HOW did I miss this??? (Go to the Video Zone to catch the footage.) Granted, we don't have cable so we wouldn't have been able to watch it if we'd been at home, but we were at the in-law's house for the game last night. We could have watched it there, and I can't help but think that it would have been considerably more entertaining that the Fox pre-game show! I'm wondering if there's a playoff system and what I need to do to get Casper involved...
We did have a great time last night. Some of Greg's cousins' were there and the food was fantastic (apple dumplings, yum). Two of the ten or so people in attendance chose to cheer for the losing side, and the rest of us had much fun at their expense. As with most people in this area, none of the teams that I have any interest in made it this year, so I chose the lesser of evils. Honestly, I'm just sick of hearing about Tom Brady and wanted to see somebody smack him around and get a little mud on his pretty boy face. Mission accomplished. Greg was a little concerned about the fact that the four men hosting the pre-game spent a good ten minutes sitting around discussing how pretty Brady is. Personally, I don't see it.
I will give the Giants major style points for the win. I enjoyed watching the game more than I normally would, mostly because I was in awe of the Giants' defense and offensive line. Seriously, the offensive line gave Eli enough time to have a cappucchino while deciding where to throw. I'm not sure Eli was truly MVP, though. I know that's borderline blasphemy around here, but the reality is that nobody should have been able to beat the Patriots with 17 points. The defense made a huge opportunity for the win, Eli and the offense capitalized on it. When it's all said and done, it really was a spectacular effort by a team, not just a couple of key players, that made the difference. There's a lesson to be learned in that, folks. Those are the games I enjoy watching. And Brady looking so sad was icing.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Bonus Points
I haven't really been online all weekend, so this is late, but worth mentioning.
Friday ended with a monster headache that had been building all week. I came home a bit early and immediately curled up in a ball on the couch with my eyes squeezed shut and stayed that way for the next 3 hours. Meanwhile, Greg had taken Friday off from work and had spent the entire day home alone. Anybody wanna guess what I came home to Friday, after my long, painful, rather difficult day?
If you guessed a clean kitchen, clean laundry and (by the time I came out of my coma that evening) dinner ready, you would be correct. I am officially awarding my husband bonus points. He rocks.
Friday ended with a monster headache that had been building all week. I came home a bit early and immediately curled up in a ball on the couch with my eyes squeezed shut and stayed that way for the next 3 hours. Meanwhile, Greg had taken Friday off from work and had spent the entire day home alone. Anybody wanna guess what I came home to Friday, after my long, painful, rather difficult day?
If you guessed a clean kitchen, clean laundry and (by the time I came out of my coma that evening) dinner ready, you would be correct. I am officially awarding my husband bonus points. He rocks.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Loot
Ok, I've done enough whining today, I can at least share some positive aspect of life.
I love free stuff. This is not a surprise to anybody that knows anything about me. I request free samples online all the time. I really love stuff like shampoo and lotions. I'll pack them when I'm traveling for a couple of days so I don't have to pack a big bottle, and a lot of times I leave them in the guest bathroom in case we have visitors that forget to bring something. I also like to get free samples of new food items, like breakfast bars and cereal. The little serving is just perfect for snack-size. I probably get a free something in the mail once a week or so.
On the other hand, there are online instant-win sweepstakes. Oh man. With free samples you know you're getting something for your effort, but it's usually a really small quantity. With the sweepstakes, you may not win anything, but if you do, you could score some serious loot. If there's not a lot of serious effort involved, I'll go back and enter a good sweepstakes each day that it's open, if it's allowed. I almost never win anything, but there's always the hope. Then out of nowhere...
Look what comes in the mail yesterday! Complete with basket and all wrapped up in cellophane! I remember winning this one back during the holidays but had forgotten about it, thinking it wouldn't be much stuff. Oh no. Those are full sized boxes of plastic wrap, garbage bags (the good ones), the new steamer bags, reusable plastic lunch bowls, a clear cookbook holder AND a really cool Food Network cookbook. Finally, my hard work of re-entering my junk email address day after day pays off!
I love free stuff. This is not a surprise to anybody that knows anything about me. I request free samples online all the time. I really love stuff like shampoo and lotions. I'll pack them when I'm traveling for a couple of days so I don't have to pack a big bottle, and a lot of times I leave them in the guest bathroom in case we have visitors that forget to bring something. I also like to get free samples of new food items, like breakfast bars and cereal. The little serving is just perfect for snack-size. I probably get a free something in the mail once a week or so.
On the other hand, there are online instant-win sweepstakes. Oh man. With free samples you know you're getting something for your effort, but it's usually a really small quantity. With the sweepstakes, you may not win anything, but if you do, you could score some serious loot. If there's not a lot of serious effort involved, I'll go back and enter a good sweepstakes each day that it's open, if it's allowed. I almost never win anything, but there's always the hope. Then out of nowhere...
Look what comes in the mail yesterday! Complete with basket and all wrapped up in cellophane! I remember winning this one back during the holidays but had forgotten about it, thinking it wouldn't be much stuff. Oh no. Those are full sized boxes of plastic wrap, garbage bags (the good ones), the new steamer bags, reusable plastic lunch bowls, a clear cookbook holder AND a really cool Food Network cookbook. Finally, my hard work of re-entering my junk email address day after day pays off!
