Hello? Is Anybody Out There Any More??

Yes, I know it has been forever. I'm not sure any of my (handful of) faithful readers are even going to see this post...they've probably abandoned ship. I mean, I did.

I just downloaded the Blogger app for my phone. I wanted to test it out, see how things work.

I keep debating starting up the ol' blog again, but, I'm honestly not sure I have much to say that's of interest to many these days.

So, if you're out there & see this, give a shout. Hopefully it posts correctly. Blogging from my phone might make things easier. :)

Peace out.
Heidi

Yummy Quick Breakfast

Who knew that THIS:

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Plus THIS:

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With a little of THIS on top could be such a yummy breakfast?! Or snack.

Microsoft Clip Art

Good stuff!

Thanks

for the thoughts and advice the other day. I appreciate it.

And thanks for not thinking I'm totally crazy. I just needed to think out loud a little bit.

I'll keep you posted.

A Rose By Any Other Name...

So I'm a little torn ... and kind of ticked off... about a couple of things and I thought it might help to blog it out. (hehe, OK saying "blog it out" makes me chuckle for some reason. Am I just weird that way?)

Ahem. Anyway.

I started writing a post and it felt like I was just ranting in an unproductive way. And I don't like that. So here's the gist of it...


I've basically been offered a title change. It's a title I'm quite familiar with. It's actually funny how it seems to follow me around: Assistant Director.

The title doesn't come with more money (which I kind of need and will hopefully get once I have license in hand- another source of ranting, don't get me started). The title might come with more responsibility, which would mostly be on paper (literally the classification in HR would change on paper)... but I mean, I've been doing the stuff already ..it would just be official. It would mean I would supervise people. It would probably carry some credibility with parents and maybe students. It might pave the way for some changes down the road.

But honestly the title seems to be quite overused around here. I'm not sure it means much to many people. Even though I'm already doing most of the stuff now...this would make it official and might create more administrative nonsense for me...which might take away from direct client care. And the supervisory responsibilities might be a bit much if I'm expected to keep my schedule the same.

So I'm not sure what to do. I need your thoughtful input. On the one hand...if not much changes, why wouldn't I take the title. I guess it looks pretty. On the other hand, is having additional responsibility worth it? Am I missing something? Am I just being weird and overthinking this whole thing?

Part of the complication is that I recently learned I kind of got screwed on my salary when I got here (thanks to one person who is no longer working here)...and that's what I'm trying not to rant about and y'all don't really need to know all the drama and sordid history. But yeah, I'm a bit bitter about that.

Thoughts??

Company's Coming

The fridge is stocked.

Supplies are aren't in the house....yet. (Yup, you guessed it...more house projects.)

Floors are swept, beds are made, towels are folded. Lawn is mowed and pooper-scooped.

And Montey is on the lookout. He can't wait to see his cousin Vinnie.