Stuff

It occurs to me I haven't done a personal update in a while....mainly because life is pretty darn good for me. No drama - no muss - no fuss. Just the way I like it. So I will start writing and see what happens.

Supposed to get a hard freeze here tonight. I hope this doesn't signal the permanent end of warm weather. We've had rain for a week and I'd like to get the yard cleaned up before shutting it down for the winter. I still have loads of tomatoes but did not go out and pick them. I can only eat so many! I really did enjoy the garden this year and enjoyed sharing my herbs with my co-workers. I hate to see summer come to an end. I tend to hibernate during the winter months.

Work is good.....good in that I am thankful to still have my job as they cut staff by 10% company wide mostly supervisory and above. We lost one supervisor in our office and 8 out of our sister office in PA. Scary times. The supervisor who lost her position had more seniority than myself so they obviously took other things into consideration. This also means that her staff will get absorbed into the other teams. I now have 23 nurses who report to me - which is a big challenge. CHALLENGES and OPPORTUNITIES abound. I am working from home once a week now which is nice - that will probably increase when the office is relocated early next year.

My little Izzy is doing well. She had her first vet appointment last weekend and weighed in at a whopping 4.6 lbs. She was stuffed to the gills when they weighed her as she is a little piglet and is into absolutely everything. She makes a huge mess from one end of the house to the other. She's very attached to me though and I adore her. The others are warming up to her but she does get on their nerves. They are older and had their nice routine and here comes this little bundle of nonstop energy. She will bite you in the face in a minute and is constantly biting their ears, beards and tails. I've had to back away and let them read her the riot act. I am getting a full nights sleep now that she is sleeping in a crate out in the dining room. She usually settles down and goes to sleep. I try to take her to the office with me once a week so she's only left home all day three days a week.

We had an office party weekend before last at the home of my boss. I usually hate those types of events but I went and had a very nice time. I work with a really interesting group of women and I enjoyed getting to know them more.

Can you believe Christmas is less than three months away? I can't. I usually loathe the season but not this year. I'm approaching with a different mindset and am going to do my own thing - whatever makes me happy :)

Anyway...it's after 10 and I'm going to eat some steam veggies, read a little and go into the office in the morning. The flu shot people are coming to give us our free vaccinations. I have always gotten a flu shot and this year is no exception. I will not, however, be getting the H1N1 vaccination. I'm not in a risk group for one and it hasn't been tested enough in my view.

Hope all is well in your worlds.