Finally Some Photos!

I've been meaning to upload these for ages and I just never seem to get upstairs to the computer where the pics are. Well,I made it tonight. Feast your eyes on a plethora of pics. I guess I should do separate posts for different categories huh?

Well, here are some shots from the Police concert in May 2008. Awesome concert, had 12th row floors and Elvis Costello opened. Can you ask for anything better? (Not much I don't think!)

Week after Vacation Blues

I was starting to feel like maybe, just maybe I am starting to work to the standard my mgr needs. Then something happens and I think, okay did I miss the ball again? One of the mantras here and in my previous role is "balance getting on with it with getting it right. I feel like in my previous role there was more emphasis on getting on with it then getting it right (read perfect). And I am having a hard time with it. I don't know if it's just that I'm dumb from being overtired and physically weak and I'm missing things I might otherwise see. Or worse, maybe I'm just not cabable of seeing the things I am supposed to be able to see.

For example we have been having problems with one of our vendors because they are taking way to long to deliver on some things. So, we were told Dec 22 that all outstanding issues would be resolved by Jan 12th. Then yesterday we received an email saying that our rep would like to set up a meeting in the next two weeks to discuss the updates. My mgr expressed the concern that does that mean Jan 12th is no longer feasible? I emailed the rep and haven't heard back. In the mean time I asked if I should set up the meeting the rep suggested and was told yes. So I emailed the rep and asked what times the rep had available. The resposne was jan 23 after a certain time. So I booked the meeting. Then a couple of hours later I get a call from my mgr saying why is the meeting on Jan 23? I said, because that is the date I was given. Mgr says that is not good enough. Way too late. I said, well I still haven't heard back regarding Jan 12th. So I was told to cancel the meeting and mgr would call rep to try and get an earlier date I guess.

So my question is, is should I have anticipated that that would be too late? It's hard to book meetings with people as it is because they get booked up so far in advance. Should I have anticipated that Jan 23 was too far away and pushed for an earlier date? Maybe I should have because it was outside of the two weeks the rep originally suggested.

I think I am really trying, but I don't seem to be getting any farther ahead. and it really frightens me.

Happy New Year

Here's to 2009. May it be happy, healthy and prosperous (enough) for us all.

It's Friday - woot woot

I have become the ubergeek. I signed up for my company's corporate cell phone plan because my contract FINALLY expired with my old company. The new plan rocks. Same price for so much more. For $20 a month you
get the following:
• 200 Local Anytime Minutes
• Unlimited Local Weekends(Fri 8pm to Mon 7am)
• Unlimited Text Messages
• Call Display & Message Centre
Plan Includes:
$20 /mo*
• Call Forwarding, Detailed Billing,Call Waiting, Conference Calling4
• System Access Fee
• Waived Activation Fee
Corporate
Plan
Receive a Pass that includes: 2 general admissions, 2 regular soft drinks & 1 regular
popcorn with your new 36 mth activation from Baka.

And for $30 more you get:
Unlimited Email & Internet Plan.

So I ordered two Palm Treos for peter and I. Initially didn't go with the unlimited email and internet, but then thought, I want it!!! I love this phone. I've become addicted to text messaging. Talked more to S then I have in a year since I received the phone. I love it.

This is my phone (okay well not literally) but a picture of the model:

Other then the phone the week has been full of Nor virus flu. Came down with it Saturday night. Fortunately it seems to become milder each time I come down with it. Although I still wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Took Monday off because I was still weak and dehyrdated. Went to work Tuesday and felt fine. Wednesday I got on the train and thought I was going to hurl. Fought it back and went in anyway. Ate saltines to try and cope with the waves of queasiness. By 1 pm I knew I wasn't function so went home. Slept most of the next day. Have lost 6 more lbs. Stupid. I hate the way it's so hard to build up muscle mass and SOOO easy to lose it. And even easier for me because I don't have much to lose to begin with.

I am going to ask Dr. L about physio - I think I need some help getting back some body muscle mass. But what a pain.

Mr. Sandman

Didn't sleep last night very well. Woke up with cramps alternating in my calves. Had done new exercise in Wii Fit leg lunges. Think that probably exacerbated it. Oh well.

I had to dodge my Go train buddy this morning because I was so tired. I needed to sleep every single second I could get on the way in. Yesterday he wouldn't let me sleep until we got to Clarkson! Ugh! And then my leg started to cramp on the train. Oh joy oh bliss!

Hee Hee.... S and C got two rats one for little S and the other for C. Little S named hers Remy and C named his Ampersand. He totally fell in love with Chetters when they were over Saturday night. He was saying he wanted to get a rat and S said something don't remember what quite, but my response was, he didn't know he wanted a rat friend until he met Chetters (or something to that effect!).

Anyway, I'm am in the midst of creating process flows so I should really stop procrastinating and get back to it.