Comeback Queen?

One word, ½-assed tasks… (ok, that’s 2 words).

I keep getting people coming in to my office wanting things done yesterday… then when I tell then it’s gonna take me a few days to create what they want, they figure out a way to fudge something ½ assed together.  It’s the “That’s good enough” attitude coming through… I think it’s starting to get to me.  Also, I’m getting annoyed with people sitting in my office while they tell me what they want and they sit there and watch me work on my computer till I get it done for them.  Grrrrr….  I don’t need a baby sitter!  It’s getting really annoying! I can barely stand it!
I think I’m getting more and more angry cause I left a SWEET position with my last group!  Great people that loved me back.  Now, I’m in a rather young, inexperienced, somewhat dysfunctional group that I can’t really say I fit into… yet.  I know, with time, I’d get comfortable with these people… but as it stands now, I can walk the halls and not get a “hello” from one person sometimes.  Rude?  I don’t know.  Maybe I expect too much.  I’ve only been in the group since July.
I think the reason this is all coming to a head is that since I came to this new group, I have been working my tail off, and honesty, have seen nothing monetary or otherwise for making the move.  I was promised a “Fall Review” but my boss hasn’t said a word about it.  Should I bring it to his attention, that I am getting anxious to see some of the “things” that he promised me at my numerous interviews???  Cause at this point, I’m not quite sure that I made a good move. 
I work twice as hard now, and get paid the same.  And I lost my window office.  L 
Did I let him talk me into something I should have said NO to? (I do have more responsibility here, but… when it comes down to it, “$how Me the Money!, or my time will be more useful elsewhere”  LOL  But seriously… I have been thinking lately about a new group.  I feel like I’m not getting the respect I deserve in this new group… for some reason I just don’t feel as happy here as I did in my last group.

I taught a Group Power class last night.  After which, I went and picked up a loveseat fold-out couch from my friend, D... yeah, I was bagged last night, so I had a nice bath. I feel good this morning. :D

I called Keith yesterday (he wouldn't have told me to call if he didn't want me to call him, right?) but he wasn't at his phone, so I left a totally random message ... and forgot to leave my work #. He called me back on my cel but I was in a meeting.  He left a message too and told me to call him after 5:30- to 10pm at the firehall!  :?  I asked my friend D. what she thinks that means, she's like "It means he trusts you... He's a fireman, I'm sure he has girls calling him all the time, he wouldn't just give his number out to any one!" 
Would he???
I'm still not entirely sure why he made sure I could get a hold of him, maybe he's smart and knows that all it takes is one weekend, and I could be off the market, so he's trying to stake his claim.  lol
We had a pretty lengthy talk last night.  It was good.  He told me about his family and I told him about mine.  It's nice to talk to someone who's actually interested in YOU and what makes YOU, YOU! :)  He even said that when he get's back from his buisness trip this weekend, that we should get together!  I'm actually looking forward to it!

So, it's confirmed... I am helping launch the new release of Group Power with Peggy at Richmond this Saturday... I'd better get cracking on learning my tracks.  Yikes, I've only got 2 more nights!

I submitted my name in to a draw to win tickets to a Calgary Hitmen game via email.  Well, I won :)  Yippee!  ...4 tickets to a game in March. :?  (Yeah, I know that's a ways away, but hey, never look a gift horse in the mouth :wink: )

I went to D.'s last night, to work on our newest release of group Power.  We always have so much fun critiquing the instructors on the tape and their cheesy queing.  It's hilarious sometimes! 
Then her bf came home and gave me a kiss.  lol  I had to laugh.  (He's kinda funny, that kid.)  Later that night, my cel phone rang, so I had D.'s bf answer it, cause I didn't know who it was :? (turns out it was Keith!  :)  This new guy I've been chatting with!)  I told Phil to say I was in the bathroom. lol
I called Keith back and we talked for about an hour.  He sounds totally normal, I'd really like to talk to him more. 
But, we'll see.  (No getting excited prematurely anymore.)

I was taken out for lunch today as a "thank you" for doing such good work.  I had chicken strips and fries.  I feel fat now.  lol

Last night I invited my friend C. to come to my group POWER class.  She normally works out, so I figured she'd be ok to start with a bit of a heavy weight, like I use. :?  I shouldn't have done that.  I bet she can't even get out of bed today. :lol: OOps...

