WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt6

[mishoe01]

Ian - hope you're feeling better. Are you getting someone to sub for you on Sunday so that you can just relax and get better?

Deb - glad you guys are home safe....thanks for spending time w/ me on your vacation

Woody - wow! Love your travels

 

[mishoe01]

Nan - I'm sure Paul's interview went wonderfully. Hope that falls into place for him

Gaylean - I got the email from Castaway Club, but I have YET to get my CC cards/kit! (and I've been on 4 cruises!)

Holly - great job to Tyler for being top seller Have you talked to him or his Dad today?

 

[mishoe01]

I'm so excited that DCL is announing stuff on Monday....it was going to be H E L L for me sitting in the dentist chair knowing that I wasn't going to know what was happening until mid afternoon!

 

[iankh]

Ah ha, you ratted yourself out. I got the email too.

Ian sorry you are not feeling well. I hope you can take it easy this weekend and rest up.

Remember when you are hating that job, you have a job.

Paul is at an interview, just got home. He was called by a recruiter for a temp position for a maternity leave for an attorney at a software company in Palo Alto. It is a part time, 20 hours per week temp job 3 or 4 months. It pays enough to cover our mortgage so that makes it worthwhile....Hopefully this will come thru as his practice is very slow right now.

Good luck Paul!

 

[iankh]

We're back home now. We made the journey safely. We stayed overnight in Wilson, NC last night to break up the ride. It was a late night check in, eat and sleep, shower and shave and on the road again. The car is unpacked and everything is back in the house. It's nice to run away and play, but then it's good to be home again too. Kitty, puppy and turtles are happy that we're back too.

Welcome Home.

 

[iankh]

Ian - hope you're feeling better. Are you getting someone to sub for you on Sunday so that you can just relax and get better?

Nope, I'll be leading my meetings as usual. I think I'll be fine.

I feel a real responsibility to my members. I think I have become a magic talisman for many of them.

Members always thank me for their weight loss. I tell them to go to the bathroom, look in the mirror and thank themselves.

They are responsible for their success. I am merely their spirit guide.

 

[HollyTyler]

She's complaining about 73... Oh man... it hit the 30's here last night G!!!!

Our weather report says low 30s(F) or high 20s overnight tonight! WHAT THE HECK?! That's not supposed to happen the first few days of October, heck that's not supposed to happen until the END OF NOVEMBER!

 

[Tink rules]

I'm so excited that DCL is announing stuff on Monday....it was going to be H E L L for me sitting in the dentist chair knowing that I wasn't going to know what was happening until mid afternoon!

Yeah... especially after all that Novocaine... you might have booked yourself on a trip to Alaska!!!!

 

[HollyTyler]

Hi Holly. The amazing thing is we only have one carry-on bag each. We had more luggage on the PC cruise!

Woody

Wow, that's amazing!

 

[mishoe01]

Yeah... especially after all that Novocaine... you might have booked yourself on a trip to Alaska!!!!

Not only that, but I'm going to have a happy pill before they start! That's the only way I can get all that stuff done (5 hrs in 1 visit instead of 3 visits!)

I have a friend taking me there & then back home....I'll be loopier than normal

 

[Tink rules]

Not only that, but I'm going to have a happy pill before they start! That's the only way I can get all that stuff done (5 hrs in 1 visit instead of 3 visits!)

I have a friend taking me there & then back home....I'll be loopier than normal

May I suggest something cold and mushy for dinner that night?

 

[HollyTyler]

Oh, I can handle travel expenses and t-shirts, but you might be roughing it.

This is where we're staying this week It's a two-story villa that sleeps six, with indoor and outdoor pools.

Last week, we stayed at Le Parc Trocadero. The hotel's restaurant is run by Alain Ducasse.

It's a five minute walk to a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower.

Woody

Very cool, Woody! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! I remember very clearly my one and only trip up the Eiffel Tower way back in 1986. Truly unforgettable!

 

[Tink rules]

Well, I have to run out to CVS... Mom has a Vitamin D difficiency and they have ordered her a presription -

BRB...

 

[HollyTyler]

We're back home now. We made the journey safely. We stayed overnight in Wilson, NC last night to break up the ride. It was a late night check in, eat and sleep, shower and shave and on the road again. The car is unpacked and everything is back in the house. It's nice to run away and play, but then it's good to be home again too. Kitty, puppy and turtles are happy that we're back too.

