Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Cheap Trick still rocks me *:-)

Yup, I still "Want you to want me" *:-) I'm not sure I ever really left the 60's and 70's, during which I got to live in the most peaceful and fabulous world possible. Ram Dass was hanging in Boulder the same time I was, the Internet had not yet become available to me, the Haight was just like the history books say it was, and the smoke was pure, clean and simple...a real gift to consciousness. I'll never forget that one night in North Hollywood...ah, well...another time for that story *:-)
Native American music is becoming important to me as a path for me to heal some of the stuff I still carry, and last night I finally found the chant on iTunes that is an Honoring Song For Veterans, which was sung for me live at an informal Powwow in a local city parking lot several years ago, and the Native Americans who sang it for me made a point of asking the crowd if any veterans were present before they announced what the song was going to be, and not knowing any better, I raised my hand, and was the only one to do so. They directed me (firmly) to the center of the drum circle and sang the Honoring Song for me. It had a profound effect on me, and was the only time anyone or any group has sought to honor me for the warriors service that I rendered without complaint to the USA. It connected me with many energies and taught me much. Thanks guys.
There is some cool stuff going on at www.wely.com too, and I stumbled across that while reading a camping magazine in the dentist's office yesterday.
Have Fun *:-)

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Flossing Works!

Oh...you knew that? Oh...sorry. I did not believe it, and I had not believed it for many many years, starting in the year floss was invented *:-) Six months ago, my new dental hygienist exhibited positively obvious enthusiasm in the way she flossed my teeth for me at the end of my appointment six months ago, and then told me that I had to go on a shorter cycle of cleanings, up to every four months instead of every six. I said, "Uh, how can I avoid that, since the company I work for will only pay for two cleanings per year, and also it is a very long drive to the dentist office?" She told me then, that there was a possible chance I could stay on the every six month schedule if I would floss, and that she was willing to give me another chance, and also that she would show me how to do it. I took the bait, had the lesson, which truly was a different way than anyone had shown me before, evaluated and tried several floss brands and types, chose one, and left the office with what might have been my last six month return ticket.
The floss she and I chose is Oral-B Satin Floss, made in Ireland. I flossed, just as taught, as much as I could, which ended up being 162 days out of the possible 180. She did not remember all this when I sat in the chair today, and she started cleaning my teeth, completing just one of the back molars, before she glanced over at my chart and then asked me point blank, somewhat incredulously "Have you been flossing?" How sweet was that sound *:-) I described my practice and faithful activity level, and she completed my cleaning and said that I did not have any "pockets" over 4, which previously had all been 6's and 7's, and she said that was excellent, and when the dentist himself did his overview, he said "No problems, good job!" Cool. It works. I'll do it *:-)

Monday, January 29, 2007

Have A Corn Munchies (Om)...

Well, they used to have the Om sign, but not after 9/11. Fascinating story (click the title). We have eaten, and sometimes nearly lived on, Have A Corn Munchies since the 80's. They are actually called Have A Corn Chips now, and they are still exactly the same. Excellent *:-)
Anyway, the point is that this evening I did not have time for dinner and needed to get to a meeting and so I went to our local fairly large natural food store and picked up a bag of Have A Corn Chips and a bottle of water and headed to the checkout line. There were 2 people ahead of me, both women and both in their early 30's, but dressed quite differently, with one clearly classy and the other naturally natural. Anyway, the classy one, who was directly in front of me and had quite a bit of stuff already on the conveyor, suddenly turned to me and said "If she gets done before I get back you go ahead and check out", and then left the line leaving her stuff on the conveyor. I didn't say anything and moved up a little, and sure enough the other lady got done with her check out, and then turned to me and said "Looks like you get the benefit of her leaving the line", and I said, while smiling, "Yes, very painful experience, I'll have to blog about it tonight", injecting obvious humor into something that was going to get me out of the store. The lady then said, also humorously, "I'll be sure to watch for your blog" and left. So anyway, since I promised, I just blogged about it, although of course she will never see it since I blog anonymously *:-)
Off to the dentist tomorrow, which is an all day affair. We use a dentist many miles away because for us he is the best in the entire state, and we started using him when he had a practice where we live now but then moved. I will take the day off and so will my wife, so we can be efficient and both get the work done on the same day so we don't make two trips.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Baked potatos for dinner

