Today's Grab Bag of Thoughts

This year I got the best birthday present ever. My niece came to live with me. Though it has been a whirl wind of a few days she has become the light of my life. She says the craziest things. She makes people smile. She is a ball of energy. But the best thing is that she reminds me of my sister and makes me feel like she is still here. I always said that I would have a little girl that is always wearing pink and loves to dance. Well she is just that. BUT she is already signed up for t-ball and is excited. Of course though she did pick out a purple and pink glove. LOL She has said thing these last two days that have not only melted my heart but brought tears to my eyes. "You're like my mom and I am like your Daughter. We are funny like this huh? It is kind of cool to call us mommy and daughter. We can keep doing this right? " "I love you mommy, but I miss my real mommy. I wish I could see her. " As I said in Stacy's service it take a vil...

Landed back in Raleigh today and wow I never thought the emotions would be so high. It doesn't seem real that tomorrow I have to go two different places to get the kids. That she isn't on base waiting for me. That Haley is not even here. There is happiness to see the kids but a lot of sadness too. When you visit every month for a week at a time for 6 months straight you grow a bigger attachment than your normal everyday love. You start to feel more like they are also your kids and you just want to see them succeed. So coming back here today is both wonderful and horrible. The good news is that I get to have one of my nieces for the whole weekend. I get to see my nephew play basketball and the hang with him too. Stacy and I may not have been the closest until the end of her years but she knew I loved her and that I'd do anything for those kids. I am going to make the best of this trip and heal. Smother them with love to hold them over for my next visit. I ho...

Ok so as you get older and get a big girl job you need to start taking responsibility for your job. Deadlines are so important and yes we all have tons of them to worry about. HOWEVER, if you were organized by client or rep or however it would work for you, then you could do your job correctly. It is not the job of other people to remind you of your deadlines, yes it is nice of them that they have been doing that but REALLY, you should know when things are do. We are all busy and we are all doing the work of more than one person, but some of us still succeed. Take some time to sit down and organize yourself. Be it with a calendar for each rep or client. Be it with media plans that show ALL your clients ads and campaigns. Or be with folders, sticky note or what ever makes you happy. Just get organized because it is not my job to do your job too. End rant. I feel better now. :-)