• I saw Despicable Me 3D twice. Highly recommended. I had such a blast and my friends and I have so many inside jokes from it.
• I’m in training to be one of the pharmacy’s Inventory Specialists. I’m really excited to have such a privilege, even if one of my colleagues will have the official title. I’ll be helping her and taking over when she can’t be there.
• Everyone loves friendship bracelets! I’ve been making them non stop and have a whole list of people waiting for them. Friendship-Bracelets.net has a bunch of great ideas and opening an AC Moore card has been saving me tons on thread
• I finished my HTML/Javascript course with Framingham State College with a B+. Really disappointing, but I deserved it after putting work first before the class. I’ve also been looking into maybe going to UMass Boston. I think it would be nice to go into the city for school, and I love taking the T haha. Still for Chemistry but… baby steps. Nothing definite until the Spring.

Quick updates!

• I’ve been working like a mad man, averaging $275 a week. I’m not complaining! But I want to put in more hours to up that average.
• Unfortunately that won’t happen because I hurt myself at work the other day. Tripped over one of the mats and landed wrong. Didn’t hurt at the time, but it’s a bitch to walk and stand now. Yay…
• MOVIES
  • Go See
  • Get Him To The Greek – SO. FUNNY. I laughed the whole movie.
  • Iron Man 2 – You know how I feel about RDJr
• • Watch On Demand
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street – I never saw the whole original but folks said it was a duplicate remake. I enjoyed it, but I’m glad I paid the $2 less to see it as a matinee

I keep trying to work on the new RH layout, but it’s pretty much not worth it right now considering how busy I am! I don’t even bother to update regularly. I can, however, list a few happenings, though!

• Went to California Nails today and got a manipedi with Bre My feet were sososo happy, but I had to go back to work after I had a split day today so I went in for three hours in the morning and then four hours in the evening.

• I have a lot of upcoming concerts!

1. BrokeNCYDE (June 5th)
2. Korn (July 27th)
3. Disturbed (August 28th)
4. Aaaand… Limp Bizkit if they reschedule! Originally July 25th, they bailed on us and cancelled since they were coming to an ampitheater and they want to do more arenas. Considering they haven’t been around in a while… jeez. Whatever.

• I have slowly been finding time for friends. All of the friends I’ve hung out with lately have been late night cruises involving hitting up various fast food places and 7-Eleven.
• June 16th I have Drop Off training for my Pharmacy Training so if I don’t update by then (haha hopefully I will!) that’s what I’m up to.
• Saw A Nightmare on Elm Street in theaters. I’ve never seen a FULL Freddy movie (always bits and pieces) and I did enjoy it. I have heard from Freddy Fans that it’s almost exactly like the original. I wouldn’t see it in theaters, unless you prefer your horror movies in a big open dark room.
• Tonight at 7-Eleven I purchased a Slurpee. In an Iron Man 2 holographic Iron Man cup. So fucking cool.

I think that’s it. So busy yet so boring all at the same time!

Yes, this is copied from my Facebook (if you’re friends with me) and writing it actually took away all of the stress I’ve built up over the past week. Working in Public Service is hard, but add on medication and insurance companies… oh shiiiit. Haha.

Disclaimer: The following is rated R for excessive swearing and ranting.

A few things I’ve noticed at work.

1. When you say “I have a prescription” this translates to “I am picking up ONE prescription.” When I walk over to you and you say, “I have four,” the smile on my face when I say, “Oh, no problem!” is fake. Very fake.

2. You are at CVS. “Do you have a CVS card?” – “OMG I DO *frantic searching*” Really? Allow me to pretend you’re not the 100th person to do that.

3. We are supposed to assist all customers within a minute. When you come to the Pharmacy and unload your shopping cart and you get a frustrated look from me, don’t worry. It’s not YOU I’m upset with. Just your common sense.

4. I don’t know how to spell your fucking name. Slow. Down. and start again. First three letters of the last name, first three of the first. If it’s a foreign name, don’t get offended when I ask you to write it down for me. I just need to make sure you get the right medication so I don’t get written up.

5. DROP OFF. CONSULTATION. PICK UP. You CANNOT drop off a prescription at PICK UP. You CANNOT pick up a prescription at DROP OFF. CON-SUL-TAY-SHUN. What does it mean? It means “I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PHARMACIST.”

