August 3,  2002

       Quiet on the home front this weekend.  We were supposed to have a visit from another dear friend, but her new job is proving to be more than a bit of a challenge time wise, so we have to wait for another chance.  However, we aren't giving up on the idea - she's not getting off that easy!  There's some more long weekends coming up, so maybe we can still get in a visit yet.  

      my weekend started off slowly.  It was after 7 before i finally gave up at the office and dragged my butt home.  i wasn't even remotely finished the things i wanted to get done, which i find particularly frustrating since some of it was delayed because of misinformation from other people.  And it seems the more i try to get accomplished so that i, in fact, look accomplished, the more obstacles i find.  Frustrating.

      There's some potential openings coming up that i know i could fit into quite nicely and would include a nice pay increase as well.  i don't think i'm going to be given the opportunity to try for them because of one certain young lady who's in a position to effectively eliminate me from the running.  And that i find VERY frustrating.  The job positions are not being posted, and although i've expressed the desire to try for them, so far no one has offered me the chance.  And although supportive, the VP's i currently answer to are not keen on me going anywhere.  They like things just the way they are.  This is flattering, but even with an 8.3% pay increase recently, still not conducive to lining my pocket books with gold!  And it means a few more years of chaos and mayhem as i struggle to juggle the needs of 4 VP's and their teams.  

      Ah well.  i'm never bored at least.  

      i mentioned to Himself about my desire to have a fantasy fulfilled for my birthday.  He responded with a request that i write the fantasy first.  And of course my mind instantly went into writer's block mode.  i think at this particular stage of my never ending 'be creative' quest, it would have been easier just to find a bunch of pictures and let them tell the story instead.  

      So i'm kind of glum about the whole thing now.  Not only am i totally stymied with writer's block, i'm *icked* with my body again, and the opportunity to do anything is quickly dwindling down to nothing as my birthday approaches, along with the return of friends and family that we both want to enjoy.  And while this weekend might work - today is caught up with lots of work that we can't avoid, and so is Monday.  Tomorrow night my son wants to visit for dinner.  So we are now left with tomorrow daytime, and i can't write anything.  

      Blech.

      And somewhere in all this i want to paint.

      Blech again.

      Can we stop the clock?  

      On the upside, some of the work involves seeing plays - so it's not all bad.  :-)

      Okay, going to close now.  i'm starting to bore even myself here.  i feel like even the quotes are more interesting than me these days.  

 

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