Glad you & John made it home safely! What a wonderful trip you had!

 

[HollyTyler]

Nan - I'm sure Paul's interview went wonderfully. Hope that falls into place for him

Gaylean - I got the email from Castaway Club, but I have YET to get my CC cards/kit! (and I've been on 4 cruises!)

Holly - great job to Tyler for being top seller Have you talked to him or his Dad today?

No, I haven't talked to them. I suspect his dad took the day off work to spend with him since he's losing his Saturday with him because when I emailed him at work today, he never emailed back, and he always responds within a few minutes, no matter how busy he is.

 

[HollyTyler]

Nope, I'll be leading my meetings as usual. I think I'll be fine.

I feel a real responsibility to my members. I think I have become a magic talisman for many of them.

Members always thank me for their weight loss. I tell them to go to the bathroom, look in the mirror and thank themselves.

They are responsible for their success. I am merely their spirit guide.

Ian, you're such an incredible guy!

 

[iankh]

Today was marginally better at work, though it started off awful.

I was at the bus stop and realized I didn't have my wallet. I ran home (literally) and couldn't find my wallet.

I then panicked and thought it must have fallen out of my pocket at the bus stop. So I ran back (literally). No wallet.

Again I run (literally) back home. I am now sweaty, out of breath and panicked. I was about to start calling credit card companies, when I thought I should check my backpack.

I found the wallet with my iPod. I apparently, absentmindedly, grabbed them both together and stuffed them in my bag.

By now I had missed 2 buses. I got to work a bit later than I like, at 7:55 AM.

My throats still felt/feels like I swallowed razor blades.

I was rushed off my feet.

We have a major project that has gone off the rails, especially in the requirements and testing area. Business people have kept pushing off testing and signing off. It is critical that someone with business knowledge does this. Every time we try to make progress, the goal posts move.

I implemented twice daily "huddle" meetings, at 9:30 and 2:30. These are 15 minute meetings and business people have to attend (there are only about 5 key people in the meeting).

Everyone must report on:

- Completed
- Planned accomplishments
- Obstacles blocking accomplishments

Today was the first day of huddles. We actually made progress between the first and second huddle.

I think they're afraid of me. I am also completely relentless and won't let someone not be specific about an exact date and time for a deliverable. I accept no "ishes".

So, I was doing that, and also trying to marshall another major release into production tonight.

I also had to bring my boss up to date on the major project gone sour. She's fine and was OK with everything I'm doing. It really isn't my responsibility as I am not the project manager, but I think she wanted me to get more involved because she knows from experience that I can be a relentless bulldog.

The talk turned to one of my staff people, who really isn't performing and who I think is coasting. It is getting serious. I hate being put in a position where I have to make tough decisions, but I'm at a point where I have no confidence as to his initiative and drive.

Throughout all of this today, I also had to deal with my bosses boss, the CIO, to whom I also report to for certain projects. Then there's my third boss, who I'm having very little interaction with these days.

I guess I'm just popular.

I did have to correct someone in a meeting today. They said that if their given task was Catholic they would say it's in limbo.

I pointed out that they probably meant purgatory, because there is movement onward from purgatory, and not limbo, which was an eternal state and reserved for unbaptized babies, because in theory they still carry original sin, though limbo was eliminated by the pope in 2005.

The room just looked at me, and someone said, "Aren't you Jewish."

I said, "Ah yes, but you never know when I may have to pass."

(And here you probably all thought I just knew a lot about Edwardian England)

 

[iankh]

By the way. That's all you're getting from me tonight.

 

[Tink rules]

Go rest... and be merry!!!

Whatever...

 

[ibouncetoo]

I did have to correct someone in a meeting today. They said that if their given task was Catholic they would say it's in limbo.

I pointed out that they probably meant purgatory, because there is movement onward from purgatory, and not limbo, which was an eternal state and reserved for unbaptized babies, because in theory they still carry original sin, though limbo was eliminated by the pope in 2005.

The room just looked at me, and someone said, "Aren't you Jewish."

I said, "Ah yes, but you never know when I may have to pass."

(And here you probably all thought I just knew a lot about Edwardian England)

OK the few people still left in the office want to know what the heck is so funny. You crack me up mister!

Hope you feel better soon....chicken soup, you know.



I haven't had a chance to post much, but have been reading. Have enjoyed all the pictures too!