Ha! I thought it was somewhat funny (in a sadnotreallyfunny) sort of way...my last post was about my issues with staying on task with studying, and several months later...still! I am writing this blog post, with a GIGANTOUS pathophysiology book in front of me. Alterations of Thyroid Function does not apparently hold my attention. I wonder if thats a disorder listed in the book? Hypothyroattention Deficit? Sorry. That was geeky.
...
So kids, what's new?
Nothing too much new here....I will try to list some "interesting" things in the life of this here blogger. Sorry for no pictures in this post. BUT, i will be going on vacation in a few weeks, and promise to take pictures for you then. well, maybe. we'll see.
Newish thing #1 - Managed to get my schooling paid for! Well, it's more like indentured servitude...where my trip across the atlantic to the new land is my paid for schooling, and my indentured servitude is paid work for the 2 yrs after school for their company. I am optimistic though...their IT area was just voted one of computerworld's best places to work, so i'm hoping that a company with good IT has good other things too. :) In any case, it is a load off of our minds to worry a little less about how this here adventure will be financed.
Newish thing #2 - I finished procrastinating after that last blog post, turned in my paper, and then went on to get an A in the class. Which was a freaking miracle...but i guess miracles can happen. Right now I'm hoping for another miracle - a B in my current class. Online pathophysiology. YIKES. We are plowing through like 4 giant chapters each week. I should have believed them when they said to plan on 15-20 hrs a week spent on the material. Guess it's good practice for the coming year!!
Newish thing #3 - i discovered white cheddar popcorn powder at the grocery store, which is pretty similar to the really really really ridiculously awesome popcorn seasoning dispensers at the local AMC. YUM.
Newish thing #4 - turned in my resignation today...i'm giving them a month's notice & then taking a week for myself before the starting of The Education. That's what we'll call nursing school from here on out.
i'm sure there are more newish things, but they don't particularly come to mind. it's kindof funny that white cheddar popcorn powder takes precedence over other potentially more earth shattering things. You know, like how i achieved world peace, or ended hunger. Oh, wait.
In other news...if you look up hypothyroidism on you-tube, you find some really funny videos of medical students trying to entertain themselves. One of them was of a vet school group educating people about hyperthyroidism in animals to the tune of Usher's OMG. I got a good laugh out of that one! Didnt learn much tho...you know, cuz i'm studying PEOPLE and not DOGS. not that I dont love dogs...
Sigh...back to patho.
Peace!
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Reflections on Work & Chester Copperpot
Recently I have been reflecting on Work. Seems like I'm doing more of it than playing...and there are times when I resent those that seem to prioritize Play over Work. I find myself wondering why I resent it when it's clearly my personal choice, as well as why I choose to do it.
Here's a story from this evening on this very topic:
I got up & made lunch for JN & I (read: put prepared stuff in our lunchboxes...no cooking this early!), got in the shower, went to work. Over my lunch hour I worked on a take-home test for my Developmental Psych class (clearly the result of a prior choice to Play rather than Work). I left work 15 minutes early to come home & finish up the take-home test while eating a quick dinner, then zipped off to class, to arrive 10 minutes late due to my aforementioned choice to Play rather than Work. We got out of class an hour early, so I came home & realized the state of our apartment was stressing me out. JN got home not long after, and I begged him to take the next 20 minutes and just help me clean up. I believe I got about 5 minutes before a beer was procured & a position on the couch with the laptop was taken. Hoo boy... NOT COOL. It should be noted that a good chunk of the mess was mine, but it seriously would have taken about 10 minutes of us both working together to get it done.
So why did i get so mad? I mean, it's not like we had a knock-down-drag-out or anything over it, but i was pretty perturbed. I could have chosen to sit on the couch too...but there's something in me that can't relax in the midst of a cluttery mess. Just ask my cousin Sarah...I dont remember how old we were, but I once cleaned her terribly messy room (complete with reorganizing her closet) during a sleepover at her house. We had fun & stayed up till all hours, but then once she fell asleep & couldnt fall asleep so I cleaned. What weirdo kid does that?? One with issues. (raises hand)
Clearly, I am willing to work for peace of mind. So where is my motivation to work for other things, say, personal fitness? Obviously the number on the scale isnt keeping me up at night (although the resulting sleep apnea & snoring is keeping my husband up).