I love baked potatos *:-) Even though I no longer put butter on them, or even cheese, I still love them *:-) That is what I made for myself for dinner tonight, and they tasted g-o-o-o-o-d. I put a little seasoning, and a few fresh cut veggies mixed in, but 90% just baked potatos, and yes, I always eat a few of the skins, since I remember the story about the potato famine in Ireland where only the poor got enough nutrition to survive because they ate the skins of the potatos while the rich just ate the white, or anyway that is how it was told to me.
We got an update on our granddaughter this evening from our son via phone, and she is doing well *:-) The outdoor play structure we got for her is getting some use, and her mom and dad have enhanced the outdoor stuff by adding some of their own. I mentioned to my son that it won't be mom and dad leading granddaughter, it will be granddaughter leading mom and dad, which is just how it should be IMHO.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Letting go, walking the jagged cliff in the dark

Very helpful quotation from Carolyn Myss came my way yesterday that captures my life process at this time. Here it is:
"If we let go of things, our life is going to change. And the reality is that we are actually more afraid of change than we are of death" - Carolyn Myss. Thanks Carolyn *:-) How that relates to me is that for the last several years I have been practicing "letting go" so that some of my obsessive and compulsive behaviours can be reduced to a non-harmful level. The practice however is quite fearful, because the reality for me is that living through letting go is equivalent, for me, of taking each step each day as though I am on the edge of a jagged cliff, and it is the dark of night. Only trust and faith give me the confidence to keep walking my path.

Here is a quote from me:
"Go to college, because there are more doors there" - listeningforthesoundthatcan'tbeheard

Fabulous day today, perfect in every way. My wife and I got out and about and met and greeted several acquaintances who rarely cross our path. Nothing spectacular, just very nice to be out in the moist mid-winter day which also had plenty of sun for the time we were out. We are greatful and feel good to have had that chance *:-)

Our recently deceased cat has been appearing both in and out of our house, doing what she used to do all the time, which is "mapping" the property and the rooms. I saw her lying in our upstairs bedroom bay window (the one that gets all the sun), and she seems to be doing ok. We love her, and hope her after-life journey, whatever it is, is a good one.

We miss our granddaughter, and while we were out today, we were wishing that we would be "approved" to take her with us to some of the neat yarn shops and other places that are part of our travels. I guess the trust level on the part of her mom and dad hasn't reached a high enough point for us to be given that chance. We are patient, and will wait until it feels right for them.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Welcome to the town of ENNUI

A town peopled by generally listless and discontented employees, who are burnt out by the abuses from previous management, and also suffering from the vacuum caused by no leadership being offered after the removal of a previous senior leader.
Occasionally a light goes on in the small group meetings attended by those with like minds, and good hearts. This is not happening at the organization level however, and several believe it is too late to establish an energy flow that will see us through this becalmed time.
Some instances of Stockholm Syndrome seem to be appearing, probably because there may not be anything else to hold onto.
I suffered a surprise attack myself, late last evening, from the most senior "acting" "interim" manager, who apparently has been put on a short leash and told to get some data on her remaining "assets" (that term was actually used in referring to me) so the Big Big Guys can decide what to do with the remnants of this organization.
I am letting go of the impact of the data attack that happened last evening, and I became physically ill due to that attack, because I blamed myself for not responding the way I could have, which would have been to say, "Hey, let's get together with my Manager, who has a copy of my "Exceeds Requirements" performance appraisal, and find some nice things to say about me to the Big Big Guys. Instead, I stumbled around and tried to feed whatever I could to the "nice lady" so she could finish filling out her form. It is the anger and resentment I felt against myself that caused me to get ill. Ah so, grasshopper, another learning experience *:-)
A friend here has suggested that I divert my depressive state by purchasing the Apple accessory that will let me know how far I have walked by posting the info to my Nano, which I have on all the time. Sounds good to me...when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping *:-)
Whew, sigh, why am I not perfect already?

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

I like piano music

Ok, I am going to admit it, I like piano music a lot. All kinds. Funky, classical, operatic accompaniment, jazz, blues, bebop, ethereal, rock, street. Ok, there it is, I really like piano music. *:-)

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

SMILE, it has happened for you, finally *:-)

Late yesterday, an email arrived for my wife from one of her studio portfolio managers. My wife is a fiber artist, and has been her entire life. She cannot help it that she is an artist, and has been faithful to her calling, also for her entire life. She does not have a "marketer's constitution" and can't deal with the issues of getting her finished work into the public's hands, and is also quite sensitive about who should be her portfolio manager. She was fortunate recently to find a good relationship with a person who has placed her work in an excellent venue. Guess what? Yesterday one of her creations, actually the highest priced one she has out there right now, sold to a quite distinguished purchaser *:-) Congratulations sweetheart, and I have been fortunate to witness the feelings of acknowledgement and fulfillment that the sale has brought to my wife, although she knows that selling is not her primary focus. Still feels darn good though *:-) Yea! Hip Hip Hooray!

