Congrats on the house!

Mom's colonoscopy went fairly well. She also had an endoscopy at the same time. She's been having a lot of GI issues and so far no answers as to why. Good news they didn't see anything obvious, kinda but it means they have to send some samples off for biopsy and see what is going on.

I got an update from her about my aunt and my cousin's son. My aunt is finally adjusting to assisted living BUT they are trying to sell her car and thought well maybe one of those places like Carvana or Car Max will work. Since Mom is in NC and my uncle is in OK it has to be something that can be done from afar and someone can pick up the car. They went with Car Guru but AFTER my Mom and uncle thought everything was finalized my uncle gets an email saying they need a long list of pictures of the interior of the car. So my uncle has called the assisted living place and trying to find some one my uncle can pay to take pictures. And then once the deal is done (I hope it goes through) my aunt will be given a check and then the next issue is finding out how to get it deposited because my aunt doesn't drive and she doesn't use a smart phone. I'm wondering if she could Uber to the bank, deposit it and Uber home or if they assisted living place has some way they could take her to the bank.

In the news of my cousin's son it's not so great. So his mom has been trying, I guess but not doing so well. She 's moved into the house and is supposed to be paying rent but not doing that on time. And something happened a few months ago and DCF was called and they have gotten involved and it has meant a little more support for them but I don't think much. Then his mom went out of town for a wedding either all day or over night and left my cousin's son by himself, he's 12. Someone found out and reported that to the police/DCF and he was taken out of the home and into respite care and in order for him to go back home he will have to have someone there with him when ever his mom isn't home. That has to be paid for by someone in the family. Not his mom since she doesn't have the money, I think Mom said she'd take money from my cousin's life insurance to pay for this but I'm not 100% sure how it's going to work. Apparently everyone is doing everything they can to keep him out of foster care. His only other relatives are his 2 half sisters, one who is in high school and the other who is only 18 or 19. He has also stopped responding to Mom's texts or phone calls. I'm guessing he might feel abandoned but there isn't much Mom could do except move down there and she wasn't going to do that. It really sucks.

I'm really sorry Sheryl.

Random aside: we (the company I work for) used to have a licensing agreement where we made collegiate labelled cookware (all that LSU stuff I acquired, if you've seen that on FB, for example) and someone down the aisle from me got a USC(I think?) stockpot that says SPARTANS and every time I walk passed it I am reminded of Faith saying "It's Spahtan" and that continues to tickle me

Congrats on the new dog, Gud!

I know I don’t post much, but I am feeling very disheartened. I just got a notice that I am being transferred from salaried to hourly and will need to punch a time clock starting December 18. I am 1,000 dollars below the threshold to be salaried. I have been working for 20 years with almost complete flexibility as to when I complete my work, as long as it is completed. I know I should want overtime, but I like to wake up at 2 am, get some stuff done, and then maybe not get into work until 10. We literally have to swipe a time clock now. And I often just work on the bus ride in, answering emails, and now I can’t unless I am punched in. And I also feel bad- because the intention of these laws is so good, but the execution is flawed. I have had an excellent system for 20 years of working 2 or so hours in the middle of the night when I have insomnia, 2 hours on the bus, and probably 7 hours at actual work and it made me happy. I am not sure how to translate that into 8 hours clocked in.

Aw, Sophia, that sucks. Any chance they could bump your salary up that thousand dollars? Even if it means somehow taking it away somewhere else?

Oh no, Sophia! That doesn’t make sense to me, as a decision your employer has made.

Ugh, Sophia that completely and totally sucks. I'm sorry!

Yikes Sophia, I don't think I've ever heard of someone's job going from salaried to hourly like that, it's usually the reverse. What a pain. Here's hoping it works out so the amount of overtime you collect makes them regret the decision.

Thanks all. It actually comes with the bonus that we can’t work any (even one minute) overtime unless it is pre-approved. Hourly folks at my work have to sit on the time clock on Friday to make sure they clock out qt precisely 40 hours- not 40 hours 1 minute. That is really what I think I am going to have trouble with- doing that math. My boss is flexible and is OK if I flex my hours, but I will get reprimanded by HR if I don’t work exactly 40 hours without prior approval so I will now need to spend time monitoring my time to the minute.