We had a good chat after class, then I came home and made supper (chicken souvlaki, basmati rice and corn... Yummmy!)  Then I wanted to update my iPod for my bike class today (cause I heard the instructor yesterday used Sarah McLaughlin for 10 WHOLE minutes during a hill climb drill... that's SOOOO boring!!)  I found some good tunes to spice up the class with.  A lot of them are even new to me, so that's gonna make the class a surprise even for me. :)

I was so excited to go hiking at Johnson's canyon this past weekend.  Well, the guy I was supposed to go with, bailed on me.  (actually, he bailed on me entirely, not just for the trip :( )
What a disappointment.  What's new really?  I shouldn't expect much anymore.  Since when have I met a guy that's actually been of any quality???

So, I went and helped my friend Jenn work on her basement yesterday... I had nothing much else going on anyways.  (She was cooking a roast for supper. Mmmmm.)
We were priming the basement, which was a pretty boring job, so her roommates kid (she has a roommate, who's 33 and she has a child who is 13.) decides she needs music and brings down a radio.  Of course she right away turns it to the hip-hop young person station.  Well, Jenn who hates hip-hop was like, "Michelle, we have to put it on a station that we will all enjoy!" and turns it to a fucking light rock station.  (gag me!)  We sat there listening to it for maybe 10 minutes before some GOD AWEFUL song came on and I then realized Jenn wasn't even down stairs, so I said "Michelle, just change the station!  I can't listen to this crap any more!"
Jenn comes downstairs about 5 minutes later, realizes the station is back to the old one and goes "Michelle, why did you change the station after I told you not to!"  I said "Jenn, I told her too!  That other station was playing crap!"   Jenn was like "Well, I can't listen to this hip-hop crap!  I said "Well, turn the fucking thing off.  No-one get's music then!"  So at that point the 13 year old, runs upstairs bawling.  :roll:  (OK, she's 13, I understand.)  Jenn goes back to painting with the kid's mother in the other room.  Her mother goes "Aren't you going to apologize to Michelle? She's crying you know!"  Jenn is like "Apologize?  For what?  I asked her not to touch the radio and she did!"  After that... a big arguement ensued... it was only a matter of time, really.  And then, Jenn's roommate runs upstairs screaming rude comments to Jenn... completely uncalled for stuff too.

so, I didn't go to Banff yesterday.  I got ditched... what's fricken new. :roll:

I'm going to go help Jenn put up her fence and paint her basement today, Yayyy! 
Oh well, whatever.

I taught a Group POWER class last night, was I ever exhausted after that.  I just wanted to go home and crash!  But instead I went to a friend's to watch the OC.  (I don't really get what all the hype is about for that show.) :roll:

Tonight I am supposed to go out biking with 2 friends, but the way I feel right now, I barely want to teach my bike class at noon.  I have no idea why I'm SOO tired.  It's not like I've done anything out of the ordinary.  (well, besides teach an evening class, as opposed to a noon hour class.)  I could just fall asleep at my desk today. ... I still just might.  :wink:

Have a good weekend.

People are silly.  I got my hair cut last week, and no one made a comment till this week. :roll: 

So, my question for you today...
what do you think of an older woman dating a younger man? 
(Like Demi and Ashton)  --->

Do you think it's a good idea, or destined for failure?

I went out mountain biking on Sunday, last weekend.  We got 6.5 km up the trail and had to turn around cause there was too much snow on the trail! :?  ...in September!!!???
It is gorgeous out in the mountains in the fall.  The trees leaves are all changing color, the temperature is perfect for wearing sweaters, and long sleeves.  The bugs have all gone away and the rain has stopped. :)

I can't wait till this weekend. 
I am planning to go hiking with a friend to Johnson's Canyon, to see the Ink Pots.
 
If the weather is anything like last weekend, it will be AWESOME!!! :)  I'm definitely bringing my camera this time!!!

Has anyone else experienced this? 
Getting what you want, then feeling like maybe it's not really what you wanted at all?

... or is it just me? :?

When I am open to people and tell them about my life, I get criticized and told I should be doing things "this way". 
Hmmm, that's funny, I thought it was called MY life for a reason. 
Don't I have any say in how I live it?

