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The crazy shitshow Abbvie job saga…is over.

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Soooooooo…

Tom just finally heard today about the Abbvie job that they had basically told him they were CREATING FOR HIM… that he’s been waiting for for 2+ months…

He didn’t get it. There was someone with more experience who was hired last week.

What a kick in the ass.

So now he’s like months behind because he worked for them for a few months (instead of looking while he was still in the Marines), then has been off for three months waiting for them to get their shit together. Not doing anything to look for a job because we thought this was pretty guaranteed. (Granted we should have been adults and prepping for this, but we honestly thought it was like 99% guaranteed.)

It has been a shitshow since the beginning though. And he just found out like a week ago that — get this — the HR person he had been dealing with? Was fired or left or something and no one picked up her duties, which included contacting Tom. So they finally scheduled a Zoom call with him…just to tell him he wasn’t hired.

So now we’ll have a mad rush trying to get his CV together and find local jobs to apply for. And hope he can find something quickly because our savings is way low with all the house stuff we’ve been stupidly doing assuming he’d have a good paying job by now.

Sigh. Life.

Staples be gone!

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Today is my follow up #pissygallbladder appointment to get my staples removed. I’m wondering if the doctor will even recognize me. If only I had my CCTM in the hospital I would have looked MUCH different.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when removing the staples but I honestly wasn’t expecting him to just pull them straight out! It didn’t hurt and it makes sense that’s how they do it but it was just weird.

I asked about the sizes of the gallbladder and stones because they were supposed to give me pics and never did. First he said the big one was the size of a marble but then he said the size of a small egg. And the other ones (which were hundreds?) were the size of small peas. I’m not sure he knows/remembers/cares but regardless, that’s a ton.

I’m just asking you to have an open mind!

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So, in my recent downtime thanks to my #pissygallbladder I was scrolling my local Facebook groups and saw someone asking for a product recommendation but they explicitly said NO MLMs. Huh? And then another post asked for ways to earn extra income and after a few suggestions someone says “OOH look…here come the MLM folks” with a shark emoji and eyeroll.

I get it. I know these companies (as a whole) get a bad rap because reps added you to parties that you didn’t want to be added to (which is totally bad practice). Or some ladies legit post non-stop about why they have the best products and you roll your eyes… scrolling on.

But I hope you hear me on this…

When someone suggests a new hair care or household item you can pick up at a chain store or order from Amazon, do you think to yourself “UGH, she’s trying to get me to buy something else?!” No, you don’t. You think “Hey cool, my friend likes this and suggested it so I will give it a try.”

Do you have the same disgust for Target ads? Sephora? Tesla? McDonalds? Those are multibillion dollar companies. Your fellow neighbors or friends are just trying to find a way to be a parent and a monetary contributor to their household!

I’m not asking you to support everyone in your friends list by purchasing something. I’m just asking you to have an open mind about why they began that journey and be open minded to what they are trying to accomplish for themselves and their families.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to working from the couch so I can help pay our mortgage this month.

Look at me looking all normal!

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Today was the kids’ dual birthday pool party and I was happy that I felt good enough to put on a face! (Don’t worry, I didn’t over-exert myself—I literally sat at a picnic table the whole time…but more about the party on the next post!)

  • CCTM Light Medium and Light Powder
  • Champagne Shimmer and Pink Ruby Shimmer ShadowSense on eyes
  • Pink Ruby Shimmer as blush
  • Clove ShadowSense as contour
  • UnderSense Primer and regular black Mascara
  • Glow Gloss

Hospital #2: Lake Forest, Day 2

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Technically day 2 since I started at hospital #1 on the 10th and it was now the 11th.

4:15a — Arriving in the bowels of the hospital.

Being taken to my room, this was the elevator—Living Lippy, right?! Obviously the pain meds were working at this point.

Everything went well…until Tom showed up and they wouldn’t let him stay because it wasn’t visiting hours! WHAAAAAT?! No one told us that so we were really annoyed. Thankfully they at least let him come up to see me for a few minutes and drop off a bag for me (with some clothes, my glasses, lip stuff, laptop, and makeup remover wipe—it was driving me crazy that I hadn’t been able to do my nightly skincare). Oh, and surprise—no kids allowed as visitors!

