Back to Writing

As much fun as the contest was I really missed writing here daily. It was like I was being detoxed from blogging. I hated it. So it's back to writing about the everyday things that are going on.

Yesterday my boss forced me to attend a training. It was here at our office, but I was still miserable the entire time. This training had been on the calender since August and when I asked my boss if I had to attend since I only have 3 weeks left he said, "but you have a whole career ahead of you." Damn. Normally I wouldn't mind attending workshops, but I had just been through this training one year ago and I knew everything that was covered. In fact the tool that we were being trained on I use on a daily basis. I probably could have taught this class. So I sat for 8 hours with people that were driving me nuts. Here are some of the things that went on during the training:

*The lady behind me coughed the entire time. The tables/chairs were so close that every time she coughed I could feel it in my hair. I kept hearing her say, "I don't' think I am sick, but I have this cough". By 4pm I was wondering if she maybe had TB.

*The lady next to me was a very big lady. She apparently had no sense of boundaries because she was completely in my space and it was driving me nuts. She kept getting up which meant I had to get up in order for her to get around my chair. I wanted to tell her, "just sit and listen"

*About 30 minutes into the training this one guy got up and went to the bathroom in the hall and proceeded to throw up. I was sitting at the table right by the door that went to this bathroom. I thought I was going to throw up myself.

*The guy sitting in front of me looked exactly like my ex husband from the back. I sat and stared at his head thanking God that I am not with my ex anymore.

*I don't know how many people didn't listen and the would ask a question that the instructor had just answered. You would think we were in middle school and couldn't listen. Please listen. The less questions asked the sooner we will be let out.

*A guy that was across the room obviously has a hearing problem. 3 times during the training his watch started beeping and it took someone pointing it out to him that it was beeping.

So that was my Wednesday. It's amazing how tired you get from just sitting. I was exhausted by the time I got home.

Is anyone else as excited about Christmas as I am?? I am looking forward to having 3 days off this weekend and then just working a 3 day week next week. I think Laura and I are going to go see "The Pursuit of Happyness" on Saturday. That movie looks so good. Tuesday night we watched "Little Miss Sunshine". Oh.My.God. That is the best movie. I loved it. I think that is one that I would like to own. If you haven't seen it you must go see it.

Tonight we off to see my oldest nephew. This is my brothers oldest boy from his first marriage. His Mom is more then ok with me and lets me see him. I haven't written about it before, but his Mom said it was fine that I talked about it on my blog. Knowing my parents read my blog I didn't want to write anything that would affect my nephew in a negative way. My nephew is 12 (I still can't believe that) and is growing up so fast. I love spending time with him and my favorite thing is when Laura and I pull up to his house and he comes running out cause he is so excited to see us. That's love. We actually get to see him a lot since he lives in the same small town as Laura's parents. Whenever we can we stop and see him and of course spoil him.