6 degrees of separation
Talk about a crazy small world.
Last night I was talking to my cousin wenchlette; Sara told me that she found my MySpace site from clicking on her brother's page, then seeing uberangrybeaver on his friends page, then seeing me on her friends page.
I wondered for a moment who Sara's brother was, or how he would know Ashleigh. Then, the light turned on. I didn't even have to look. Ashleigh used to talk about an online friend named Alfie years ago... and Sara has a brother named Alfie who lives in Florida! I never knew Alfie, but my parents and family did. Mom said Pop Randell really liked him. ^^
Sara and I ended up talking last night until 1am. I'm dead tired now. My eyes are stinging. Blaaah. Hopefully I can get a good night's sleep tonight. Dad is in town until tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow evening Gary is coming into town overnight and asked if I wanted to hang out. ^^ Which I think should be fine. Gary did, to my surprise, apologise for how he behaved during our camping trip this summer, and we've been in touch off and on since then.
My weekend was a lot of fun. Dad and I went to the Bantrel Christmas Party at the Westin, which was really nice. Pictures are to follow. We sat with Tracey, Ryan, Lisa and Steve. Dad said Tracey looked very nice and mature, and he enjoyed talking to Ryan. :) I saw the two of them chatting after Tracey and I went to the washroom.
Dad and I have been shopping a bit this weekend, although I still haven't bought anything in terms of Christmas presents. I have designated next weekend for that. I'm hoping to do it all then.
My dad thinks that with the way Lyn has been treating me, I should quit. I had my annual performance review last week and she gave me an overall 2 out of 5. She gave me the same ranking for my communication skill (and quite a few other points). I'm not saying I'm perfect, but her evaluation was completely unfair. She had nothing positive to say, and in my previous evaluations, there were always things that people spoke highly about to me. My communication skills were always ranked highly. People both inside my discipline and out have speculated on how much Lyn dislikes me, and feels threatened by my knowledge on the job in comparison to her.
Today if I can reach him, I'm going to speak with our general manager, Victor. I'm going to take my dad's advice by saying that I am conflicted with my evaluation; that I do not feel I am growing anymore in this company; and that I have begun looking around for another opportunity elsewhere. I think Christmas break would be as good a time as any to quit, if I do. I can still have my Christmas holidays and I can start seriously looking for another job, maybe in Calgary.
Back to work. Sorry I missed the NaNo TGIO party! I'm sure it was a blast. Hope everyone had a good weekend!
Last night I was talking to my cousin wenchlette; Sara told me that she found my MySpace site from clicking on her brother's page, then seeing uberangrybeaver on his friends page, then seeing me on her friends page.
I wondered for a moment who Sara's brother was, or how he would know Ashleigh. Then, the light turned on. I didn't even have to look. Ashleigh used to talk about an online friend named Alfie years ago... and Sara has a brother named Alfie who lives in Florida! I never knew Alfie, but my parents and family did. Mom said Pop Randell really liked him. ^^
Sara and I ended up talking last night until 1am. I'm dead tired now. My eyes are stinging. Blaaah. Hopefully I can get a good night's sleep tonight. Dad is in town until tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow evening Gary is coming into town overnight and asked if I wanted to hang out. ^^ Which I think should be fine. Gary did, to my surprise, apologise for how he behaved during our camping trip this summer, and we've been in touch off and on since then.
My weekend was a lot of fun. Dad and I went to the Bantrel Christmas Party at the Westin, which was really nice. Pictures are to follow. We sat with Tracey, Ryan, Lisa and Steve. Dad said Tracey looked very nice and mature, and he enjoyed talking to Ryan. :) I saw the two of them chatting after Tracey and I went to the washroom.
Dad and I have been shopping a bit this weekend, although I still haven't bought anything in terms of Christmas presents. I have designated next weekend for that. I'm hoping to do it all then.
My dad thinks that with the way Lyn has been treating me, I should quit. I had my annual performance review last week and she gave me an overall 2 out of 5. She gave me the same ranking for my communication skill (and quite a few other points). I'm not saying I'm perfect, but her evaluation was completely unfair. She had nothing positive to say, and in my previous evaluations, there were always things that people spoke highly about to me. My communication skills were always ranked highly. People both inside my discipline and out have speculated on how much Lyn dislikes me, and feels threatened by my knowledge on the job in comparison to her.
Today if I can reach him, I'm going to speak with our general manager, Victor. I'm going to take my dad's advice by saying that I am conflicted with my evaluation; that I do not feel I am growing anymore in this company; and that I have begun looking around for another opportunity elsewhere. I think Christmas break would be as good a time as any to quit, if I do. I can still have my Christmas holidays and I can start seriously looking for another job, maybe in Calgary.
Back to work. Sorry I missed the NaNo TGIO party! I'm sure it was a blast. Hope everyone had a good weekend!