6. I cannot answer your questions. Though I am certified to save your life, I cannot tell you how to put on a band aid. Let me get the Pharmacist.

7. It is not my fault your prescription costs so much. This is your insurance company. If your prescription didn’t go through insurance, this is actually your fault because it means we didn’t have your insurance card. “But no, it’s the insurance company’s fault!” No, it’s yours. You picked the insurance company, you fucking deal with it.

8. When I tell you, “I don’t see your prescription in the computer. Head on over to drop off,” DON’T FUCKING ARGUE. I DON’T see it and I CAN’T tell you where it is. Go. To. Drop. Off.

9. It might be funny to watch me run around trying to find your prescription. If you know it’s going to be in a brown bag or in the fridge, you can totally let me know. It’s actually really helpful.

10. The Drive Thru is actually slower than waiting in line. Why? The person on Drive Thru is also on Production (pulling and filling prescriptions.) If they are in the middle of filling a prescription, they will answer the phone, “Welcome to CVS, I’ll be right over”, finish filling the prescription, label it, and hand it to the Pharmacist. If inside is swamped, it goes “Welcome to CVS, I’ll be right over”, finishing prescription, helping Pick Up (customers IN the store come first), then Drive Thru. Pedestrians first.

11. Don’t get pissed off when we have to ask the Pharmacist for change. Most people pay for their prescriptions with credit or debit cards, so we don’t always have money. We can only keep 2 $20s in the drawer at a time, we almost never have $10s, we always have at least three $5s, and we always have at least 30 $1s. I have given back $12 in $1s before.

12. You getting pissed at me about something isn’t going to help anything. I’ve been pissed all day. You get to go home, call and complain, and go about your evening or whatever. I have to stand there for another seven hours and listen to the same shit all day long.

13. It’s not my fault your doctor never called and your prescription isn’t ready. Who didn’t call? Your doctor didn’t call. Don’t fucking give me shit because your doctor doesn’t care about you.

14. It’s not my fault your insurance company didn’t approve your Adderall prescription because you ran out a WEEK EARLY.

15. The Pharmacist is the boss. If you feel like a technician isn’t being clear or something’s up, just ask for the Pharmacist. Hell, I usually ask for the Pharmacist myself to come over and explain (what the fuck do I know), but there are a few techs I wouldn’t trust as far as I could throw them. Just ask for the Pharmacist. It’s okay.

16. I personally have to repeat back names beginning with C or K. For some reason, the letters swap in my head. Don’t sit on your high throne and get pissy when I ask you to spell it again. Do you know how many names I’ve heard today? Cut me some slack.

17. Do. NOT. Take the prescription from the tech to see if it’s the right one until your address is confirmed. See #18.

18. You are not the only “John Smith” at the pharmacy. I had one man come up to me “Gentili.” I had to ask “First name?” and he went “UGH! IT’S *whatever it was*” Dude, calm the fuck down. I asked because I just saw THREE GENTILIS with different male names.

19. If you pick up multiple prescriptions, sign EACH line individually. If we get audited and someone signed “JOHN SMITH” over four different lines, we only get paid by the insurance company for one of the medications, and it’s usually the cheapest one.

20. Listen to your automated phone calls from start to finish. I am so sick of “I got a phone call from CVS but I didn’t listen to it. I figured my prescription was ready” and me going “The phone call was because your insurance rejected it” and then the person getting pissed.

21. Don’t give me that nasty look when I use hand sanitizer. I’m touching filthy money all day and I don’t know where the fuck you’ve been, but you’re using my pen.

22. I can tell right away if you’re going to piss me off. So far this week, I’ve been spot on. There’s just something about the way a woman holds herself and approaches you that screams, “Hi, I’m wicked obnoxious and my voice is ear-splitting.”

23. You are NOT being judged regarding your medication. So many medications pass before my eyes that they blur together. It doesn’t matter how many or what the medication is, I don’t care. I do, however, usually feel wicked bad for people when I’m filling a prescription for someone who needs vaginal ointment or something. That’s just gotta suck.

