I have officially lost it

I am still laughing at this.

I had sent a follow up email with this long email chain. Pretty much to a woman who thinks I am not responsive enough. Big hooey, this woman is just never happy. So I am going to be so responsive that she will have to complain to get rid of me. Once I am back in the office I will sit in her cube until she throws me out. Anyway, not the point of this funny story. My email automatically fills in the address, so I type in St........ and end up sending it to Jen (being that she pulls up on the email by her last name)..........

Now, Jen is good, but she can't actually help with this particular problem. I do appreciate her forwarding it back and giving me a good laugh!!! Now, the real question is why both she and I are checking the work email at night, but that should be for a different blog.

Later!!!

The Challenge has been accepted

Jen, you got it girl! 10 lbs by new year. :-) I am glad that my trainer is okay with the occasional chocolate. Although, since I have started, I really haven't been craving it. Or beer. That is the odd one -- I usually jump at the chance to go grab a beer. Not so much this week. And in reference to the comment of Gail and Katie going to the gym at 4:30 AM --- they really are crazy. I don't think my trainer even gets there until 7:30! But, if you are a morning person, more power to you. I am NOT a morning person and therefore it would be an unattainable goal to say I will go to the gym before work!

Okay, I actually have to go to the office today. That means I have to get out of my "girlie girl" pajamas and tigger slippers and wear real clothes. I forgot I had to actually allow time to fix my hair! A wild pony tail on the top of my head really doesn't say "take me seriously" in the middle of my meeting! I still don't have DSL at work, so I will only be up there for the meeting. But that is okay.

I guess I should go ahead and get working on the report needed for this afternoon. Not too much to do, I just need to make sure I know what I am talking about.

Later!

My First Official Training Session

I met my trainer today for my first official workout with him. I feel great. I am sore in places I really didn't know existed. We are working on the basics right now. It is amazing to think that anyplace I am weak right now, will be strong in a few weeks. I have more energy even after Sunday's little amount of work. Of course, getting to sleep will be a hard since my body is has no idea what is going on! I assume it will settle down and get on a normal schedule. Jen, please let me know if that is true!!!! Last night I was up until 3. But I woke up and was fine. Had energy. Wow, I just realized I did not have caffeine at all today. That is a nice feeling. So, I guess Jen, now that I am getting into it, we need to start a challenge. I am feeling rather competitive right now :-).

Okay, enough of this. I have been on the computer all day. Not really sure why I got back on after the gym!

Later!

Simon is a chatter box tonight

I don't know, I just find it cute when he just starts meowing, like I am supposed to know what he is saying. Well, in a way I do, but he is just like a human. I think this meow is "feed me". Yes, it is coming from the kitchen -- it is "feed me".

I might finally get to go to the office on Wednesday. I have mixed emotions about that - I like the freedom, but not the isolation. Yes, you can still talk to the co-workers via email and the phone. It isn't the same -- you can't talk smack the same way. But, hey, I do get to talk to grocery store clerks so I do get some human contact :-). I do love going to Tom Thumb. No matter how busy they get, they are always happy to see you.

Okay, enough of the ramblings of today. I am going to make my great dinner -- Sloppy Joe's. Yes, Sloppy Joes!!! Meatless crumbles work pretty much with anything you would put meat in. I told someone that I think I am just a little more creative in my meal planning because I have to make sure I get all my essential foods (ie: protein, calcium, etc). Anyway, have a great night!

I have decided I am crazy

I went to a meeting with a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness this afternoon. After reviewing goals and allowing him to take measurements, I thought it was a good idea to sign up. Actually, it is one of the best things I could have done for myself. We did a little bit of the core stretches and exercises today and I am already sore. I can't imagine what I will feel like after a full workout with this guy.But I feel great and ready to take on the world! I will be getting more out of the gym membership too. We start Tuesday, so I will probably go in tomorrow and scope things out alone. I have this feeling he is going to kill me, but if I can survive 2 1/2 years of mental stress with school, I can survive this. And I will reduce stress and be a hotty :-).

