Friday Five: Deadlines

Holy crap. Work has been kicking my BUTT for the last 3 weeks! Luckily, the Friday Five is here to give me a reason to push my maudlin Sunday photos post down a bit. This week’s topic is about a topic near and dear to a newspaper worker’s heart…Deadlines.

1) When was the last time you had a serious deadline to make, and did you make it?

Today, actually, and yes. I had to whip together a prototype website and a flash-based pseudo-slot machine for a presentation that’s to be held next week. I’m on furlough starting Monday so it had to be done today. I made it, but not without stressing and binging on baby carrots, fruit cups & coffee. (bad, BAD combo)

2) Do you generally plan for deadlines, or are they more likely to sneak up on you until you’re frantic?

I usually plan for deadlines, but in my field sometimes they just appear without warning.

3) When did you last set a deadline for someone else, and did that person make it?

No. Nobody at work meets my deadlines. NOBODY.

4) How flexible and understanding are you when it comes to other people meeting your deadlines?

When nobody ever meets your own deadlines, you basically get beaten into submission. So I’m rather easy going. Here’s an example….

(time: 11:00am)
Ad Rep: I sold an ad to start tomorrow.
Me: Great! Please get me the ad by 4:45 so I can schedule it before I leave.
Ad Rep: Okay.

(time: 4:59pm)
Ad Rep: I just sent you the ad. Sorry! Bye! (goes home)
Me: (mutters, stays the extra time to schedule ad. Why? Because the ad rep will blame ME if it doesn’t start on time.)

5) What were the circumstances the last time you hung up on someone in the middle of a phone call, or the last time someone hung up on you in the middle of a phone call?

I don’t hang up on people. If it’s an unsolicited phone call, I will interrupt to say I’m not interested rather then let the poor person go through a 10 minute spiel.

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Wt: 166.2 – .2 down from last week. I’ll take it.
Dream: I was in a Beyonce video. I may have even been Beyonce, but it’s sketchy.

Box of old photos: Pop-Pop, 1978

Christmas 1978?

This is my father’s father. He was ALWAYS smiling. Today would have been his birthday.

Friday Five: Staples

Today I am 37 and a half years old. Or would that be 37 and a half year old? Eh. Year 37’s 6-month evaluation came back positive with some room for improvement.

It’s time for the Friday Five and I’m not even stuck in a writer’s block. (On this blog, anyway. On the World of Warcraft blog I’m completely stuck. Maybe because I’m frustrated with it.) This week’s topic is Staples. Let’s get cracking!

1. Of all the hundreds of sizes and shapes bread seems to come in, what is your favorite?
Round loaves! One of my favorite San Francisco memories was the morning we took the bus tour to the redwood forest and wineries. While waiting for the bus to depart the station, Kristen and I ran across the street to a bakery and bought little round sourdough breads to nosh on.

I have to get back to San Francisco someday. (sigh)

Anyway, whenever this miserable diet ends, I’m going to learn to make my own sourdough bread.

2. What’s your favorite thing to eat with rice?
Chicken with Garlic sauce. And heaps of potstickers.

mmmmm…

3. What are your feelings about milk?
Unless it’s chocolate-flavored or is served with Oreos, I can do without.

4. What was wrapped in the tortilla you most recently ate?
My 1-point corn tortilla contained a smattering of ground beef, a few Bacos and a splash of light ranch dressing. We were going for a ranch gordita flavor.

(noshes on a rice cake to stop the drooling)

5. How many staplers are there in your house and where are they?
We have one large Swingline stapler in the console between our two desks. We MAY have a mini Swingline (always Swingline, they don’t bind up as much) in with the rest of our office supplies.

Tags: food, friday five, staples

Diet Update: Week 8

“Week 8?” you say to yourself. “Funny, I don’t remember seeing the week 7 update.”

That’s because I weirdly gained 1 lb last week, even though I followed plan perfectly. Feh.

This week I lost 2.4 lbs, bring me down to a lovely 166.4 and a grand total of FOURTEEN pounds lost!

Can I get a what-what?

(what-what!)

Thank you.

My work pants now feel like pajama pants and today I’m wearing a skirt that was too tight to wear a few months ago. So I’m pleased as punch.

Now…I need to seriously, SERIOUSLY find an exercise plan that works. I’m a sedentary girl by nature, never did sports, exhausted by gym classes and my knees aren’t great (which could be weight).

I want to try Couch-to-5K, but I’m afraid I’ll run too far away and be too exhausted to walk back. Then I’ll end up homeless in Camden. Or something.

Any suggestions?

Tags: diet, fitness