Frozen by "Priorities"

It’s Saturday. The day everyone catches up from the week.

I often find myself with a massive list of things I want to do. Things I usually have on the list are general, like laundry, cleaning the floors or bathrooms, finishing up homework, shopping (both pleasure and necessity), movies, dining out, friends... etc. But I often find it hard to prioritize my list. Things like cleaning clothes and grocery shopping HAVE to get done. But so does my homework. And my other problem: The week usually drains me physically so by the time Saturday rolls around, I’m exhausted and sleepy, even after I wake up. So I end up hastily doing my homework and the house remains a mess. And I’ll go to the grocery store really late on a work night. Or I drop everything and go hang out with my friends because I just need to blow off steam. Not exactly ideal, either... but it's really no different than me sitting on my ass at home not doing anything.

So it boils down to, I need a way to figure out how to get everything done during the week so my weekends can be more relaxing, rather than a time where I'm just tying up loose ends for the week. I am open to ideas on how to tackle this. I read a website once of a lady that kind of gave ideas on how to organize your life and house, I can't remember her name. It was decent, but I really couldn't see myself sticking to any of it. So alas, here I am. The idea of trying to do laundry during the middle of the week isn’t appealing. But, then again, laundry is never an appealing thought.

Also, I need to figure out how to get some more sleep. Going to bed at midnight or later isn’t helping my efforts to reduce stress or lose weight. In fact, I think it’s sabotaging my efforts. My pants are fitting tight these days, so I am hoping to lose some weight before the holidays. I am tired of being chubby. Single digit pants, here I come!

Well, I should go. I would make tonight soup and salad night, but we don't have any lettuce. Poo. So, I guess it's just Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Jalapeno Cornbread I got from Broadway Daily Bread.

http://broadwaydailybread.net/Cornbread.html

Toodles!

Quick Tidbit.

Today my coworker took me to lunch because last week I bought her lunch. She chose this hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant. It wasn't bad and fairly fresh tasting, but I have yet to find an oriental restaurant in San Antonio that reminds me of "real" asian food. But I digress. So, of course at the end of every Chinese meal is the Fortune Cookie. Mine said, "You will make a name for yourself."

For some weird reason, this really struck a chord with me. The past few weeks I've been thinking of trying for law school again and yesterday my business law professor said he would write a recommendation for me. The thought of attempting makes me excited and nervous and it has kind of been weighing on my mind (mostly the finances and insurance portion) and ... should I really take the next 3 years of my life and go to law school? What if I'm one of those "starving attorney's" who can't find work? I know a manager at my job who is a JD, and he is not utilized near to the degree he could be - and therefore, the money is not there to pay off massive amount of loans it will take to go.

But, after reading the "fortune" it made me think that trying for law school is what I'm really supposed to do. Perhaps it's naive to think a mass-produced fortune cookie with a made-up fortune would be the reason I should say, "Go for it." On the other hand, I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. If this struck a chord with me, I believe that it was meant to.

I dated the fortune for today and put it inside a little memory box. It will definitely be my motivation as I try to start up on the LSAT and set my sights on law school. I can't loose sight of what I want. So I needed to write this blog to remind me of how much I want this. It's going to take a lot of hard work, but I can see the potential benefits for me - for example, how likely is it that I will lose a job as an attorney to offshoring? Not very... or is it? http://legalcareers.about.com/od/jobmarket/a/Offshoring.htm Damn.

You know what? I don't care. I still want this.

Well, that is all for tonight.

HRBabe

Well Hello out there.

I feel like I never update this thing and yet, I always tell myself I will. When I'm at work, I usually have time to update but get side tracked because I have 2 separate computers (one with the "permissions" to go on the real internet and one without). I am also ususally too busy sending emails to Aloe-Ha throughout the day to remember to author an update. hehe :) She's definitely a good vent-to person if I am having a particularly frustrating day. Also, a friend of mine and I were supposed to start a "Blog-Working" every Friday, where we write new blog posts every Friday evening. If we can't get that started, well, dangit, I might just do it myself anyway.

So, I am officially on the job-hunt again. Last Thursday I received my salary increase and I was LIVID that I didn't even get the standard 3%. In fact, no one in my department received 3%. How do they expect us to continue to live on these pennies they call a paycheck, when, the cost of EVERYTHING has gone up around 7%? I wasn't expecting 7%, but I was expecting around 5%. My employer just doesn't get it. You can't possibly retain your best people if you can't competitively compensate them. I have sent out a few feeler resumes, so we'll see what feedback I get and if anything becomes available. I'm looking for a Recruiting position in San Antonio, so if you know of anything, please let me know!

