My Last Day
So today is my last day in the proofreading department. On Monday I begin in my new position as title examiner. I'm looking forward to it although I'm not overly excited. I realize it means a lot of changes for me as well as some challenges, and I'm mentally gearing up for those.
The part I'm most happy about is that I'll no longer be a team lead. I enjoy the people I work with, but am tired of being in charge and handling everything. I'd rather be left alone to do my job and be able to listen to the radio on my headphones all day, which is what I'll be able to do very soon
For now I have nothing to do. Nothing at all, and it's boring. My replacement - Julie - is doing everything I used to do, which leaves me nothing to do there. I spent yesterday helping out the typing department with one of their jobs, but work is slow for them today and they don't need my help. I could help proofread, but there's not enough work for the proofreaders. So I have nothing to do.
Rather than sit and twiddle my thumbs out of sheer boredom I decided to write some blog entries. Unfortunately I still have 6 hours to kill
My mom's birthday is coming up in July, and while I was browsing on eBay I found some really cute bracelets so I'm buying 3 of them for her. I know she'll like them
I'm also buying one or two for myself. The seller is
Cherabella, and she has gorgeous inexpensive silver bracelets worth checking out.
I previously mentioned that for my 40th birthday my sister is going to paint my living room, dining room and kitchen. I found the colors and decorations for the kitchen! They're really cute
The wall color is Green Room, the ceiling color is Green Banana:
The cabinet doors, crown molding, baseboards and trim around the window will be white.
I'm going to use these Mary Englebreit wallies from
Wallies.com:
2 murals:
Border:
Cabinet doors:
The knobs I want to get for the cabinets are:
I think it'll look really cute when it's done! It'll definately be an improvement over what it looks like now - dirty manilla file folder yellow all over every single paintable surface...yuck!
I don't know for sure when my sister will be painting (my roommate is going to help), but once it's done I'll post photos.
Ok, 5 hours left to kill...
Hey, I was just given 3 minutes worth of work!
Now I only have 4 hours and 50 minutes left to kill (not counting lunch)...
I'm hoping that AM radio stations come in at my new desk. I get none at all where I'm sitting at the moment, and I really miss
Hugh Hewitt 
I want to listen to him again! He's my favorite radio talk show host
Well, back from lunch and had a little work, but now there's none again. Thankfully only 3 hours and 20 minutes left
I went to a discount store during lunch and bought a cute skirt and shirt set marked down to $5.49 and a nice summer dress and shirt set for $9.99. Once they no longer fit or if I end up not liking them I can sell them on eBay, which I'm doing right now with some clothes I know I'll never wear again, either because I stopped liking them or because they don't fit anymore.
Why would my clothes no longer fit? Well, I've been doing the South Beach diet and have been losing weight
I started it about 5 weeks ago and have lost just over 14 lbs. Not too bad considering I gained about 4 lbs one week due to enjoying food at a potluck that I would have been better off not having. Oh, well...it was a learning experience and now I'm back on track.
I'm finding this diet very easy to follow. I don't think that would have been the case a few years ago when I was Queen of the Drive Thru. I'm thankful that I began developing healthier eating habits that have become second nature now.
What I need to do to accelerate the process is begin walking regularly and be disciplined about it. I've been getting up before 6am lately, and that leaves me more than enough time for exercise before I have to be at work.
Yay! I had some more work to do and help to offer, and now it's almost time for my afternoon break
After that it's only 1 hour and 45 minutes left!!!
I came back from my break to find a pile of work, so I'm going to keep myself occupied for about 15 minutes with it. I'm pretty sure that's about how long this stack will take to complete.
Ok, it's done and it only took about 10 minutes. But with that and a few other things I only have an hour and a half left!!!!
1 hour!!! I was helping Julie with a few things and now I only have an hour of this torturous boredom left!
I helped with some stuff again and now there are only 45 minutes left!!!! Yay!!!
I'm looking forward to the weekend. I have to run a couple of errands tomorrow and I might begin buying flowers for the planters. I also have to clean my bedroom.
About every couple of years I like to get a new bedding set for my bedroom, and I've begun looking in earnest. Unfortunately I'm ultra-picky when it comes to bedding sets and the only one I've found that I really love costs $130 and there's no way I'm paying that, unless I was able to put it on layaway, and since it's on eBay layaway isn't an option. There's a white eyelet comforter set on eBay I'm considering, but I'd want to dye it and I'm not sure it would dye well. I'll just keep looking around and hopefully one will eventually catch my eye and fit my pocketbook
5pm! Almost there, I just need to hang on and be patient. This morning the day loomed ahead of me looking extremely monotonous, but somehow it wasn't too bad. This last half hour always seems to go by quickly, and then it's out the door and I'm on the road home.
I'm curious to find out if there are any more bidders or watchers on what I have up on eBay. I hope I earn enough to get those knobs I want for the kitchen!
Of course, repainting the kitchen and the new decorations will demand new hot pads and gloves
I'll probably go with a simple green and white design, like checks.
5:10pm
5:15! When will this torture be OVER???? Ok, 15 more minutes, but I felt like being dramatic
I hope I never have another day like this, with nothing much to do. It's too boring and long. I'm thankful I have a blog to write in!
I'm heading out the door in less than 10 minutes...going home, showering, changing, relaxing and looking forward to talking with Andrew
A good start to my weekend!
I hope all of you reading this have a wonderful weekend as well!
Rewards and Recognition
At the company I work for, once a month they have employee recognition awards with three different categories. Nominations by outside lenders, nominations by peers and nominations by supervisors.
It's a great program and provides incentive to excel. Those who are nominated are eligible for a drawing to win certificates to local restaurants, coffee houses, movies, or coupons for a paid hour off.
Hearing your name is always nice and it's encouraging to know others think you're doing a good job. Winning a certificate is even nicer :P
We had the awards on Wednesday, and as I listened to the names I remembered all the times I'd helped out and gone above and beyond but hadn't been recognized. Then someone was recognized for a building-wide push to get all the refrigerators cleaned out while my doing that a month previously was completely missed.
Dissatisfaction began growing in me...why didn't others recognize my contributions? Were my efforts going into a void and being completely unnoticed?
That's when a quiet reminder came to mind...I'm not working for the recognition of man, but as a faithful servant of God. What matters more than the recognition of coworkers and rewards from management is the approval of God for doing my job as if I'm doing it for Him, which I am!
So I'm learning to find my satisfaction in knowing God recognizes my good work even if nobody else acknowledges it.
This doesn't mean that it's wrong to receive recognition and reward, but that shouldn't be my goal in doing my job...instead, it's a fringe benefit that I should be grateful for when it happens instead of feeling as if it's owed to me. That's where the danger of resentment and bitterness lies.
