Good Afternoon Humble Readers...
So, you might be wondering where I've been the last week or so. Probably not, but just in case, I thought I'd tell you what I've been up to...
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Work has been very draining lately. Not so much physically, but psychologically and emotionally. The morale in our store has been taking a beating over the last few weeks (the usual post Christmas irritations), and it's potentially going to be getting worse before it gets better due to some changes coming in the next few weeks. The changes won't mean anything to our customers (except for better service!) and I think it will be great when it all falls into place, but the transition for our staff will be challenging, I think. And of course, if it's challenging for them, it means it's challenging for us as a leadership team because we have to make it work and be positive about it.
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The Olympics... I'm actually working on a full post about the first few days of Olympic competition. I'm not normally a televised sports fan... don't even get me started on how boring watching football or baseball is on a regular day. But the Olympics make me make me sports-crazy! I'm loving it! One thing I have discovered today... I have to limit how much of the alpine skiing and snowboarding I watch. I am very susceptible to motion sickness, and watching them fly down the slopes, on that track with the lines gives me a horrible headache and makes me feel ill.
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Valentine's day was a nice quiet day for my Beloved and I. I made a spectacular dinner (it will be my show and tell this week). We went to church, went out for lunch, got groceries, and then came home and watched a whole lot of speed skating, figure skating, and men's moguls. My Beloved surprised me with some beautiful red tulips on Saturday night... he brought them to my work... he likes to show off a little sometimes. He also got me a dvd (Jane Austen Book Club). I got him one of the official Hockey Canada jerseys. He's pretty stoked about it.
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You all have been very busy bloggers... I hadn't read any blogs since sometime Thursday, and when I opened my reader yesterday it had more than 50 posts... YIKES! I've read through most of them now, but I haven't done much commenting yet.
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Cycle update... oy! Fertility Friend has been driving me up a wall! I know I have griped incessantly about how my O day has changed significantly in the last few months, but really, it is still stress-inducing. Then throw in a couple of wonky temps, and FF all of a sudden says I O'd on CD 13. I KNEW that wasn't the case and that it would change, but there's nothing like having crosshairs on your chart to make you wonder if you are imagining things. This morning FF changed my O day to when I thought it was, CD 16. But it's still only dotted lines.... grrrr. I'm 3dpo now. Oh, and I got my OV watch. If I don't get a bfp this cycle (and I don't think I will), then we will start using that at the end of this month.
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Sunny-boy, aka 'the little poop' has had good days and bad days. He's definitely missing his owners. He's very well potty trained, and has only had one accident in the house, which was our fault because we slept in on Saturday morning. He really does have the personality of a cat... loving us one minute and the next totally ignoring us. He's also darn smart. He very quickly figured out how to open the garbage can in the kitchen. He has a decided opinion about the pizza guy and a couple of our neighbours (they are EEEEEEEVVIILLL!) and he doesn't really like the pen he has to stay in at night or when we aren't home. His owners have emailed several times checking in, which I think it pretty darn cute. But even with a few stressful moments with him, I am still very much wanting a pug... so much so that I started checking the local breeder and rescue sites again.
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Why is it that men's clothes are cheaper than women's clothes? I bought my Beloved three pairs of pants today for a total of $100, all of them regular price. I bought myself two pairs for the same amount, and one was half price. grrr.
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And while I'm on the subject of shopping, can I just say how much I HATE the mirrors and lights in the fitting rooms? Grey hairs, varicose veins, and let's not even talk about the cellulite... UGH!
I've found that women's clothes tend to get marked down more than men's ever do for sales and clearance, but I don't know... I just picked up a couple pairs of pants marked down to $7 all well known brands too, I just had to have them hemmed, but still a deal.
ReplyDeleteglad you had a nice V day. Hope things at work go smoothly.
I despise the price differences in clothes too...ugh.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the changes at work.
1. If retailers had an OUNCE of sense - or of they'd promote a woman once in a while - they'd realize that flattering lighting sells more clothes.
ReplyDelete2. Not only are women's clothes more expensive to buy, but the dry cleaning is twice as much!
3. Work stress: An old boss once told me, "Work to live, kid - don't live to work."
Yep, I hate change rooms so much I don't bother to use them. I just shop at the stores which have the best return policies, try my stuff on at home and return or exchange if need be!!! That said, it means I can't gain weight-because the only way this works is staying rougly the same size!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you guys had a nice V day.
What is an OV watch?
Don't worry if you are not commenting all the time-although I honestly can't remember a post where you haven't commented!
I really am blogging more lately because I'm feeling worse.
Looking forward to your post about the Olympics!!
take care
I am so with you on fiiting room lights, they seem to bring out the hidden and then your like "oh shit, where did those come from" they suck big time. You would think they'd install some magic lighting that makes you look awesome and flawless and then you'd be even more siked about buying whatver it is youre trying on. But no.... So glad you are enjoying the olympics and had an awesome V day too.
ReplyDeleteFertility Friend is also not my... friend. It makes me crazy that one crazy temp sends the O flags up on their system.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's still better than figuring it out with a paper, pen and some graph paper :)
ICLW