walking like frankenstein. part 2.

three blog entries in one day! it’s like christmas innit? (better the english lingo rub off on me than the aussie…trust me)

i had another wiifit adventure yesterday and i probably should have skipped the lunges but i wanted to better my score from sunday.  goodness, the soreness is even worse today but i think becoming hooked. i was a bit disappointed when my “male” trainer was replaced by the female trainer in the breathing part of the exercises but was relieved when he was back for the rest of it.  how dumb does that sound?  he’s has an english accent, i’m almost waiting for him to ask me if i would like a cup of tea after i collapse on the floor after balancing on one leg.  a colleague noticed that i was walking a bit funny but i just smiled and shrugged my shoulders as i stiffly waddled my way past him.  i probably should have mentioned something about exercising instead of leaving him to wonder what/who caused my curious gait. 

more on my wiifit progress later. i actually just got work to do!

giving thanks extravaganza

this week is thanksgiving and in the spirit of the holiday, i’m going to run down the top 20 things i am most thankful for this year.  I know it’s early, but i may forget on the day (and i need to kill some time before its lunchtime)

These are in no particular order after #1.

1. my husband, the Brit – he’s my rock and my sanity and he makes me unbelievably happy. and he can iron a mean bedsheet.

2. my job. i’ve been reading a lot about the financial troubles in the US and around the globe and i am so very thankful that I am secure

3. Barack Obama – he makes it cool to be american again

4. Turkey – it tastes so yummy

5. Wii- for endless hours of diversion while waiting for the husband to come home from work

6. Friends here and across the ocean – you know who you are

7. My family

8. Online shopping from America

9.  Knowing that I am loved

10.  My work mates – they make work not seem like work

11. Fluffy blue dog slippers

12. Flannel gnome pajamas

13. Being able to travel home to America/London to visit family

14. My family being cool enough to actually warrant a visit

15. Long distance calling cards

16. Nintendogs

17. Ballet flats – comfortable but yet stylish as well

18. Always having enough

19. Feeling safe

20. Yakitori (mmm, lunch time now).

four plus plus.

it’s review time and we have to rate ourselves and then have a “dialogue” with our manager about why we rated ourselves that and then we come to a consensus as to what our rating should be. blah blah blah, it’s just an exercise in witty corporate repartee with someone that thinks they’re more important than you.  “team player” “able to think outside the box” “uses time wisely” “builds effective client relationships” et al – it’ll all be mentioned and i’ll have to respond. i really hate this time. not only do i have to rate myself, but i have to rate/write reviews for my team.  my usual method is to rate myself a 4 (the highest mark) and have my manager talk me down to a 3. by the end, fatigue has set in and there’s no more constructive banter on why i should really have been a 3 so 4 it is! this year, i’m going to rate myself a 4++ (though such a rating does not exist, i feel as though my efforts during the year have been “off the scale”) and get argued down to a solid 4. now my manager may put the kibosh on my 4++ rating straightaway which means i spend the time being talked down to a 3, but it’s worth a try. i don’t think these reviews do anything for me. i don’t gain a “broader prosepective of the business and how i fit in”.  it doesn’t motivate me to “work in partnership with colleagues to achieve shared goals.”   i mean, i already know i’m excellent. 4 plus plus plus plus plus plus…

fairdinkum.