oh my, what a crap-tastic week. i’m sooo glad that it will be over soon. i guess the best place to start is at the beginning.
at the first of the year, my department made me a field training officer (fto), which essentially means that i will take new hires, and train them to be the ‘real’ police. now, when i say that my department ‘made’ me an fto, what i really mean is that i finally gave in to years of badgering. my first recruit has been, shall we say…’special’. this baby is barely 22 years old, fresh out of the academy, and doesn’t know his butt from a hole in the ground. teaching and guiding this child has required patience and restraint that i never knew i had. tomorrow is his last day in fto (thank you God), and then he will be turned loose by himself (Lord help us all).

yesterday, while checking my on-line bank statements and debit card charges, i noticed a charge for $100.70, non-PIN, labeled ‘bill pay’, originating out of woodland hills, california.  i checked further, and found no bills paid out in that amount, and no payees in california.  uh-oh, fraudulent charge.  crap.  so, i got my police report, and called US Bank.  they agreed to send me the paperwork, etc.  what they didn’t tell me is that i will have no access to my accounts for 10+ days.  i can’t even log in, and monitor my checking account.  i also have a car payment that will be going through in a day or so…will it get paid?  who knows.  i have to call customer service back tomorrow, and see how many people can’t answer any of my questions.  i may start shopping for a new bank too.  luckily, i have a couple of credit cards, not connected to US Bank in any way, that i can buy food and gas on for a few days until this is handled.  but to COMPLETELY shut me out of my own accounts?  really?  US Bank, you officially suck.

to top it all off… tonight, while getting ready for work, i managed to ruin a pair of class A uniform pants.  one quick swipe of the iron (on the lowest setting) left a quarter-size hole melted into the pants.  i guess there will be no rushing into a burning building for me.  all kidding aside, i will definitely be having a hissy fit about this tomorrow at the main department.  if these pants melt that quickly at low temperatures, i can absolutely see one of us ending up in the arkansas children’s hospital burn unit before the end of the year.  and replacing these pants will get expensive, at about $55.00 a pop.  the department MIGHT replace one, even two, pairs.  after that, you will probably get a day suspended without pay for each pair you ruin.  or replace them secretly out of your own pocket.

Geez.

to help keep my sanity, i have been spinning like a demon, trying to fill a bobbin with this lovely, creamy bfl i got when i bought my wheel.  i’m… almost… there.  i’ll put up some pics in a few days.  i’ll try to get some ‘almost finished’ pics of the XMIL1 shawl, a madli’s shawl from knitting estonian lace book by nancy bush.  i lack about 8 more repeats, and then the dreaded kitchnering to join the body to the first border.

happy knitting and spinning, y’all.

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