Typing Away . . .
Being away from home frequently can be quite lonely at times. I try to keep my evenings productive and would run errands in Columbus where I could. Good thing I do not have to fly so I can put stuff in my car to do during lunchbreaks or after work. Helps too that the sales tax in Columbus is lower - not by much but mentally, it just feels good to be able to buy non-perishable groceries and shop and be charged a lower tax rate. *hee hee*
Yesterday, I decided I needed some TLC so I went for a much needed pedicure and then went shoe-shopping. Nine West was having a fantastic sale so I bought 3 pairs of shoes at $19.99 ea. Can't beat that for Nine West shoes! I am wearing one of them today but one of the strap is sorta biting so I wonder how long I will last. I have wide feet so usually I use my shoe stretcher tool to stretch my shoes out a little before wearing. But I am so vain it's a disgrace. Why can't I have narrow feet to fit the shoes I adore???
Before that, I had dropped by Barnes & Noble to look for a book for work and bumped into the clearance area and bought 3 children's books for $1 ea. They were more than 75% off the original price and is exactly the type of books that Naia enjoys reading so I can't wait for her to see them. She's really on a roll now with the speaking. We can even recognize the tune of "ABC", "Twinkle Twinke Little Star", and "Old McDonald" when she sings. Her daycare teachers are amazed and every week she adds new words to her vocabulary. I wonder if what they say about "late walkers, early talkers" is true but the few people we've asked have validated the adage.
Noah and I are so in love with her and she is so spoilt now, we know she needs a sibling. So we discussed casually about possibly adopting an older child (maybe about 3 or 4 years old) and then having another one. In all honesty, I don't think we can handle it without my family around. But the topic of relocating them is so big, I don't even think Noah wants to explore it. That's our relationship style it seems, we avoid discussing important stuff still it reaches critical mass. I get so annoyed at that and it is chronic insanity to hear someone complain about something and not want to have a family meeting to resolve it. We do fine right now so he doesn't feel the pressure to even consider changes. But we could do so much better if we would put our brains together! Arrgggghhh! Men!
Work is going ok. Had a little bump in the road about 2-3 weeks ago due to me not being familiar with the corporate culture and political climate. But I am now wary about who I trust, especially from my own team. Nonetheless, 80% of the time, I enjoy my work. I still miss the girls from the old place cus being in a matrix function, you do not get to make much friends you see daily. Everyone in my team has their own projects running and travels so we only see one another as a whole team during our quarterly team meetings. Which is next week! Finally, I will get to meet my Asia-Pacific and European counterparts and our "huge" team of 8 will be going to this off-the-beaten-path resort place for our meeting. I have a full day scheduled for the work to be accomplished and in all honesty, I am a little nervous because of the experience from 2-3 weeks ago, that what I thought would be a sure thing, may turn out entirely different than I had planned. But I will just rack it up to the things I need to learn before really being integrated into the team.
I was asked as to what are the work traits in colleagues that annoy me: All I could think of was complacency, resistance-to-change, being stagnant
(On a side note, I hate it when people go to work when they are sick, especially in the instance when they can work from home! You're spreading it to me!)
Yesterday, I decided I needed some TLC so I went for a much needed pedicure and then went shoe-shopping. Nine West was having a fantastic sale so I bought 3 pairs of shoes at $19.99 ea. Can't beat that for Nine West shoes! I am wearing one of them today but one of the strap is sorta biting so I wonder how long I will last. I have wide feet so usually I use my shoe stretcher tool to stretch my shoes out a little before wearing. But I am so vain it's a disgrace. Why can't I have narrow feet to fit the shoes I adore???
Before that, I had dropped by Barnes & Noble to look for a book for work and bumped into the clearance area and bought 3 children's books for $1 ea. They were more than 75% off the original price and is exactly the type of books that Naia enjoys reading so I can't wait for her to see them. She's really on a roll now with the speaking. We can even recognize the tune of "ABC", "Twinkle Twinke Little Star", and "Old McDonald" when she sings. Her daycare teachers are amazed and every week she adds new words to her vocabulary. I wonder if what they say about "late walkers, early talkers" is true but the few people we've asked have validated the adage.
Noah and I are so in love with her and she is so spoilt now, we know she needs a sibling. So we discussed casually about possibly adopting an older child (maybe about 3 or 4 years old) and then having another one. In all honesty, I don't think we can handle it without my family around. But the topic of relocating them is so big, I don't even think Noah wants to explore it. That's our relationship style it seems, we avoid discussing important stuff still it reaches critical mass. I get so annoyed at that and it is chronic insanity to hear someone complain about something and not want to have a family meeting to resolve it. We do fine right now so he doesn't feel the pressure to even consider changes. But we could do so much better if we would put our brains together! Arrgggghhh! Men!
Work is going ok. Had a little bump in the road about 2-3 weeks ago due to me not being familiar with the corporate culture and political climate. But I am now wary about who I trust, especially from my own team. Nonetheless, 80% of the time, I enjoy my work. I still miss the girls from the old place cus being in a matrix function, you do not get to make much friends you see daily. Everyone in my team has their own projects running and travels so we only see one another as a whole team during our quarterly team meetings. Which is next week! Finally, I will get to meet my Asia-Pacific and European counterparts and our "huge" team of 8 will be going to this off-the-beaten-path resort place for our meeting. I have a full day scheduled for the work to be accomplished and in all honesty, I am a little nervous because of the experience from 2-3 weeks ago, that what I thought would be a sure thing, may turn out entirely different than I had planned. But I will just rack it up to the things I need to learn before really being integrated into the team.
I was asked as to what are the work traits in colleagues that annoy me: All I could think of was complacency, resistance-to-change, being stagnant
(On a side note, I hate it when people go to work when they are sick, especially in the instance when they can work from home! You're spreading it to me!)