4:36a — Let me tell you—a Fooops! wipe never felt so good!

I finally got about three hours of solid sleep from 6-9. The pain started up again so I’m on morphine again. Have talked to a few docs and the surgeon and they’re tentatively planning the surgery for tomorrow morning. Today is antibiotics, an MRI to see just where everything is, and pain mediation. And trying to grab whatever sleep I can.

2:40p — on morphine and feeling fine

6:40p — I’ve been sleeping most of the day. Just had the 45-minute MRI (actually an MCRP) and fell asleep in there for a bit…and now have to wait for the doc to figure out which surgery I need—endoscopic plus lapriscopic or just lapriscopic.

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is an MRI exam that produces detailed images of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, pancreas and pancreatic duct. It identifies gallstones and can show gallbladder or bile duct inflammation or blockage.

https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/gallstones
Boring broth, boring jello… But the Apple juice and Sprite were amazing!

I knew I couldn’t have Tom bring ALLLL my skincare, so I had to narrow it way down. My Overnight Lip Mask was a definite yes. I had to dig through and empty my whole backpack but I found it! My lips are now happy!!

The rest of my bare minimum skincare: Climate Control, evening moisturizer (for day and night since I’m not going outside), Shea Butter Body Cream and the lip mask

Soooo, they said it might be 24-48 hours (!) of observation?! So much for “emergency surgery” eh? But apparently my gall bladder is so pissy they need to calm it down first (lots o’ antibiotics). It depends what the doc says. So I’m waiting for her to come discuss my ultrasound results.

HAPPY 4TH, Y’ALL!

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I decided to do a full blue eye with red lips to have a more normal-looking eye instead of a red/white/blue look!

  • Face: CCTM and Light Powder with Clove ShadowSense contouring
  • Eyes: Sapphire Shimmer and Lapis Glitter with Warm Gold Shimmer highlights.
  • Cheeks: Red ShadowSense
  • Lips: Hurricane Red with Prism Gloss

Also? I officially suck at doing other people’s makeup. Especially crazy holiday looks. I didn’t quite mean it to end up like this but oh well. She doesn’t care so it’s all good.

Anna also came over to do a holiday look with my colors since she doesn’t own them (she thought blue was too scary). She looked gorgeous!

And my glitzy earrings that I love!

Shitshow to Glam!

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After today’s shitshow (peeshow?) of a day, I really didn’t feel like getting dressed and putting on a face…but we were meeting friends for dinner so it had to happen!

And just look what happened?! Super quick and easy look:

  • CCTM and a touch of Buff
  • Smoked Topaz brows
  • Buttercream Shimmer & Copper Rose Shimmer eyes (with some CRS below)
  • Black pencil liner
  • UnderSense and black mascara
  • Ember Pearlizer cheeks
  • Translucent powder
  • 1 Bella/2 Precious Topaz lips with a center highlight of Chocolate Copper

And look at those amazing earrings from a boutique that I love? I normally don’t do big earrings but… I’m in love.

Happy Memorial Day

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So I’m just hanging in my egg chair relaxing and waiting to head to a friend’s house for a BBQ. I’m glad it’s not 95° but it might be nice if it was at least sunny.

Oh and I might have done a crazy eye look… that actually turned out not too bad!

First, the before and after:

Then the before and after with no mascara and then with the amazing fake lashes… Lashes really add so much to a look—and even tone down crazy to make it look better!

And last but not least, the full look!

P.S. I’m on day six of the blowout!

Do you think makeup is just too hard?

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Seriously, though…

When you don’t know how to wear makeup and you see other people seem to do it effortlessly, you get super frustrated and think it’s just too hard or you’re just a failure. Right? Well it isn’t and you’re not.

  • I didn’t know foundation should (and could!) look invisible while also providing coverage.
  • I didn’t know that the correct skincare can actually make your makeup look and last better.
  • I didn’t know that it got easier and quicker with practice — and that great products make it that much easier.

I’m sure it wasn’t just me, either — we all thought we were doing it right. But I’ve learned a thing or two over the years — and it hasn’t just transformed me on the outside. I have more confidence and self-assuredness.

If you want to see the things I’ve learned — and have some fun along the way — I’d love to have you come join Living Lippy with Jen!