Funky Clouds
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Good night ya'll.
Seems like all day today we've been in meetings. In fact, yesterday we had meetings to talk about the meetings we would be in today. I love that! I feel swamped though. I have to run around all over the place to get stuff done. People are always saying, "Slow down!", but I don't have time to slow down. Too many things are time sensitive. Too many things rely on other people to actually get things accomplished. I know I can't do it myself and I need to rely on other people to help get the job done. This is something I have struggled with and something I will probably struggle with for years to come.
So perhaps this will come up in my performance review today. This is the time where my boss and I talk about my accomplishments from last year, where I succeeded and where I could have improved. Maybe this "slowing down" thing can be part of my management developmental plan for next year. We will see. I only have 30 more minutes till the review and I'm trying to take a quick breather and relax a bit before I go in there so I don't look so frazzled.
I have never seen icicles that grow up. It's a new one for me and quite strange. I can't tell if they were formed from water dropping off the train car and freezing once they hit the ground, or if they actually went all the way from the train car to the ground but started melting and this is all that's left. Anyway, I thought I would post them so I can look back and ask the same question again in the future.
So we finally made it home and American Idol is on. Yeah, I know you what you see thinking. But I like it. Its worth seeing the the good, the bad and the ugly.
I can't believe some of these people would even think they can make it, but hey, I guess that's part of the fun!
Simon Cowell-isms:
- You can be something else besides a singer, and the good thing is today you found out you're not.
- I don't know why I'm on this show any more. - The other door.
- why do you keep saying yes? You aren't going to here it from us.
- Its the other door.
- It was absolutely categorized under pointless.
- It was juvenile, tuneless, medeocre and horrible.
- I'm just amazed at Randy's rudeness and audacity, but no.
- You have just summed up Minneapolis mate. Useless everything. Your future involves not singing....... I think he took that in good spirit.
- it was almost as bad as it could possibly get. I don't want to hear anything more from you.
- Its a little one dimensional, this.
- Why can't we find anyone that sings like Ray? We just need to cancel the show because there's no chance of that.
I see Festus here more than my coworkers. Festus (as I have affectionately named him) sits in the gallery where I patiently wait for Larry the shuttle driver to pick me up and take me to my next appointment. We have many adventures, me and Festus; riding the open plains singin the cattle call.
I need real friends.....
So here's my observation. I stood there for a second and asked to myself, "Why didn't he know we were together? Why did he have to ask?".
Then I realized something. At no point in my life should someone need to ask if my wife and I are together. It should be obvious to anyone that sees us. My wife and I should ooze with love to the point it makes people want to turn away with disgust! Well, maybe not that much, but it should be completely obvious to any observer.
Hold her hand...
Put my arm around her...
Talk to her...
Look at her...
Stand near her...
Treat her like I did when we were dating!
It seems so simple but yet so critical to a good marriage!