Monday, January 22, 2007

Wildcat in the house

It is not the cat's fault, but...
Our daughter in law was wounded today when the largest, quite a hunk, of their 2 cats leapt upon her from behind and injured her on the head with its claws because of stress, while she was sitting at her computer.
We are greatful that our granddaughter was not involved, and we are sorry that our daughter in law had to experience the fear and the pain.
Too many things happened during the day that caused the cat to feel hemmed in, too tightly controlled, and generally angry.
Again, we are greatful that he did not take it out on our one year old granddaughter.
Scary stuff, and our son and daughter in law are sorting it out this evening, which I believe will be difficult but they are straightforward and intelligent, so we trust what they will decide.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Long weekend work-slog, but beautiful weather *:-)

4 minutes ago I sent the last email with all the new logins our partners in San Diego will need to enter their digital classrooms tomorrow morning. Yesterday the broadband pipe was clogged with something and I just couldn't get the uploads to work, so my wife and I decided to spend the 3 hours it took to stand in line at Verizon and renew our agreement and to get our new phones. We chose the Razr V3m, and so far we like them. It took us another couple hours to get a little familiar with them, since we switched from LG phones to Motorola phones, and by then the broadband was working fairly well again.
My wife and I had a very nice, perfectly timed walk through the redwoods today, which helps a lot. There were lots of non-USA residents visiting the redwoods today too, so that was nice to see people from all over the world acknowledging and respecting the natural gifts we have in this area.
We are disappointed that the outdoor play items that we ordered for our granddaughter have not arrived yet, but then we don't think our son has the safety fence up yet anyway, so maybe it's no big deal.
I downloaded my first "Tuva Throat Singing" selection from iTunes this evening, and we'll see how well I like it during the work day tomorrow *:-)
Have Fun *:-)

Friday, January 19, 2007

Panic In The School House

A pilot program partner begins training their staff on our applications on next Monday. You'd think they would have gotten the planning for that training pretty well complete by now, eh, since it is Friday before the Monday. No. They haven't. They are panicking, and are wanting state employees to "give it their all" on Friday afternoon to help them "sleep better over the weekend" (they actually put that in an email). U-m-m-m-m, I doubt it. Everybody does the best they can, but I continue to wonder when everyone will realize that they are not the only people on the face of the planet, and that others are not alive just to instantaneously serve them, especially when they have had several months to get this together. One potential bright spot: I am an hourly employee, so if my boss sends me an email tomorrow (Saturday) and asks me to work to help them out, then no worries, because I'll get paid for it :-)
An incredibly wonderful gift was given to my wife, and hence shared with me, yesterday. We have been encouraging our daughter in law to get our granddaughter out into the world more, and even the medicos have been saying the same thing. Anyway, yesterday, after a great deal of discussion and checking things out, my wife ("Grandma") and our daughter in law actually went to a park and our granddaughter got to go down a sliding board for the very first time *:-) She was of course very well protected and supported, but what is cool is that it happened, our granddaughter's eyes got real wide, and it was great *:-) I am greatful for being allowed to share experiences like that, and when I saw my wife shortly after they returned from the park, she was glowing with the wonder of the time with our granddaughter in the outdoors. Fabulous. Very greatful. And hopeful for more in the future.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Preso day...nothing new there *:-)

I have a couple presentations coming up in 11 minutes. Just blogging to take some of the pressure off. No biggie, just working sessions with a couple Directors and we all know and respect one another. I'll be back later.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Depressed, but curious...not depressed anymore *:-)

I plugged my iPod Video cable into my Nano by mistake, and USB'd into the Mac. My Nano is now totally frozen, ON, and I can't override it. I don't have the correct cable until tomorrow, at which time I am hoping it will sync again. The Nano is only a couple weeks old, and I use it all the time, so that is where the depression comes from. I am also curious to find out what is going on with it.

Oh Well.

