Momentous Day!
Last night, Izzy used sign language to communicate with me for the first time. She clearly gave me the sign for milk. Twice. And giggled and smiled and kicked when I asked if that's what she meant. Then... she only woke once throughout the night (a real accomplishment). Then... I got up at 4:45 to go work out, and she had been making some noises, but they were happy ones and very intermittent. When I got home, I learned that just as Dan was getting dressed to go and respond to a series of less happy noises, she fell silent. She put herself back to sleep. Another first!
So then I'm up, pumped, positive, and WAY early to start my day. I decide to wear some makeup (a real luxury)... then my hair turns out FABULOUS due to it being drier when I started the process. And with that, I'm off to a truly wonderful start. We leave on time. No traffic to be concerned with. Gonna hit the office 30 minutes early! Woo hoo!!
About 3 hours into my day, my manager calls to ask me if I'm available during (what would be) my lunch hour to go over my annual review. Why, of course!
My review is nothing but glowing positiveness. I scored "exceeds expectations" in 80% of the categories and "meets expectations" in only those areas where he is unable to directly observe, manage, or report on my performance. I learn that he relies on me to be the "rudder" of the Detroit operations, that my communication skills are essential to the deployment of recent projects, and he feels I have a "leadership character". He's giving me a raise.
I really wish I knew more about astrology, because so just many things aligned for happy awesomeness today, even I am shocked...
So then I'm up, pumped, positive, and WAY early to start my day. I decide to wear some makeup (a real luxury)... then my hair turns out FABULOUS due to it being drier when I started the process. And with that, I'm off to a truly wonderful start. We leave on time. No traffic to be concerned with. Gonna hit the office 30 minutes early! Woo hoo!!
About 3 hours into my day, my manager calls to ask me if I'm available during (what would be) my lunch hour to go over my annual review. Why, of course!
My review is nothing but glowing positiveness. I scored "exceeds expectations" in 80% of the categories and "meets expectations" in only those areas where he is unable to directly observe, manage, or report on my performance. I learn that he relies on me to be the "rudder" of the Detroit operations, that my communication skills are essential to the deployment of recent projects, and he feels I have a "leadership character". He's giving me a raise.
I really wish I knew more about astrology, because so just many things aligned for happy awesomeness today, even I am shocked...