For the first time in over 7 years, I'm taking 2 weeks vacation..that's 2 consecutive weeks at the same time! They are just starting to come to that realization at work. It's been pretty funny! "Wait.. you never take time off!" "Your calendar shows you are out for 2 weeks, that's wrong, right? You'll fix that...won't you ( Read more... )

After months of planning, bribing and shoving the team into giving me the various deliverables..the end is near. Everything should wrap up by Friday. Then I can collapse ( Read more... )

Dear Santa ( Read more... )

Goals accomplished this year ( Read more... )

June 12th I took a certification exam for my job. I was promised time off from work to study - which didn't happen. I freely admit that I was apathetic at best concerning this exam. And when I found out that I just had to pass to get the certificate, not get in the upper 80-90%, just a little over 70%. I thought that was the best news yet about ( Read more... )

Somewhere back at the beginning of the year, I had a clue how crazy life was going to get at work. I don't remember when or how.. but I managed to think ahead, made a conscious decision and put some things in motion at work to make improvements to major processes. Oh, they were subtle things like getting the group I work with to use a standardized ( Read more... )

I HATE STUDYING!!

Gah.. brain rot has already settled in and I've days and days to go until this torture is over!

I mean seriously.. I have to sit still for another 6 hours to just get through the next module. Who thinks this crap up??

Ever look back through your old posts and go damn.. so that's what happened last year. I honestly couldn't remember half the things I posted until I scanned backwards ( Read more... )

For those still reading this journal, I am still alive ( Read more... )

So after 4 months of running about 50+ hours a week a work, I've finally crossed over to zombie status. I'm so numb and braindead that actually I think a zombie would function better than I am right now ( Read more... )