[ one hour later ]:

Aha! I remembered that when at Blockbuster the other day (we don't go there that often), I noticed an impulse buy item at the register that is a book entitled "The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide", Second Edition, which I bought at that time, since I had just purchased the Nano and the iPod Video, and you know that not a lot of documentation comes with them that is convenient for browsing unless you go to the online docs, which is not always easy. So anyway, I spent some time with the book and there, on pages 207 - 208, was the fix I needed and which worked the first time:
"The frozen iPod" - For click-wheel iPods, hold down the Center and Menu buttons for 6 seconds"...worked perfectly *:-)
All is well with my world.

Like, where's the power man?

The entire county was without power for several hours today. Our servers sucked all the backup power our UPS's could deliver and the Sys Admin was madly shutting everything down and pushing buttons on the KVM like mad. Got 'em all shut down in time except for 2 that don't have anything on them right now. Then the power came back on, and we got to run around turning it all back on again *:-)

Plenty of office politics to keep us diverted from worrying about electrical power though. It's the other kind of power that is causing damage right now. We are all looking forward to new leadership to find a course that will inspire us to forget about the small s__t and work toward common goals. Sounds very human to me *:-)

My wife and I are getting ready to choose our new Verizon mobile phones. One of our kids suggested the Razr, but after checking them out, no way are they for us. We will go with the latest LG phone that Verizon offers. We like them, we are used to them, and they fit our plan renewel package with no extra charge *:-)

Ok, time to focus on work now that my work PC is back up...

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Kangaroo climbers & Fossil fuels

My wife and I, who are grandparents of a one year old and delightful girl, were able to order some small backyard play structures to help her mom and dad get her outside in her own yard a little more. Both her mom and dad were climbers when they were little, so we are greatful to be able to help move things along some. I was going to order a much larger structure than we ended up getting, but I must be getting smarter because I called my son (granddaughter's dad) and asked him to preview what I had in mind on the vendor website, and he wisely suggested that I buy something that would be a little closer to her age capabilities, which I did. We hope she has a lot of fun on it *:-)

With the super-cold nights lately, the fossil fuels are being used, in a mix with wood, which has heat shooting out the chimney too, but also doing their job of keeping us warm and cozy. A visitor asked today if using wood heat, our primary heat source, in a nice wood stove like ours with the glass front, was really as romantic as she had heard it was...yes, it is. We really like it, and there just doesn't seem to be any other heat source, other than the Sun itself, that delivers such healing and warming energy. Lots of work though, but worth it.

Friday, January 12, 2007

It is cold, but I'm happy to be home

The Toyota and the Lloyd's Tires people were both accurate. Both my pickup and my tires were fine to make the business trip I just completed. Thanks you guys for being willing to give me your opinion without charging me anything (I buy plenty from them at other times).
Our wood stove did very well last night, and the house was just a little nippy this morning; easily overcome with a small electric heater in each bathroom to make sitting down less of a shock to the system *:-)
We are deciding on our next mobile phones, and whether or not to stay with Verizon. My wife and I like to have the same phone, so whichever model we pick, it will be a 2-fer. The RAZR has been recommended, the iPhone isn't available yet and will be Cingular anyway (although we could switch), and our 2 year contract is up already, and we are on month to month, but the LG phones we have are very good. We will probably have to go to the Verizon outlet 15 miles away and just stand there and talk until we understand what we should do. My wife's phone now has a cracked screen, so it is time to get the new phones. Recommendations welcome, but it needs to be Verizon because that is the only coverage that works where we live.
Back to trying to get the new banner image to upload to the LMS course I am building. Have Fun *:-)

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Ok, so Yahoo Maps is not all good, or all bad

In preparing for my return trip to my home from the business trip I have been on, I again compared Yahoo Maps to 2 other well known resources. While on my trip TO my business activities, the Yahoo Maps directions were seriously flawed, sending me on a 1-hour "lost and confused" experience through parts of a very large city that most folks would not enjoy driving around in, I found that for the return trip, Yahoo Maps made a recommendation that was hugely helpful, keeping me away from serious snow problems and also keeping me on roads that were far more personable than the major multi-lane Interstate highways. So, from now on, I will check all 3 major map resources and pick the best one.

