So I was alittle confused as to why I was on a waiting list when there were 17 hours available for july 8 and 10 so I asked a team manager (not mine, cause she's never around) what was going on. She told me how to refresh the hours to show how many were actually available. Turns out both days had -1 hrs available, so I probably wouldn't have gotten approved. So I cancelled all of my july requests and went into August. There were alot of hours available (even after I refreshed) for August 11-15, so I put a request in to have that week off and got approved for all 5 days right away!!Woohoo! Finally I'll be able to make some plans. I'm doing well on mario 2. Sam showed me how to warp on a couple of levels and now I can make it as high as world 6-the desert world-which I'm not liking very much (probably cause I can't beat it yet). Mom called me and asked me to book Friday May 9th off so that I could come to Saint John and help her clean, not my favorite thing to do, but it's mom, so I'll do it. I have Friday May 9, Friday May 16 and Monday May 19 off, even though I have a crummy shift this month (3-12am) I'm only working 4 day weeks for the first 3 anyway. It worked out quite nicely. Sam is doing well at school, I think he's enjoying it. This week is dragging...it's only Wednesday! Two more days to go! Boo!! I did get an email saying that I can go offline from 8pm-9pm to do some HR policy stuff (that I'm pretty sure I've already done, but will do it again to get off the phones for an hour). Also Paulette just came over and told me that I would be asked to logg off in alittle while to go to some sort of huddle, everyone in my area is going a couple people at a time, so more time off. Woohoo!