Blah.
While all the cool kids are out having a fun blogger lunch at Sal & Mookies today, I'm sitting at my desk eating a rather wilty, pre-made (probably 2 days ago), barely-a-chef-salad in a box and the last 6 Ritz crackers from the pack I found in my desk while printing 500 copies of a full color double sided cardstock handout on my slow as syrup inkjet printer. Don't ask why we didn't send it to printing. That would be ENTIRELY too efficient! I'm trying to get as much as possible done before 1:00, when I have to hike over to my old office to have pictures made for Go Red for Women day. We also had pictures made earlier for Taste of UMC. Seriously, why do they have to schedule all of this on the first of the month??? I haven't even started on my Continuing Education paperwork that needs to go in the mail today!
And I just got an email from the PD that missed orientation this morning. The email read:
"ooooops!"
That was it. He'd just looked at his calendar for the first time in 2 days.
And I just got an email from the PD that missed orientation this morning. The email read:
"ooooops!"
That was it. He'd just looked at his calendar for the first time in 2 days.
At What Point...
At what point do you give up when you're the only person who cares if things get done?
For those who don't know, I have 5 supervisors. The first two are office related, the last three are education program related. We have two different, but related, fellowship programs and each has a Director, one of them has an Assistant Director.
I'm supposed to have a 6th boss on the way, along with a 3rd fellowship program, but that hasn't actually happened yet since potential Boss #6 hasn't hasn't worked on the program application since I finished my part back in November.
We have a short orientation for the residents that rotate on our service on the first of each month at 7:30am. It's time we use to go over the things required by our accrediting organization, like the curriculum, expectations and monthly lecture and conference schedule. This morning, for the THIRD month in a row, our general PD (also known as Boss #3) didn't show up for orientation.
This would be the same Boss #3 who I called earlier in the week with a major problem that I discovered pertaining to funding. His response was, "You know, I really don't care." He covered himself after that and told me he didn't know anything and to call Boss #4 (the other PD) who didn't know and emailed my former Boss #3, who doesn't work here anymore and who I miss terribly at this point. When I mentioned the problem to Boss #5 (Assistant PD to #4) he pretty much laughed and said that was our problem, his program was fully funded.
There are things we are required to do to maintain our accreditation. Things like an annual fellow retreat, monthly and semi-annual evaluations, graduate surveys, documentation of three dozen different things, and about 17 pages of other similar items. These are things I can't really do on my own, they require attention from Bosses 3-5. So far, we're behind or completely negligent in many of these areas. I can't even get them to discuss a retreat, the June semi-annuals got done in November (January's have been started yet, of course), I've been waiting since December for updated surveys, and documentation I've sent over to be filled out each week keeps magically disappearing from the conference room.
Did I mention we are supposed go through our 5 year accreditation review THIS FALL?
If you haven't noticed, I've had a rough week. I'm getting tired of fighting battles that nobody else cares to win. Now excuse me, I have to go work on selecting candidates to interview for our program for 2009. We only have 306 applicants so far, and I'm sure Boss #3 is just dying to go through them.
For those who don't know, I have 5 supervisors. The first two are office related, the last three are education program related. We have two different, but related, fellowship programs and each has a Director, one of them has an Assistant Director.
I'm supposed to have a 6th boss on the way, along with a 3rd fellowship program, but that hasn't actually happened yet since potential Boss #6 hasn't hasn't worked on the program application since I finished my part back in November.
We have a short orientation for the residents that rotate on our service on the first of each month at 7:30am. It's time we use to go over the things required by our accrediting organization, like the curriculum, expectations and monthly lecture and conference schedule. This morning, for the THIRD month in a row, our general PD (also known as Boss #3) didn't show up for orientation.
This would be the same Boss #3 who I called earlier in the week with a major problem that I discovered pertaining to funding. His response was, "You know, I really don't care." He covered himself after that and told me he didn't know anything and to call Boss #4 (the other PD) who didn't know and emailed my former Boss #3, who doesn't work here anymore and who I miss terribly at this point. When I mentioned the problem to Boss #5 (Assistant PD to #4) he pretty much laughed and said that was our problem, his program was fully funded.
There are things we are required to do to maintain our accreditation. Things like an annual fellow retreat, monthly and semi-annual evaluations, graduate surveys, documentation of three dozen different things, and about 17 pages of other similar items. These are things I can't really do on my own, they require attention from Bosses 3-5. So far, we're behind or completely negligent in many of these areas. I can't even get them to discuss a retreat, the June semi-annuals got done in November (January's have been started yet, of course), I've been waiting since December for updated surveys, and documentation I've sent over to be filled out each week keeps magically disappearing from the conference room.
Did I mention we are supposed go through our 5 year accreditation review THIS FALL?
If you haven't noticed, I've had a rough week. I'm getting tired of fighting battles that nobody else cares to win. Now excuse me, I have to go work on selecting candidates to interview for our program for 2009. We only have 306 applicants so far, and I'm sure Boss #3 is just dying to go through them.
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