Wed, Sep. 17th, 2014

scarlettina: (Autumn)
1) Must get full-spectrum lamp. Autumn is here; winter is coming. While I don't expect any frost zombies to come over the hill (thanks for that particular nightmare, GRRM), it is reasonable for me to expect the blues that come with darkness. A full-spectrum lamp can fix this. How many years have I been talking about doing this? This needs to be the year.

2) I've done it again: overbooked myself to the point of needing to cancel an appointment. I need to get a grip and keep a better eye on my work and personal calendars so this won't happen again.

3) I need to take some time to sit down and analyze the trend I've observed over the last few years of the onset of pre-travel anxiety. There must be a reason for it.

4) More focus at work will help me finish up the things that are due. I can't let that one manager, with her my-bad-planning-is-your-project-crisis issue and her ALL-CAPS COMMUNICATION STYLE, rattle me.

5) I really need to work on the stuff for the condo association. I've been distracted (in some respects quite pleasurably) the last couple of weeks but I really need to get control of this stuff.

6) I really want an hour to just sit with the cats in perfect, companionable silence and to relax. Things have been happening too quickly.

7) Must work with JL to organize the brisket-off. MUST do that.

8) Must write. Now that the Guide to Combat is delivered, I must be disciplined about the writing. Apply ass to chair. Open a vein. That's the only way it happens.

Compensations

Wed, Sep. 17th, 2014 09:11 pm
scarlettina: (Pennysmasher)
After a really tough day at work, after a day of not feeling particularly special in any way and feeling a little despairing, I shared a good meal with a good friend, and then came home to discover a Presidential Merit Award from The Elongated Collectors in the mail. Completely unexpected. It's a certificate and a beautiful elongated Kennedy half dollar engraved with the following:

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Presidential Merit Award
"...ask what you can do..."
You didn't ask, you just did
Thank you from TEC
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I nearly burst into tears right there.

The certificate says:

As President of The Elongated Collectors, I am pleased to present this award to
Janna Silverstein
in recognition of her service as TC Governor in charge of the annual Design Contest. She has done an outstanding job on the Design Contest, and brings an informed opinion to many items of discussion, thus saving us time and potentially money.

Signed,
Nancy Wooten, president

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