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End of the week update

Friday, August 13th, 2010

You know, I don’t think I’ve ever had so many comments on a post as the one with the pictures of the dresses!  That’s so much fun!!

Okay.  So it’s Friday and I’m still at work, but I’m on my lunch break so I can give a quick update.

You know how I started out the week with 7 different projects?  I should get an AWARD, people.

  • Project 1:  Mostly finished up on Friday, fully completed on Monday.
  • Project 2:  Partially completed on Friday, fully completed on Tuesday
  • Project 3:  Started on Monday.  Completed on Wednesday
  • Project 4:  Started by my co-worker on Monday or Tuesday.  Picked up by me on Wednesday.  Completed on Thursday
  • Project 5:  Started on Thursday.  Will be completed, except probably for the final signature, before I leave today.
  • Project 6:  I’m going to get started on this today, too.
  • Project 7:  Handed off to my coworker.  Deadline shifted back a couple days.  Isn’t that just how it goes?

Now, most of them are going to come back up again when I revise them to the next revision level before we deliver the project.  But to have completed as much as I did?  I think that’s pretty darn amazing.

Justin has been absolutely wonderful this whole week.  I’ve been keeping random hours and being an emotional whirlwind and he’s been amazing!  I’m so lucky to be married to such a great guy!

Yesterday we actually took time to make a complicated dinner.  We grilled shrimp, potatoes, and corn, and it was delicious!  Justin marinated the shrimp for several hours in the afternoon and we grilled them on wooden skewers.  We grilled the potatoes with garlic and oil in an aluminum foil packet directly on the coals.  And Justin covered the grilled corn in a mixture of sour cream and feta cheese and it seems like it would be really weird combination, but it was fantastic.

Tomorrow, we’re going to help out at The Room at the Inn doing some renovation and clean up to one of the rooms.  They’re a home for young, homeless mothers and mothers-to-be where they can learn some basic skills and get some help.  It’s a great program.

And then we’re probably heading into Savannah for a while, but we’re still tossing around what our exact plans are for while we’re there.  We had plans, but they stacked on top of each other, so we’re re-evaluating.

And Justin’s step-dad is arriving in town some time in the next couple days.  He’s driving a car from California, where we went to be with family when his dad died.  He’s going to park the car somewhere in the area here, for his daughter to use once she finally gets her driver’s license.  And he’s going to fly back to Vermont on either Monday or Tuesday, but I can’t remember which.  I’m so well informed, can’t you tell?  I’ve been a little preoccupied.

And speaking of which, I should get back to work so I can get this document done, see if I can round  up the final signature (but I suspect he’s not here today), and get a look at the next one.  I have training all Monday morning (7:00 AM!), so I need to figure out whether I can do most of this one Monday afternoon or if I need to hit a chunk of this afternoon before going home.

Either way, time for me to get going.

Cheers!

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Erica wanted to see me in a dress

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

So you all get to see me in two.

I took these pictures over the weekend, just in case you were wondering.  I was at work until 6:15 today.  No way I was taking pictures when I got home.

But here you go!  This first dress is what I’m thinking of wearing to a cocktail dinner at the symposium for work.  It’s jackets and ties for guys.  Nice dresses for girls.

Cocktail dress

My wonderful photographer caught his reflection in the mirror . . . .

Ugh, the back fat

Apparently, I need to not let it fall down so far in the back . . . .

It really looks better in person

Also, I wasn’t aware when he took that picture.  I think I was asking him a question about earrings.

And for the wedding:

From the front . . . .

Fuzzy, but you get the idea

I don’t have any shoes to wear with this unless I wear the black ones from the first pictures.

Also, I think it might be time to invest in a good strapless bra . . . .  Not that I’m bra-less in these photos!!  Just that it’s not a great bra.

So . . . verdict?  Are the tan lines too obvious?  Are the dresses to casual?  Am I too fat to wear these dresses?  (Please say no because otherwise I’ll start crying.)  Leave your comment after the tone.

*Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

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10 minute update

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Okay, I’ve got 10 minutes left to my lunch break and I’m going to update about what’s going on.

Work is insanely busy right now.  It started last week and it got worse on Monday.  Last week, we tried to complete 3 projects, which is crazy to start off with.  And then the regulators that we report to changed the rules and expectations on how I do my part of the project and made things really fun and complicated.  So after dealing with that situation on Friday and expecting to complete a project on Monday that didn’t complete last week, I was already not looking forward to this week.

And then on Monday, I was informed that instead of having my part of the process done 7 days before a specific deadline, it was moving to 30 days from that deadline.  So, I’m now late on 4 projects!  When can they expect to have them?  Today?  Right?

It takes me 2-3 days to put together each of these documents.  So on Monday, I had to wrap up the project from Friday, finish up the one that had shifted from last week, and get started on the other 4 that were late.  As well as supporting everything else that I have to do while finishing up a project.  There were at least 3 times that I snuck off to the bathroom to cry a little bit.  I was stressed out.

But I can only do what I can do, and I made it through one project and  most of another and a good chunk on a third.  Yesterday, I mostly finished the second project (the one that shifted) and made more progress on the third.  A coworker started helping on the 4th.  Today, I’ve finished off the second completely, I’m nearly done with the third (and hope to have it done before the end of today) and my coworker isn’t able to help with the fourth, so I’m taking up that one.  I have a fifth and sixth after this, on the new, and therefore late, deadline, and another project that’s on a separate deadline that also needs to get reviewed by the end of the week, making it seven.

I’ve skipped out of or canceled most of my meetings this week, I have training all afternoon tomorrow that I’m going to have to reschedule, and I’m working overtime and probably will be working all Friday afternoon.

It’s been a stressful, not fun week, and it’s only Wednesday noon.

But I’m not crying anymore.  People are leaving me alone today so I can focus.  And I’m hopeful that I’ll make good progress before the end of Friday.

And that’s the end of my 10 minutes so I’ve got to go.

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Busy!

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Crazy!  Busy!  And cranky.

And I didn’t like the template.

I’ll write again later.

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