I saw Rent yesterday. I was not disappointed. I thought they did a great job of adapting the stage musical to a movie musical. There were parts were I was wondering where they were going with the way they did it, but it all panned out in the end. Idina Menzel is my new favorite actress/singer. She is STUNNING and has the most beautiful voice. Plus, she is married to Taye Diggs. How did the girl get so lucky? :-). The songs were still powerful and I felt the movie still sent the message that the stage version portrayed. Okay, so it isn't going to be as powerful as the stage version (especially since I got to see it on the 3rd row -- yes, bragging :-)). But it was fantastic and I could feel the cast reaching to me through the screen. I was surprised when 3 people walked out of the show. I kept thinking, didn't you know what this was about to begin with!!! They made no secrets of the content of the movie. Anyway, I do recommend the movie, especially if you are a fan of the stage version. And I had no idea Jesse L. Martin ("Law and Order") had such a powerful voice. Man, he almost had me in tears at one point!!!

Okay, it is Sunday night and I am going to do some winding down. Get myself prepared for the coming week. I am in a new mindset, have new goals and a new trainer, so I feel it will be great. I do have one report I need to work on for my boss. She doesn't need it for a few more days, but I will pop it out tonight while watching TV. I have all this energy now too :-). We can all thank Tim (the new personal trainer) for that one.

Later

Bonjour!

I woke up feeling good today. A&M actually showed up yesterday to play against Texas. While we didn't pull off the win, I am very happy with the performance. Where was this team all season!!! I know my 2 Texas co-workers were just freaking out when A&M pulled ahead those two times :-). I don't know if the game was enough to save Coach Fran's hide. There are so many people calling for his job these days. I predict by Monday we will hear some kind of announcement! (Okay, enough football talk!)

The Tofurkey was actually pretty good. It was the first time I cooked it, so it was a little dry, but it had a good flavor. The Tofurkey meal came with some potato dumplings that my mom just loved. They were very good. I ended up leaving them with her. I liked them but had other left overs to take home so I just left them.

I joined 24 hour Fitness this weekend. I figure it will help with that last 15 lbs I want to loose, but also will help manage stress. I have started to stress eat again and not so happy about that. I don't think work will get better before the end of the year and starting in Jan. I have school, so this is the best thing I can do for myself!!! I will probably sign up for a few personal training sessions to get me started. Otherwise I will just hang out on the treadmill. They also have yoga and Pilates classes, so I can take those on the weekend. I love that idea!

Time to make my Christmas list and get my holidays in order.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Happy Wednesday

It is the day before Thanksgiving and I am thankful for that :-). Every one at work has pretty much calmed down so today I am getting to work on projects. I am also trying to figure out how to add links to my blog. I will work on it this weekend when I am not supposed to actually be working. I did make plans for a long lunch today. My shoulder and neck have been hurting so I made a massage appointment for lunch. She is booked on Friday and I need some knot therapy. Then it is to the grocery store to pick up the rest of the stuff for my part of the Thanksgiving meal. I found a new pumpkin pie recipe, so I am hoping it will turn out! It should -- it sounds very good.

If I am not able to come online tomorrow, everyone have a great Thanksgiving. I promise I will come on with a culinary review of Tofurkey. :-) Oh and Rent starts TODAY!!! I probably won't see it until tomorrow, but really, I could sneak in a movie after my massage. It has been a very quiet morning. Hum, what an idea.......

PS -- Sierra did that to herself. How tempting warm laundry is to a kitty :-)

Later!

My Office is moved

We finally got everything moved at the office, however I am STILL without DSL. I can't work up there. Not that it is all bad sitting in my sweats dealing with issues. I went up to the office briefly, to unpack and say hi. Then I turned around and came back home. All gusied up and only stayed a few hours. Nice.

