TGIF

WISH I WAS HERE!
Can I vent for just a moment and then I promise I will get on with it.....So since our design director gave her notice, my boss asked if I would think about stepping up and filling those shoes and that there would of course be more money involed. So she called me into her office yesterday to discuss. I told her that I would be willing to step up to the plate, she said great and that she wanted to raise my pay $3600 a year. Not exactly what I was hoping for since it was time for my yearly raise anyway (that is the same amount she gave me last year) but I was happy to have gotten it until today! She left a message on the voicemail system (we all share 1 voicemail box) from one of her shoppers that was saying they had a visitor with one of a kind Oscar de la Renta pieces and how there was the perfect skirt for her that was only $2900 a very good price! WHAT! That is not quite what she had given me for a YEARLY raise just the day before for a skirt she may wear a handleful of times, MAYBE! She has NO clue!

Shimmies!

Well I am 2 for 2 on the belly dancing classes and boy do I have a lot to learn! Also looking at myself in a mirror on all sides shows all of the wrongs parts of my body! I only got lost a few times so I do have to give myself credit for that! It is a lot of fun and needless to say a great workout! I want to plan a night to go to the club where my teacher dances to observe her in action (she is pretty awesome) I ordered me hip scarf, but it is not in yet, hopefully by the next class.
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Work has been chaotic needless to say since last week. Looks like I am going to start traveling quite a bit since all of the changes. Next trip April 7th-Murfreesboro, TN outside Nashville. So if I haven't been getting enough of a guilt trip from the little one already it is going to get worse!
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I need some down time, but I don't see that happening anything soon!

BBG Fever!

I don't know if it's the time of year or what?! This time last year we were planning our trip to Blue Bay Getaway. So I am soooooo wanting to plan that again this year the name changed "Temptation" and they have had some other changes, but I can't help but want to go back. It was the most FUN I have ever had on a vacation! The people that work there end up being like family, it's like this little village with all of these inside sayings and meanings. They live to make sure you have a good time. And for those of you reading this that have been, Lalo is still there! With trying to move this year, I don't know if it's going to happen :( The more I visit their message board and myspace, the more I have this urge (the need) to go! I am still trying to figure out a way somehow to make it work! If only I could make a bundle of money appear before my very eyes! It's just Too Mucking Fuch!

A Bomb Dropped!

Today we got word that our design director is re-signing. She has been here for 6 years, there are only 4 of us, so this is a huge deal! I am over due for my raise which now hopefully at this point is a good thing. I am hoping for a bigger bump due to the fact of more work load. I am also freaking out a little because she is the only master of what we call "idiot speak". For more info read this book "How to work for an idiot" She is the only one who can talk to my boss in her language to get the best for us out if it. Let's face it we are screwed! We will be having a study group twice a week until she leaves on this subject. All I can say is with 8 hotels and 3 people I see a lot of unpaid overtime in my future!

Title-less

I am dragging butt today! I don't know if it's the weather outside or the weekend, but I am damn tired!
Weekend Recap:
Friday Night: met up wih a couple of friends for dinner, then drinks.
Saturday: worked, grocery store, paid bills
Sat Night: over to a friends house to girl time, then out for a couple drinks (put up with a grumpy ass husband!)
Sunday: up early to clean the house (we had a showing so keep your fingers crossed) Then over to friends house for a family playdate wives-scrapbook, husbands-golf, kids-played
My first bellydancing class is tonight, I will keep you posted on how that goes! I weighed at work on Sat, and somehow I have gained 8lbs, UUURRGG! In fact I am sitting at my desk with my pants unbuttoned right now! To make thing worse when we where out Sat night I was told I looked like Velma(from scooby-doo)! I guess between the new glasses, my hair cut short, and the orange shirt I did have on. I have to agree with him! That's it, I am growing the hair back out, and hopefully tomorrow when I go back to the eye doctor, I will be able to wear my contacts again!............Let's Pray!

Just Bitchin'

My house has only shown once in a month, should I be worried?! Well I am! I have no doubt that it will sell, it is just going to happen at the most inconvient time the hottest part of the year when my husband is the busiest. I really need this move to happen, it is all I dwell on day and night!
I have also noticed some changes in my 3 year old and feel very guilty about not having him in a preschool enviroment. I have already found him a school, but they are registering kids now for fall because they always have a waiting list, we may loose our spot.
Also it is almost time to pay taxes and for the self employed it is a bitch, espeically when you have paid nothing in all year, it comes back to bite you in the ass HARD!
Not sure why I feel the need to gripe today, I would say I have a very good life. I am just a perfectionist sometimes, dammit!

STOKED ABOUT.........

I have been trying to center myslef since the first of the year, eating right, exercising, trying to do whats right for the planet recycling.....but something is still missing.........I have been wanting to take bellydancing classes for about 8 years now. I found a place close to work that I can go to once a week after work. I think I am going to go for it! It is supposed to be gretat exercise for the areas I need to exercise also. I just HATE the treadmill so maybe this will motivate me and get me in great shape at the same time! I am stoked!
Work and been EXTREMLY stressful and busy, but not really in a bad way.....just hectic! I need some ME time and this is just the thing I am signing up right now!