It also sucks that I am in a consistent "I am too busy for you now" mode because once I feel like I have the timing of everything down, my schedule changes. I really do think a MBA was a great idea, but I am SO OVER these mini-semesters. I feel like I NEVER have time to do anything. It’s like, each class assigns you this big project and in less than 8 weeks it’s due, and oh yeah, we know you have a full time job and are taking other classes, but you’re just going to have to deal. I must be doing something right, though, because I’m halfway done and I have a 3.8 GPA. It’s just too bad I feel like it’s at the cost of my personal relationships, but then again, becoming successful isn’t easy. I can’t believe it’s been almost 1 year since I got married, and yet, it doesn’t feel like we are a married couple. Traveling and having fun is mostly just a wish at this point.

So one good thing about this semester is that it has re-lit a fire in me for law school. I am taking a BLaw class and not only do I LOVE it, I’ve pretty much aced everything. I don’t think the professor is making it overly easy for people, but maybe its because I get it and he’s definitely made it interesting. I feel kind of dumb for not pursuing law school over my MBA, but I’m still thinking of trying for law school again. I would like to specialize in Labor or Employment Law. I can only imagine how poor my hubs and I will be if I decide to go, because it will be 3 years of me not working - at all. We’ll see. I definitely need some time to decompress after the craziness called the MBA; travel, enjoy life, SAVE, then hop into it. And don't ask about kids. God, forget it. I'll be too old to have any by the time I'm done "professionalizing" myself.

Long time, no update!

Man, I haven't updated in a long time!! Well let's see... in a month and a half, but really only 3 things come to mind:

• I turned 29.


• Got my 1 month old MacBook's hard drive replaced.


• We bought a house!

Kudos to Apple for being sympathetic to my issues I had with my laptop. They replaced my hard drive, no questions asked, for free, and restored my faith in their products. I was SO upset after my MacBook died and thought about banning their products since I had 2 computers and both died. But after speaking to a Justin Martin at the La Cantera store in San Antonio, I felt so much better. And calling their customer service for follow up help, I was surprised the people actually spoke English well and with no accents! I had a good experience and will be sticking w/my Mac products. :)

My 29th birthday was fairly uneventful. My mom and bro came down to SA and I got some fab gifts. :)

Thursday we closed on the house we were renting - now it's ours! I'm super excited. We want to do some DIY to it... like paint and landscaping. I'll post some pics of it soon. I can't right now because today we are in Lubbock celebrating my Dad's birthday. I plan on getting him MS Office for his Mac. My bro got him 2 movies. I can't remember the names. I also need to buy a good bottle of wine to have with dinner.

Well, I better go get ready for my lunch w/hubs and the father in law. We are going to a Lubbock staple - Home Plate Diner. They were voted "Best Chicken Fried Steak" but I just want a cheeseburger. ;)

Celebrate Good Times, C'Mon!

Tonight we're celebrating my hubs bday with more people. Not a huge crowd, just a handful of friends.

We're doing a Caribbean (Jamaican) theme. I ordered Tortuga Rum Cakes and even had them sent overnight cuz I wanted to use those as Scott's bday cake. They were pricey, but they're worth it.



I don't even know if I have anything "Caribbean" to wear to my own party. Wish I looked cute in sleeveless. I'd wear something like this:



Anyway, I better go. Need to make a list and start cleaning/marinating!

The Hubs turns 31!

Today my husband (nicknamed "hubs") turned 31 years old.  We went to The Outback to celebrate w/Jennifer from The Morning Brewcast and John, her husband.  We had fun!  Jennifer was kinda tired though.  Apparently she had slept/woken up 3 different times today...... :)

Pictures:

My gift to Scott


Scott and his card


Scott and his new design book


All of us at The Outback


Me giving Scott the silly eye


Ok, us being serious.


Jenn & John


The guys holding up some swag Jenn & John got from Thomas Reprographics earlier.


That's all! Good night.

Do I have to...

...go to work tomorrow?

Reasons for not going:

• Boss is annoying and smells bad.
  
• We started this personal productivity tracking tool and it sucks. 
  
• We were defined as a "service factory" the other day. Great. I'm a degreed individual working a mindless job, and really, I'm only a factory "line worker" but I sure as hell don't get paid as well as one.
  
• Never any "real" work and the day CRAWLS by.
  
• Everything with management is a damn secret.
• The company refuses to spend any money on us and it really shows.  You should see our PATHETIC cubicles.
  
• The place is just an overall depressing joint.

I need a new job and a new resume.  I hate this job hunting crap.