I do have to take Sierra back to the vet today. On her last visit, they did blood work and found some elevated enzymes in her liver. They want to recheck her. It was a very low elevation so I am sure it is just a fluke. But, as freaky cat mom, I am a little worried. I like the fact that vets will explain everything to you and not make you seem like a freak when you call up going "What does this mean!!!" So, good thoughts should be sent out into the world.

Guess I need to get back to work. The last few weeks have been a whipping. However, I realized last night that I was reacting to it,making it worse. If I change my mindset, I will be able to change how the week goes. I intend to have a good week and I intend to get everything back to normal. That is my mindset and that is how it is going to go.

Have a wonderful Monday!!!

Update: They did the test pretty quickly. Sierra has normal enzyme levels. It was just a fluke!! I am a very relieved cat mom.

The Weekend

This weekend was pretty nice. Today it is overcast and I just feel like hibernating. Doesn't help that I have a little headache. My boss called this morning and it actually made me worried that I slept straight to Monday! She was just asking about Friday night's event, but it was funny.

Friday night was a lot of fun. There were no major fashion faux pas like with the white scrunchy at the last one. I ended up sitting at the table with some of the VPs in the Contract Labor group (the one we have to keep happy). I had a vodka tonic at the reception but that was nicely nursed and I stayed with water the rest of the evening. I had a headache too, so it really wasn't that much of a sacrifice!

I got home at a pretty early hour and decided to watch a movie -- "Finding Neverland". It is SO good. If you haven't seen it yet, it really is worth it. It was probably the mood I was in, but I cried most of the ending. It was very good and Johnny Depp once again proves he is awesome! And Kate Winslet is just so beautiful. Rent it!

Saturday morning my mom and I went to Jen's for a Pampered Chef party. Now, I haven't cooked in forever but this got me in such a mood. I am going to make a pumpkin pie and cranberry salsa for Thanksgiving. And I get to use some of my old Pampered Chef stuff :-). The new stuff won't come in until after Thanksgiving. Maybe I should plan a dinner party at my place. A Christmas thing. Just finding the time when everyone can join might be the hard part!!!! Maybe a party when Jon comes to the country???? A lot of my friends have not met him yet.

My review of Harry Potter: Very good!!!! Go see it. The effects are wonderful and the acting is great. The kids are definitely growing up! They better hurry up and finish up the movies. I really did like it. I will need to see it again to make sure I didn't miss anything. There was a lot going on! And we ALL know the next movie I will be seeing. Mom, be prepared for Thursday -- either before or after the food. We will see it this week.......

Well, today will be spent hanging around the house, doing chores and relaxing. There looks like a Friends marathon on TV, so that is making me happy. Tonight Brian's band it playing in Deep Ellum. Perfect location for me since I live near there! I also get to meet Jen's new man. I will give a full report in the morning :-). He must be a good guy though. Jen is perfectly glowing. While this is a woman who normally has a glow about her, this was especially glowy. It is great to see her like that!

Have a happy Sunday!

Friday, Friday, Friday :-)

Harry Potter opens today. Woohoo!!! I need to see that this weekend. I am still more excited about Rent though!!! They are talking about Harry on CNN right now, that is why it is on my mind. I am not just randomly thinking about Harry Potter :-). I am working from home again today since our DSL line in the office is still down. I have to say I am over the hump of the week and I am actually being productive.

Tonight I get to go to another black tie event. It was a last minute invite. Not sure what that says about me that I can accept a last minute invite like that, but I can :-). Friday night plans don't get formed until that afternoon, so really, I don't feel like too big of a loser. Plus, really, this is a whole lot more fun than Happy Hours, I think.

Well, have a happy Friday! I think it is time for breakfast :-).

Later!

Apparently I am Superwoman

School is over. THANK God!!!!! I thought International Business was tough. Oh my goodness. I never thought it would be over. And the subject matter was fun and great. It is just this job is taking everything out of me. Remember that whole thing where I won't delegate? Seriously, I need to learn to do it better. I am fine, just every once in a while I have to yell and say, back off!!!! Okay, I don't yell at my co-workers :-). Mom and Dad, why did you have to raise such a responsible person.... sigh :-)........ Oh, and I got a B in the class. It does make it all better than I am working at home, in my sweats and my TIGGER slippers :-). Oh so professional.

