Things Are Better

the adorable one is always fond of pointing out that, "the one thing you can always count on is change." it seems simple, but when you're in the middle of being bummed, it's hard to see that nothing ever stays the same. ever. which is good, because i was pretty bummed last week, but things, as they always do, changed. for the better. for starters, i picked up a couple of assignments, one from my supervisor, who i like a lot.

it's a little bit of a step up as far as projects go, and it has a longer lead time/deadline. i also got to work on a monthly report that my group is responsible for. it's actually a huge deal because the report not only goes to the president of the company, the division president, and other senior management. it reflects directly on my supervisor's boss, so it has to be perfect. because my supervisor and his right-hand were at training, and because the newest member of our team had to do the report, the three left had to pretty much do the report. mostly because the newest member of our team is not detail-oriented and for whatever reason doesn't recognize the importance of the report, we all had to pitch in, me more than usual, which was nice and good.

the icing on the cake? it was relatively peaceful those two days and yet i was part of something that was team-driven. my coworker, whose cube is next to mine, and who i like a lot, wrote my supervisor this really great email thanking me for my efforts. it was like, "wow!" and oscar de la grouch actually wished me a good weekend, which has never happened before.

and then we had this kickass weekend. the adorable one's boss took us to dinner and the squish was delish. on saturday, we cleaned our house like mad and then hosted our dear friends, dan and jan over to eat pizza and watch "good night and good luck" (just as great the second time). on sunday, we totally vegged and it was soooo nice.

and whereas last week i was getting weird looks, today cabbage patch head and i actually had a decent conversation. which just proves what the adorable one has said all along. which also means, i'm gonna hear a lot of "i told you so!" ah well, it's worth it.