It’s New Year’s Eve. I am drinking a glass of bubbly sparkly wine and watching CSI.
BookGuy is snoring on my couch.
The puppy is snoozing beside me.
Frankly, I couldn’t be happier, or feel more peaceful.
Feast One Hundred & Twenty Four
Appetizer
How do you usually celebrate on New Year’s Eve?
Goodness, I’ve done it all. I’ve spent the evening with Dick Clark. I have boogied the night away on a little island in Mexico. In my youth, I attended more than one First Night in Boston. I’ve been to lameass house parties with my former husband’s coworkers. This year, I’ll be holding down the couch, cuddling with my sweetie and my doggie. I’ll be swillin’ some tasty sparkling wine, and burping loudly. Good times!
Soup
Name one thing unexpected that happened to you in 2006.
Salad
Where was your favorite place that you visited in 2006?
Ever since I moved to Michigan, I always wanted to attend one of the semi-annual sales at the Ann Arbor Potters Guild. This summer, I did. And it was wonderful. I didn’t buy anything, but I enjoyed looking at and handling all the pieces. It was so inspirational!
Main Course
What resolution is your top priority for 2007?
I resolve to go back to the gym. It’ll let my couch spring back into its true shape. Ahem.
Dessert
Using just three words, describe 2006.
Happy. Surprising. Sweet.
As I alluded to recently, I was promoted in November to a higher position withing Green Nonprofit. The person whom I replaced was very well liked here, but left rather suddenly, under less than good terms.
I knew that I would have an uphill battle to gain acceptance in my new position, and I thought that I had been doing fairly well. It was hard to just be plunked into a new position, albeit similar to ones I’d had before, without having any training at all. My training consisted of a list o’ passwords and a set of keys.
The managerial staff has been pleased with what I have been doing. There have been a LOT of fires to put out, along with all the new stuff I’ve been handling. However, a “little birdie” told me today that the rank and file think I’m “not qualified” to be doing my new job.
Isn’t that nice?
Granted, I’ve made some mistakes. I am not perfect. I’ve been trying my best, however, and this criticism really, really hurts. Of course, I am always striving to do better, but still. Give me a break.
Hey! Know what? spending Christmas morning with an energetic eight year old and his dad sure is tiring. I am at work today, and I am beat. Whupped. Pooped. As soon as I get everyone paid, I am outta here for the afternoon.
I told my ever-so-sympathetic coworkers about my plight and they laughed at me! The nerve.
I have had a very nice howliday season this year! Last year, my Lisa was very sad. She spent a lot of time in her apartment without any other humans around. I was happy to cuddle with her, but worried. I mean, I like hanging around with other critters like myself. Why shouldn’t she?
This year has been so different. There’s this HUGE plastic green thing in our living room. There are little sparkly dingles hanging from it. They all are verrrrrry interesting, and I like to sniff them when I think my Lisa isn’t looking. There are these paper covered rectangles under the green plastic thing. Those haven’t been too tempting. They don’t smell like anything good like cheese, sausage, or poop.
On Christmas Eve, Lisa’s friend BookGuy will be here with his son, the small human. I am SO EXCITED! They are going to stay over! My Lisa says it will be like camping, kinda. I love my BookGuy. I think he comes over to visit me, really. He is a great bellyrubber. His son and I run all over outside when he comes over. I get sooooo tired, like this:
My Lisa says we are going to be getting up really early on Christmas Day. I think something is going to happen with all the wrapped rectangles. I will try very hard to be a good helper, since there will be three humans to keep track of.
I love my Lisa, my BookGuy, and his son. They seem so happy when they are together. This makes me happy too.
But, a big hunk of cheese would make me pretty happy as well. Just sayin’.
Love,
Roxie
This week has been a tough one medically at Green Nonprofit. Michigan in general has been in the grips of a series of norovirus outbreaks. My workplace is no different. I was the fifth person to come down with the rumbly tummy and explosive emissions.
I’ll spare any further details.
Anyhoo, I’m at work…trying to get some stuff done before a four day weekend. It’s the end of the year, see, and there’s lotsa loose ends to tie up. I’ve had a number of calls from folks who are all, like, “Hey! We’re closing out our books for the year! Do you have information about X, Y, and Z?” I’m also trying to track down the holiday gift cards that I ordered for the ENTIRE organization that haven’t appeared yet.
I still have my Holiday Mojo going strong, tho’. The soundtrack from the Charlie Brown Christmas is in my cd drive of my computer. My mind continues to wander to the presents (all 2 of them) that I still have to wrap.
Body is at work. Mind is elsewhere. Typical.
I am still working at my beloved Green Nonprofit. I can’t believe I have been there for over a year already. Yikes! What started as a “just to get back on my feet” gig has turned into a bona fide career. Who woulda thunk it? Not me.
I was recently promoted. People were gone, there were holes in the organization, and I just slid into a better opportunity. I am finally able to use some of the learnin’ I got at my alma mater. Plus, I have been gettin’ some serious on the job training. Basically, I had no one to train me. I’ve had to learn all the procedures, software, etc. from scratch.
Aside: just once I would love to be in a job that has an actual training program! What a concept!
It’s been exciting and stressful, as all new jobs are. I have oodles more responsibility. I feel best about being able to make a more worthwhile contribution to Green Nonprofit. I do have an office now. With a door, no less! And business cards. Ain’t no stoppin’ me now!
I finally made the switch from Movable Type to Wordpress.
What, pray tell, took me so long? Wordpress’s most recent release is nothing short of a joy to work with. The availability of premade themes makes non-coders like myself look like we know what we are doing. There are lots of Wikis and other resources for tech support. Plus, Wordpress is free.
Sure, MT served me well for awhile. I stuck with them through some growing pains. But, managing upgrades quickly became, well, unmanageable. I was able to install Wordpress and import all my MT posts in less then 10 minutes. Nice.
New blogging software!
New design!
New job (ish)!
Now all that’s needed is some fabulous new content.
Hey. I’m workin’ on that.
Dearest coworker,
You know, if you hadn’t been goofing off all week, you wouldn’t be so stressed out about Monday’s deadline.
Oh yah, and you wouldn’t have to work this Saturday, either.
