Marilyn Mueller » Opinion

Poor dizzy kitty

Marilyn — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:26:55 +0000

I found this video on YouTube about a cat that got an unexpected ride on a ceiling fan! It’s funny and sad at the same time. I’m glad that the cat is OK!

Cinco de Mayo

Marilyn — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:39:41 +0000

As far back as I can remember, I’ve been interested in the Mexican culture. Probably had much to do with the fact that I enjoyed watching Zorro on television as a child. And I think the music is wonderful; it makes me want to dance! I found this great video on YouTube about Cinco de Mayo and wanted to share it with you. Hope you enjoy it!

Summer Reruns

Marilyn — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:42:57 +0000

The TV networks have been running ads for weeks about the new season shows and yet we still have a long way to go before the premieres are on the air. I don’t think they need to tease us for over 3 months about upcoming shows. Couldn’t that air time be put to better use?

I’ve been watching repeat shows all summer and I’m totally sick of them. Some of the repeats are the fourth time I’ve seen the same episode. This is ridiculous. The networks are still programming and operating like this is the 1950’s. They need to realize that the viewers have different lifestyles now and quit with the summer reruns.

Passed the state certification test

Marilyn — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:48:20 +0000

I passed the state certification test last weekend – I was so surprised when I went on line to register for the test that I could take it on a weekend – the last time I checked the site the only times were mid-week. But a whole bunch of new locations were added, and the closest one to where I live does testing on weekends, so I signed up for the test. I was really nervous that I would not pass the test, but it was a lot easier than I expected. They allow an hour to do the test, but I finished it in twenty minutes. While I was there I met another pharm tech who had just finished the test and she told me it was easy.

I asked her where she worked and she told me it was a CVS in a nearby town. I asked her how much they paid and she didn’t want to tell me (shame.) I told her how much I had been paid where I WAS working and her eyes bugged out of her head and she told me that was all I could expect to get paid anywhere. So that was a disappointment – if I had realized that pharm techs were so poorly paid I probably never would have bothered pursuing that job!

No longer working there

Marilyn — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:47:18 +0000

Well my boss told me that I wasn’t filling prescriptions fast enough – they only allow thirty seconds to fill a prescription! Can you believe that? And she told me that the other ladies were jealous of how quickly I was learning the job and were complaining about me all the time to her, making up lies about me about me being snobbish. The truth is that I’m shy, and they are interpreting it as being a snob. Well, long story short I told her that her place was the most hateful, hostile, and unsupportive place I’ve ever worked and wanted to transfer out of there as soon as possible. Wouldn’t you know it, two days later she fired me under the pretext of my being rude to a customer! Well, I wasn’t rude, and I’m shocked that I got fired, but I am really glad to be out of there! I was on the verge of quitting anyway. So I’m back to driving a school bus until I find a better paying full time job.

Not surprised, just disappointed

Marilyn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:09:41 +0000

Well, I’ve been working at my new job for about two weeks now, and I have to say that I’m not surprised, just disappointed to find that people are just as crabby and aggravating here as they have been everywhere I’ve ever worked. I am being trained by several people who keep contradicting each other and telling me to do things “their” way, which is the exact opposite of the other training person’s way. I’m constantly being scolded for doing what I’ve been told to do, and it is very frustrating. I wish I was independently wealthy and could just stay home!

Self protection

Marilyn — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:05:19 +0000

One of the many reasons that I moved to Maine back in the 1970s was because I just did not feel safe living in Northern Virginia anymore. Within a short period of time I was exposed to two different rape attempts (on me) and it scared me pretty badly. I was lucky to have been able to bluff my way out of the first attempt by threatening to hit the would-be rapist with a large bottle that I was carrying at the time. Then I responded after that to the first rape attempt by taking karate classes for self protection. I responded to the second rape attempt threatening to beat up the attacker using my karate skills, and that frightened him off. Then I went out and bought a dog.

But I still didn’t feel safe, and I did not want to buy a gun. I had heard so many horror stories about how young children have been killed by guns left carelessly around the house, and more stories about how sometimes an intruder could find the gun and then use it against the inhabitants, and then even more stories about how a burglar might overtake the victim before the victim can shoot and then use the gun against the victim. All in all, I didn’t feel that guns were the best choice for me. As the neighborhood I lived in became less desirable I felt less safe and moved to Maine to get away from the feelings of vulnerability that I was having living in Northern Virginia.

But that was many years ago, before great things were developed to help people defend themselves without being lethal. If I were going to buy myself a self-defense product right now, I think that I’d buy some mace or a M18L taser gun, or maybe both!

It looks like I made a good decision

Marilyn — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:39:23 +0000

When I decided to sign up for the Pharmacy Technician Course, it was because I needed a job close to home. Doing a little bit of research, I found that there is a shortage of Pharmacy Technicians. There are pharmacies everywhere! And many of them need technicians! I have been running errands a little bit lately and talked with some pharmacists, many of them say that they expect to be hiring more pharmacy technicians within the next few months. And they all say that there is a serious shortage of them. So, I think that maybe I made the right choice in taking the class! Now I just hope I pass it, and the certification exam!

California Lasik procedures

Marilyn — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:32:26 +0000

Lasik is the newest technology in vision correction, and is gaining popularity across the country. The military has their pilots receive Lasik vision correction, and many sports figures are having the Lasik correction done in the hopes it will improve their performance and give them a competitive edge. I think that if a sports competitor has Lasik to correct impaired vision, then that is an acceptable practice; however if they are having it done when their vision is already 20/20 and they don’t NEED any correction, I would consider that to be cheating. I wonder how many of them do that to get an unfair advantage!?

Lasik in San Francisco is performed by a company called LaserVue. They have three offices in California, which makes it convenient for people in California to schedule Lasik vision correction procedures. Their highly skilled doctors have performed over 25,000 procedures! The procedure usually takes less than five minutes per eye, and is virtually painless. The LaserVue company arranges easy payment plans for their clients, making it more affordable for their clients to take advantage of this new technological advance to improve their vision.

Sister-in-law back from Iraq

Marilyn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:13:22 +0000

My sister-in-law is in the reserves, and she was called up to go to Iraq about a year ago. We have been very anxious about her safety the entire time she was gone. Thank goodness for emails and telephones! We just heard that she is safely back in the US. Hopefully for good. We are so glad that she is back safe and sound! I pray that every single soldier in Iraq returns safe and sound to their families as well.