I am trying Tofurky for the first time next week. They have these little Thanksgiving dinners. I have tried the sliced turkey, and it is pretty good. I can eat everything else and plan to do so. I need to find my pumpkin pie recipe. I make a darn good pumpkin pie. I will hold nothing back on that :-). I will let you know about the Tofurky though.

Happy Wednesday!!

Oh, What A Monday

I start driving to work and get a call from my boss. The DSL line is out at work and we have to work from home. Oh darn. Luckily I was just turning away from my apartment and didn't have to go far. I took most of my stuff home this weekend so I didn't have to go to the office to get anything.So, I turned around, stopped at Starbucks and then came on home. IT has been non-stop since then!!!

Other than that, there is nothing too interesting happening. I am so excited that "Rent" comes out next week. I saw the musical in NY and I LOVED it. I am so pumped for the movie. I think I am even more excited about Rent than I am the new Harry Potter movie and I love Harry Potter!!!

Well, back to work. Like I said, it has been non-stop. Can't wait until 5:00!

Later!

Just what I feared

A&M is playing OU right now. Well, I should say, OU is playing and A&M is on the field. Already 7 to 0 -- the game JUST started. I think I am going to stop watching now............. Wake me up next season.

I'm Sick :-(

This isn't the blahs. This isn't slightly coughy. This is full out, "you look awful, go home and get away from us, I want my mommy" sick!!!! I was sick yesterday, but since I worked from home it didn't really matter. Today I went in for the morning because I needed to talk to the Resource Managers. My goal was to cough on them if they didn't get me my POs to pay people. Since they were the ones who GOT ME SICK I couldn't use that tactic. I go over there and they are all just as sick as I am. I told Mary I was going home at noon to work and get over this crap. I really did plan to work at home and I did a little. But on the way home I stopped at CVS and picked up Tylenol Cold and Flu Severe. I remember taking that in China last year and it rocked (it was America's formula in China..... never mind....). It still rocks!!! It put me to sleep, but that is perfectly okay. There were no emergencies at work and my boss knew I was a sick, sick girl. I cuddled in my bed, Simon cuddled next to me and I slept it all off. He seems to think he has special powers because he did try to sleep on my chest at one point :-). Anyway, I feel MUCH better. I still have the cough but it is just trying to get everything out. I should be annoyingly perky tomorrow.

I just took some more medicine, so I think I am about to have to go back to sleep. Talk to you tomorrow!

Can't Sleep

It has been a rough day. For the first time at this new job I actually thought about just chunking it all and quitting. There was a lot of frustration on the part of every body today and once I got out the venting at lunch, I actually felt better. I also had a heart to heart with my boss and felt much better. It is amazing what actually communicating will do! No worries, I am still good as gold. She still has all the faith in the world in me which is why she seems to put so much on me. But she has lectured me about feeling like I have to take on the world. Her favorite term is DELEGATE!!!! I just seem to have a problem with that :-). I think tomorrow (or today, really) when I work from home, things will be much better. I will have a new outlook on things and will go in on Thursday with a new perspective. This is such a difficult client that sometimes I just want to rip my hair out. Seriously, I had better have a darn good bonus at the end of this quarter (and I think I am going to renegotiate it up a little more at review time!!!). And I know how to document everything they are looking for now, so you know I will be prepared next time.

The hives were back this week. They are gone now though. I think it is a mixture of stress, hormones and not really sleeping well. Yeah, I know, being on the computer at 12:30 AM doesn't help the sleep bit, huh!!! I thought of something I had to follow-up on so instead of fretting about it, I just did it. I think I am going to right a little bit about communication now since that is on my mind. (For class, I will spar you anymore musings about corporate communication).

