Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Why am I so stupid?
I'm so upset with myself now. You know, just when you think things are going okay then bam- something happens.
You know I have a hard time dealing with incompetence. Well, 1 thing that happens at work is my stupid boss (yes, I have a lot of respect for him) will ask me and a different assistant to do the same thing. Now, I'm suppose to be his assistant but the other lady (who's also stupid) will go ahead and do it. Now, I don't mind if she does it but I do get pissed if I do it also. What a stupid waste of resources, time etc...
Well something happened today where my boss sends then email to me and her (she should not be involved at all) asking us to schedule a meeting that I already scheduled. Well she did. Now I won't go into everything involved but I will tell you by adding her to the mix, things are very screwed up. I also don't want you to think, Tina, that's stupid. Why get so upset? And I will say, yes I know. I thought I had all of this under control. This may sound stupid but I feel like an alcholic who took a drink.
I have a sign in my cubicle that says, "I will not accept ownership for things beyond my control". I've done so good. I feel like I've taken a step backwards and I'm so upset with myself for getting so upset.
Oh well, I should remember my mantra, "If that's the worse that's ever happened, then I'd have a blessed life"
You know I have a hard time dealing with incompetence. Well, 1 thing that happens at work is my stupid boss (yes, I have a lot of respect for him) will ask me and a different assistant to do the same thing. Now, I'm suppose to be his assistant but the other lady (who's also stupid) will go ahead and do it. Now, I don't mind if she does it but I do get pissed if I do it also. What a stupid waste of resources, time etc...
Well something happened today where my boss sends then email to me and her (she should not be involved at all) asking us to schedule a meeting that I already scheduled. Well she did. Now I won't go into everything involved but I will tell you by adding her to the mix, things are very screwed up. I also don't want you to think, Tina, that's stupid. Why get so upset? And I will say, yes I know. I thought I had all of this under control. This may sound stupid but I feel like an alcholic who took a drink.
I have a sign in my cubicle that says, "I will not accept ownership for things beyond my control". I've done so good. I feel like I've taken a step backwards and I'm so upset with myself for getting so upset.
Oh well, I should remember my mantra, "If that's the worse that's ever happened, then I'd have a blessed life"
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
My Wonderful Saturday
On Saturday, I had the opportunity to have my whole family together for a few hours!
Keith called the house at 10am and said he was in Columbus and wanted to know if we wanted to get together for a late lunch. Him and his friend Travis traveled from New York to Columbus Friday night and got to Columbus around 6:30am. They went to Holly Simmons apartment to sleep for a few hours. The 3 of them came to the house around 12:30.
Last Saturday Danessa came home to drop off her car so Brian could do some work on it. She drove my car back to UC and came back Saturday to swap cars. Before we had a chance to tell them that the other was coming Danessa showed up! It was a neat reunion.
We all went to lunch and then hung around the house for a few hours. Keith and Travis told us stories about stuff that happened in Iraq. Keith and his gang left to visit friends and Danessa left around 9pm (after doing laundry!). Before everyone left I told them we needed a family picture. Holly Simmons was so gracious to try to capture our perfect loving moments!
What a wonderful day!
Keith called the house at 10am and said he was in Columbus and wanted to know if we wanted to get together for a late lunch. Him and his friend Travis traveled from New York to Columbus Friday night and got to Columbus around 6:30am. They went to Holly Simmons apartment to sleep for a few hours. The 3 of them came to the house around 12:30.
Last Saturday Danessa came home to drop off her car so Brian could do some work on it. She drove my car back to UC and came back Saturday to swap cars. Before we had a chance to tell them that the other was coming Danessa showed up! It was a neat reunion.
We all went to lunch and then hung around the house for a few hours. Keith and Travis told us stories about stuff that happened in Iraq. Keith and his gang left to visit friends and Danessa left around 9pm (after doing laundry!). Before everyone left I told them we needed a family picture. Holly Simmons was so gracious to try to capture our perfect loving moments!
