Thanks Childwoman. Once in a while I need a nudge to be reminded that I do have a blog and one that has to be updated.
OK let's get an entry into Jan before it gets over.
To tell you the truth this month has been pretty adventurous till now, not that's not the right word, it has been full of events. So where do I start.....
Work:
I did not get promoted. No I was not expecting it. But my colleague, with whom I am very close to, did. I had a major rant with my boss - no, not because I did not get a promotion, but because he is leaving the department before he could work on my promotion for next year. My boss assured me that I would get good salary increases for the next five years and that he has worked on my career graph pretty well. I am not complaining - if there is no promotion, a good salary increase would do good I guess. Still I am not completely satisfied.
Last week on a trip to Belgium, all my colleagues (4 of us) ended up in my hotel room because I had a massive room with two double beds. We opened a bottle of tequila bought especially by one of the colleagues from Mexico. The colleague who got promoted got so drunk that he ended up sleeping in my room. We were all dead drunk, but the others could make their way to their rooms. No, I wasn't scared or anything like that. I was more worried that in my drunken state I would pounce on my sleeping colleague. Yes, the colleague is a guy. Now go figure what I meant by that.
Marriage:
We went to meet a counsellor. It was DH's idea. Funny that DH finds it difficult to talk to me at home. Yet once we are in an office with a counsellor, he does not have any problems in communicating. My gripe is that do we really need to pay a hell lot of money to just talk to each other?
There was only one question that we both could not answer in the session. The lady said "I can hear you both talk about doing some things her way and some things his way. Do you ever do some things "our" way?" Huh....no never. What is "our" way? We both were so lovey dovey for the past three weeks. We had to go for the session because DH had already paid for it. As expected, since we have got back from that session on Tuesday we have not talked to each other. DH does not want me to dissect the session at home and I do not understand why we cannot.
Son:
A is a brilliant boy and one who does not believe in studying at home. Nah...he refuses to touch his books. I have no clue how he passes his exams, but he does with good marks. If only he were to put some effort into his studies, he would stand first in the class. Sorry I am a mother who wants her son to do his best and be the best in everything. I do not believe that children should be left to enjoy themselves all the time. No, I am not cool that way.
Exercise:
The cross trainer got assembled last week. And in my room, it sits right in between my futon and dressing table. It's this huge giant right in the middle of my small room (by now you should know that houses in UK are really TINY). I use it regularly because I want to lose some weight and generally challenge myself. Exercising one hour on this machine has got to do more with mind over matter than anything else.
The new year has started off pretty mediocre, but I am still thankful for all my blessings.
OK let's get an entry into Jan before it gets over.
To tell you the truth this month has been pretty adventurous till now, not that's not the right word, it has been full of events. So where do I start.....
Work:
I did not get promoted. No I was not expecting it. But my colleague, with whom I am very close to, did. I had a major rant with my boss - no, not because I did not get a promotion, but because he is leaving the department before he could work on my promotion for next year. My boss assured me that I would get good salary increases for the next five years and that he has worked on my career graph pretty well. I am not complaining - if there is no promotion, a good salary increase would do good I guess. Still I am not completely satisfied.
Last week on a trip to Belgium, all my colleagues (4 of us) ended up in my hotel room because I had a massive room with two double beds. We opened a bottle of tequila bought especially by one of the colleagues from Mexico. The colleague who got promoted got so drunk that he ended up sleeping in my room. We were all dead drunk, but the others could make their way to their rooms. No, I wasn't scared or anything like that. I was more worried that in my drunken state I would pounce on my sleeping colleague. Yes, the colleague is a guy. Now go figure what I meant by that.
Marriage:
We went to meet a counsellor. It was DH's idea. Funny that DH finds it difficult to talk to me at home. Yet once we are in an office with a counsellor, he does not have any problems in communicating. My gripe is that do we really need to pay a hell lot of money to just talk to each other?
There was only one question that we both could not answer in the session. The lady said "I can hear you both talk about doing some things her way and some things his way. Do you ever do some things "our" way?" Huh....no never. What is "our" way? We both were so lovey dovey for the past three weeks. We had to go for the session because DH had already paid for it. As expected, since we have got back from that session on Tuesday we have not talked to each other. DH does not want me to dissect the session at home and I do not understand why we cannot.
Son:
A is a brilliant boy and one who does not believe in studying at home. Nah...he refuses to touch his books. I have no clue how he passes his exams, but he does with good marks. If only he were to put some effort into his studies, he would stand first in the class. Sorry I am a mother who wants her son to do his best and be the best in everything. I do not believe that children should be left to enjoy themselves all the time. No, I am not cool that way.
Exercise:
The cross trainer got assembled last week. And in my room, it sits right in between my futon and dressing table. It's this huge giant right in the middle of my small room (by now you should know that houses in UK are really TINY). I use it regularly because I want to lose some weight and generally challenge myself. Exercising one hour on this machine has got to do more with mind over matter than anything else.
The new year has started off pretty mediocre, but I am still thankful for all my blessings.
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