Chew with your mouth closed!

Why is it that everytime I have to relieve the receptionist for lunch, there is an agent that has to sit right behind me for that whole hour and chew gum like a pig! The funny thing is, its not always the same person. Do people not have manners anymore? These people are professionals for crying out loud! That slapping of the gums and crackling noise of popping gum seriously will drive me to drink. Amstel light anyone?

Good Times

I had a great time this past weekend at Put in Bay. If you have never been, it's worth it just to people watch and see what too much drinking and too many beads will do to probably very normal people! Some funny things I heard that I don't want to forget are:
"Paul, girls don't like that!" "No, we arent kidding!"
"She's the girl we tied to the boat that one time on Lake Erie"
"Are those things real?"
"Discombobulated, that's the word of the night."

The best time out there though was sneaking into the hotel pool at 3 in the morning.
Thanks to P and C for helping us scale the fence and entertaining us with your musical talent. Also those were some great kartwheel's from CM. Now thats a talent when you have been drinking rum all day!

Thanks to CM's dad for renewing my faith that couples can still enjoy eachothers company and have fun after many years together! That's a beatuiful thing!

Good times were had by all!

Anaylze much?

Socrates once said “An unexamined life is not worth living.” I believe this to be true. I feel I try to examine my life on a regular basis. You know, take some inventory…where am I at? Where do I want to go? Am I happy with my life? Am I doing the best that I can? Do I treat people the way I should or would want to be treated? Am I reaching the goals that I have set for myself? Am I surrounding myself with people that care about me and support me through my endeavors? I have realized that even though I might “examine” it and want to change certain things, it is a challenge to put it into action. It’s like trying to lose weight. You know you need to, and you can become more aware of what you should or shouldn’t eat, but you still have to consciously decide and have the will power to make the right decision even if it feels uncomfortable and the cheeseburger sounds better than a salad. I guess this is why change is hard for people in general, whether to do for themselves or to accept in others. I truly believe that people should learn from their past experiences and/or mistakes and with that comes change and the decision to do things differently. I am on a path of change. It might be scary and uncomfortable at times but I feel exhilarated knowing the things that I want to change about myself and going after the goals that I have set. Regardless of where the path will lead me this time, I know that this is good for my soul and you can’t go wrong there.

It's the little things...

I have been a disgruntled employee lately. We just recently received our yearly raise and according to my boss they are based on merit and some employees won’t even get one this year! So I get pulled into the conference room and my boss starts in on how I am doing such a great job, there have been no complaints, I am an excellent employee and they are SO lucky to have me. Then he proceeds to push this tiny folded piece of paper across the table for me to take a look. I look at it. In fact I look at it for so long my boss asks if I need to go back to college to learn math again. Funny comment yes, even funnier was the raise I got. I already knew that it wouldn’t be a good raise just based on how this Company is. But I would’ve had more respect for my boss and my company if they would’ve said “Sorry for your luck, but we pay people crap!” I mean why bother with the whole stroking of the ego conversation? So needless to say, I instantly started looking for better opportunities with more of a vengeance than ever.

Well today was payday. I never really LOOK at my paycheck because it’s always the same thing since I am on a salary. But today I had 2 envelopes instead of one and the one envelope had a special note on it. It read “You received an extra pay day this week because you did not use all of your sick/personal time from last year. As you know any unused time is paid at 2/3 your hourly rate. Congratulations on your attendance! Your loyalty and dedication are noticed and appreciated”

So I anxiously tore open the extra envelope to see how much money I got and besides just the extra paycheck, there was a Pay Day candy bar in there as well. I really thought that was a cute idea so call me crazy, but just that little gesture made me feel good and even if for a moment, happy to be employed by this company. Sometimes it really is just the little things.

First time for everything

So I just recently learned about blogs (thanks J.Y.) I know, pretty pathetic seeing that I don’t live in a dungeon or have my head in the sand…but I guess you could say that when it comes to computers I am pretty much on a need to know basis and until recently I haven’t made much of an attempt to know more than the basics. However, after reading some I got really intrigued by this idea and figured I would give it a go too. I like the idea of just random thoughts and diary type writing. I think I will enjoy this!