I am grateful to be home and close to my family again, and I got the "grandma" report from my wife which described her experiences with our granddaughter today that she had while helping out over at the granddaughter's home. She also picked up on a need that they have, and with any luck, we will be picking up something very cool to give so granddaughter can have more fun *:-)

A special contract came in where I work, and even though I just returned from a very rigourous trip, I will be working straight through the weekend to meet the deadline. I am greatful to be employed however, and so there will be no complaints from me.

I am really enjoying the iPod Nano I got for the holidays, and especially like the Harajuku version of Phantom of the Opera and also the version with Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. I listened to my iPod while driving today for nearly 8 hours, and had no problems with battery or with the shuffled song mix. Very nice *:-)

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Torrance & Toyota & Training

Hello from Torrance, where I need to stay for 3 days to deliver a product & process training to a client.
The hotel I am in is located in an industrial part of town, and a quite large Toyota facility is across the street. My son, who has reason to know about these things, tells me it is a research facility. Cool.
I got lost for over an hour coming here today, and unfortunately I need to retract my praise of Yahoo's new Yahoo Maps portal. The site is beautiful, easy to use, and visually precise. The map sucked, and I will need to try one of the others and then hand write the directions for getting back because I don't have a printer with me. Some Marketing person must have fired the engineers and put it together herself. Pisses me off, actually.

Monday, January 08, 2007

L-o-o-o-o-n-g day, and still goin'...

Wow, everybody wanted to talk about stuff today, just kinda nice, people stuff, but I am trying to focus because I leave tomorrow for a 3 day business trip and I am still a ways from being ready, even as I write this.
I'm goin' with the flow *:-)
Keep On Truckin' *:-)
Mellow, Baby *:-)
No Worries, Mate *:-)

Sunday, January 07, 2007

New Yahoo Maps rocks!

Wow, as part of my trip prep, I decided to try Yahoo Maps, which I haven't used in about 6 years.
It says it is new, and it is fabulous, IMHO *:-)
The multiple trip legs capability, and the easily available map detail is gorgeous as it is displayed on my screen.
Thank you Yahoo!
My son works there, so maybe his billions of stock options will be worth more *:-) (I don't really know if he has options or not BTW - NOMB)
It is really fun to find tools that actually help me and make life easier.
Thanks again Yahoo, and may you live long and prosper *:-)

Trip Prep...Training Prep

Lots of prep work in creating from scratch a new Training that I will be giving in LA in a couple days.
The product set is not well defined, and the Sales team doesn't like to really sell, so they are hoping that Training will put some spark into the product and also that it will help overcome the user resistance to using new products.
It will do both.
I don't sell however, and I refer all sales stuff to the sales guys. I just train, which is to use appropriate pedagogy to change learners behavior toward being more productive and effective using the new tools.
I will do my best *:-)

Friday, January 05, 2007

San Jose Starbucks...across from Camera 12 Cinemas

Crowded, noisy, nice.
Lots of interesting conversations, and the T-mobile actually works, but only in one corner of the building and as long as my laptop is almost touching the window, unless I want to walk about 1/2 mile up the street closer to the center of town. Promises of ubiquitous wifi have been made by the city fathers for sometime next year. We'll see.
The Museum show where my wife is an exhibitor and demonstrator is still going on, and is about 6 blocks away from here. I will walk back in about a 1/2 hour and see how things are going, since it is supposed to last until 11 p.m.
it is cold outside but almost all the tables, about 15 of them, are full of people out there. I am inside and will stay that way.

Off to the museum...

My wife has been chosen, and published, as an exhibitor and demonstrator at the city-wide Open Museum program which runs on the First Friday of each month in the major city about 26 miles from us.
So, the pickup is starting to be loaded with her art, and I will be the driver and security guard for the evening, which is scheduled to run until about midnight.
She has not done this before, so we don't really know what to expect, but it is really cool that her work has achieved this level of recognition.
Congratulations to her *:-)

Thursday, January 04, 2007

I am Microwave Water Certified (MWC)

