“… having done Your will with cheerfulness …”
O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, [...]
Religion at Work
I’ve been pondering this post for many weeks now, because I have come across something that disturbs me, greatly, but putting it into words has not been easy. I read the Brazen Careerist blog, by Penelope Trunk. I don’t recommend it to many people because her subject matter is often totally NSFW (not suitable for [...]
An Overlooked Economic Indicator
I’ve worked for the same company for five years, and this will be my sixth year of tracking the gifts sent to our company during the holiday season. (Okay, the Christmas season. I’m a Christian, and I celebrate Christmas. But my bosses are Jewish; they celebrate Hanukkah. Makes life interesting.) Anyway, for six years, I’ve kept [...]
Help the Assistant Help You
I am an Executive Administrative Assistant. A lot of people don’t seem to understand what that means, and they make my job (and their own lives) much harder. You see, an Administrative Assistant is a lot more than “a glorified secretary.” (Yes, I’ve had that thrown at me. Not nice.) Traditionally, a secretary’s responsibilities were limited [...]
Tech Support Blues
In honour of the appallingly frustrating afternoon that I had dealing with telecommunications customer service, I am posting a couple of rants I wrote in 2003, when I was having a difficult time with some IT tech support people. I’m still too mad to write about today’s insanity. Maybe tomorrow. ——————————————————————————————- 28 May 2003: Stop [...]
Work Interruptions
I was raised by people who didn’t interrupt the working spouse. My family was very traditional: dad went to the office; mom stayed home and ran the household. My dad’s family was the same. But my mom’s was very different: her mom was a vice-president at one of the largest regional banks in our city, [...]
A Rough Week
This has been a very difficult week for me. So difficult that I threw my diet to the winds and had the largest possible Cappuccino Blast at Baskin Robbins three days running. (That’s bad, my friends, because even small (one pint) Blasts are strictly taboo for this diabetic dieter, and the largest size is a [...]
What a Month!
So we worked it all out and the fence is up. Looks nice, and the kids and I are finding it lovely to be able to use our backyard without having to share it with snarling, slavering, vicious dogs. Then it was Thanksgiving, which was kind of crazy. Our family had the meal on the [...]
