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12:12:2005 Entry: "Ann : Update"

Update

The following entry was started on December 8, in regard to what Stan and I had been going through during the week preceding, i.e. Nov. 30 until this writing. I decided not to post it until I knew the status for sure. And as of this morning, everything looks good!

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Thursday, Dec. 8.

This morning I stupidly accidentally took two high blood pressure meds instead of one, forgetting momentarily to take a birth control pill. After I immediately realized what I had done, I took the BCP, but unfortunately the 2nd blood pressure med was already down the gullet. D'oh! I did this once before. Felt weird all day.

Hopefully, if things go as they look like they are at the moment, Stan will get the cook's position at the courthouse. He had been hoping for this for YEARS ever since this project first came to light. But as things were going, it looked like they weren't going to use anyone from his "range" (technical term for the level of your job defined by the county). Major disappointment. Preceding my angry post last Wednesday re: privatization, Stan had told me that it looked like his current job (and everyone's current job at his present spot) will be phased out in a few years due to evil privatization. And without the courthouse for him to work at, he'd be looking for a new job entirely. But a strange thing happened last Friday. In the morning he asked his supervisor about transferring to another department (printing, perhaps) and what that would entail re: re-education and all. In the afternoon his supervisor told him to hold off on that...they were actually going to open up a "Range 11" job at the courthouse.

There was only one obstacle, and that was if someone else who had more seniority decided to sign up for the courthouse cook position, that would bump Stan out of it, even though Stan would be the most obvious choice to work there...he's educated, he has a flair for better cuisine than everyone else there, and his commute would be shorter than anyone else's, being that we live only 2 miles from downtown, he'd take the bus or bike in the summer. Everyone else, who lives closer to the current facility that's outside of a small town to the southwest of Madison, would be out about $1000/year if they took the courthouse position, factoring in gas, parking, and the fact that they wouldn't get a weekend pay differential since the courthouse will be closed weekends. With Stan, we'll come out ahead due to the fact he won't need to drive to commute so far anymore.

This is the part where I leave out a lot of the interpersonal dynamics and relationships at Stan's job.

As it turns out as of this writing, the one person that would've bumped Stan out of the courthouse job, signed up for her old job as the AM cook at the present facility. Perhaps there is such a thing as order and balance in the universe.

Of course there is the possibility that for whatever reason the 2-year contract for the courthouse cafe would not be renewed, and then in 2 years Stan would be out on the street. But I truly believe he's the best person to put in there to set a good impression menu-wise for the judges and muckety-mucks who will be eating there.

There are downsides, of course, but they're not big ones. Back in the early years of this job, Stan worked two out of three weekends, and every third week he'd have a "weekend" in the middle of the week. That was discontinued about a year ago or so, when they decided to give every other weekend off. I truly missed those mid-week "weekends" as they allowed you to do stuff when no one else was doing them. Now as far as mid-week time off, Stan only gets every other Tuesday and every other Thursday off, which also allows us to do errands those days which is nice because you're not met with the weekend rush. But with this job, he'll essentially be working early Office Worker hours...6-3 or someting like that, M-F. That means he gets every weekend off and every holiday off. I know most people would love that, in fact, I would've loved that if he had started out like that. But now it'll take some getting used to. I actually came to appreciate the fact that he worked weekends and holidays (if it was his scheduled day to work, not if he had to "fill in") because not only did he get the extra holiday pay, but he also got to "bank" those days and use the "holiday" later at a time when he wanted, mainly, to take a vacation with. The monetary concern is irrelevant, because he'll be saving so much in gas now. But it would be nice to be able to work holidays and bank the hours for later.

This means we won't be able to take the Route 66 trip. It's not that big a deal, it's more important to me that he gets the job and is there for the crucial first few months. We'll still take the Colorado trip in the fall, most likely.

We were planning on getting rid of the old gold van at the beginning of the year anyway, regardless of where he was working, and Stan would take the red van to work. This left me in a tenuous spot, not having transportation. If something happened to one of the animals and I had to make an emergency run for something, I wouldn't be able to do it. We decided that we would have to get Stan a cellphone that he would wear on him all the time in case I had to call him with an emergency (the phones at his job can't be trusted to get through to him). The cost of an extra monthly cellphone would still be cheaper than having that 2nd car. As if looks now, if things to as planned, I'll still be able to have transportation during the day if I need it, and forgo the extra cellphone.

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Well, that's where I left off last Thursday. So things look good for now, and it'll be great for Stan to take the bus or bike to work in good weather. It'll also save him money, and it'll be a better challenge for him. The only challenge at his current job was dealing with some of the coworkers there. And that's not a good challenge. I guess the obstacle now is for him to get his (IMHO) better recipe ideas on the menu. Some people (at his present job) actually want to serve creamed spinach, cabbage rolls, pork chops and meatloaf on the menu. This ain't gramma's kitchen, this is a courthouse. With judges. Lawyers. Intelligent people who are going to want heart healthy, smart meals, not the My Little Ditka special. Should be interesting.

9 Comments

Congratulation Stan! My husband may be a driver now, but he spent the last ten years cooking. Unfortunatley he had to pass on learning how to make sushi; he would have had to dedicate 6 months to it after graduation, and he couldn't risk it. Good luck!
ANd no creamed spinach please! Spinach s

Posted by Dawn @ 12:12:2005:05:05 PM CST

Congratulation Stan! My husband may be a driver now, but he spent the last ten years cooking. Unfortunatley he had to pass on learning how to make sushi; he would have had to dedicate 6 months to it after graduation, and he couldn't risk it. Good luck!
And no creamed spinach please! Spinach should only be served raw, imho.

Posted by Dawn @ 12:12:2005:05:06 PM CST

This is good news. Needs don't get much more basic than employment. Also glad to hear one more car parked and one more bike being rode!!

I've never heard of anyone factoring in potential pet emergencies when considering the pros and cons of a job. That was a new one. Do your pets know how good they have it?

Posted by greenthumb @ 12:12:2005:05:24 PM CST

I love meatloaf - especially when it's really greasy. But lawyers and judges probably wouldn't go for that.

Posted by greenthumb @ 12:12:2005:05:26 PM CST

Spinach is good cooked in a Greek pastry with phylo (sp?) dough, pine nuts and feta cheese, (mmmm...Stan makes this great! (hint, Stan)) but that's about it. Creamed spinach...shudder!!!!! And for an entree? What ARE they thinking? After all, it was Stan's Mulligatawny (sp?) Soup (Soup Nazi Recipe!) that won over the judges pallettes to get this contract in the first place, not Gramma's Creamed Spinach.

Meatloaf, no matter how it is prepared, is disgusting to me. I thought it was just my mom's cooking, but then Stan the Chef prepared some for me a while back, and it was still gross.

And I hope the pets know they have it good...let's hope they don't ever have to experience anything different.

Posted by Ann @ 12:12:2005:05:49 PM CST

Finally some good news. Great for you :)

Posted by Nico @ 12:12:2005:07:47 PM CST

Ok, now it seems like I mean there's only bad news and pessimism around here, so just replace the "finally some" with "That's" ;)

Posted by Nico @ 12:12:2005:07:49 PM CST

Dawn, I think it would be great to have Sushi training - too bad he had to pass on it.

Posted by Stan @ 12:12:2005:08:41 PM CST

I knew what you meant, Nico. :D

Posted by Ann @ 12:12:2005:09:56 PM CST

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