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Oct. 20th, 2002 09:17 pmi got a vote of confidence from the VDAA. That is something not to be taken lightly.
i had it out with K. Actually giving in to my urge to vent and rant yesterday probably saved me from acting an utter fool. i had time to think about what had happened. She is rude and impatient and i knew this. i did not use good judgement when i approached her. i should have done better. i'm her her direct superior. i should not have put myself or her in that situation. It has worked itself out.
The VDAA told me the Dean rethunk my memo and has decided not to press to send old course materials over to the FoM. i stood up to him and made him take notice. Oh man, a little bit of power could go to my head in a big way. On the other hand, i don't want to abuse the level of esteem i have just received. As good old Samuel once said, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a fool than open it and prove them right. Or words to that effect.
To Maxie pie to the vet for the last time till next year. The doc removed the sutures. He is a good dog. He made no attempt to bite or nip at anyone. The vet did make us put a muzzle on him, but Max would have been fine without it. Of this i am certain. While we were there, we saw a baby Max. i can't remember him being that small. At that, this little butterball was much more massive than i can ever remember Max being at that age. Master said when we got Max he was probably at half the ideal weight for a dog his size and age. He is big now, but i wonder how he would stack up against a shepherd whose first weeks were under better circumstances. For the life of me i have not been able to figure out why he was put out. Whoever did it, deserves to have a break down in the middle of the desert in the middle of the day in the middle of the summer. See how he likes it.
My son's step daughter got to talk to my neice on the phone over the weekend. i wonder what that makes them as regards family relationship? Anywho, Mother said they talked about Halloween costumes and dance class and school and such. E is 7 or 8, i forget for sure exactly how old, and N was 5 in July. i have this video clip running in my head of these two yakking it up on the phone. It must have been a hoot for the dads to watch and listen to.
The brother-in-law approves of the brother. Mother said she can't count the times D said that yesterday was a good day. i wonder what the brother thinks of the brother-in-law?
i have been away from Iowa for too long. In the old days, the days before i became an expatriate, it took 6 hours to drive from Chicago to my hometown. Mother said brother made it in four hours. He thought he could do it in three. i think he must have been flying low to avoid the radar to have made that kind of time. On the other hand, he could have been out of Chicago before he called to tell Mother he was coming. It is a puzzlement.
Master is going to get me another light to put on my bike. It is getting darker by degrees in the mornings when Max and i are out. i like to take him through an empty field on our way home. i think he likes running on dirt. But the path we take is not well lit and i'm afraid i'll miss seeing a dip or bump on the path. When i had my akkident last week we were only a few hundred meters from the complex so even if i had been badly hurt i probably could have limped home. But the empty field we ride in is further. If i fell and really hurt myself it might not be such a fun trip back home. Call me chicken, i'd rather be safe than sorry. Or maybe it's just that i'm old. i don't relish the thought of being on my face again. With another light placed lower on my bike i can see the ground in front of me and be seen by approaching traffic.
The Christmas party is growing by leaps and bounds. Pretty soon i'll have to be drunk in order to deal with it.
i had it out with K. Actually giving in to my urge to vent and rant yesterday probably saved me from acting an utter fool. i had time to think about what had happened. She is rude and impatient and i knew this. i did not use good judgement when i approached her. i should have done better. i'm her her direct superior. i should not have put myself or her in that situation. It has worked itself out.
The VDAA told me the Dean rethunk my memo and has decided not to press to send old course materials over to the FoM. i stood up to him and made him take notice. Oh man, a little bit of power could go to my head in a big way. On the other hand, i don't want to abuse the level of esteem i have just received. As good old Samuel once said, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a fool than open it and prove them right. Or words to that effect.
To Maxie pie to the vet for the last time till next year. The doc removed the sutures. He is a good dog. He made no attempt to bite or nip at anyone. The vet did make us put a muzzle on him, but Max would have been fine without it. Of this i am certain. While we were there, we saw a baby Max. i can't remember him being that small. At that, this little butterball was much more massive than i can ever remember Max being at that age. Master said when we got Max he was probably at half the ideal weight for a dog his size and age. He is big now, but i wonder how he would stack up against a shepherd whose first weeks were under better circumstances. For the life of me i have not been able to figure out why he was put out. Whoever did it, deserves to have a break down in the middle of the desert in the middle of the day in the middle of the summer. See how he likes it.
My son's step daughter got to talk to my neice on the phone over the weekend. i wonder what that makes them as regards family relationship? Anywho, Mother said they talked about Halloween costumes and dance class and school and such. E is 7 or 8, i forget for sure exactly how old, and N was 5 in July. i have this video clip running in my head of these two yakking it up on the phone. It must have been a hoot for the dads to watch and listen to.
The brother-in-law approves of the brother. Mother said she can't count the times D said that yesterday was a good day. i wonder what the brother thinks of the brother-in-law?
i have been away from Iowa for too long. In the old days, the days before i became an expatriate, it took 6 hours to drive from Chicago to my hometown. Mother said brother made it in four hours. He thought he could do it in three. i think he must have been flying low to avoid the radar to have made that kind of time. On the other hand, he could have been out of Chicago before he called to tell Mother he was coming. It is a puzzlement.
Master is going to get me another light to put on my bike. It is getting darker by degrees in the mornings when Max and i are out. i like to take him through an empty field on our way home. i think he likes running on dirt. But the path we take is not well lit and i'm afraid i'll miss seeing a dip or bump on the path. When i had my akkident last week we were only a few hundred meters from the complex so even if i had been badly hurt i probably could have limped home. But the empty field we ride in is further. If i fell and really hurt myself it might not be such a fun trip back home. Call me chicken, i'd rather be safe than sorry. Or maybe it's just that i'm old. i don't relish the thought of being on my face again. With another light placed lower on my bike i can see the ground in front of me and be seen by approaching traffic.
The Christmas party is growing by leaps and bounds. Pretty soon i'll have to be drunk in order to deal with it.
