A Realization and A New Adventure

Someone has scolded me (boss, customer, sister) the last three days in a row. It almost makes me want to live by myself on an island, and enjoy contact with the flora and fauna. However, being alone with my own thoughts is detrimental to my mental health. Instead of working through the bruising, I dwell on it. It is other nice considerate people that distract me and reassure me that there are pleasant folk around.

I called to make an appointment for my yearly physical only to discover that my nurse practicioner is heading off on a new adventure, to an allergy clinic. Best wishes to her!

The only constant in life is change. (my boss' quote)

A career move

For the past seven years, I have been working at the main floral shop. Last week, I offered to manage the small branch store. This means giving up zumba and Saturday morning forms and sparring class. I will miss those activities. However, I find it a challenge to make the store viable, and to be able to try a fledgling hand at designing. The president of the company had a long chat with me last Friday. He was impressed with my floral designs and offered suggestions to improve them. I will begin working three days at the branch store next week. The president of the company was hoping to provide continuity by having two managers, each working 3 days. I will miss my coworkers at the main store.

Trying to face life with faith, hope and courage

When I was 7, my dear grandfather gave me an inspirational book. He had drawn lines on the flyleaf with pencil, and after carefully printing out his message, he erased them. " By the teachings....may you meet life's challenges with faith, hope and courage." The beginning of this year has been particularly difficult. Many sacrfices, the death of a dear friend, home invasions and stolen laptops, unexpected expensive dental work, children with stolen ID and difficult life changes... So today I dusted off my grandparents' gift to me an read his message. I read a blog recently about a police officer who was shot in the face. Though the doctors tried to save his vision, he was blinded. He lost his job, wife, sight. In agony, he eventually took his own life. Am hoping to be there and make a difference for the Davids of the world.

Up Bright and Early

Woke up early, so decided to get up and enjoy the early morning quiet. A busy day. My friend's birthday was a week ago, and I want to send her a card with a money gift. Had to wait 'til pay day. However, I now need to go to the bank and the store to get some stamps. Nothing is ever very easy. Have a problem at work. I coded an order incorrectly; it needs to get to another shop immediately for delivery this afternoon. Will leave work a few minutes early to make a dentist appointment. Then off to the high school to pay the "pay to play" fee and mandatory insurance fee. A short break for dinner and then referee training for hapkido/taekwondo and my hapkido class.

The Lobby

A few months ago, I began chatting online with some friends from all over the world. Mostly, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US. I like to learn about other people and their countries, and to share a laugh or two. I enjoy getting away from my life for a few hours. Sometimes at work, I will discuss another coworker with my friend, and of course the other worker is not there to defend herself. Yesterday, on the chat site, a friend commented that she nearly shot herself in the foot opening a wine bottle and after several glasses, became outspoken. The other women made her apologize and she eventually left the lobby. After she had left, the women discussed not only her, but other women on the chat site. I will not participate in a discussion of other people online, no matter how I behave at work. It is unfair to discuss other people when they are not present to defend themselves. I will not be drawn in to the "Mean Girl" attitude, nor will I take sides. I seriously considered leaving the site, because of the 6 or so women who cannot get along.

A Color Delight

Learning the new Asus Tablet

As you know, my laptop was stolen off my dining room table. Yesterday, hubby brought home the replacement product, a stylish new Asus Transformer Prime Tablet. We adhered the zagg sheet to the tablet, set it in its new dock, and tried to figure out how to turn on the device. Yelling for help from our 17 year old daughter (who crawled out of her crib tech savvy), she accidently turned it on. Lordy! It must have 50 apps. Polaris Office, Netflix, My Books, My Music, Google Earth, Google Maps... I tried to get on to one of my favorite sites, but the server could not support it, so drove everyone on the site crazy by ringing the doorbell 15 times! Sheesh! Finally got into the site only to zoom myself into frontiers I've never explored before! Tablet tutorial, here I come!