RedJen’s Musings 2.0

• I'm feeling just motivated enough to go home and take a nap. A nap that may last until 7am tomorrow. #

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• Last week snow in Ohio, yesterday cruising with the convertible top down in N Carolina. Is it any wonder I'm in no hurry to move north? #
• I'm not sure Dancing Queen is a good choice as corporate hold music. #
• Good – the beef stew turned out really good. Less good – being Lent (abstaining from meat on Fri) means I won't have more until Sat. #

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• Just back from a week's vacation plus 4 cats makes for an extreme typing challenge. #
• Happiness is "I'm going to go do the Snoopy dance until I fall down, now." Wil Wheaton on http://is.gd/8KkKk #

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• Just back from a week's vacation plus 4 cats makes for an extreme typing challenge. #
• Happiness is "I'm going to go do the Snoopy dance until I fall down, now." Wil Wheaton on http://is.gd/8KkKk #

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• With wind gusts of 50+ mph, I wonder how many kids are being tethered to keep them from being sent to Oz. And what would be the best anchor? #
• Wondering why it took until 330am for the airline to know their flight crew wouldn't make a 715am start. #

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• Pet Peeve: Wendy's is there a reason you pretend to chop up the chicken you put on my salad? I have to re-cut it before I can eat it. #
• Today started out sideways, I'm hoping it straightens out quickly. #
• Wait for the gov'ner to show up. So far she's half an hour late. #
• Is it really Thursday? This week has been upside-down and sideways from the beginning. It'll be nice to put it away. Come on Friday! #

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• My version of "fine" may be too broad. Busted up my R-ankle/L-knee on Thurs, spent the w/e nursing them, but still said my weekend was fine. #
• My brother & sister-in-law headed to the hospital this AM for the arrival of their 2nd child. Now I'm just hoping for news of a safe arrival #
• My nephew (~10 lbs & 20+ inches) arrived this evening. He and mommy are resting at the hospital. #
• How do you prosecute a war? #
• Speeches are great fun, it doesn't matter the politics, at some point they are all but guaranteed to say something that makes no sense. #
• Working from home, chili simmering on the stove & cornbread in the oven. I'm feeling rather content. #
• Snow is falling, but we'll need at least a foot more before it can be considered for a Snowpocalypse title. #

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Ouch! There should be some type of physical impossibility that prevents grown adults from getting skinned knees. On the way off of the office to my car found me crumpled around a folded ankle in the parking lot. Dignity completely lost and with a shout of pain, I wasn’t sure if I was happy to have an audience, but he made his way to help me up and restored a bit of my faith in the goodness of people.

I snapped my ankle back into place, wrapped myself back in my cloak and gingerly made my way to my car. I don’t think I’ve had a scrapped kneed that bled this much since I was running hurdles in High School.

It may be time to see if an orthopedic doctor would have any recommendations for how to deal with a trick ankle so I don’t end up face down on the pavement on a regular basis. Tonight is ice, elevation, and hoping I can keep the cats off my hamburger knee and relocated ankle.

That’s pretty much what I took out of my yearly review. She’s efficient and does great work, but she didn’t smile while she did it. I feel like I’m back in grade school with high grades in my subjects, but a C in Conduct with the note “Apathetic and indifferent” as an explanation.

We’re allowed to make comments on our assessment and I’m considering taking that option this year.

I do not dispute the assessment, although I feel that 2009 was filled with mixed messages as far as corporate direction in general was concerned. The year was trying and a lot was asked of everyone.

2009 saw the following changes for my team from 2008:
* 33% increase in team output (workload)
* 60% decrease in headcount
* 18% improvement in accuracy

Those positive numbers came at the cost of time that would have been spent previously giving attention to individual (teams & employees). The majority of our increased workload was not planned work and instead came as urgent, last minute requests. My best work is done when I am allowed to strategically plan what is expected across my team. When the only available forecast is that our next request will come to my team with an already past due date, it is hard to generate the extra-extra effort needed to smile while at the same time trying to make up for someone else’s lateness. It is difficult to be asked to work harder for the bottom line, only to deliver as requested and be judged negatively for putting results in front of a soft personal approach.

• There are not enough OTC pain meds to get me through today. Flu-like crud + moving aches + dentist drill > OTC pain meds. Woe is me… #
• My chiropractor is my hero. They aren't all created equal, but if you look hard enough, you'll find one that knows their stuff. #
• A new Rejected that made me laugh "Request denied. My bomp chicka's gotta bow wow." – @Rubb Ed #
• http://twitpic.com/y71fj – Mad Hare! #
• http://twitpic.com/y79by – Mad Hare! Rightside up #

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