What a wonderful day!
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Spirit
I just received a call from a friend of mine who was a part of our ward some years ago. When she was here we use to go jogging together. We put in a lot of miles together and really got to know each other. She moved to Kansas and unfortunately, we kind of lost touch.
She called me today because she was thinking about me and couldn't get me out of her mind. She wanted to know if I was okay.
What a blessing that as members of the true church we are taught about spiritual promptings. It is a blessing that we are taught to recognize these promptings and to act on them. I think of the many Relief Society lessons I've heard over the years about acting on the promptings of the spirit that I never truly took to heart.
I'm thankful for a Heavenly Father who loves me and for friends who listen to the spirit and call me.
Thank you Sherlyn.
She called me today because she was thinking about me and couldn't get me out of her mind. She wanted to know if I was okay.
What a blessing that as members of the true church we are taught about spiritual promptings. It is a blessing that we are taught to recognize these promptings and to act on them. I think of the many Relief Society lessons I've heard over the years about acting on the promptings of the spirit that I never truly took to heart.
I'm thankful for a Heavenly Father who loves me and for friends who listen to the spirit and call me.
Thank you Sherlyn.
Tag- 7 Interesting Things About Myself
I decided to take this challenge from Kelly and like her, I'm trying to come up with stuff. Hopefully this is okay.
1. I am very loyal. Once you are a friend, I will fight to the death to defend you. If you aren't, well....
2. I'm very emotional. Alot of you don't see this side of me because I try to hide it but I'm a big baby. When my family and I are watching a movie and something sad happens they always look over at me to see if I'm crying!! Heck, I cried last night while I was laying in bed waiting to go to sleep!
3. I'm actually quite shy. It is very hard for me to go up to someone and make the first move of friendship. Once someone does, I latch onto them! I'm good at projecting a ton of confidence that I don't feel.
4. I fiercely believe in the gospel. Even though I'm wishy washy about attending all of the meetings all the time! I believe that if it wasn't for the gospel, I would not have the family I have today.
5. I love to bake. When I was a stay at home mom, I use to bake cookies, pies (homemade crust!), cakes etc... People always knew I had something to eat if they came over. Now, I basically bake cookies and if I make a pie, either Danessa makes the crust or I buy one. Most of the time I have cookies in my cookie jar.
6. I'm dependable. Even when things are going crappy in my life, if I make a committment to someone, I always follow through.
7. I have a lot of trouble adjusting to change. I love things being organized and if it changes and I get out of my comfort zone, I have a hard time dealing with it.
1. I am very loyal. Once you are a friend, I will fight to the death to defend you. If you aren't, well....
2. I'm very emotional. Alot of you don't see this side of me because I try to hide it but I'm a big baby. When my family and I are watching a movie and something sad happens they always look over at me to see if I'm crying!! Heck, I cried last night while I was laying in bed waiting to go to sleep!
3. I'm actually quite shy. It is very hard for me to go up to someone and make the first move of friendship. Once someone does, I latch onto them! I'm good at projecting a ton of confidence that I don't feel.
4. I fiercely believe in the gospel. Even though I'm wishy washy about attending all of the meetings all the time! I believe that if it wasn't for the gospel, I would not have the family I have today.
5. I love to bake. When I was a stay at home mom, I use to bake cookies, pies (homemade crust!), cakes etc... People always knew I had something to eat if they came over. Now, I basically bake cookies and if I make a pie, either Danessa makes the crust or I buy one. Most of the time I have cookies in my cookie jar.
6. I'm dependable. Even when things are going crappy in my life, if I make a committment to someone, I always follow through.
