I just feel the need to mention that the colors of my blog look like sherbet ice cream (say it sher-bert). And the more I look at it, the more I am dying for some lime, orange, and raspberry flavored sherbet!
mmmmmmmmmmm.
:)
Monday, June 30, 2008
New things to come
So, I've been learning a few new things at work. Some skills that are honestly things that you go to school to learn. Since i started here almost a year ago, I have been learning more and more things. (this is so vague). Anyway...i started learning some seriously-hard things in the past weeks, and it has made me wonder if I would continue doing these "back-office" tasks once we hired someone else to help out. Right now it is just the two of us working here, and the dynamic is so perfect. I have the best job. My boss has made comments about worrying about hiring someone else and that person ruining the dynamic of our work relationship. And honestly, I have the same fear. Because we work so GREAT together. And he teaches me and trusts me. Well, anyway, throughout all this teaching I have wondered if I would continue to do the back office tasks once we hired the aforementioned new person, or if all this was temporary. But I was afraid to ask him, because I was afraid of the answer. I did not go to school to do what I'm doing now, and although i LOVE IT...there are people in the world who are more qualified to do what I'm doing. That is the part that made me doubt that he'd keep me in the back and let the new person take over the front. So, for a long time I never asked...because I was afraid of the answer and what that would do for my attitude at work and my attitude towards him. I was afraid of the slap in the face.
But today, I felt an opportunity to ask. And you know what I did? I marched right into his office and I said, "I don't know if you have given this much thought, but when we hire someone else (knowing that that is not going to be for a while) will the new person push me to being at the front 100% of the time or will I be in the back?" I was proud of my self for actually asking instead of saying something like..." I know you haven't given this much thought, but..........................................do you like black or pinto beans better??" Because, trust me, if you knew how many times I've gone in his office to ask this question and ended up chickening out and asking something else royally stupid....you'd laugh your head off.
So you know what his reply was? He said that he is hoping to have the new person sit at the front and move me to the back office FULL TIME! oh my goodness!!! this was the answer I had been hoping for!! And then he proceeded to tell me how proud he was of my performance and that I had proved myself and to get ready, because more is coming. This was such great news!!
You see, I love my job.
I love working WHERE I work. I love working with WHO i work with. I love WHAT i get to do on a daily basis. I could not be happier in my job. And when he told me that what I love about my job will eventually be FULL TIME I felt like doing a little dance right there in his office. Except, well, I can't dance so it would have been some sort of shaking of the body that might have caused him to dial 911 thinking i was having a siezure. But anywho.
So, i sat down and told him how happy his response had made me and how much i enjoy my job and all the things that I'd been wanting to say for a long time, but i felt it was too awkward. And he thanked me. And he seemed really pleased. And I felt so good.
So...I finally have my answer. And I can rest easy. And now I have even more desire to do the ABSOLUTE best job I can, because he has faith in me.
And that feels so good.
But today, I felt an opportunity to ask. And you know what I did? I marched right into his office and I said, "I don't know if you have given this much thought, but when we hire someone else (knowing that that is not going to be for a while) will the new person push me to being at the front 100% of the time or will I be in the back?" I was proud of my self for actually asking instead of saying something like..." I know you haven't given this much thought, but..........................................do you like black or pinto beans better??" Because, trust me, if you knew how many times I've gone in his office to ask this question and ended up chickening out and asking something else royally stupid....you'd laugh your head off.
So you know what his reply was? He said that he is hoping to have the new person sit at the front and move me to the back office FULL TIME! oh my goodness!!! this was the answer I had been hoping for!! And then he proceeded to tell me how proud he was of my performance and that I had proved myself and to get ready, because more is coming. This was such great news!!
You see, I love my job.
I love working WHERE I work. I love working with WHO i work with. I love WHAT i get to do on a daily basis. I could not be happier in my job. And when he told me that what I love about my job will eventually be FULL TIME I felt like doing a little dance right there in his office. Except, well, I can't dance so it would have been some sort of shaking of the body that might have caused him to dial 911 thinking i was having a siezure. But anywho.
So, i sat down and told him how happy his response had made me and how much i enjoy my job and all the things that I'd been wanting to say for a long time, but i felt it was too awkward. And he thanked me. And he seemed really pleased. And I felt so good.
So...I finally have my answer. And I can rest easy. And now I have even more desire to do the ABSOLUTE best job I can, because he has faith in me.
And that feels so good.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Who dunn it???
So, last night we had a mystery dinner party with my roommate's parents and some of our friends. It was very fun and very funny! Everyone played their parts so well that by the end of the night we were calling each other by the character's names instead of our real ones. It was super-fun. Not to mention that Julie ended up being the murderer! hahahah!
And...I wore a dress.
*GASP* I KNOW!! And shut up, Heather, because when i was younger and wore dresses a lot...i was also a lot skinner and minus a few of my favorite attributes: cankles....hippo-hips...buffalo-butt, and gushy-gut. :) Thankyouverymuch.
So...I wore a dress last night.
And I'm wearing it right now. at work. in front of people I don't know who could say horrible things about me to their families and giggle and I wouldn't even know. And you know what? I actually feel kind of pretty today. So, nah.
Here are some pictures:
That's me. In the back wearing a blue/green/brown dress and green sweater. Also, pearls...because...well, why not?
