Slogging Through
Jan. 11th, 2006 05:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosI've been working 9 to 11 hour days since last Thursday, plus dealing with water issues at home. I'm beat. Although my dad taking me to dinner at The Keg last night really helped. We don't get to just sit down together and talk very often. Instead of a steak and potato, I had two orders of my favorite appetizer: bacon-wrapped scallops, and we each had one medium sized piece of garlic cheese bread, plus a drink. By the time we were done, I felt completely rejuvenated. Then it took me an hour and twenty minutes to get home due to the later-than-usual commuting time and the ongoing rains.
Okay, it's only been 23 days of rain, not 33, but it's still heading for a record, and it's still awful. There are large pools of standing water everywhere, mudslides, varying levels of flooding. . .
But the good news is that there have been enough breaks up here in my neighborhood that there were no additional water incursions into my house yesterday or this morning.
Yesterday at work, although I was frantically busy, had some sweet spots: I had a couple of my Georgia associates email me to tell me that -- "PC or not" -- they were praying for me and my water problems; a new friend brought me maple & brown sugar oatmeal that is only 1 Weight Watchers point instead of the 3 points of my usual Quaker Oats; one of Jeannie's peers with whom I have a personal relationship stopped me to ask how I was doing since I seemed "flustered" -- which she found very unusual; Miss V and I are both putting a lot of effort into being warm and considerate with each other; and a few other nice little things. It certainly makes the long, stressful days easier to bear.
Today is the new VP's first staff meeting. For the first time since we did the High Performing Team workshop two years ago in October, I was not invited. I am very curious if Jeannie or any of her colleagues will comment on my absence, or if anyone will make an effort to get me back on the invite list. Miss V said she was going to address the new VP on that regard, but I don't expect her to do that until her own position is secure -- which I completely support.
Okay, it's only been 23 days of rain, not 33, but it's still heading for a record, and it's still awful. There are large pools of standing water everywhere, mudslides, varying levels of flooding. . .
But the good news is that there have been enough breaks up here in my neighborhood that there were no additional water incursions into my house yesterday or this morning.
Yesterday at work, although I was frantically busy, had some sweet spots: I had a couple of my Georgia associates email me to tell me that -- "PC or not" -- they were praying for me and my water problems; a new friend brought me maple & brown sugar oatmeal that is only 1 Weight Watchers point instead of the 3 points of my usual Quaker Oats; one of Jeannie's peers with whom I have a personal relationship stopped me to ask how I was doing since I seemed "flustered" -- which she found very unusual; Miss V and I are both putting a lot of effort into being warm and considerate with each other; and a few other nice little things. It certainly makes the long, stressful days easier to bear.
Today is the new VP's first staff meeting. For the first time since we did the High Performing Team workshop two years ago in October, I was not invited. I am very curious if Jeannie or any of her colleagues will comment on my absence, or if anyone will make an effort to get me back on the invite list. Miss V said she was going to address the new VP on that regard, but I don't expect her to do that until her own position is secure -- which I completely support.
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Date: 2006-01-12 12:44 am (UTC)