I read an interesting quote by Thomas Edison the other day regarding this subject of Work:
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."
And today I read this post on the blog of a girl I admire from afar (I dont know her personally, only through her posts on Weddingbee.com and her blog). She mentions a book written by Amy Chua on the topic of parenting styles. It's an interesting topic to me...but even more so, because not long ago I was watching an interview with Ms. Chua on KCPT (public tv channel in KC). I listened to a good portion of the interview but it was incredibly painful....my perception was that she was the type of person not to actually listen to what people were saying, but to wait for them to stop talking. And she didn't always do that either! Lots of interrupting of the interviewer. She was very...how do i put i...not forceful per se, but definitely overpowering and steamrollerish during the interview. I ended up changing the channel because the manner of discussion was distracting me from the content of the discussion, and my blood pressure kept going up. I hate hearing people argue (almost as much as I hate being sung to) and it was just painful. But I digress.
In her blog post Ms. Penny refers to the Chinese parenting method described in the book, and reflects on how the approach differs from that of the stereotypical American. But, as Ms. Penny says, parenting wasn't the point of her post & it's not the point of mine either. The point was that Ms. Chua points out (looosely paraphrasing here) that skill is not usually the result of natural talent, that to get good at anything you have to work at it. Is that the same thing as to say to find success or opportunity you have to work at it?
You can blame my reflective mood on my philosophy/ethics class yesterday evening. :)
So...here's my point.
I'm working my butt off to keep my house clean-ish so I can sleep at night.
I'm going to school part time so I can go to school full time so I can make a living doing something that has a chance at making the world a better place.
Both of these things, I'm motivated to do.
I'm working out with Freda each week, sometimes twice, all times looking like a whale with legs & an asthma problem....but i am not really motivated to do it...not REALLY. I dont look forward to it. Not like I look forward to finally be able to pursue my education without having to earn a living at the same time. Not like I look forward to falling into bed at night exhausted but with the peace of mind that accompanies the slight smell of bleach in the air and the lullaby of the dishwasher running (does anyone else associate that noise with a clean kitchen??).
All of this to say...What in the heck can i do to make myself WANT TO WORK OUT? I want to look forward to it! And friends, I do NOT look forward to working out. Not at all. I want to look forward to it in the same way I look forward to having coldstone for dessert.
I know. We all have dreams. Chester Copperpot wanted to find One-Eyed Willie, and I want to find my Motivation to Move. If the Goonies can do it, why not me? :)
Here's a story from this evening on this very topic:
I got up & made lunch for JN & I (read: put prepared stuff in our lunchboxes...no cooking this early!), got in the shower, went to work. Over my lunch hour I worked on a take-home test for my Developmental Psych class (clearly the result of a prior choice to Play rather than Work). I left work 15 minutes early to come home & finish up the take-home test while eating a quick dinner, then zipped off to class, to arrive 10 minutes late due to my aforementioned choice to Play rather than Work. We got out of class an hour early, so I came home & realized the state of our apartment was stressing me out. JN got home not long after, and I begged him to take the next 20 minutes and just help me clean up. I believe I got about 5 minutes before a beer was procured & a position on the couch with the laptop was taken. Hoo boy... NOT COOL. It should be noted that a good chunk of the mess was mine, but it seriously would have taken about 10 minutes of us both working together to get it done.
So why did i get so mad? I mean, it's not like we had a knock-down-drag-out or anything over it, but i was pretty perturbed. I could have chosen to sit on the couch too...but there's something in me that can't relax in the midst of a cluttery mess. Just ask my cousin Sarah...I dont remember how old we were, but I once cleaned her terribly messy room (complete with reorganizing her closet) during a sleepover at her house. We had fun & stayed up till all hours, but then once she fell asleep & couldnt fall asleep so I cleaned. What weirdo kid does that?? One with issues. (raises hand)
Clearly, I am willing to work for peace of mind. So where is my motivation to work for other things, say, personal fitness? Obviously the number on the scale isnt keeping me up at night (although the resulting sleep apnea & snoring is keeping my husband up).
I read an interesting quote by Thomas Edison the other day regarding this subject of Work:
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."
