Dreading the next two weeks

Next week we have a two day sales meeting. These things are generally horrible but this one promises to be worst than most. There is no one organizing it. There are too many people involved (raising hand here... I'm happy to sit this one out)... It's just going to be two days of hell. Plus one day - at least - of preparation when the speakers all remember they have forgotten something and desperately need my help.

Then I'm off to my Mom's on Friday the 22nd - the red eye. I am really not looking forward to this visit at all. I love Mom but I love her via email with 3,000 miles between us. I don't want to hear the same stories over and over again and I don't want to have to explain stuff to her that I have told her a million times. I am not that good of a person. I am not kind. There is not a nurturing bone in my body. And I'm going to be stuck there until Friday the 29th.

I do need to make sure that my IPAQ and it's 802.11b card are working - they have promised an airport for the meeting. I need to practice PocketLJ this weekend. And at Mom's at least I have her computer.

But as I sit here right now... I'm really looking forward to November 30.

Dreading the next two weeks

Next week we have a two day sales meeting. These things are generally horrible but this one promises to be worst than most. There is no one organizing it. There are too many people involved (raising hand here... I'm happy to sit this one out)... It's just going to be two days of hell. Plus one day - at least - of preparation when the speakers all remember they have forgotten something and desperately need my help.

Then I'm off to my Mom's on Friday the 22nd - the red eye. I am really not looking forward to this visit at all. I love Mom but I love her via email with 3,000 miles between us. I don't want to hear the same stories over and over again and I don't want to have to explain stuff to her that I have told her a million times. I am not that good of a person. I am not kind. There is not a nurturing bone in my body. And I'm going to be stuck there until Friday the 29th.

I do need to make sure that my IPAQ and it's 802.11b card are working - they have promised an airport for the meeting. I need to practice PocketLJ this weekend. And at Mom's at least I have her computer.

But as I sit here right now... I'm really looking forward to November 30.

New wig!

I have the worlds greatest postal carrier. (He delivers both to my house and to my work since they are a block away.) He's very funny and very good and not above special favors... I saw him last week and told him I was waiting for my new wig. My wig got here today and instead of putting it with the mail for home that I will see later on this afternoon, he brought it here to work where I could get it immediately!

And it's a good one. Same color as the other one but a bit of a different shape. Longer in back around the neck and otherwise shorter and curlier. The first one will be the backup wig. This one is going to be the primary wig.

It's another good hair day for moi! Pictures to come, yes. New wig will be featured on the webcam tonight starting about 4:30 p.m. PST.

New wig!

I have the worlds greatest postal carrier. (He delivers both to my house and to my work since they are a block away.) He's very funny and very good and not above special favors... I saw him last week and told him I was waiting for my new wig. My wig got here today and instead of putting it with the mail for home that I will see later on this afternoon, he brought it here to work where I could get it immediately!

And it's a good one. Same color as the other one but a bit of a different shape. Longer in back around the neck and otherwise shorter and curlier. The first one will be the backup wig. This one is going to be the primary wig.

It's another good hair day for moi! Pictures to come, yes. New wig will be featured on the webcam tonight starting about 4:30 p.m. PST.

Ok, this is a little disconcerting...

For those of your who do not have the sheet music, a recap:

My boss, Jodi, who I adore, got herself pregnant and went on maternative leave at the end of September even though I begged her not to. She is the Director of Corporate Communication. I am the Marketing Communication Manager. We're it. Oh, well, no, there is also a PR person but she's a contractor and lives and works in Austin, Texas. We are a small company.

Anyway. After she left to have the baby, we got a new head of marketing - Hank. Initially, it was clear that he would not be Jodi's boss and therefore not mine. Tonight I found out that Hank met with Jodi last week (at her house) and it sure smells like he's going to be her boss and therefore mine. I'm not sure how that's going to shake out.

What I'm most concerned about it moving my desk away from the chattering Twinkies. They are driving me nuts. I requested a move last week and today found out that it is likely I will get to move where I want (into the space next to IT which is the room with the engineers as opposed to the room with sales and marketing) and I will likely get to move early next week. YAHOO. This is much better news than the Hank news is disconcerting so this with the arrival of the new wig - see new userpic, it's an overall okdokey day.

Ok, this is a little disconcerting...

For those of your who do not have the sheet music, a recap:

My boss, Jodi, who I adore, got herself pregnant and went on maternative leave at the end of September even though I begged her not to. She is the Director of Corporate Communication. I am the Marketing Communication Manager. We're it. Oh, well, no, there is also a PR person but she's a contractor and lives and works in Austin, Texas. We are a small company.

Anyway. After she left to have the baby, we got a new head of marketing - Hank. Initially, it was clear that he would not be Jodi's boss and therefore not mine. Tonight I found out that Hank met with Jodi last week (at her house) and it sure smells like he's going to be her boss and therefore mine. I'm not sure how that's going to shake out.

What I'm most concerned about it moving my desk away from the chattering Twinkies. They are driving me nuts. I requested a move last week and today found out that it is likely I will get to move where I want (into the space next to IT which is the room with the engineers as opposed to the room with sales and marketing) and I will likely get to move early next week. YAHOO. This is much better news than the Hank news is disconcerting so this with the arrival of the new wig - see new userpic, it's an overall okdokey day.