Woe is me

I decided to stay home today. I was heading to the shower before work when somehow I crawled into bed instead... It's what I need though. My sore throat is actually feeling somewhat better so if I rest up today I hope to be fine tomorrow. We're going for drinks after work to celebrate my supervisor's new job.

I took my name off my blog the other day after I came down with a case of paranoia. Just in case some people that I work with can't be trusted to keep certain acronyms to themselves!

Oh I think it's nearly time for another nap...

Congratulations

Well this morning it was back to work...back to Askaway which I haven't had to do in a couple of weeks. I was in the middle of my first question of the day: how to conjugate some French verbs with the pronoun 'qui' - when my phone rang. It was the HR assistant calling about the reference supervisor posting; to tell me I was the successful applicant and would I accept? Yippee, no interview necessary! And by the time I got back to my computer, my patron had found the answer in his textbook. That was a really good thing. Spend 5 days speaking Spanish & then come home to conjugate French verbs? I don't think my brain ever recovered.

The position starts on the 11th. Oh and get this, EGTB wants to 'mentor' me! Give me a break!!

I finished the little scrapbook on PV that I started Saturday night and brought it in to work with me today. I've certainly never accomplished that so quickly!

Unfortunately I still feel pretty horrible - nasty sore throat, kind of achy & headachy. It'll either go away or get worse I guess! I hope for the former.

That was sooooo relaxing!

The good thing about being so spontaneous is that you don't have time to develop any expectations! I didn't do much, some shopping, lots of walking around, hanging out by the pool and one afternoon at the beach. A few great meals out, plus prawns & ceviche at the beach and awesome shrimp fajita-type things at a roadside stand. I enjoyed it a lot. AM & Di were VERY surprised to see me but I think it went OK. Now that I've sampled a winter getaway I think I could make a habit of it!

Off to Puerto Vallarta!

Holy cow I can't believe I found a flight - I leave Kelowna 6:00 Monday morning and come back Friday night. (Have big plans next weekend so had to be home for those!) Now I'm just hoping AM checks her email again tonight & calls me. If I can't sleep on their couch, I'm hoping she can find me a hotel room close to where they're staying.

God I have a stomach-ache - the nerves...the spontaneity!! Now I have to try on my summer clothes!

Not Those Winds I guess

Gee I've put my life on hold these last couple of weeks & haven't even posted anything! So I applied for a job as a branch head. Many, many people expected I was going to get it. But. I didn't.

My supervisor got it instead. She had not told anyone she applied so it was a complete surprise although I had a feeling she might have. So I wasn't totally blind-sided. I celebrated my disappointment by having an absolutely crappy sleep last night and not doing any work whatsoever today. In fact I spent a large part of the day trying to find a cheap flight to Puerto Vallarta for next week! Unsuccessfully sad to say. AM & Di are there right now and I thought it would have been cool to fly down and hang out with them for a few days.

So now I have to apply for the supervisor's job... I'd better get it. As she said to me, who else would want it? Prior to this branch head carrot dangling in front of my nose, it was my dream job, so I have to drum up some enthusiasm. And EGTB is still there but we've got our fingers crossed.

In other news, it's back to WW tomorrow. I've lost 11 pounds so far and my clothes are loose so that's awesome. I got my hair cut last week, an excellent cut but of course I can never get it to look as good as Rose does.

I still have done no scrapping for months but there's a crop next weekend I'm going to and I should have my last Pick of the Patch kit by then, so maybe inspiration will strike.

Well now I'm going to search for cheap cruises....

Changes blowing in

Last night when I got home from work I was so excited I couldn't sleep! There's some stuff happening at work that might mean a big change for me (keep your fingers crossed!) and a few other job postings coming out this month. If we're lucky, EGTB (it's code) will get a new job and move away. So even if things don't turn out for me, there could still be some good things happening.

So tomorrow's a very busy day for me. Stopping at WW before work - I'm not sure how that's going to go. As I said before, it wasn't the most vigilant week for me, and I just had a yummy Lindt 70% orange chocolate bar (the little one: 4 points) for dessert. Then it's off to work and then from there to my LSS for a night (actually weekend) of inventory. But it looks like all my buddies will be there so really it'll just be a very fun time.

I never did any scrapping over the holidays although I did kind of clean off my desk. But I now have the printer hooked up to my laptop so maybe I can actually print a photo now & then as the mood strikes!

Happy New Year

 

Here's Holly and Myla on Christmas morning - one of the few photos taken that were actually in focus!

So I'm not a big New Years person. The last time I remember going *out* for New Years was in the late 80's! And I don't do resolutions either. This year I did manage to stay up till past midnight. Greg started his partying fairly early in the day; I don't think he stayed awake much past 12, but he'd gone downstairs before then and we didn't see him again. (His computer was giving him trouble so he went to the laptop in the basement instead.) Holly had slept for awhile earlier in the evening, but got up about 11:30. She and I watched Air Farce, wished each other a Happy New Year and went to bed! Needless to say, she and I felt just fine the next day. Greg, however, did not! No complaining, but he spent the day on the couch.

I only made one resolution - to keep a record of books as I read them. Especially for a librarian, this should be an obvious one. So far, I'm doing well. Not that I've read more than one book in the last 36 hours...I included the ones I'd read over the holidays.

I was feeling that 2007 hadn't been a very good year, but upon re-reading my blog entries I guess it was pretty good after all. Just been out of sorts the last couple of months. I do feel better now though. And I'll be kind of glad to get back to work tomorrow. I work the next 2 Saturdays so will miss the WW meetings, however I'll still weigh in before work. Hey did I tell you? 10.6 pounds! At least up until this past week - we'll see what this Saturday brings. I got into the cheese & crackers big time. Oh there might have been some chocolate too...

Speaking of Myla, we've reached an agreement where Linda (her 'real' mom) is going to come and take Myla out a few times a week. She had her for a couple of hours today and may come back tomorrow. It's good 'cause Linda's been pining for her and God knows the dog's not getting enough exercise with us. Plus we've decided that come June we will be giving her back (although I haven't told Linda yet). I think she really wants her back too. She's a great dog, but basically she's just too big for us. She needs more obedience training which I don't feel like doing, at least right now; I've got too much else on my mind. So I can't take her for a walk on-leash. She chewed through the halter I bought and also through Ruby's old leash. So we spend a lot of time at the dog park, which she loves. Don't know why though; the minute she walks in the gate she gets humped. This happens without fail every single time we go there. She's just some kind of magnet I guess. But she's so good-natured she puts up with it. Most of those dogs, if she nipped at them, would back right off but she just stands there. Funny girl.