I have lost 15 pounds in 19 days. That's portion control and stress for you. I have been living on 1st turkey, (still). I have made turkey enchiladas, and soup. I have the drum sticks in the fridge and I'm going to soak my black beans and have turkey and black beans corn tortillas with cabbage and salsa. I will boil the bones up for broth. Still have two gallon bags of bones in freezer. Then I get to cook other turkey, same deal as first turkey. then I will start on the two chickens that my sister gave me.

So, have been working through my anger. I just boiled over at the employee meeting when I saw the size of my check. It was for $377. I started at 40 + hours. I am suppose to be a full time employee. He has reduced me to 24 hours. He makes me come in at 9 instead of 8. He took my Saturday away and gave it to a driver at another florist shop. Then to rub salt into my wound, he leaves her delivery sheet for me to put away, and he writes on it, how much he is paying her. She gets $8.25 A DELIVERY. I get $8.50 an HOUR.How is he saving money doing this? She got $77.00 last Saturday! He paid her $20 MORE then if I had worked the whole day, and there's no guarantee that I would have had to. I keep asking the instores, whether he's trying to force me out, but they say no, he doesn't want me to leave. But I am trying to leave. It's going to be near impossible to do it. but I'm trying,.

The meeting was about, how hours aren't going to cut anymore, and yes, we are getting our paid vacations, and how can we raise sales. I actually get two weeks this year.

I don't know what to do. I have had to dip into the property tax money that I had manged to save up to pay utilities.I going to get on the low income program Monday. I tried telling my sister, made an appointment to see her in order to talk to her, but when I got there she had dinner all ready and I just couldn't tell her that I don't think I'm going to be able to pay any of it. I also don't know whether she can pay it. By this time next year, I may be living in my car with my two main cats. I don't know what will happen to the rest. There is that women that Jackie cleans the teeth of, who has that almond orchard that she uses as a cat refuge. Maybe, I could pay her to "store" my cats.

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Got another e-mail from Nigel. Sonja is at 26 and 1/2 week. they have bought most of the stuff they need, buggy, pram, ect. Nigel says that Sonja looks like she has a beach ball under her shirt! Also our president landed in England only 15 miles away from where Nigel lives in Saffron something! Also talked about housing situation. they only have a two bedroom house. If the baby is a boy, (which we all hope it will be, I don't want my mother's name to died out) they will have problems as moving involves going to a rougher neighborhood.They won't be able to afford a new house on their own until Sonja is through with her studies.

I must e-mail him back. It just takes so long on my phone, but i know for sure, that he gets them.