I've decided I'm just going to keep my yap closed and not disclose any information to anyone besides what is truely necessary. (except to those that I know do not judge me)

Why do some people feel it's their place to tell me how to live my life? Or what I need to do to make myself happy???

I got my hair cut yesterday.  It sure has been a while since my hair was short and flippy!  :)  I have missed it.

My friend was like "Don't get the flip.  That style is out already!" 
:evil: Screw her... she doesn't have to do my hair every day. 
If I like the flip, I'm getting the flip, dammit!

So, I got the flip.  Now I'm debating color.  We were thinking of dying it all one bold dark color, eventhough I always HATE my hair when it's dark...  What should I do?  See my pics on the right... which is your favorite color?  I kinda want to stay away from highlights.

So, I don't really know how to play the dating game... so I basically just do whatever comes naturally.  I guess I've been getting a bit bolder (maybe careless?) when it comes to things... Luckily nothing bad has come of it... but then again nothing good has come of my dating either. :?  What gives???

So, I met this guy "Calgary Joe" (how original!) on-line the other day.  He seemed really nice so we exchanged numbers and he said he'd call me on Wednesday after his clients leave and we'll go for a drink on 17th.  Well, I couldn't wait to talk to him Wednesday, so I called him yesterday, on my way home from work.  (Dating Faux Pas?)  Who cares.  I thought, "When I give my number to guys, I expect them to use it!  Why wouldn't Joe expect me to use his?" 
He seemed to appreciate my call, that's always nice.  But unfortunately, it looks like his clients are in town now till late Wednesday so he's gonna have to reschedule with me for Thursday. 
(His voice wasn't what I expected at all!!!  He seems so masculine, yet his voice wasn't!  Kindof a let down, but hey, what can I expect, he's an Engineer!  LOL)

Anyways... that's my latest.  What's new with you?

So, I accidentally slept in today, woops!  I must have turned my alarm OFF last night in my drugged (medicated :wink: ) state.

I woke up, looked at the clock... 8:30... WHA??? :shock: Shit, I slept in.

No biggie, I'm still sick, and looks like nothing pressing is required of me at work anyways.

PS... Might have a date tomorrow.  :D

TBlog ate my post for today... will re-write it when I feel like it.

:evil:

I drank a little too much Soho last night and was sure feeling it this morning. :oops:  I got sicker before I got any better... The alcohol didn't mix very well with my cold...  I think it just made me queazy.

The flight home today was short, and uneventful... but I felt like crap the entire way.  Just sat there in my window seat, listening to my iPod.  I was commatose.  I just wanted to be in my bed!
I got home, bought some groceries (and Benylin) took some cough medicine, drank a big glass of OJ and hit the bed in my fleece pants :)  I slept till 8:30 :)

The drugs really helped, but I think it's time for round 2!

Tomorrow, I fly home in the afternoon.  I hear the weather in Calgary has been the SHITS... and I have to stress that!  So I'm really not looking forward to leaving the island life just yet!  I guess all good things have to come to an end.

I am so glad though that i did get the opportunity to be with my sister and her family for a few days... I had a lot of fun, and it was SOOOO relaxing!  Just what I needed!  It really put a lot of things inperspective.  (Namely, that kids are more work than I ever thought, and that Marc is cuter than I give him credit for!  LOL  ...My sister gave him the nod, as she saw his MSN picture as we were chatting!)

Back to the 'ol grind.

Had a great holiday! Thanks Island Family!!!

Hello everyone from sunny (rainy :?) Nanaimo!

I've been on my vacation for 4 days now... It has been an eye opener.  Being with the kids (my niece and nephew) has been a very effective form of birth control! LOL  :? But seriously, they are quite the handful at their own special times... When one stops crying, the other starts.  I can't  imagine being my sister and trying to manage them BOTH on her own (during the day when Ken is at work) 
Honestly, I don't think I could do it.  But then again, I faint at the sight of my own blood... did you really think I could handle kids, and all they bring to the table???  lol

But at the same time they are just gorgeous, with their inquisitive minds and adorable little faces!  I love making Nolan laugh his cute little belly laugh.  And the smile on Paige's face when you buy her a Kinder Egg is PRICELESS... it's something I don't get to see very much of back in my everyday life in Calgary.

I have to say it again, I love the kids... just glad they are my sister's and not mine :wink:

I'm here, in Nanaimo.  It's great!  Sleeping in every day!  Ahhh...

