Here are some quotes and song lines that I just found written on my time notebook. I think they're good ones :)
"I swear I have learned these lessons before, but somehow I digress and must learn them again." - Jessica Sahely
"I only think in the form of crunching numbers." - Fall Out Boy (Thnks Fr Th Mmrs)
"Go on and on.....to the beat of our noisy hearts" Matt Nathanson
....and apparently these are songs I liked at one moment.....so I think I'll give them a listen.
Must Have Done Something Right - Relient K
Great Salt Lake - Band of Horses
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Last paper chain link...again.
I don't want to get my hopes up too high....but I think that today might be the end of busy days for a while.
I don't want to get my hopes up because I already have done that.....hmmm......on March 15th, April 15th, September 15th, October 2nd (internal deadline). And its too crushing for me to make these assumptions. For me to assume I'll make it home to have dinner with Tanner at a decent hour but I really show up at 9:30. I hate, hate, hate how lately after we clean up dinner there is one hour of relaxation until I have to hop in bed to wake up at 5:15 to do it all over again. I feel like such a whiner, but it's really, really tough. I have been told to "get more strong" (hehe) in order to handle the dedication required of my job. My job that requires endless hours of time spent sitting in front of a computer plugging away. I feel like I don't even have time for my own thoughts....if that makes sense.
I really need to re-evaluate and figure out what to do. Because 1. I have to have a job, (job = $$$)....2. my family (Tanner and my pups) are very important to me....and 3. my sanity, that's most important and that's quickly slipping away. I am going to give the next few days to myself to figure this all out.
I don't want to get my hopes up because I already have done that.....hmmm......on March 15th, April 15th, September 15th, October 2nd (internal deadline). And its too crushing for me to make these assumptions. For me to assume I'll make it home to have dinner with Tanner at a decent hour but I really show up at 9:30. I hate, hate, hate how lately after we clean up dinner there is one hour of relaxation until I have to hop in bed to wake up at 5:15 to do it all over again. I feel like such a whiner, but it's really, really tough. I have been told to "get more strong" (hehe) in order to handle the dedication required of my job. My job that requires endless hours of time spent sitting in front of a computer plugging away. I feel like I don't even have time for my own thoughts....if that makes sense.
I really need to re-evaluate and figure out what to do. Because 1. I have to have a job, (job = $$$)....2. my family (Tanner and my pups) are very important to me....and 3. my sanity, that's most important and that's quickly slipping away. I am going to give the next few days to myself to figure this all out.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oldie but Goodie
Here is a work-related post that I wrote on my personal blog back in February that just had to be shared on this platform.
Honesty is the Best Policy
Let me tell you what happened to me yesterday at lunch.
My friend and I were having our daily chat in the lunchroom. It’s the one time during the day we can get away from the daily grind and just laugh and hang out. Well yesterday we suddenly realized we were shouting at each other. I yelled WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
We came to the conclusion that it was because the tv was blaring. I decided I would take it upon myself to turn it down for everyone's sanity. I walked all the way over to the other side of the room where the tv is and was ready to climb on top of a chair to decrease the volume of the news anchors on CNN, then something deep down encouraged me to ask the randoms in the lunchroom if it was okay. I turned to the girl sitting alone at the table near the television and started to ask her, assuming she agreed, if she wanted me to turn it down….before I could finish my sentence the girl told me that she turned it up…she turned it up because of ME. Apparently she can never hear the television over our lunchroom conversations. She expressed this to me very matter-of-factly; surprisingly not blatant or rude. I was stunned, and instantly apologetic.
I walked away in shock…I was mouthing, can you believe what just happened? This girl was the epitome of honesty. She dared say what no one dares to say…you annoy me and I am not afraid to tell you. The rest of our lunch was full of quiet whispers intermingled with erupting laughter because we couldn’t hear each other. We shot nervous glances over to our new acquaintance (who we never even knew existed until that moment) to make sure she didn’t hear us.
This one shocking episode in our lives was enough to keep us laughing the rest of our work day. It was especially helpful to keep us motivated at that point in time where your brain doesn’t function anymore and you just want to go home. So, I want to take a moment to thank this honest stranger for putting us in our place and giving us a good laugh.
Honesty is the Best Policy
Let me tell you what happened to me yesterday at lunch.
My friend and I were having our daily chat in the lunchroom. It’s the one time during the day we can get away from the daily grind and just laugh and hang out. Well yesterday we suddenly realized we were shouting at each other. I yelled WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
We came to the conclusion that it was because the tv was blaring. I decided I would take it upon myself to turn it down for everyone's sanity. I walked all the way over to the other side of the room where the tv is and was ready to climb on top of a chair to decrease the volume of the news anchors on CNN, then something deep down encouraged me to ask the randoms in the lunchroom if it was okay. I turned to the girl sitting alone at the table near the television and started to ask her, assuming she agreed, if she wanted me to turn it down….before I could finish my sentence the girl told me that she turned it up…she turned it up because of ME. Apparently she can never hear the television over our lunchroom conversations. She expressed this to me very matter-of-factly; surprisingly not blatant or rude. I was stunned, and instantly apologetic.
I walked away in shock…I was mouthing, can you believe what just happened? This girl was the epitome of honesty. She dared say what no one dares to say…you annoy me and I am not afraid to tell you. The rest of our lunch was full of quiet whispers intermingled with erupting laughter because we couldn’t hear each other. We shot nervous glances over to our new acquaintance (who we never even knew existed until that moment) to make sure she didn’t hear us.
This one shocking episode in our lives was enough to keep us laughing the rest of our work day. It was especially helpful to keep us motivated at that point in time where your brain doesn’t function anymore and you just want to go home. So, I want to take a moment to thank this honest stranger for putting us in our place and giving us a good laugh.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Really?
I just waited like 20 minutes for that f'ing printer in the kitchen and when it finally said it was done I go in there and its all ripped apart and get this...no print out.
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