24. You’re in a Pharmacy. I know we have a Minute Clinic. Please, cover your fucking mouth when you cough or sneeze.

25. If any of the Technicians seem off the walls, it’s probably because we’ve consumed mass amounts of energy drinks or coffee.

26. We have Pharmacy Inside Jokes. Today’s joke was, Tech 1: “Well, I WAS having a good day up until 2pm” Me: “I bet I can guess why” Pharmacist: “HAHA I bet you can!”

But you’ll never understand, because it’s an inside joke.

27. Please do speak up (nicely) if you haven’t been helped yet. If we’re really busy, someone might forget to look up and see if you’re at Pick Up.

28. If you have children, multiple prescriptions, and a lot of stuff to buy, please please please spare my sanity and just go the fuck up front.

29. It seems whenever someone decides to write a check, I’m the only one available for Pick Up and there are five other people in line. Get plastic, people!

30. You can use your coupons up to six months after expiration, so don’t think you’re clever for slipping that past me. The computer prompts me that the coupon won’t go through, to which I look and see it has expired. I then can’t scan it, but have to input it manually. However, don’t get all pissy when I have to manually enter all of your expired coupons by hand. If you’re going to get pissed, take your coupons to someone who cares.

31. I actually love my job. A lot.

1) I’m exhausted. I got my first pay check (which included 11 hours of training and 12 hours of actual work) and it was fantastic. It was for 3 days of work (technically) and totaled a very nice $207. I’ve worked almost nonstop all week between babysitting and CVS so I’m totally wiped out.

2) I’ve seen Iron Man 2 twice and there will forever be a reserved spot in my bed for Robert Downey Jr., kthx (haha I only included that because I apparently texted that to Amanda at like 4am. I need to stop early-morning-so-tired-I-could-pass-for-drunk texting her). I am a huge RDJr fan and he was hilarious once again as the one and only Tony Stark. I saw the midnight premiere at IMAX on Thursday with my mom and then again Friday night with Katie at Regal 14. It is amazing in BOTH theaters, so don’t feel like you’re missing out if you don’t have a ginormous IMAX near you It was funny, action packed, and they set it up for a third. I was thrilled to see they were setting it up for a third (because I <3 RDJr) and I honestly didn’t think they WOULD. There were so many twists and OMG moments. So, I’m happy. I really think you should go see it, especially if you really enjoyed the first movie. For me, the first movie had my jaw hanging off after the first TEN MINUTES. You know those wonderful movies where ten minutes in you feel like you just watched the WHOLE MOVIE because YOUR MIND IS BLOWN? The first one did that to me. The second one, not AS much, but I REALLY like how they started the second one. Also, I advise you watch it at least twice because I picked up on SO MUCH MORE second time around (and Tony’s all tech-talk at some parts so it was nice to hear them again.) I am seeing it again, btw

3) I ALSO SAW HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON in 3D Mom and I went Thursday afternoon to see it at IMAX. I wanted to see it at IMAX and obviously I had to see it BEFORE Iron Man 2 kicked it out of IMAX. It was wicked funny and even had me a little, “WTF ARE YOU DOING!?” because it left me totally blown away at some parts. My mom loved it and I totally didn’t even feel like an idiot seeing it. It’s definitely not JUST a kids movie. While waiting in line for Iron Man 2 (we got to Jordan’s at 9 and waited three hours haha) three guys (late 20’s, early 30’s) went to see How To Train your Dragon so it definitely pulled in a diverse audience.

Oh, here Loooove hiiiim.

For any Special Effects Nazis, the sky dive scene is THE ONLY scene in the entire movie (besides one fire scene which was ehh okay that’s fine) that “looks fake” (I use that term loosely because I understand technology can only do so much for us and I’m not a huge detail person so it totally passes in my book) and they totally worked around it by having Tony fly this way, that way, get pegged with something, shoot backwards, etc. If I can say that after seeing it in IMAX…? They did an amazing job on special effects.

I will update later when I get home, I swear! There’s so much going on that I should blog about, like my birthday, and work (YES I GOT THE JOB AND HAVE WORKED MY BACK TO RUINS AGAIN. I have degenerative disk disorder and when you anger the ddd, you die .)

But until then… WORK from 1-7:30 hahahaa