And today I read this post on the blog of a girl I admire from afar (I dont know her personally, only through her posts on Weddingbee.com and her blog). She mentions a book written by Amy Chua on the topic of parenting styles. It's an interesting topic to me...but even more so, because not long ago I was watching an interview with Ms. Chua on KCPT (public tv channel in KC). I listened to a good portion of the interview but it was incredibly painful....my perception was that she was the type of person not to actually listen to what people were saying, but to wait for them to stop talking. And she didn't always do that either! Lots of interrupting of the interviewer. She was very...how do i put i...not forceful per se, but definitely overpowering and steamrollerish during the interview. I ended up changing the channel because the manner of discussion was distracting me from the content of the discussion, and my blood pressure kept going up. I hate hearing people argue (almost as much as I hate being sung to) and it was just painful. But I digress.
In her blog post Ms. Penny refers to the Chinese parenting method described in the book, and reflects on how the approach differs from that of the stereotypical American. But, as Ms. Penny says, parenting wasn't the point of her post & it's not the point of mine either. The point was that Ms. Chua points out (looosely paraphrasing here) that skill is not usually the result of natural talent, that to get good at anything you have to work at it. Is that the same thing as to say to find success or opportunity you have to work at it?
You can blame my reflective mood on my philosophy/ethics class yesterday evening. :)
So...here's my point.
I'm working my butt off to keep my house clean-ish so I can sleep at night.
I'm going to school part time so I can go to school full time so I can make a living doing something that has a chance at making the world a better place.
Both of these things, I'm motivated to do.
I'm working out with Freda each week, sometimes twice, all times looking like a whale with legs & an asthma problem....but i am not really motivated to do it...not REALLY. I dont look forward to it. Not like I look forward to finally be able to pursue my education without having to earn a living at the same time. Not like I look forward to falling into bed at night exhausted but with the peace of mind that accompanies the slight smell of bleach in the air and the lullaby of the dishwasher running (does anyone else associate that noise with a clean kitchen??).
All of this to say...What in the heck can i do to make myself WANT TO WORK OUT? I want to look forward to it! And friends, I do NOT look forward to working out. Not at all. I want to look forward to it in the same way I look forward to having coldstone for dessert.
I know. We all have dreams. Chester Copperpot wanted to find One-Eyed Willie, and I want to find my Motivation to Move. If the Goonies can do it, why not me? :)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Eat Mor Chikin, or Day 3
I'm sure based on the title you know where this is going. Or rather, where I went. I think I'm going to institute a no eating after a certain time of day rule...it's shameful the lack of self control! But wow...I have heard good things about Chik-fil-A, and other than the weird skin-on waffle potato fries, the experience was everything I hoped it would be! That chicken sandwich was DELICIOUS. It might have really been delicious, or it could have been the fact that I knew it was forbidden but did it anyay. Whatevs. It is important to note that I talked myself out of Sweet Tomatoes (which in hindsight mightve been better...), OG (JN was working tonight) AND Baskin Robbins before I finally caved. Does that count as willpower? Certainly this was better than two scoops of Jamocha Almond Fudge...right??
So...now I have been trying to ponder how to work in rest days to this streak business. It is clear that the diet portion is not included in this streak, although I have had success in the past with using sparkpeople.com, so I think I will try to get back to that. I ran yesterday & the day before, and in my years of marathon training, or mock-training if you will, a key element was taking a day between workouts. At a good level of fitness that could mean just doing an easy day between hard days, or taking a complete rest in between hard workouts. It's safe to say (and somewhat depressing) that at this point it's hard workouts, considering I really am waddling around like my hips have taken a vacation. Right now it's 10:31pm, and I am sitting on the couch sans workout for the day.
I'm going to call this the streak stutter, and we'll start over at square one tomorrow...goin forward it will be yoga or weights or a long walk on the rest days.
As far as diet goes, I overslept again this morning...I was exhausted! And that bed was so freakin warm & comfy....so i didnt pack lunch this morning.
Breakfast - nothin
Midmorning snack - apple spice muffin & a green monster Naked smoothie
Lunch (does it count as lunch if you dont eat it till 2pm?) - 3/4 of a blueberry compote/granola/yogurt parfait
Afternoon snack - nothin
Pre-class snack (on the way to class at 530pm) - an orange
After-class Dinner aka Trainwreck - chik-fil-a deluxe chicken sandwich (YUM), less than 1/2 of the fries, 24oz diet dr pepper. And because I really have no self control, a bowl of frosted mini-wheats with skim milk when i got home.
