Once Upon a Time...

Once upon a time there was  pretty little princess, sitting in her pretty little castle window. She gazed out upon the hills and people of her pretty little land, and all she wanted was to be like them. So, one day she did. The King and Queen disowned her, and made her to live among the village people. She was required to work hard and save her pennies. She liked the hard work and earning her keep at first, but then realized that it was all for the birds. Her job was mindless, uninteresting, and hardly paid the bills. Life would be much easier staring out on the land from her rose colored glasses while others waited on her hand and foot.

the end.

Here it is...

I'm a stress eater. When life hands me a great big pile of uncontrollable I eat sweets by the barrels, or at least until I feel horrible. I figure, if I'm going to feel horrible anyway I might as well be able to blame it on the food. Honestly, I don't know what to do about it. Sadly, it seems to keep me sane. This week was supposed to start off with one of those bangs!! The good kind. The kind that makes you jump start the end of your year, but it didn't. From the big things to the minutiae of life it has been totally out of sync. I have enjoyed talks of great possibilities, a cold, and major company changes. The company changes were the biggest shockers. What's a girl to do?? ...well, this one just enjoyed some Christmas desserts. I'll be paying for it all week.

Christmas parties and such!

The office is in a stir! It's that time of year for holiday gatherings, and the company is having a "holiday meeting" this afternoon/evening. Needless to say, the office is buzzing around with festive holiday colors and holiday cheer. The boss grabbed the mardi gras beads, and is marching around like a gangster. Maybe, just maybe this event will be worthwhile. :)

Happy Holidays!

Neighbors and dogs...sheesh

This just happened...

Just had a hand written note placed on my door from my neighbor it said,
"Neighbor, please do not let your dog attack my daughter as she walks home
from the bus stop." WTF! My dog never attacked anyone! I respond to this w/ "dear neighbor, please don't let your child bang on my fence & piss my dog off." I'm so sick of stupid neighbors!

No, I didn't do this, but someone very near and dear to my heart did. I laughed, but I don't think I could ever pull this off. hahaha.

Really?!? ...yes, really.

Courtesy of UrbanDictionary.com:

Ballsy

Adjective for someone willing to take risks, or displays how manly or unafraid of authority and/or getting caught a person is. Also to describe the act of something dangerous or forbidden. "You snorted cocaine in your junior high girl's bathroom!? That was ballsy!"

Yesterday was a ballsy kind of day. It was just one of those days when all the crap that people say about things that you are already a little disturbed about culminate. So, like any grown person does, I acted on my sentiments. I sent a very professional email to an Executive VP of my company, and copied my boss. It's just something that I thought needed to happen. What the heck. At my level I doubt it would stir up anything. Today, I received nothing in response. ...not surprised. However, my actions did cause a "butterfly effect," if you will. My boss sent a ballsy email to his boss about unrealistic expectations for next year. I approve. It's the business person thing to do. Don't ever roll over when people give you craptastic stuff to do. Instead, approach them with a plan, or an insightful response. In the end, it's what we were made for.

Happy almost Friday!

Technological Guru??? ...maybe.

In life we all wonder who we will be, and what we will become when we grow up. Well, people tell me I'm grown all the time, but I'm still wondering when I'll grow up. Life leaves us in limbo so often after you matriculate. If you aren't married with a few kids running around you're probably in limbo.

Today in the office I realized that I'm a bit too analytical for my own good, and I like it!! Unbeknown to me, I utilize all kinds of software programs without even taking it into account. Therefore, I decided I would become a GENIUS!! ...or at least know enough about some of the obscure programs that I can get myself out of trouble if needed. ;) Next thing I know, while on this tech. high, a coworker asks how to undo something she had done in one of our new systems, and I ...yes I... knew the answer off the top of my head. There were four other attentive audience members, who I know, personally, had no idea how to answer her question. Interesting. I like being the tech guru, but I'll have to work at not being the office's go to person. There are other metrics I'm fortunate to have *gag* in this office, and they don't necessarily count technological skills in that group. It's a crying shame.

Well, I guess I can add one more thing to my resume!

...life is goooooooood.