Checking the Pulse of the Matter
Wow, this new theme on my LJ is SO bright and sunny. Going from looking at some other folks journals with the dark backgrounds to this one is making my eyes hurt!
Uhm...so today was an odd/awkward day at work. There's this guy on my team at work that, ever since I mentioned something in passing about blogging eons ago, always feels the need to needle me about it. Like..."So...still writing in that blog? What's it called? Where can I find it? What do you write about?" Nosey much, dude? You're OrangeBox Hot and all, but I'm not telling you jack. *smh* I didn't see Artie today, which was kinda disappointing. Did I write in here about our little moments last week that had me smiling for hours afterwards? Supervisor has caught her monthly unidentifiable illness and decided not to come in today. You'd think I'd be used to this by now, but it still pissed me off first thing this morning. But I realized about 7 minutes later that I didn't genuinely care. It was a tough day though because I kinda screwed up a project. I didn't quite understand the request so my manager had to step in and help me interpret how to correctly respond and what to ask the agency for. In a way, I felt disappointed that I couldn't handle it myself because I want my manager to think more of me and know that I'm capable, you know? But at the same time, since my supervisor always handles these requests, it also made me realize that supervisor is doing me no favors in not giving me projects like this more often so I can understand what they're looking for with these requests. Ultimately, I got my client what she needed...but it took all darn day, stalking my agency guy, and both me and my manager getting ultra-annoyed with our client.
As soon as I hit Send on that email to the client, I literally bolted out of the door because...I joined a runners' training group! Registering for the program was yet another impulsive decision (been having a lot of those lately). I really miss running...as if that's some kind of secret. But I've been getting frustrated trying to get back into it by myself. And I need to work on my social skills anyway...so why not combine the two? A part of me thinks I'm insane because I've decided to take up outdoor running during the coldest time of the year here. OTOH, this will be good for me and good for my health. It's something I need to do. I also need to buy a cold weather wardrobe or else I'm going to freeze to death out there! Today was pretty easy. It's a run/walk program so we did 15 minutes out, ~15 back, and will be increasing our time moving forward. I'm going to have to remember to bring my watch though because that tiny part of me that's a lil OCD was going nuts not knowing how long we'd been officially working out. Despite my headache that lingered from the workday (which still has not gone away), it was good exercise and I'm excited to be headed back out to the park on Wednesday.
Trying to grow,
ticachu
Uhm...so today was an odd/awkward day at work. There's this guy on my team at work that, ever since I mentioned something in passing about blogging eons ago, always feels the need to needle me about it. Like..."So...still writing in that blog? What's it called? Where can I find it? What do you write about?" Nosey much, dude? You're OrangeBox Hot and all, but I'm not telling you jack. *smh* I didn't see Artie today, which was kinda disappointing. Did I write in here about our little moments last week that had me smiling for hours afterwards? Supervisor has caught her monthly unidentifiable illness and decided not to come in today. You'd think I'd be used to this by now, but it still pissed me off first thing this morning. But I realized about 7 minutes later that I didn't genuinely care. It was a tough day though because I kinda screwed up a project. I didn't quite understand the request so my manager had to step in and help me interpret how to correctly respond and what to ask the agency for. In a way, I felt disappointed that I couldn't handle it myself because I want my manager to think more of me and know that I'm capable, you know? But at the same time, since my supervisor always handles these requests, it also made me realize that supervisor is doing me no favors in not giving me projects like this more often so I can understand what they're looking for with these requests. Ultimately, I got my client what she needed...but it took all darn day, stalking my agency guy, and both me and my manager getting ultra-annoyed with our client.
As soon as I hit Send on that email to the client, I literally bolted out of the door because...I joined a runners' training group! Registering for the program was yet another impulsive decision (been having a lot of those lately). I really miss running...as if that's some kind of secret. But I've been getting frustrated trying to get back into it by myself. And I need to work on my social skills anyway...so why not combine the two? A part of me thinks I'm insane because I've decided to take up outdoor running during the coldest time of the year here. OTOH, this will be good for me and good for my health. It's something I need to do. I also need to buy a cold weather wardrobe or else I'm going to freeze to death out there! Today was pretty easy. It's a run/walk program so we did 15 minutes out, ~15 back, and will be increasing our time moving forward. I'm going to have to remember to bring my watch though because that tiny part of me that's a lil OCD was going nuts not knowing how long we'd been officially working out. Despite my headache that lingered from the workday (which still has not gone away), it was good exercise and I'm excited to be headed back out to the park on Wednesday.
Trying to grow,
ticachu