A new approach
<<Insert standard rant about feeling unappreciated here>>
Then he took me out to dinner with the $50 tip his last student gave him and made me feel better.
I decided, in a fit of humor and whimsy, that since A was so good at memorizing checklists and flows that I needed to make him a checklist to run through when I was in a foul mood. That way he would know what I needed without my having to ask for it all the time (as a woman, if you have to tell him what to do it just seems less sincere when he does it b/c he didn’t think of it himself.It’s a vicious cycle.)
So here’s a sample of the flow for Someday’s Feeling Unappreciated-
- Sit Someday down and ask what problem is
- Adminster hugs and kisses as needed
- Quote sappy lyrics of random love song
- Make empty promise to be sure to empty litterbox/take out garbage/pay bills/do dishes next time
- Take preventive measures against repeat occurance by sending text message with more sappy lyrics within following two days
- In case of serious disturbance- remove self and child to nearest pizza place and allow Someday “alone” time at nail salon or other pampering spot. Present with cash or reservation information prior to departure.
We’ll see how it works.
And we are still waiting for to hear back from the airline. Darn it.
Mystery visitors
I’ve had 188 site visitors in the last 6 or so days. And yet, I’ve only had one comment the entire time I’ve been blogging here. I’m so curious as to who is checking my stuff and even more- is it interesting?
I’ve started in on the obnoxious email checking on A’s behalf for an interview email. Logically, I know nothing will come before Monday, but still, what if it’s there waiting for us to see it RIGHT NOW??? Damn my obsessive-compulsive personality.
Holding Pattern
Ok, we got the application in. FINALLY. So now we sit and wait for the magic to work. Thanks to the school aggreement with the airline, he’ll get a bump to the top of the list. I saw on the forum that the next round of interviews is around March 1, so hopefully he’ll be invited to those. I know one of his friends had that quick of an invitation. So now it’s just fingers crossed.
Two friends just finished their initial training with the airlines. Now they have about 4 weeks to wait before their next step. Boy, I can’t wait for A to have that much time off, paid. I’ll start working on my list soon.
I know that A is so nervous about applying b/c he doesn’t want to fail. So he’s procastinating. But I know he can do it, so I keep pushing. I guess it’s what a supporter has to do.
One more hurdle passed
A is down to needing just 9 hours before he can apply. He definetly has senioritis and just wants to get out of there at this point. I don’t blame him. I think a person can only handle that type of high stress environment for so long.
Passed the transition course with no problems. Scored 2nd highest on the systems test and had the best sim ride of the day. I think that after seeing the other people in the class do just as well as he did, even though they had had the prep time that he didn’t gave him a lot of confidence. Hopefully it gave him the confidence to also make it though initial training when the time comes.
It looks like he’ll be ready to submit an application next week. Except that he doesn’t have all his forms together yet. Some of these things are going to take a few weeks to get if we have to request, wait for processing and wait for them to be mailed to us. I have been after him for a while on this one and he hasn’t done it yet. I swear, it’s like he’s trying to shoot himself in the foot here. So today I had to collect info on how to request driving records from different states to help him out. Sometimes I wonder if I am married to a savant- the man can fly a plane but can’t manage to fill out a form. I guess his being a technical person and me being a wordsy person extends to all facets of life. Somehow I always get stuck reading the fine print and handling the paperwork.