Why is it that I either love my work or hate it?  It seems things around here always have to be all-good or all-bad for me.  I certainly won't complain about the all-good, but a consistent balance would really be nice instead of this work-related roller coaster ( Read more... )

 For the first time in a long time, I really feel I've hit my stride, work-wise.  For the last week or so I've felt productive and effective.  I haven't felt any of the confusion or chaos that usually finds its way into my day somehow.  I feel organized.  I'm energized by my work environment.  I like my colleagues.  I've stopped procrastinating so ( Read more... )

I've been nostalgic for Colby and Maine lately. More Maine than Colby, really, but I can't really think of one without thinking of the other. I'm not sure why it is, maybe because fall in south Texas doesn't really feel like fall, maybe because it's that back-to-school time, maybe it's because we got the alumni magazine in the mail the other day ( Read more... )

WHOA...a real entry! I'm finally in the mood to blog and things are quiet in the office at the moment, so....here we go ( Read more... )

Yes, yes, it's been awhile....and I've had lots of interesting things to talk about, too.  I've just been too lazy to write any of it down ( Read more... )

Enter week three of working at IDEA. Things are quiet today; all of the administrators are on a retreat out near Los Fresnos. This is the third time today that I have temporarily run out of things to do, with no one here to boss me around. So I sit and wait for a fax to come in or an email to be sent and to act on the information contained ( Read more... )