Well, off I go. I am going to play with the cats and then fall asleep. Since I don't have to worry about showering and getting dressed in the morning, I can easily sleep until 8:00 and be ready to begin my day. (For those of you that are worried, I do take a break and shower in the morning. LOL)

Oh, by the way, Chicken Little is a very cute movie. I do recommend it!!! The new Jennifer Aniston movie comes out this weekend (Mom?????). I am looking forward to that! Oh, and saw new pics of pregnant Katie today. She looks so cute :-).

Later!

Very Little Football Talk

I am still sulking. A&M lost to Tech. Not that I am really surprised, it just would have been nice if the game had been closer. I think we were on the road during the first half. Even though we were behind, I actually had some hope we'd win............... Enter the 2nd half. I think body snatchers grabbed the A&M players and replaced them with people who couldn't throw worth a crap. Okay, so looking at the season, we are 5-4 overall and 3-3 in conference. But our next 2 games are going to be HARD!! I no longer think the OU game will be a breeze and then there is Texas. I am not saying we can't do it, we can. We just have to show up and actually play the game!!!!! I would love to have the Aggies upset Texas and there is a good chance if they get mad enough and pull out all the stops against them. I guess we will see the day after Thanksgiving.

Okay, enough football. My co-workers are rubbing off on my. You are lucky I wasn't mentioning people by names and their stats. It is mostly because I don't know those yet :-).

Well, gonna run. Today is movie day with Mom. We are going to see "Chicken Little". Then I have a lot to do at the apartment.

Later!

I was right :-)

Bean is a girl. Woohoo! I was at Champs last night having dinner with an old friend and mom called on one phone while everyone else was on the other phone. Who knows how the logistics of that all worked!!! They can't use Emma though - I have dibs on that name. Okay, I may never get to use it, but it is still mine :-).

Okay, time to go pay rent, work on my last assignment and try to figure out what Sierra is yelling about. She is just chattering away. She just needs attention!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday!!!

Finally!!! Finally!!! It has been a long week. I seem to be saying that a lot lately. This place seems to make time stand still. It is pay day, so that always makes me happy. To celebrate, I am going to treat myself to a facial tomorrow. The weird weather temperatures make for dull skin. I want to be bright and shining :-). Mom and I talked about seeing a movie this weekend and I REALLY want to see Chicken Little. I also want to see Saw II, but I don't think I could drag her to that one. (I know, random array of movies :-)).

We are also getting to find out the sex of Katie and Kenneth's baby tonight. They have the appointment today to find out and are having a big reveal party tonight. I have to wait until 7!!! Mom will probably have to call with the results since I think i will be having dinner with an old friend tonight. Bean will have to cooperate though and show off the goods. I am predicting right now that Bean will be a girl. (For those of you who don't know, Bean will be the name of the baby until s/he is born. Then they will name the baby).

Well, I need to get working. I need to get some things together for my boss when she arrives. Since my recruiters are in a meeting, it is VERY quiet. I need to take advantage!!!

Have a great weekend.

Nothing much

No interesting stories like Jen has on her blog (seriously, ouch!!!). Work has been going fine. We are getting more processes in place which means I have to be the most detailed oriented person in the world. That also means I will be falling apart at home :-).

I just wanted to check in and say hi. I get to work from home tomorrow, and although I will miss my co-workers, I will see them at a Happy Hour tomorrow night. Well at least one or two. But there are only 10 of us anyway, so two of us is a good number :-).

So have a nice evening. I will watch the Daily Show and laugh. I am also expecting a phone call, so I will run!

I finally feel alive

This weekend has been rough. Seriously felt sick until now. All the sleep has helped :-). Now I think I can get some school work done. One more assignment to do and I am done until January! The assignment is due Nov. 14th but the plan is to turn it in to early. That is the plan.

Since I slept all weekend, I really have nothing too interesting to say. My Aggies let me down yesterday. I will still stay behind them, but really thinking I am going to pull the request for the wager from my OU co-worker. Just to be safe.

Have a great Sunday!