Archive of Marcia's Musings September 20-26, 2004Remiss
Yes, I have been remiss the last few days but for a good reason. I've been extremely busy at work and at home-- isn't that always the way?!?
Thursday evening, after working late again, I mucked about with my Portuguese. I'm finding that I retain the words for a short period of time on my own but can't seem to think of them automatically. When I was in Brasil last month, I had a similar problem in that I would say "Thank you" first and then correct myself with "Obrigada".
I've always felt that foreign languages tend to cram a lot of sounds into a short bit of space, even if the sentence is typographically long. The same is to be said about learning Portuguese-- I find myself terribly confused about how to make group word sounds and I keep trying to sound out each word when the speaker on the CD is saying it as a lump sound(s). I'll get it-- it'll just take practice.
I'm finding it to be easier to play it on my computer than on my CD player if only because the CD player's pause button is fine but there is no "replay 5 seconds" on it. (I find myself needing that fairly frequently!)
Tortured Soul
Our poor Molly (who will be getting a website very soon!) has been having the most horrendous dreams the last few nights. Didja eve wonder what dogs dream about? I can't imagine that she would sound so distressed if she were dreaming about her present situation so it has to be her past. Someone must've really done something horrible to her-- the louts! (String 'em up by their ears, I say!)
Shopping
I went out early this morning to hit a sale at my favorite fabric store-- managed to find everything that I was looking for so that was nice. I did spend more than I expected, which wasn't so nice. I guess part of my theories for shopping is to shop while I'm working since I won't be able to afford to after I retire. At least, that's the theory I'm going to go with, okay? (Work with me people!)
Anyway, all of that said, I'm going to sign off and go back to my Portuguese. Whew!
Have a good evening
Wednesday, September 22, 2004First In, Last Out
Allllll week, that's been my work ethic. Monday, I was in by 8:15 and out at 5:30; Tuesday, I was in by 8:15 and out at 6:50pm (!). TODAY, however, I was first in at 8:40 and FIRST OUT at 3:45-- I deserved it. Yes, I have to check my email later but I can deal with that. This has been a really hard week (and its only Wednesday!) so I needed a break!
Surprise!!
I was on a call with John (the AVP I work for) and a sales rep. We were talking about how we've caved and caved for this one customer and John was feeling pretty down-trodden because these folks were still not happy. SOOOO, me being the lunatic that I am, decided I was going to send him flowers! Cool, huh?
Yep, I sent the order off and I got an IM message from him this afternoon-- he was floored and flattered and couldn't believe that I'd done that. I'd never done it before and I may not do it again for a couple of years. I wanted him to know that I really enjoy working with him and DO feel that he is the best at what he does.
That was fun!
Speaking of FUN
I'm going to go sew-- something I haven't been able to do since the weekend. I want to get my sister-in-law's gift done so that I can move on to my mother-in-law's gift-- I can't wait!!
I'll either catch you later or tomorrow-- have a good evening!
Tuesday, September 21, 2004Too Much to Tell
I've been remiss, of course, mostly because I've been busy at work. End of quarter crunch has started and is crunching-- really hard. That's a good thing so, no, I'm not complaining other than it would be nice to not work an 11 hour day-- once.
Tonight, I went out for drinks with Lee and Lauree from the office-- long hard day and, of course, I added two hours to my already long 11-hour day. Relaxing time was had by all which is important-- its tough when you get too wound up from calls at the end of the day that last for two hours!
Anniversaries
Of course, women are the only ones who remember these things but, yesterday (9/20) was the day a year ago when we made the offer on our house. Wow-- what a year, eh? There are times when I still can't believe that we're in a house but, I am so glad that we are!
I know this is short but, at least I'm here-- have a good one and more tomorrow.
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