Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Just chill out...

So yesterday one of my many bosses had a fight with one of the big bosses (as in one of the owners of the company). They were shouting at each other and the one who isn't a big boss even slammed doors.
Please tell me if you think that this is honestly appropriate behaviour for a work place. Would you have a shouthing match with your boss and would you storm around slamming doors at work? I wouldn't and I couldn't believe it when he came into my office asking if I heard what had happened and bragged about how he took the big boss down a peg. Are you freaking kidding me? Who do you think you are? Yes this big boss is hard to take sometimes but I don't think that behaviour is anywhere near appropriate and what did he expect me to say? "Good job"?
Seriously buddy just chill out!
Thankfully the big boss in question is gone for the rest of the week and the other guy seems to have mellowed a bit but he still thinks he's pretty cool having his freak out yesterday.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Oh dear...

So much has happened this week...

My Grandfather (my mom's dad) is in the hospital and it doesn't look good. Mom is flying to Edmonton this afternoon, Bec and I are flying out tomorrow morning, and Anna and Yuya are driving down tomorrow as well. I can't get a hold of Stemma but I've left messages for them letting them know what's up. We all will return to our homes Sunday - very wuick trip.

I finished all my homework for this week yesterday - yeah it's ALL done - it was only one chapter though so I'm worried about next week which is two chapters.

What was interesting about my homework was that I had to take a whole bunch of personality tests and I found out a lot about myself - such as I am a Type A1 personality - not just Type A but A1!!!! I am also an INTJ which means that I am Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Judging personality. I read the desciption and it seems spot on. I also have a self-esteem score of 44, a low-Mach score, High Internal Locus of Control and a Low Self Monitor score. The self monitor score makes me laugh because it relates to how you are able to adjust your behaviour to be able to make other people approve - apparently I can't/don't do that. If you know me you know that's true - I can't help but speak up in most situations and even if I don't say a word my facial expressions speak for me - haha! It's actually not really a good thing - it means I probably won't go far in the corporate world - oh well.

My mom has been caring for a bunch of kids for the last ten days while their parents are away and I've been by a few times to help out and got thrown up on for my trouble. Yes, actual vomit down my leg - it was wonderful - and now I'm sick - I have zero appetite. This will probably help me lose weight - don'tcha think?

Because I am going away this weekend I have had to cancel a lot of my commitments which I feel REALLY bad about. I hate looking like a flake! But there isn't amything I can do about this situation. I have to just give it all up to God and let him deal with it.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Busy Busy Busy...

So I've had a couple busy days this week.

I spent Saturday and mother's day letting my mom chill on the couch while I went though my boxes of crap stuff. I actually got that all completed with dear sister Becca's help. However, Mom and Bec reminded me that I also have Rubbermade containers of crap stuff to sort. This is all in preparation for moving in with Megan in June - YAY!

Monday I went over to my soon to be new apartment and met the landlord and also in the spirit of being proactive I brought over 4 boxes of stuff. I figure that I am sort of SOL when it comes to moving in sor several reasons:

1) Both Megan and Maia will be away when I move in (they will be in Hawaii when I should be moving in - color me jealous)and they are the go to people for organizing people and helping out

2) June 1 is actually a Monday so hopefully the current roomate will be out or atleast not mind if I move in on May 31st???? Is that even allowed? I just can't imagine anyone helping me on a Monday - and help I will need!

3) I have a double bed and no way to move it in - I am hoping that someone has a truck and is willing to help me out for like an hour - anyone????

So my current plan is to move things in slowly before actually moving in because I think I'm going to be doing it all by myself and I dont't want to die from exhaustion.

On Saturday I also went to my orientation for the online course I am taking this summer. I am SO screwed in trouble - I for some ridiculous reason thought that taking an online course would make it easier to...I don't know live my life? Be more or less able to come and go as I please but I am sadly mistaken. It turns out I have homework to hand in every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Honestly! I realized yesterday why there is such a heavy work load - it's because I have to teach myself everything in the course. Color me dumbfounded! Why didn't I think of this. Driving to Surrey once a week now does not seem like such a bad idea after I have spent 10 hours doing homework this week - yeah 10 hours. And compared to the other people in my 'learning group' I think I did a pretty shoddy job. However, I am now done all the homework for the week (you can hand things in early) but I think I may try and work ahead so there isn't so much pressure. Of course, now that I am thinking about it I don't see much time to do that in the coming days. *Sigh* Oh brother...

I did enjoy a wonderful night home alone yesterday - I do truly love to be alone. Mom called last night to see how things were and I told her that I was scared being alone in the house and she "Really?" all excited but then I burst her bubble and laughed saying "No are you kidding me? I LOVE it!" Living for a year by myself in London was HEAVEN! However, I'm sure living with Megan will be fabulous and I am very excited!

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Weddings...

So...Becca is home and we have her living in the living room - she and I are supposed to be sharing the master bedroom but in classic procrastination style we haven't done anything about that yet - and since I am moving out in June she may just stay in the living until then - what am I saying she almost definitely WILL stay in the living room until then. Man I am the WORST sister EVER!

On a more productive note I trying to assist in the wedding planning process. Since Becca has NO idea how to plan a wedding and honestly neither do I have spent many an hour scouring the internet for clues. Many an hour that I should have spent working but I get all my work done so who's going to complain? Anyways, I came across www.frugalbride.com and they have wonderful lists for you use while planning your wedding unfortunately they aren't in Adobe so you can't type into them so I have spent many more hours typing them into Excel. Yeah that is how much I love my sister. She even seemed to appreciate them which is a bonus. Hopefully thanks to the lists she has better idea now of what she needs to accomplish to pull off a wedding.

Oh and bonus - I am actually a bridesmaid in this wedding as opposed to being the Bride's Beeatch - which is what I was for Anna'a wedding.