Between the Birthday Boy and Aunt Lindsay:
(On the way to purchasing the gift of his choice, from the Child Wonderland we refer to as WalMart)
"Well Buddy, after we buy this Aunt Lindsay will take it home and wrap it, so you need to forget about it. AND, I'm going to wrap it in CareBear wrapping paper, because I know you love those."
A snort from the back seat, followed by...
"Well, at least it would be better than the time you wrapped my present in a garbage bag for my fifth birthday!"
After a remark like that, guess who's present was wrapped lovingly in CareBears this evening??
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
She Lives!
I just finished training a four week new hire class, in which I had 17 new minds to mold in the ways of health insurance customer service.
During new hire classes where the roster is above 10, I tend to tuck my head down, focus on the materials, put in lots of overtime, go to bed early, and let most other things in my life come to a screeching halt.
During my second week of training, I left my house one morning at the usual time of 6:45, put in roughly ten hours at work, got back to my house around 6:00, changed, got on the lawn mower and spent almost two hours mowing the gargantuan lawn that surrounds my house. As I was careening around one portion, thinking as an outsider looking in on my life I thought, "It's a far cry from 'Sex in the City.' "
Even though I have never watched an episode and was not one of the millions to see it in the theatre, I am quite sure there is not a character who works long hours, goes home alone, and mows the lawn. And yet, I would put money on the fact that I'm a lot happier than any of the characters portrayed in that show.
This class that I just finished had it's share of funny people in it. I love funny people. If you make me laugh, the chances are pretty good that you have secured a little place for yourself in my heart.
An example...
I walked into my classroom one morning, and there was just one participant sitting there.
"Good morning, Sunshine," I said in my there's-no-way-I-could-be-this-cheerful-this-early-without-coffee way
"Good morning," he replied.
A moment later, he said... "I'm really glad we had this talk."
This four week block of time has also held a lot more than this class... but at least it's a tiny update for you, Rachelle... to show that I'm still alive :)
During new hire classes where the roster is above 10, I tend to tuck my head down, focus on the materials, put in lots of overtime, go to bed early, and let most other things in my life come to a screeching halt.
During my second week of training, I left my house one morning at the usual time of 6:45, put in roughly ten hours at work, got back to my house around 6:00, changed, got on the lawn mower and spent almost two hours mowing the gargantuan lawn that surrounds my house. As I was careening around one portion, thinking as an outsider looking in on my life I thought, "It's a far cry from 'Sex in the City.' "
Even though I have never watched an episode and was not one of the millions to see it in the theatre, I am quite sure there is not a character who works long hours, goes home alone, and mows the lawn. And yet, I would put money on the fact that I'm a lot happier than any of the characters portrayed in that show.
This class that I just finished had it's share of funny people in it. I love funny people. If you make me laugh, the chances are pretty good that you have secured a little place for yourself in my heart.
An example...
I walked into my classroom one morning, and there was just one participant sitting there.
"Good morning, Sunshine," I said in my there's-no-way-I-could-be-this-cheerful-this-early-without-coffee way
"Good morning," he replied.
A moment later, he said... "I'm really glad we had this talk."
This four week block of time has also held a lot more than this class... but at least it's a tiny update for you, Rachelle... to show that I'm still alive :)
Monday, June 02, 2008
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