Better...

After 10 years of searching, I apologized to one of my ex-girlfriends today.

She is the only person that I have felt I needed to apologize to after breaking their heart.

It is an amazing feeling to have that burden lifted.

It's the best thing I have done in recently.

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Friday is the day I watch the clock

I have made no friends today.

The way the agents are looking at me today, I must be twirling a Snidley Whiplash mustache.

I've been working very hard to identify weak spots in the company and effectively denied all time off next week.

Regardless, I still feel good about what I'm doing.

I never liked popularity contests anyway.

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Story Time

People have been asking questions about this picture so I just thought, why not go one step further? 

Tell me a story about what's happening in this picture...

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Once a week, I speak

There is a new mucky-muck at work now, but it's not me. Not yet at least...

I like the energy he's bringing with him and I really like his plans for changing the pay structure and expanding the company. This may result in a significant raise for me as well as an additional employee under me. I continue to study and expand my knowledge base because life rarely hands you opportunities.

Otherwise I'm kinda of boring as of late. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man have no social life.
I don't even know what's happening when anymore. I used to be the person to talk to about social events, now I just check blogs on Fridays to see if anything stands out.

Such is life. 
My priorities are different these days. 
I do miss my friends though.

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Think about it

Everyday I:

• Regain consciousness after blacking out for 6 to 8 hours. This is rarely even caused by alcohol abuse, it just happens.
• Cut off the socially-unacceptable parts of my face.
• Operate a machine that is powered by the corpses of animals
• Physically ignore 150+ people while monitoring their every move electronically.

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Ra-zor! Mir-ror! Family! John, Family!

"You know those Twilight books? My sisters and daughters-in-law kept talking about them and I would ask how old they were to be reading books about vampires and werewolves. But then I read one on my trip back from Atlanta and I was hooked. Now we're all going to go down to Nordstrom's to have makeovers done at the Mac counter, so that we'll be all pale for the midnight release party of the new book."

That pretty much sums up the family gathering this past weekend. Constant attention to not rolling my eyes or dropping my jaw or sighing from utter disbelief at my elder sister. She is a good mother and I admire that, but she also never stopped acting like a cheerleader either. The jaded cynic in me becomes much more noticeable when compared to that level of peppiness.

A half-dozen nephews, my one neice, and a ever-fluctuating number of their cousins (not mine though) ran amok: screaming, splashing, and grinning at the sheer delight of existence. The children and family of my mother's first husband stayed close and maintained the more tradition connection. My brother and I, with our fiances, formed our own group, devoid of children or fond stories about a farm or livestock or football or being more "christ-like" by patronizing those less fortunate than themselves.

I definitely know who my family really is.

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My life as a pin cushion

Today was round 2 of my acupuncture sessions.

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I love my life

As the Workforce Manager, one of my responsibilities is to anticipate how new policy will affect the workforce. With the departure of the COO, many things have hung in limbo, one thing in specific was our attendance policy. We have a new one that will be implemented soon. I just finished tallying points and found that, if we implemented it yesterday, we'd have to fire or suspend 1/3 of our staff.

Beautiful.

This coming weekend, Heidi will get to meet my sisters and their family. This will be at my eldest sister's home, which is enormous, garish, luxurious, and absolutely saturated with Jebus. I'll be glad to see my other sister, as I actually get along well with her. She has experienced the world and is very understanding, as opposed to the elder sister who got married to her R.M. as soon as he got back, dropped out of school, then turned her nether regions into the Play-Do Fun Factory of life. She's lived in a bubble for so long, I honestly pity her. I have a feeling we'll be leaving early.

In another month or so, Heidi and I are planning to visit the bay area of California for some much needed vacation time. My father has extended an open invitation to stay with he and my step-mother whenever we're in the area. Staying with my father isn't my idea of vacation though. I'm well aware of my daddy issues. Life moves on. I am really looking forward to spending a day on Haight with Heidi. She will fall in love with it the same way I did 14 years ago. Wow, now I feel old. Regardless, Heidi would like to go clubbing, so we'll need to find out which clubs exist these days.

My 15 year high school reunion will be next year. 
Crazy.

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So that’s my plan

When I started my job back in April, I stated repeatedly that I could be running the place in 6 months. This is looking more and more likely. The Call Center Manager announced last week that he was going to be moving into an accounting position soon. I really can't fault him for taking a less stressful position, as he has no managerial experience and he is a new father. I've ordered a couple books on call center management and intend to indoctrinate myself quite thoroughly.

I don't know what happened, but as soon as I become comfortable in a position, I feel like I should be doing more. 

Where did I get this drive and ambition?

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moobies

Movies I've watched this weekend that I've never seen before:

Soylent Green
Somewhere in Time
Harold and Maude

Any suggestions?

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