Tornado watch?

 Yes, Oklahoma has TWO tornado seasons.... spring and fall.

Right now, it's clear, and windy, and headed to the upper 80s, but the front is supposed to come in the late afternoon.

We took our morning walk at the park, and Dave has a couple of errands to run.  

By this evening, we want to be ready for the possibility of violent weather, so this afternoon, we will put away the glass tiki torches, and drag some of the planters, and the grill, under the car port.

They're saying baseball sized hail could happen, and possibly tornadoes.

I freaking hate Oklahoma in so many ways.

I had hoped to start putting out Halloween decorations this weekend, but this wind is brutal, and with storms coming, I'm just going to wait.

This past week, I got another tattoo.  

When I was at the shop two weeks ago, for a touch up, the artist I discovered this summer told me that she is leaving for maternity leave (I hadn't noticed that she was pregnant until she pointed it out to me).  She added that she wants to move away from Oklahoma, and that this might well happen while she is off for the baby.

 She had told me that she still had a few appointment openings left for October, and that she would be gone by the end of the month.  SO, I started thinking about if I wanted to get one more before she "disappears." 

I've been thinking about this one for a long time, and decided to have her do it for me.  I'm done now, for a while!  HAHA!

This design is almost the same as one my niece has that represents me and my sister.  It's an owl feather (me) with snow leopard (sister) eyes superimposed.

My niece's feather is a slightly different shape and color, and her tattoo is much larger.   Mine is about six inches long, and two inches across at the widest point.  Hers is on her leg, mine is on my inner forearm.

So, yeah...this has been the summer of tattoos.  I am glad I had the opportunity to connect with this young artist, and I am happy for her new life with a baby, and hopefully an escape from Okie land.

We had a work team update meeting on Friday, via zoom,  The audio was pretty bad, so I couldn't hear very well, but it sounded like we are not moving the billing office into the new location any time soon.

This made me breathe a sigh of relief!

It also sounded like he said something about a "pay adjustment" coming down the pipe before the end of the year. I THOUGHT he said 15% across the board.... to bring us up to national scale at last.

WOW!!  I have NO idea if I heard it correctly, though, and the couple of co workers who I texted said they had a hard time hearing, too, so no one could confirm that he said 15%.

It's interesting that this is happening now, when, YEARS ago, the VP had promised to do the research and get us adjusted.  She never followed through, of course.

It's ironic that it is happening now, because, happily, she is leaving the company at the end of this coming week.  

I can't wait to see her go!  

She's the one who took away the sick time hours people donated to me during chemo, so that I could take the time off that I needed, and get paid for it, instead of losing income.  

After she revoked the donations (that the CEO instated on my behalf), I had to go pay period by pay period and wait to earn that hour or so myself, but it left me with NO room to relax in case I got sick from the treatment.

During a couple of incidents of severe winter weather, while I was in the first month of chemo, the CEO closed the offices and sent us home with pay... BUT...this bitch came through AFTER that, and said we could only leave it we had paid time to use.  The first time this happened, she looked right at me, and smiled.

Eventually, my direct boss intervened, and went to the Tulsa office, and sat down with the payroll person while I was on the phone.  She had some of the hours returned to me, but it was like pulling teeth, and I think she had to do it without letting on to the bitch who took them away. 

I don't use the word "hate" very often, but I hate that woman, and would love to see a boot mark on her ass as she walks out the door for the last time.

Why didn't I complain about her to HR?  SHE was HR.  There was no HR department, and she took it upon herself to be the last word on our department...which was how she was able to change the rules on us at a whim, which she did...often.

Why didn't I quit, then, or since?  I'm convinced no one will hire me...especially then, when I was bald and clearly a cancer patient.

SO, anyway.... We got a new CEO a couple of years ago, and we finally have an HR department as a result.  We also got a CEO who declared that HE is our boss, not Angie, and she's been in the background ever since, which has been DELIGHTFUL.  

I really have a feeling that he fired her, and that's why she's leaving now.

I hope so, anyway.

On that note, have a great week!