Summer classes have started. Many elements are the same and many are different. I still have judgement on my Effective Communication teacher, but she's growing on me. That hunched over posture and smiling affect still ping my buttons. But I'm aware of it and so am playing with mitigating the reaction with chosen responses. It felt great to be in my ( Read more... )

Tonight is the last Effective Communication class this quarter, but it continues as a class for next quarter. Just realized that I am going to STILL have a class on Thursday nights for the next few weeks because Group Process did not have a Saturday class, so ends next month (but continues as a class for next quarter as well ( Read more... )

The newest company acquisition has spurred all sorts of travel. Two guys from Wisconson are here today and tomorrow. I took them to Aqui's for lunch. I figure you can't go too wrong with good Mexican food. They asked a lot of questions about process and current projects. Mostly, I think they are stocking up on data to share with their team back in ( Read more... )

( Friday... )

And it's only 12:35 AM. Ugh. I am feeling tired (per-fucking-petually tired ( Read more... )

Sometimes I observe myself making choices for immediate gratification and feel a momentary kick of energy and excitement and happiness. Usually, those are followed by a barage of thoughts that are the equivalent of some nasty-ass self-flaggelation. It seems to me that therapy, 12-step, affirmations, self-help books, meds, exercise, dietary ( Read more... )

During my walk this morning, I noticed my mind had entered debate mode on whether to attend the early morning OA meeting. I was up early to take Daniel to his SAT test so I went directly from there to the park where I walk with my iPod. It occurred to me that I would be done with my walk approximately when the OA meeting started and I could just ( Read more... )

I'm feeling disappointed that one of my coworkers who is in Paris had a 3rd party talk with me about his concerns. My group is responsible for several thousand pages of documentation and part of that is well over 1500 technical screen captures. The coworker in Paris is the localization guru and he is concerned that I am not "on board" with ( Read more... )

For one of my assignments in Effective Communication, I need to experience three 35-minute interviews and I did the first one last evening. I cannot BELIEVE how fast 35 minutes flies by!! Mostly, I enjoyed the session. The little bit that felt uncomfortable was my self-consciousnes about "doing it right" and I wonder if it's me being multi-tasking ( Read more... )

So I am a moderator on a BDSM list. Mostly, I like it. I can contribute and it's not overly taxing because the other contributing moderators are crackerjack people who are good at taking care of business. Now and then, I need to actually moderate and warn individuals that their communication is in conflict with the stated list rules. Usually, this ( Read more... )