Aaand...from here on, one snack allowed after 8pm and if it isnt fresh fruit or veggies (yeah right) it has to be 100 calories or less.
Tomorrow? Day 1A! Here we go...
Oh, and class tonight was Developmental Psych, which I think i really am going to enjoy. Especially the part where she has promised to let us out a full 40min before the scheduled time is up for most of our sessions. SCORE!
So...now I have been trying to ponder how to work in rest days to this streak business. It is clear that the diet portion is not included in this streak, although I have had success in the past with using sparkpeople.com, so I think I will try to get back to that. I ran yesterday & the day before, and in my years of marathon training, or mock-training if you will, a key element was taking a day between workouts. At a good level of fitness that could mean just doing an easy day between hard days, or taking a complete rest in between hard workouts. It's safe to say (and somewhat depressing) that at this point it's hard workouts, considering I really am waddling around like my hips have taken a vacation. Right now it's 10:31pm, and I am sitting on the couch sans workout for the day.
I'm going to call this the streak stutter, and we'll start over at square one tomorrow...goin forward it will be yoga or weights or a long walk on the rest days.
As far as diet goes, I overslept again this morning...I was exhausted! And that bed was so freakin warm & comfy....so i didnt pack lunch this morning.
Breakfast - nothin
Midmorning snack - apple spice muffin & a green monster Naked smoothie
Lunch (does it count as lunch if you dont eat it till 2pm?) - 3/4 of a blueberry compote/granola/yogurt parfait
Afternoon snack - nothin
Pre-class snack (on the way to class at 530pm) - an orange
After-class Dinner aka Trainwreck - chik-fil-a deluxe chicken sandwich (YUM), less than 1/2 of the fries, 24oz diet dr pepper. And because I really have no self control, a bowl of frosted mini-wheats with skim milk when i got home.
Aaand...from here on, one snack allowed after 8pm and if it isnt fresh fruit or veggies (yeah right) it has to be 100 calories or less.
Tomorrow? Day 1A! Here we go...
Oh, and class tonight was Developmental Psych, which I think i really am going to enjoy. Especially the part where she has promised to let us out a full 40min before the scheduled time is up for most of our sessions. SCORE!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Day TWO!
Ok, so I am going to need to come up with something more witty for the titles of these posts! Let's get to it.
After yesterday's run, I woke up this morning thinking that maybe I should have worked a little harder b/c I didnt feel sore at all. Aaand, then I realized I was walking like my hips needing replacing, and making an old lady noise every time I stood up to walk to the printer. Hm. Attractive. :) Other than the stiffness though, I was feeling pretty good today. My mood (usually crankiness running through my veins during this week of the month) felt more chill and patient for most of the day. I woke up this morning feeling like I slept well, and felt like I had more energy today. Could have been because the day was marginally warmer than it has been though, so who knows. :)
Measurements - I've decided that measurements will be weekly on Monday mornings.
Workout -
I overslept this morning, so no morning workout....and since I had class after work, I had to drop my stuff, change clothes and march straight down to the treadmill when I got home at 9pm. It was good though, I was wicked cranky from being hungry, so it did some good to get the bad mojo out of my system. To get a sense of my dedication, witness: when i got home from class i was CRANKY. hungry, mad at the ridiculous drivers, and just being ridiculous. Jeremy sensed Zelda's presence and ordered me to eat. But i said No! I must work out! (seriously...you can ask him.) So it mightve been the dedication, or maybe it was the issues with being told what to do. either way, WIN for day 2 of the workout streak. :)
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (still unsure if that's 1%. For now we will say yes until told otherwise...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of 3.5
27 min was a slow jog at 4.7. Then my elbow bumped the darn emergency button (which works btw...i almost ran through the control panel!) and the belt stopped. I decided to push a little harder for the last 3 min, so i bumped the speed up to 5. SPEED! or not...still slow by the standards of the 22 year old in my mind. d'oh!
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles. Which is still surprising to me, but if i were outside I'd be nowhere near that. So i'm trying to think in terms of time for now instead of mileage. I was so hungry though, I forgot to stretch afterwards....which probably means i'll need an old lady walker tomorrow. ;)
Diet-
Breakfast - Nothing...which is not good. I overslept, and when I got to work was busy straight up through lunch.