The little dog...that's westin. I LOVE HIM.
Anyway...it was such a fun night. We laughed and laughed and laughed some more! Mike brought fake mustaches for Jules to borrow. She was playing an 80ish year old italian man and needed a gray mustache. We had fun with the others:
:)
There are more, but I'll have to upload them later. I'm having a little trouble with Blogger. Anyway...you get the idea. Lots and lots of laughing. :)
Next week is 4th of July! yay! I guess if I'm going to get Baseball tickets I should do that NOW, dontcha think?? oh well.
Lastly, my sister spelled her own name wrong in her post today and it made me laugh so hard I almost fell out of my chair. My boss even peeked his head out of his office to see what I was laughing about. Seeing as I said something very vague like "my sister spelled her name wrong on this thing about stuff" he didn't think it was NEARLY as funny as i did. Oh well. (love you, heather!)
Okay...I guess I'll post more later!!
P.S. I LOVE blogger so much better than Livejournal! wooo stinkin hooo!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
My First Post...or Whatever...
Well, I got tired of the livejournal so I have officially switched. I feel like this is a new beginning for me. A breath of fresh air. A fresh start. A clean slate. A chance to start ALL OVER.
Oh, who am I kidding...I just got jealous of my sister's cute blog and decided I had better move if I wanted a cute one too.
So, I don't know what to tell you about myself, and since only ONE person is going to read this...and that ONE person knows EVERYTHING about me, what's the point? I'm just going to keep posting like normal. :)
Here goes:
Yesterday was our weekly gathering where all of our friends come over and we do something fun like have dinner together or play a game or watch a movie. Yesterday we had just planned to play Pictionary with the group. We even got a white board so that we could play like "Win, Lose, or Draw" that used to come on television. Oh, man, I used to LOVE that show. I'd sit there screaming out what I thought the guy in the tight mom-jeans was drawing. Sometimes I'd even shout for the blonde woman in a short skirt with huge hair to MOVE! MOVE SO I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE DRAWING! MOVE YOUR HAIR!! But, anyway, we got a white board so we could re-live those good ol' days! But Jules' parents are in town, so they decided yesterday morning that they wanted to cook dinner for all our friends. A "stereotypical southern meal" they called it. So, I emailed everyone and let them know to "come hungry" because there was going to be many a fried food to try.
And when I walked in the front door and the smell of de-natured vegatables and pork chops that had been simmering in the crock pot for hours hit me in the face, I could have died of happiness right there on the tile by the door, just from smelling it! It was heavenly! And, although everyone didn't like everything, most people at least tried everything. It was a huge success. Although, I have to mention that one of our friends had never even seen Okra before and another kept asking "but, what exactly is a GRIT?" All in all I think people left with full tummies (and arteries, for that matter) and felt they had been straight in the middle of sweet home Alabama.
Then, after dinner we played Pictionary and it was so stinkin hilarious! Julie's dad had to draw "Dick Cheney". HOW FUNNY IS THAT?!? I mean, come on...how do you draw DICK CHENEY? haha!!! So needless to say, we had a great time!
Things are really busy at work today, so I gotta run! Maybe I'll post a little somethin' somethin' later! See ya!
~Krusty Lynn
Oh, who am I kidding...I just got jealous of my sister's cute blog and decided I had better move if I wanted a cute one too.
So, I don't know what to tell you about myself, and since only ONE person is going to read this...and that ONE person knows EVERYTHING about me, what's the point? I'm just going to keep posting like normal. :)
Here goes:
Yesterday was our weekly gathering where all of our friends come over and we do something fun like have dinner together or play a game or watch a movie. Yesterday we had just planned to play Pictionary with the group. We even got a white board so that we could play like "Win, Lose, or Draw" that used to come on television. Oh, man, I used to LOVE that show. I'd sit there screaming out what I thought the guy in the tight mom-jeans was drawing. Sometimes I'd even shout for the blonde woman in a short skirt with huge hair to MOVE! MOVE SO I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE DRAWING! MOVE YOUR HAIR!! But, anyway, we got a white board so we could re-live those good ol' days! But Jules' parents are in town, so they decided yesterday morning that they wanted to cook dinner for all our friends. A "stereotypical southern meal" they called it. So, I emailed everyone and let them know to "come hungry" because there was going to be many a fried food to try.
And when I walked in the front door and the smell of de-natured vegatables and pork chops that had been simmering in the crock pot for hours hit me in the face, I could have died of happiness right there on the tile by the door, just from smelling it! It was heavenly! And, although everyone didn't like everything, most people at least tried everything. It was a huge success. Although, I have to mention that one of our friends had never even seen Okra before and another kept asking "but, what exactly is a GRIT?" All in all I think people left with full tummies (and arteries, for that matter) and felt they had been straight in the middle of sweet home Alabama.
Then, after dinner we played Pictionary and it was so stinkin hilarious! Julie's dad had to draw "Dick Cheney". HOW FUNNY IS THAT?!? I mean, come on...how do you draw DICK CHENEY? haha!!! So needless to say, we had a great time!
Things are really busy at work today, so I gotta run! Maybe I'll post a little somethin' somethin' later! See ya!
~Krusty Lynn
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