Thanks for the sunny message, Queen Lulu!! It helps!!
DS is still home but I am back at work. I've been off 2 days and have mountains of stuff to catch up on and a very critical meeting to run at 9 AM. I don't have much time to write here now, but I'll do more later.
Goals - the usual. Meds - yes. Water - started. Food - 3 g protein bar. Exercise - not yet. Work goal - keep my sanity through the 9 AM meeting - it's not gonna be pretty!!
Edit: 11:15 PM
Whew!!! My big meeting is over and it went really well. I've been dreading this meeting. I am the committe chair and have to run the meetings but there are some very contentious people in the group. I want everyone to be heard, but I can't let them get off on tangents. Also, I need to be the agent of compromise between the people in my agency and the people from the outside project team. In the end, it's my responsibility to make sure that our agency has the reports and reporting capability we need to continue to do business after our accounting system is replaced next July. The people on the outside project team are implementing this accounting system for 53 state agencies - our agency is only one of them - so obviously we can't demand that things be done our way, but we do get $1.6 billion dollars in federal funding and anything that jeopardizes that money MUST be addressed.
A co-worker sat in on this meeting. She runs the ageny's mentoring program for women, which I participated in last year. She sat in for a different reason - she's helping to coordinate the training for the new accounting system. She complimented me after the meeting for the way I ran things. She said I took charge and commanded respect while still making sure that everyone was heard. I sometimes worry that I come off as too *****y but she felt I did an excellent job of keeping things moving but not being too brassy about it. She is an objective person, and I can trust her to give me an honest critique, so getting praise from her made my day!!
I also talked to most of the meeting attendees one-on-one after the meeting. They all felt it was very productive and they have a greater comfort level that we are all on the same page. This means that I've met my goals of fostering greater understanding between the groups and finding compromises to conflicts where we all win.
At the moment, it's good to be me!!
OK, enough about work! I've had 40+ oz of water so far. I've had a protein bar & some cashews. I have some veggies and 1000 Island dip for dipping. I'm eating low-carb but trying hard not to COUNT them!
Maybe I'll treat myself to a walk at lunch! I'm so high from this meeting that it's hard to just sit at my desk. I want to dance through the aisles, singing a happy song!! Wouldn't THAT look interesting????
I'm making good choices today and I'm proud of me and the work I'm doing for the citizens of the Commonwealth of PA!
! How are things over your way? Are your kids having snow days or delays? We didn't have any changes to the regular schedule. . .we came out of this storm no worse for the wear. I have to admit, I was slightly disappointed--I love cozy, stay-at-home days--but the sunrise this morning took away the blues. It was awe-inspiring and set a wonderful tone for today.
for you and some
to sprinkle on your new day. Have a good one!
Hey! I thought I ate all of yesterday's cookie dough!
Doreen!
Many happy bounces in celebration of yesterday's great day at work! You sound like a fair, organized, and thoughtful leader--your co-workers are lucky to have you (as are all of us in the Commonwealth!
Yikes! Holiday goodie table right next to the water cooler?!?! Send out the alert! All the 
--what's on that goodie table, anyway?
