girls had hit a patch of ice on the road. They fish tailed alittle in the road and then skidded to a stop on the side of the ride, on an embankment, then the suburban fell on its side. So they didn't really roll the car but it was still pretty scary all in all. The girls are all ok, thank God! So my uncles had to wait until 11am for the two truck to come. They then called us because Karen had the keys and had to get to the ferry in 30 minutes, it took us 20 mintues to find her since Jim had her phone. She hurried down to the ferry and missed it and then had to go back to my Grandma's because Jaime had accidentally taken Dean's keys and he had to be at work. So there was only 8 of us at lunch, we had to sit at different tables because we didn't want to wait an hour for lunch so shopping was definately not the same as normal. It was still so nice to see Melissa and Janae since they are away at school. Great to catch up with the newleywed Jaime also.

So the Saturday after Thanksgiving was the 100th Apple Cup and the COUGARS WON!!!! That is right...Huskies lost all!!! HA HA HA!!!! It was a really great game and very interesting. I again was so tired after such a busy weekend but I was still super excited that the Cougs won! Below is a photo of a house divided, Ray's Brother Randy and mom Rhonda. Randy and I are the big Cougar fans of the family!

We got a little bit of snow last weekend. Enough to get me super excited when I got out of bed and everything was white. It started snowing really hard for a couple of hours and then all melted away by the rain. Now it has been flooding everywhere. Rhonda's basement, where Randy and Shawna are living right now had 3-4 inches of water. Centralia was totally covered in water and I-5 was closed for days. I did get a few photos while it was snowing. Enjoy!

So this week at work has been kinda crazy. Tiffany has been on vacation and it is so not easy to be the only one in the office for two days in a row. I had to be three different people yesterday. Being Manager, Assistant Manager and a leasing agent is hard. I got a lot of stuff down today though because it was slow. I sent out 20 3 days (res that don't pay their rent have 3 days to pay before going to legal) today, rented an apartment and completed a large stack of POs. So I've been learning a lot about being a manager and I know I will do a good job once I get a new job.

Well, I wish you all the best this Christmas - and I love saying Merry Christmas! I'm seriously so not happy with all this politically correct stuff that tells me I can't say Merry Christmas! Let me celebrate what I want and you can celebrate what you want. Why do people have to be all pissy about things? ok...that was my vent session of this blog...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!