Daily
Inspiration:
If you hear me giggling, know that most likely I've come upon yet another Double Rainbow reference.
Randoms:
HECK YES, PEOPLE! It's WEDNESDAY... thought today was Tuesday!
I cannot describe the satisfaction I just got from closing a spreadsheet about the wedding and having work to distract me.
How I'm doing/Main Topic: Working to Find Time for Vacation
I have about 5 days worth of vacation that I HAVE to take this year or lose it... that doesn't include the time I CAN store up... this is how stingy I've been this year with my vacation time. (Nodal project has been live since March, I've only taken a week in July for the Torres Reunion.) But, like Jaime, my company has frowned on taking vacation with these projects actively in development. My boss suggested I take near Thanksgiving and what I might do is book a flight to NM for that time and IF we're in dire straights (ha) to get the Nodal projects done, I may be able to work from home (read: parents or Jared's house) OR work from the Albuquerque office. My boss does have the ability to ask for a special case scenario that lets me carry over more unused PTO to next year than normal.
Flight prices for the days surrounding the holidays are already at $160/one way so I need to get it scheduled. Add to that, the fact that BJ is very unenthusiastic about the whole subject of not being home for the holidays. I figure, he can have one more year of not having to go as a couple to my parents for holidays... I think he would love going for Thanksgiving, but then, maybe not. The amount of people that we're watching the games with would be the decider on him opinion, I think.
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Accomplishment:
Wish every day were like today... Mint shows every goal in "Green", budget okayish, and everything is really quiet at my desk.
Confessions:
If anything, the wedding planning has shown me how often I just give up or procrastinate on projects that are not for work. I have had the "Oh hell, just elope" feeling weekly and its a new feeling to not just stop there but instead trudge through that feeling to get to the other side where renewed motivation lies.
Thankful:
I am thankful for...
... that feeling when the email Inbox is at zero.
... knowing that right now, at this second, both projects are in great shape (knock on wood).
If you hear me giggling, know that most likely I've come upon yet another Double Rainbow reference.
Randoms:
HECK YES, PEOPLE! It's WEDNESDAY... thought today was Tuesday!
I cannot describe the satisfaction I just got from closing a spreadsheet about the wedding and having work to distract me.
How I'm doing/Main Topic: Working to Find Time for Vacation
I have about 5 days worth of vacation that I HAVE to take this year or lose it... that doesn't include the time I CAN store up... this is how stingy I've been this year with my vacation time. (Nodal project has been live since March, I've only taken a week in July for the Torres Reunion.) But, like Jaime, my company has frowned on taking vacation with these projects actively in development. My boss suggested I take near Thanksgiving and what I might do is book a flight to NM for that time and IF we're in dire straights (ha) to get the Nodal projects done, I may be able to work from home (read: parents or Jared's house) OR work from the Albuquerque office. My boss does have the ability to ask for a special case scenario that lets me carry over more unused PTO to next year than normal.
Flight prices for the days surrounding the holidays are already at $160/one way so I need to get it scheduled. Add to that, the fact that BJ is very unenthusiastic about the whole subject of not being home for the holidays. I figure, he can have one more year of not having to go as a couple to my parents for holidays... I think he would love going for Thanksgiving, but then, maybe not. The amount of people that we're watching the games with would be the decider on him opinion, I think.
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Accomplishment:
Wish every day were like today... Mint shows every goal in "Green", budget okayish, and everything is really quiet at my desk.
Confessions:
If anything, the wedding planning has shown me how often I just give up or procrastinate on projects that are not for work. I have had the "Oh hell, just elope" feeling weekly and its a new feeling to not just stop there but instead trudge through that feeling to get to the other side where renewed motivation lies.
Thankful:
I am thankful for...
... that feeling when the email Inbox is at zero.
... knowing that right now, at this second, both projects are in great shape (knock on wood).