7. I have a lot of trouble adjusting to change. I love things being organized and if it changes and I get out of my comfort zone, I have a hard time dealing with it.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Church Diva
The funniest thing happened on Saturday night. We had our adult session of stake conference at our new building. (that's not the funny part, you'll have to be patient). The previous Sunday President Cook asked me if I would be willing to give the opening prayer. Being a good Mormon I said yes even though I wasn't planning on attending because Brian and I were going to a friends' house to paintball! (Still not the funny part)
Anyway...
We arrive Saturday night and because I had Brian turn down the wrong street, we ended up being later than we wanted. We had to sit in the nose bleed section. I look at the bulletin and it says that Teri Smith from the Scioto Ward was giving the opening prayer. I show it to Brian and I said do you think they made a mistake? We started talking and if it said Teri Smith from Westland we could understand the mistake but from Scioto? Especially since President Cook asked me to give the prayer after our sacrament meeting. So I said, I don't know what to do. The opening song starts and I said maybe what I can do is start to walk towards the front and if Teri gets up then I'll turn and go out the side like I'm going to go to the restroom. So the song ends and I slowly get up and start walking. I don't see anyone up there so I walk faster. Now on the long walk up to the front I have people turning around looking at me with mean looks on their faces like, "She should already be up there". So I smile, get to the microphone and say, "I'm Tina Smith with the Westland Ward. I thought I was suppose to give the prayer but I wasn't sure if there was a Teri Smith from the Scioto ward. That's why I waited to see if Teri would stand up. Sorry." So people laugh and I bow my head and say the prayer.
THAT'S THE FUNNY PART!
I get to my seat and ask Brian if he thought it was rude and he said, hmm, probably not. So after the session ends brother and sister Campbell from the Scoioto Ward come up to me and say, "It's nice to meet you Teri Smith. Welcome to our ward!" So we laugh and from there other people came up to me and started talking to me and laughing. Now I figured we would hang around for a few to talk to people and wait for the traffic to clear out but we ended up staying almost a half hour talking to people. Brian finally gets my attention and says, "Come on church diva, let's leave!" I'm like what? and then Cris Altman walks out with us and Brian says to him, did you see my diva in there with all her fans!
I guess one thing people will remember from the conference session is Tina Smith from the Westland Ward gave the opening prayer!
Anyway...
We arrive Saturday night and because I had Brian turn down the wrong street, we ended up being later than we wanted. We had to sit in the nose bleed section. I look at the bulletin and it says that Teri Smith from the Scioto Ward was giving the opening prayer. I show it to Brian and I said do you think they made a mistake? We started talking and if it said Teri Smith from Westland we could understand the mistake but from Scioto? Especially since President Cook asked me to give the prayer after our sacrament meeting. So I said, I don't know what to do. The opening song starts and I said maybe what I can do is start to walk towards the front and if Teri gets up then I'll turn and go out the side like I'm going to go to the restroom. So the song ends and I slowly get up and start walking. I don't see anyone up there so I walk faster. Now on the long walk up to the front I have people turning around looking at me with mean looks on their faces like, "She should already be up there". So I smile, get to the microphone and say, "I'm Tina Smith with the Westland Ward. I thought I was suppose to give the prayer but I wasn't sure if there was a Teri Smith from the Scioto ward. That's why I waited to see if Teri would stand up. Sorry." So people laugh and I bow my head and say the prayer.
THAT'S THE FUNNY PART!
I get to my seat and ask Brian if he thought it was rude and he said, hmm, probably not. So after the session ends brother and sister Campbell from the Scoioto Ward come up to me and say, "It's nice to meet you Teri Smith. Welcome to our ward!" So we laugh and from there other people came up to me and started talking to me and laughing. Now I figured we would hang around for a few to talk to people and wait for the traffic to clear out but we ended up staying almost a half hour talking to people. Brian finally gets my attention and says, "Come on church diva, let's leave!" I'm like what? and then Cris Altman walks out with us and Brian says to him, did you see my diva in there with all her fans!
I guess one thing people will remember from the conference session is Tina Smith from the Westland Ward gave the opening prayer!
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