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You May Well Be Helping a Friend Directly
♥ Big Thanks to
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winterstorrm for bringing this to my attention!! ♥I've put two offers up:
One for Icons for any fandom (or no fandom).
One for Fic for Merlin or Doctor Who (any Era).
Please check out all the offers up for grabs and help if you can. My own family was heavily effected by this storm so you may well be helping me and my family directly (or indirectly) if you do. Thanks so much!!
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*hugs* Thanks, bb!! I really appreciate it.
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Honestly, though. Don't make yourself nuts. Any way you want to donate, it will get to people who need it.
My county (Burlington) is the largest county in the state, stretching from the Delaware river (which is a tidal river that was effected by the storm surge) all the way to the shore. I know that the local power outages are slightly worse in Camden county and even the power company itself has set up some local relief centers handing out water, ice and food to our residents who are without utilities.
We've had flooding in our county on the west side from the Delaware and it's tributaries and on the east side from the Ocean and bays.
I lucked out so, so much in all this. It turns out that my building is the ONLY building in my complex with power. Trees took out the lines to the rest of the complex and crashed down damaging many of the buildings around me. I took a walk through this afternoon and it really hit home just how lucky I am. I'm not particularly religious but it's almost as if the hand of God was specifically protecting my building! I am also thankful I'm no longer working as a home care nurse because I used to cover the whole dang county of Burlington. That would be a nightmare right now.
(LOVE your wtf icon btw! Where did you get that pic from?)
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Is your building STILL the only one with power? If so, holy crap. Yeah, I can't imagine trying to travel for your job right now. I haven't spoken to my step-brother since the storm, but he lives in Bergen County (Northern NJ where they had some of that bad flooding also). I'm sure his specific house was okay because he lives at the top of a hill, but I wonder how or if he's back to work yet. He's a professional truck driver who drives into NYC to pick up freight and drive it regionally. I can't imagine the nightmare of trying to get into NYC, forget about also getting places to deliver after that...
When I go to work tomorrow, I will have to see if we are doing any sort of charity stuff also. I work for the Evil Empire, otherwise known as Walmart, as an optician. Sometimes they do drives so that local stores can give away stuff to local residents also.
I stole my WTF from a moving gif. I don't remember where I swiped it from, but I posted it on my photobucket for you:
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o699/rocknvaughn/wtfmerlin_zpsb060dfe4.gif
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So, how does the Evil Empire treat you as an employee? For all that people bitch about Walmart, I am grateful they exist because I wouldn't be able to afford my insulin if it weren't for them. They charge me less than half of what EVERY other pharmacy does and that includes Target. Also, I always get my glasses from them since they seem to be the only place that carries frames that flatter my mug.
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He is too damn beautiful. It's just not damn fair.
As for Walmart, it sort of depends on the store. I've worked for them for over 13 years now (started out part time when my kids were babies). I have had relatively good luck with them, but I would bet not everyone has had that experience. Their health insurance sucks but most insurances do these days. Walmart has so many employees that none of the insurance companies would insure us all, so Walmart literally had to create their own.
But they have decent benefits otherwise. They were really great about me taking time off when Don was sick last year. I also qualified for a hardship grant during that time that helped pay a few bills. Everyone I work with in the optical shop is great, so it's usually fun going to work.
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Here's a pic of my tattoo I was telling you about!
http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o699/rocknvaughn/blueberrytattoo.jpg
This was taked RIGHT after it was finished, so the colors are a little muddied by the irritation, etc. But you get the idea.
I would have posted the picture, but it's huge and would have eaten your page!
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