Have you ever noticed that your brain just starts to shed skills and ways of thinking that it no longer needs? Like executives who can no longer operate a copy machine, for example? I’ll preface this story, in my own defense, by letting you know that I was sick when all of this took place. [...]
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The Long and Winding Road
Posted in Former Job(s), I Need Wine Pronto!, Travel, Writing, tagged Big Sur, Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop, Travel on December 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Here We Go
Posted in Family, Former Job(s), Parenting, Summer, Writing, tagged Family, Parenting, Summer, Summer Vacation on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The kids finished school last week, but since it was a long weekend when we would all have been home anyway, I considered today the first “real” day of summer vacation. We started off with a bang. Both kids had friends over for playdates and we took an excursion to the library and the local [...]
Lifelong Learning
Posted in Former Job(s), Publishing, Writing, tagged Former Job(s), Publishing, Writing on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the car on the way to preschool today, Jay asked me when he would be able to learn how to drive. “When you turn 16,” I responded. “You mean you have to keep learning stuff even when you’re a grown-up??? That’s no fair!!” Never mind that a sixteen year-old is far from being a [...]
Grammar Time
Posted in Former Job(s), Writing, tagged Grammar, National Grammar Day, Punctuation, Schoolhouse Rock, Split Infinitives, Writing on March 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I couldn’t let National Grammar Day go by without stepping on the stump to promote the use of proper grammar. I’m sure I’m going to sound older than my age when I tell you that I find the state of grammar today criminal. Grammar and punctuation seem to have fallen by the wayside in this [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Books, Dogs, Family, Former Job(s), Holidays, Writing, tagged Book Clubs, Books, Family, New Year's, Reading, Running, Volunteering, Writing on January 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »
After my previous bummer-esque post about why I don’t like New Year’s Eve, I figured I’d do a 180 and wish everyone a Happy 2010. It turns out that a change of scenery was just what I needed to wring out the old year. We spent the night in downtown Denver last night. We kicked [...]
T-1
Posted in Former Job(s), tagged Former Job(s) on December 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I turned in my paper on mobile payments – the last of my big assignments! My two very best bosses (and friends) called for no reason other than to thank me for my good work and to wish me well. I almost got a little teary. Now I just have a bit of clean-up and [...]
T-2 Days
Posted in Former Job(s), Writing, tagged Former Job(s) on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yup, and right now I’m up to my ears finishing the draft ballot on Mobile ACH Payments, which will be distributed to NACHA’s voting members long after I am gone. Can’t stop to blog today, so come on by tomorrow to read the exciting conclusion of: Will She or Won’t She Meet her Final Deadlines?”
Barnes & Noblesse Oblige
Posted in Books, Former Job(s), Holidays, tagged Books, Christmas, Reading on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, the countdown to my last day of work continues (T-3 days), but instead of the continuing chronicles of my to-do list, today I’m going to write about last night’s pilgrimage to Barnes & Noble for some Christmas shopping. I say pilgrimage because it seems like I’ve hardly left the house in the past two [...]
T-4 Days
Posted in Family, Former Job(s), Holidays, tagged Christmas, Dilbert, Family, Former Job(s) on December 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Remind me not to leave a job during the holidays ever again. When I decided to leave my job in October, wrapping up at the end of the year (pun intended) seemed like a tidy way to go. Instead what’s happened is I have all of my final work to complete the same week that [...]
Grrrrrrr
Posted in Former Job(s), Winter on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you ever have days where you’re just irritated all day long without any particular reason? Where everything everyone says to you is like scratching nails on a chalkboard? Today was one of those days for me. I’m sure it was at least partially triggered by the fact that I drank a little too much [...]
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