Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Achiever

My brother is a total idiot. He has reached new levels of idiotism that have never been reached before. It's astounding really, does the idiotic-ness never end? Is there an actual bottom to this pit? Or does the pit just keep getting deeper and deeper as new idiotness is discovered?

I better stop there, or I might end up discovering something I don't want to know about.

My brother's such a high (or is it low?) achiever - he should be awarded a medal or something.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Conversation

A recent conversation I had on MSN:

Koloudu: I'm having mixed words in my head right now.

Luv: mixed words?

Koloudu: words mixed...

Luv: LMAO

Koloudu: :p

Luv: that's funny! you even mixed up the mixed words!

Koloudu: ...
Koloudu: shut up lol

Luv: i can't help it! it's too funny!!

Koloudu: it's going into ur blog right?

Luv: it's actually going on right now.

Koloudu: o noes lol

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Friends

I met up for lunch with a friend of mine today. We hadn't seen each other in about two years, but we'd e-mail each other often to stay up to date in our lives. With me not commuting as much anymore, we could finally meet up. I was a bit apprehensive about meeting up with her - two years can change someone a lot. I know I've definitely changed, and I don't know how it would've changed her. Would we still get along? What would we talk about for an entire hour?

It was a great lunch. We talked, we laughed, we ate (too much), and the hour flew by! We've decided that we'll meet up for lunches/dinners once a month...this will ensure we don't wait another two years to meet up.

It's times like these that make me realize how great friendships are. I am very lucky to have some fantastic friends, but to be honest I don't see them as often as I should. We all get caught up in our work/school/families and the time just seems to fly by. I almost only see my best friend at the gym, I have another great friend that's travelling half way across the world, and many more that I talk to every now and then but hardly ever see. I've been trying to get together for coffee with another friend of mine since the beginning of October, and we just haven't been able to set a firm date.

My point to all this is - am I the only one that does this? I have a bunch of wonderful friends, but we really can't seem to get together often.

The greatest thing about my friends...when we do finally meet up again, we start off exactly where we left off. There are some friends that are "high maintenance" - ie. they require a phone call from you at least once every three days or they suddenly think you're mad at them. The low maintenance kind of friends are the best kind to have.

I definitely have the best kind. A big thank you to my friends.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

I knew

I started at my new workplace on Monday. Brand new team, brand new area, brand new direct reports. I knew I had a lot of work to do with my team, I knew I had a lot of changes to implement, I knew I had to make some change fast, I also knew that this team hadn't been managed effectively for some time...I just didn't know the scope of the issues I was going to be dealing with.

Don't get me wrong...the team members have been good so far. I just find I'm going to have to manage their time down to the minute - there has been no time management plan put in place for these people. I'm not the kind of in-your-face type manager, but I also want to see results - if I don't see results, or even improvements, then expect to find me in your face.

I've brought home work every night this week. I've been working minimum 10.5 hr days at my office. I don't see this routine changing anytime soon. I've got an uphill battle here...but hey, it's only a 10 minute drive to work. That's gotta count for something, right? ... Right?!

Once I see the fruits of my labours, this will all be worth it. Until then:

I love my job. I love my job. I love my job.