Snack - Nothing...still not good, but see reasoning next to breakfast.
Lunch - Today was a team lunch & we went to Smokin Guns BBQ. ~HEAVEN!~ Brisket on a white bun with tasty bbq sauce, and potato casserole. 2 x 24oz diet dr peppers. Sigh...
Snack - Nothing, as I was in a coma from the deliciousness from lunchtime.
Dinner#1 at 4pm, before I left work for class - 1 cup of frosted shredded miniwheat and 1/2 cup skim milk.
Snack during break - Baked veggie wheat thins from the vending machine, and a bottle of h2o.
Dinner#2 at 10pm (bad form to eat this late...willpower never wins) - a slice of homemade pumpkin bread, leancuisine swedish meatballs, more water.
Bedtime snack because i cannot stop myself at this hour - 1 cup frosted shredded miniwheat & 1/2 cup skim milk.
BTW...last night i just went to bed, so no tea & no popcorn. That does not make up for today's debauchery though in terms of calories.
So, day two and the streak continues. I think i will start taking pictures of my meals, or of something, so the vast audience of people reading (wink, wink) will not be so bored by all of the text.
Happy Tuesday!
After yesterday's run, I woke up this morning thinking that maybe I should have worked a little harder b/c I didnt feel sore at all. Aaand, then I realized I was walking like my hips needing replacing, and making an old lady noise every time I stood up to walk to the printer. Hm. Attractive. :) Other than the stiffness though, I was feeling pretty good today. My mood (usually crankiness running through my veins during this week of the month) felt more chill and patient for most of the day. I woke up this morning feeling like I slept well, and felt like I had more energy today. Could have been because the day was marginally warmer than it has been though, so who knows. :)
Measurements - I've decided that measurements will be weekly on Monday mornings.
Workout -
I overslept this morning, so no morning workout....and since I had class after work, I had to drop my stuff, change clothes and march straight down to the treadmill when I got home at 9pm. It was good though, I was wicked cranky from being hungry, so it did some good to get the bad mojo out of my system. To get a sense of my dedication, witness: when i got home from class i was CRANKY. hungry, mad at the ridiculous drivers, and just being ridiculous. Jeremy sensed Zelda's presence and ordered me to eat. But i said No! I must work out! (seriously...you can ask him.) So it mightve been the dedication, or maybe it was the issues with being told what to do. either way, WIN for day 2 of the workout streak. :)
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (still unsure if that's 1%. For now we will say yes until told otherwise...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of 3.5
27 min was a slow jog at 4.7. Then my elbow bumped the darn emergency button (which works btw...i almost ran through the control panel!) and the belt stopped. I decided to push a little harder for the last 3 min, so i bumped the speed up to 5. SPEED! or not...still slow by the standards of the 22 year old in my mind. d'oh!
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles. Which is still surprising to me, but if i were outside I'd be nowhere near that. So i'm trying to think in terms of time for now instead of mileage. I was so hungry though, I forgot to stretch afterwards....which probably means i'll need an old lady walker tomorrow. ;)
Diet-
Breakfast - Nothing...which is not good. I overslept, and when I got to work was busy straight up through lunch.
Snack - Nothing...still not good, but see reasoning next to breakfast.
Lunch - Today was a team lunch & we went to Smokin Guns BBQ. ~HEAVEN!~ Brisket on a white bun with tasty bbq sauce, and potato casserole. 2 x 24oz diet dr peppers. Sigh...
Snack - Nothing, as I was in a coma from the deliciousness from lunchtime.
Dinner#1 at 4pm, before I left work for class - 1 cup of frosted shredded miniwheat and 1/2 cup skim milk.
Snack during break - Baked veggie wheat thins from the vending machine, and a bottle of h2o.
Dinner#2 at 10pm (bad form to eat this late...willpower never wins) - a slice of homemade pumpkin bread, leancuisine swedish meatballs, more water.
Bedtime snack because i cannot stop myself at this hour - 1 cup frosted shredded miniwheat & 1/2 cup skim milk.
BTW...last night i just went to bed, so no tea & no popcorn. That does not make up for today's debauchery though in terms of calories.
So, day two and the streak continues. I think i will start taking pictures of my meals, or of something, so the vast audience of people reading (wink, wink) will not be so bored by all of the text.
