I have meetings all morning and most of the afternoon, including a lunch meeting with Best Bud, which should be good…but they are sometimes stressful because she gets me riled up about work (note to self: relax!).
My presentations I was mentioning in my last entry went off very well, even if they did take me three times as long as it should have to put them together. The ideas and concepts were well received, and the financials weren’t scrutinized that hard because I feel like people trust numbers as fact - which is an interesting thought that I’d like to explore later - kind of on a level like, numbers don’t lie (read: the scale, surveys, etc.). Also interesting and another idea for fleshing out, numbers can be manipulated.
Anyway, I felt really good about what I presented and got tons of good feedback, and then yesterday happened and all of that good feeling was stripped away because of one pointed email from boss. I don’t really want to get into it. He just rubs me in such a way. He ignores emails that I feel are important and scrutinizes details that I never would even imagine he’d look at. It’s a wildcard kind of game. You never know what he’s going to pull out of the deck.
Regardless, it was a yucky day and I left right at 5 so that I could pick up the dog at daycare and run to meet Athena and her friend S at a cat video festival. OMG. I wish I could say it completely changed my day, but my mind was still rushing with work baloney when I got there. Still, I eased up when the videos started and found some joy in laughter. The crowd was interesting…there were a lot of “meows” and other cat noises when there were some technical issues with the film. I gleaned some great tidbits and ended up feeling somewhat better.
I drove home and got in bed and woke up this morning just full of dread. I have so much to do. I’ve decided that today can be my day to work late to make sure I get stuff done. In fact, I have a ton of communication to get to our overseas offices, and if I don’t get it out tonight (their Friday morning), I will lose a whole weekend, so tonight’s the night to be late night and I will feel really good when today is done, I just know it!
I have a girl date on Saturday night with my friend Maria. It’s been far too long since we’ve caught up and cut up and I’m really looking forward to it. She’s was something of a mentor during my fashion days - the most impressive Girl Boss I’ve ever seen. Now she lives with her millionaire daughter and son-in-law and takes care of their three small boys. She’s a Granny Nanny and says it’s the best job she’s ever had! I wonder about that, since she’s lived such a glamorous rock star big boss lifestyle for so many years, but she looks so damn good that I have to believe that some part of that is true!
OK, I gotta roll. Looooonnnggg busy day ahead!
Love yous!
GS
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