One of the biggest reasons my mom was looking forward to me visiting was so I could help her figure out all of the electronics in the house... while I was there we figured out the control panel for the heat, reviewed how to work her cable box, played with my digital camera, futzed with the fan, and figured out how to connect to her new internet email address..... I was playing second fiddle to Adam, the electronic wizard, but managed to hold my own. Here are some photos of my mom playing up the occasion...
On Sunday, we had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the Comegy family. What a treat! I think my favorite part of the day was taking a walk outside behind their neighborhood. I hope we will get to do that more often.
Ken & LeeAnn - thanks so much for having us. We really enjoyed ourselves!
By the lack of posts recently, you can probably tell that I have been keeping myself pretty busy this week. I have definitely been making the most of my week off between jobs. For some reason, my "To Do" list hasn't gotten any smaller. For every item I cross off, I find I'm adding another two items. Many of the items on my list aren't a high priority, just things that I have been meaning to do for some time. Other things, like getting Apartment Insurance, have been on my list for some time now and are important to finally take care of....
Having a whole week off also gave me the opportunity to spend some time in Jersey with those family members that I don't get to spend as much quality time with as I would like. My sister, my mom, and I, spent Tuesday night having dinner at my grandfather's house. It was cute how excited my Opa was all week about our upcoming visit. Yesterday, I spent the day with my mom helping her figure out the electronics in her new apartment and getting some Xmas shopping done. Today, I pampered myself with a facial - how nice!
I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday already -- there is still plenty I have left to do!!!
So, yesterday afternoon, I left NYC for the last time. It was so nice to come back home, knowing I don't have to get up early, and work like a dog anymore with people I didn't enjoy being around
I am looking forward to enjoying about a week of fun and relaxation, and REST, until I get back in the groove at my new/old firm!
I left work early yesterday (I lied and said it was my sister's bday and we were going out to dinner -- reality was that she was coming over to enjoy tasty German dinner at Papa's and I wanted to enjoy a meal with the family). I thought I had gotten everything for my section of the industry report completed before I left, but it turns out I accidently did one thing wrong and something else incorrectly. The two girls/ladies that I work with had to not only finish up what they were doing for their companies, but correct my errors, keeping them here very late. They sent me a message on the blackberry last night, so I knew that I had screwed up, but not to what extent.
Once I spoke to my boss and learned the extent of what happened, I apologized and offered to buy them lunch as retribution for them having stayed until after 11pm (I left at 6:30pm, which is considered extremely early around here). This morning, one of them is giving me the cold shoulder, which is disappointing since it is my last day.
So, I plan on resigning today, actually, I was going to do it this morning.... now, I am going to wait until after lunch so I can treat them. It really stinks that I am leaving on such a sour note though. It is going to look like I was being a slacker yesterday because I was alredy halfway out the door when that really wasn't the case at all. I had been working these past two weeks as if I wasn't out the door and I was really working to keep up with my responsibilities as much as I wasn't thrilled with the workload... now it feels like that was all for nothing given my screw-up last night.
I guess it shouldn't really matter since our paths are unlikely to cross again, but I was trying to leave on good terms and it doesn't look like that is going to be the case.... I left my last job on the best of terms and it was my intention to do the same here. Ya never know when you may be working somewhere again -- sooner than you may think. :-)
I was so proud of myself yesterday for not eating the Halloween candy we bought to hand out to the little kiddies. Unfortunately, I left that self discipline home today. Our secretary has a big bag of candy corns on her desk and they have been much harder to resist.
Getting less than 6 hours of sleep most nights for the past two months is starting to really wear me down. Last night I got home at 10:50pm and got up this morning at 5:10 to catch the early train in to work.
I don't think I can take much more of this!!!
No "OFFICIAL" letter yet.... apparently there is some beauracracy that they are grappling with (seeing as I used to work there, I know how common that is) that has to do with making room in next year's budget for my salary. It's a big bummer, because it means that I need to continue working here throughout the week, and we are SWAMPED with work -- I don't want to work anymore 12+ hour work days!!! Today & tomorrow are busy, but Wednesday is quieter. If they got the letter done today and FedEx'd it overnight, I would have it Tuesday after work and could have resigned on Wednesday morning, a relatively light work-day. Thursday & Friday are both very busy and I don't want to drop a bomb on them when they are swamped... so I would probably resign on Friday afternoon, after I got most of the work done. I really need to resign this week, because I am supposed to be flying to Vegas on Sunday for an industry conference next week. Kind of pointless to go meet a bunch of electric management teams.
I'm tempted to just quit and hope that the official contract contains everything I was told verbally, but that isn't very smart.... very tempting though.....
Today my company celebrated Halloween in the office and many wives came in the office with their children. If employees wanted to participate in the festivities, we were to hang a balloon outside of our office door, which meant that the kiddies could come visit and trick-or-treat.
I intentionally bought two types of candy that I don't like, so I wouldn't be tempted to eat the extras. So far, I haven't had any... although, my boss has Dots and Junior Mints, that have been harder to resist. I've done pretty well all things considered.
Still loosing weight - YEAH!
I don't have much energy to write today. After the Eagles game, I am heading up to Jersey to enjoy a nice dinner with my dad and do some work that needs to get done before tomorrow. We had a nice time at Scott & Jenn's wedding yesterday, but are exhausted from all the festivities.
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