Happy Tuesday!
Friday, October 01, 2010
Say Yes to the Dress...erm...Scrubs?
Remember this post? Well...these guys said no, but These Guys said YES!! I heard back in August, and I think it has finally sunk in. Maybeish. Can you imagine me in scrubs, with a stethoscope around my neck? Or starting an IV, or helping a doctor with a procedure? Eek! I am starting to...as it sinks in...mostly am really really looking forward to a job where I can care for people first hand. Really looking forward to that. After the year of hellacious courswork & clinicals....it's definitely not a cakewalk ahead.
As part of the curriculum I have to have 15 cr hrs at Rockhurst, so I'm workng on that now. I was very fortunate to be able to enroll in evening classes, which will let me keep my full time job for the next year until nursing school officially begins. Yay for that! This way I can pay for these crazy expensive credit hours as I go instead of having to finance them in some way. I think I have been living in a land called denial when it came to the expense of private schools. I went to a public university for my first degree, and when I went back to school in 2009 it was to community college. Hoo boy! What a difference. At this point my opinion is that TSU and Rockhurst are pretty solidly comparable schools. Wouldn't that be a topic for discussion...or another post. :) Maybe I'll table that for after my first semester here is behind me.
So anyways, back to the point...you are reading the blog of a nursing student! Eeee! The countdown has begun...T-Minus 10 months to full time school, an experience I have yet to have the luxury of enjoying. My husband is THE ONE that is making this happen for me...without his love & support it probably would have been even longer before I'd have been able to do this. He's a wonderful guy, that one.
Anything else new? Hmmm...well, the weather is cooling off, which is good because the humidity is my nemesis...but then so is sub zero weather. I'm trying to soak in as much of this gorgeous weather that I can!
Beyond that, I'm just really really busy. On top of the 6 credit hours this semester - Ethical Theory & Abnormal Psych - I was promoted to manager in a new group at my current job, and it has definitely been a humbling experience so far. I get to deal with clients directly now and have a 3 people reporting to me, and while I enjoy both of those things immensely, it can be daunting some days. Being a manager, esp in client service is not for the faint of heart...as a good friend recently said, "I have learned that pleasing everyone is hard, but pissing them off is way too easy." Oh well...can't win em all.
Have a good nite loves!
p.s...sorry about no pictures. It's late & I'm decompressing from the day...hope to have something for you in the next post. You know, when Christmas rolls around... ;)
As part of the curriculum I have to have 15 cr hrs at Rockhurst, so I'm workng on that now. I was very fortunate to be able to enroll in evening classes, which will let me keep my full time job for the next year until nursing school officially begins. Yay for that! This way I can pay for these crazy expensive credit hours as I go instead of having to finance them in some way. I think I have been living in a land called denial when it came to the expense of private schools. I went to a public university for my first degree, and when I went back to school in 2009 it was to community college. Hoo boy! What a difference. At this point my opinion is that TSU and Rockhurst are pretty solidly comparable schools. Wouldn't that be a topic for discussion...or another post. :) Maybe I'll table that for after my first semester here is behind me.
So anyways, back to the point...you are reading the blog of a nursing student! Eeee! The countdown has begun...T-Minus 10 months to full time school, an experience I have yet to have the luxury of enjoying. My husband is THE ONE that is making this happen for me...without his love & support it probably would have been even longer before I'd have been able to do this. He's a wonderful guy, that one.
Anything else new? Hmmm...well, the weather is cooling off, which is good because the humidity is my nemesis...but then so is sub zero weather. I'm trying to soak in as much of this gorgeous weather that I can!
Beyond that, I'm just really really busy. On top of the 6 credit hours this semester - Ethical Theory & Abnormal Psych - I was promoted to manager in a new group at my current job, and it has definitely been a humbling experience so far. I get to deal with clients directly now and have a 3 people reporting to me, and while I enjoy both of those things immensely, it can be daunting some days. Being a manager, esp in client service is not for the faint of heart...as a good friend recently said, "I have learned that pleasing everyone is hard, but pissing them off is way too easy." Oh well...can't win em all.
Have a good nite loves!
p.s...sorry about no pictures. It's late & I'm decompressing from the day...hope to have something for you in the next post. You know, when Christmas rolls around... ;)
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