Holidays

For this Christmas I plan on doing something I have not done in a long long time. I will not ask for anything. I will not create my annual wish list. I think often times we loose sense of what we are celebrating. I know I have. But its important to take a step back and realize the true meaning of Christmas in order to start creating changes. Changes in thoughts, then in action, and finally in results.

I have an Aunt who became a nun after my grandfather passed away. She lives in Torreon in Mexico. They live with only essentials, I admire their capability to find pleasure in the simplest things. I admire their hard work, their compassion, their giving hearts. I really do.

So instead of asking for things, I will give more things away. I spring cleaned my closet, including shoes, yes shoes new and old (they don't look used at all) and I gave them away. I want to find a median a happy median. I have stopped throwing money away on getting my nails done, I want to simplify my life, learn how to meditate and center my self, my life.

This is the time to start, I will start creating my 2009, wow I said it 2009 resolutions and this time I vow to resolve and not procrastinate.

Happy Holidays to you!!!

Still no lay offs for the City of Scottsdale

As our economy continues to tremble, I am happy to report that the City of Scottsdale is still not having lay offs. We finally have a City Mayor, Jim Lane. It was a tough one, he won by a few hundred votes.

I was informed that more of my regular customers have been layed off, it is so sad especially with the holidays right around the corner.

I have been at a loss of words, because I don't know how to comfort them. These are people that I have worked with for the past four years I just hate to see their concerned faces.

It's a sad situation, the only thing I can say is that this too will pass...

Internship update

I am really struggling to complete the procedure manual. I did not anticipate so many setbacks. It has been busy at work, staff have been sick, I have been sick, so there has been very little time to work on it.

However, I have a plan. I had a customer a couple of weeks ago, she attends the Hindu Temple of Arizona, and she invited me. I am interested in learning about Hinduism so I will attend a service this coming Sunday. Since it is so close to work, I decided I can spend a couple of hours of uninterrupted manual touch ups.

I have been providing training for the last couple of weeks on what I have been doing, and it all seems to be going well. I am happy to report that my supervisor is very impressed. ;)
Actually I am very impressed. It's a lot of work. I will continue with the permit portion of it. So by the time I complete the manual it will be thorough and huge. LOL

It's been a while

Since I last logged in. I had been pretty busy with finals and the holiday, which by the way, I hope you all had a wonderful day with your loved ones. I went to Tucson, my brother hosted this year, it was uneventful but nice and relaxing.

I had my PAF 502 final already, and pretty much the final for PAF 524 is done as well. I am just waiting for my big fat A's to post. LOL

I feel like this semester just went by within a blink of an eye. Really, I recall wondering if I could possibly do this, meaning work full time and take three classes. Well I am glad I accomplished my task at hand.

Good luck to you if you are still pending a final. You can do it.

Time flys

I cannot believe that we have about 4 weeks left of class. It is unbelievable how fast this semester has gone by.

I remember the first week of class, and now to know that we are four weeks away from the last day of class seems unbelievable. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, Christmas decorations are everywhere.

Almost time to get into the holiday spirit.

A very productive week

Since we are already in November, I started to finalize some of my entries, (procedural manual.) What I started doing late last week is go through every single one of the entries I've created, finalize each and print. I have placed them in an actual manual, so I can complete the ones I have left.

I have about 1/4 left to do. Which is not bad at all. Because some of these entries will be duplicates. So once I create one, I can just change the wording on the others and these too will be ready.

I have really focused, I figured that the earlier I complete my task, the sooner I can get started on the permit portion of it. Which of course will not be part of the internship, but my supervisors mentioned an interest in me producing that as well. Anyway, I am very happy with my outcome this far. I have completed a lot of the required entries. I am beginning to see the light.

Internship Update

I have made some substantial progress on my special project. I devoted several hours everyday to my project and I really did get a lot done. I did have to go back and update some of my previous entries. But the new ones were perfected so I will not have to update them later on.

I plan on doing the same this coming week, work on my project as much as possible. I am committed to completing it so if I get in a time crunch, I am willing to go in on a Saturday morning and finish it.

Will keep you updated. So far so good.