Plans

Well, I survived our accreditation site visit and we did pretty well.  We won't know the finalized results for 30 - 45 days (although we can know as fast as 10 - 15 days) but the person who conducted the site visit seemed pretty impressed with the program and she even said that she would have her grandkids attend our program.  When we learned about her commendations, she actually presented them in front of my boss, the boss of my boss, and two additional "higher-ups."  One of the things that impressed me is that my boss actually gave me credit for taking over this process and making it what it was - she's one, that in the past, has taken all of the credit even when other people do all of the work.

Now that this chapter can close at work, I can move on to one of the next big projects I'm trying to complete at work - creating a break room space for the staff.  When the building was created, there was no space created for the staff to have an opportunity to "get away from it all."  We're taking one of the side rooms, cleaning out the kid furniture and moving in their lockers, bistro tables, fridge, microwave, coffee maker, a conference table, etc. to create such a space for them.  Some of the items have already gone into the room and they used it this past Friday to enjoy lunch (I bought lunch for everyone to thank them for their hard work during our site visit).  I'm hoping to have it up and running for them before I go to my training in Florida next week but we'll see....

Speaking of my training next week, I'm both ready and so not ready at the same time.  At work, I have the staff room to finish, two weeks work of scheduling to create/post, interviews one morning, a staff meeting after work on Tuesday, and the "normal" day-to-day of the week (and the insanity that is often the "normal").  On the home-front, I still have lots of cleaning/straightening to do, laundry, dishes (ugh!), vacuum, give two little dogs baths, get a haircut myself, pack, etc.  I know that I'll get done what I get done but it's a little daunting trying to make the list of things to accomplish and know that I have a week to said things accomplished...

I am proud of myself for two of my accomplishments yesterday since they took me outside of my comfort zone.  I started my day yesterday by going through my closet and got rid of six garbage bags of clothes and I donated them to people less fortunate.  I will probably need to go through my closet again before too much longer but I'm really hoping it's because the clothes in there are too big but that is going to take a lot of work on my part...  The other thing I am proud of myself for doing is I went to the "good-bye" celebration one of my "dance mamas" held.  Granted, I didn't stay for more than a few minutes, but I went, got last hugs, and said goodbye.  Goodbyes are something that I have never been comfortable with so I impressed myself by going.

One of the goals I have set for myself as I pack for my conference this upcoming week is to dress for the business side of things but I also want to make sure that I don't lose my muchness in the process.  I have blazers but some of my favorites aren't typical colors - I have a fuchsia one that I love as well as a red one that I love wearing, too.  I know those aren't conventional blazer colors but they make me feel good when I wear them so I don't care.  I take that back - I do care but they help make me feel good/confident so I'm going to keep wearing them.

On that note, I'm going to bring this to a close for tonight so I can begin to make a list of what clothing items I'm going to pack for my trip next week and come up with a game plan for the week ahead.  Wishing you muchness wherever your path takes you this week, my dear readers, and thank you for joining me along my path (even if/when things don't go according to plan).  =)