Tomorrow we are off to Coombs Farmers Market and the beach!  Yay! (I've already done my share of picking and eating blackberries :) )

I need to get back to relaxing, and eating Salt and vinegar popcorn with my sister.

Ahhhhh... .the life! :wink:

I fainted tonight.

I was cutting up fruit for my trip tomorrow and I accidentally cut my finger on the big knife I was using to chop the canteloupe.  As soon as I saw he blood, I got a weird feeling, then light headed.  I suddenly became weak, and fell to the floor.
I woke up compeletly confused, and I laid there on my tile kitchen floor for about 10 seconds, thinking, where am I?

Luckily nothing bad happened.  There's no one here to help me if something did happen.

I hate being alone for reasons like this.

I'm soooo excited!  I can't wait to sit on a beach!  (not to mention see my little nephew and niece!!!)

Today was fun... sorta.  Marc and I went biking, we were planning on riding Telephone trail loop forwards, then flip around and do it backwards... well, we managed to get around the loop once and I had had enough! 
I couldn't believe how muddy it was, and with all the rain we've been having this summer there were so many parts that we HAD to get off our bikes for!  (washed out sections)   It's not the same FUN trail that I remember it being :(  But still, I guess 16km biking is better than a kick in the ass anyday, right?

So, we get back to the car, and there is a little river that flows by there, I say to Marc that he can go to the car and get the towel (I didn't bring one, I assumed the trail would be dry :? ) and I'll stay at the river and get started cleaning my bike.  So I gave him my keys, and I went down to the river.  There was a really nice woman down there with her baby boy (the same age as Nolan) and we had a nice chat.  She asked me if that guy I was with was my husband... I said "No, we're just friends."  After a bunch more talking, and waiting for Marc, she asked where he was... I said "I don't know, he was just going to the car to get a towel!"  lol  Suddenly Marc shows up, and comes down to the river where I am cleaning my bike.  "We're gonna be here for a while." He says. 
"Wha?" 
"I locked the keys in your car!" :?
"Oh, Marc... are you serious?" 
He said that he met this really nice couple while he was there that offered to call AMA once they got within cel range for us.  (Luckily Marc is an AMA member... guess I know why he is now! lol)  I laughed it off because really, there was nothing we could do at this point.
AMA showed up in an hour, which was perfect... it gave us some time to clean our bikes really well, and get some sun too :) 
The AMA guy had never gotten into a Honda Element before, and the first thing he says is "Honda's are notoriously hard to get into." I say "That's good, right?"  "Marc says "not in this case!"  Ha Ha... Poor Marc, he felt really bad.  I didn't freak out, I knew we'd get in. 
Seriously, the guy had the car opened in 10 mins.  I was amazed... with the right tools... it's easy to get into a vehicle and not wreck anything!

Now I'm home, I made myself some greek wraps... yumm.  I got the idea from Marc.  He always brings wraps on our rides.  They are so good!  I had to try and make some too!  (And I wanted to use up all my vegetables before I leave on holidays!  lol)

Tomorrow I have a kick boxing certification in the AM... then it's off to NANAIMO! :D

I never thought I'd do that before... actually, I never think I'll do that again!  lol

Golf just isn't my game.  I cannot play at all.  I try, but I just can't play consistantly, and that is so frustrating!
It wasn't a total waste though, we had GREAT weather for it, and the course was beautiful!  Mountain views and all :)  And the guys I was golfing with were all really nice, that sure helped!
But still, I wish I could have stayed home and finished things around the house, like painting the closet door upstairs, or packing for my trip to Nanaimo.

Tomorrow, I'm heading out biking with Marc (and maybe his friend Kirk) then Sunday I have a kick-boxing certification from 11-2pm.  Then I hop a plane to Nanaimo at 7:30pm.  I can't wait to get the ROCK out of here!!! 
I need this vacation so BAD!!!!!

 

I came home after work today, and the first thing I saw was this!!!

Doesn't it look GORGEOUS?
And once it's grouted, will look even BETTER!!!

:D :D :D

 

Check out my Photo Albums for more Reno - DURING pics taken today!

It's Alberta's 100th birthday today!  (Alberta is the province I live in, in Canada)

I think I should buy a cake to celebrate the occasion.
(Mmmm, any reason to eat cake is alright by me! :) )