Yesterday I used tap water to make my tea...a wretched, and nearly wretching, experience *:-(
Late in the afternoon I happened to go by the lunchroom and observed a person, clearly more intelligent than I, using the lunchroom microwave to heat up her tea water. Voila! The light bulb went off! I took my scummy tea cup, rinsed it out, ran into the office complex lobby to get some decent filtered water from the drinking fountain, hurried back to the microwave, put the cup of water into the microwave...and then was halted by the array of choices of cooking times on the auto-select panel. We don't use a microwave at home (there is an old one in the basement) other than when my wife does strange things to fibers, and I had zero experience with heating water in one. Not wanting to admit defeat, and with trepidation, I chose "Soups/Beverages", which ended up being a 1 minute cook time. It was not the right choice. After fooling around, I have determined that 2 minutes is the right tea water heating time, and I now stride confidently into the lunchroom with my lobby-drinking-fountain water, and heat it up for 2 full minutes and then place my tea bag in the water and stride confidently out. I am now Microwave Water Certified *:-) Truly a great day for mankind, at least until the bottled water guy gets the water here so I can go back to using the hot tap on the water dispenser.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Back in the office...No water...but new lights *:-)

Ok, so I'm back at work. I put it off as long as possible.
Good news: Full spectrum lighting has been installed in the Training Studio that I am responsible for, and it is much better than before the holidays *:-)
Bad news: No bottled water is available for making tea, at least until next week, so I have used tap water this morning, and am still afraid to taste it *:-( Just tasted it...yucchh...and there was a bunch of scum on top and it wasn't very hot. Oh well.
My plants lived...I actually watered them the day we left for the holidays, so that is good news too *:-)
Some stuff came it that I had ordered, so I'll check that out soon.
I have big travel coming up next week so I'll be getting ready for that too.
Now for the part of my day that my wife found very funny (chapter 1):
I received a notice in the mail with the logo of the car company of the pickup truck I drive. It told me in no uncertain terms that it was time for my 60K mile checkup. Since I spend a substantial amount of time on the road, I felt I should adhere to the schedule, since I like the truck a lot and don't want to break down in some of the places I have to go. So, I made the appointment for this morning at 8 a.m., scheduled a rental car, and got up extra early and was there on time. After taking my stuff out of the car and starting the paperwork, the senior service advisor looked in the computer and said "Why are you here?". Ok, my brain stopped, and then I said, "Well, I made an appointment based on the letter I got from you guys." He said: "Well, actually that comes from a company that we hire just to mail out reminders to people, and they don't really know when you are actually ready for a service." I said: "Oh. So what happens now?" He said: "Well, if you want to do the service you can of course, but you don't really need it for another 8K miles." I said: "Ok then, I guess I'll be going." He said: "Give us a call when you are ready for the service." I said: "Ok, I will, thanks."
Now for the part of my day that my wife found very funny (chapter 2):
I had made an appointment to purchase 4 new tires for tomorrow, since I had been told that I would need them before I started driving all over the state again, which actually begins next week. So I figured, OK, since I didn't have to leave the truck for the big service, I'll just take the truck over to the tire shop that we use and have the tires put on now, since I'm already up early. So I pull in and 2 young service guys come over and I say "May I please have 4 new tires, I made an appointment for tomorrow but things changed and I can do it now." They said: "Yeah, sure, no problem, just give us a minute." So as they were looking over the tires, I started to walk away to the waiting room, and then one of the service guys said: "Sir, why are you here? You don't need tires...not even close." OK, by this time I figured I must be in a parallel universe or something where nothing is as it seems, so I didn't fight it, I just said "Well, if you are sure, because I do a lot of high speed driving and I don't want to cause an accident." So the second young service guy says "No sir, you are fine for quite a while yet." So I said: "Ok then, I'll just be going, and I'll see in a few months." ...and off I went.
So I called my wife to tell her all this and give her a chance to laugh at me, which she did, and then she suggested that since I had all this time that I call our physician while I was driving to work, so that I could schedule the full physical that I am due for this year. So I agreed and called the doctor's office, where, of course, not only was I told that my records were in storage and they couldn't give me any definite information, but that also there was no way they could get me in this month and I should call back and try to schedule for next month.
So, I am back at work, with really bad tea, and am starting off the new year.
Have Fun *:-)

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Let the changes begin...

Ok, here I am, at the beginning of a new chapter, and with no idea of what the content will be. Time to have faith, take one step at a time, tidy up loose ends, look forward while watching where I step, and reaffirm basic life tenets.
Did you know that The Economist believes that the number of women who find it hard to focus seems to be rising? I work with a person whose employees have been suggesting that she has this issue, but in the work environment it certainly won't be me that brings it up. Anybody have a proven practice for success is working with someone who has this form of ADD?
I wonder if this blog can handle podcasting? I'll check into it and perhaps you will hear the melodic tones of my voice one of these days *:-)
Have Fun *:-)