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September 27, 2005
Beth = Whiner???
OK, so here's the situation. Last month, I received an e-mail from my old boss Keith (I think I posted about this) saying Congrats for getting recongonized for good work. Well, as it turned out I didn't know what happened because I missed the monthly meeting because I was in a conference call. So, I did a little research and found out that it was actually a mistake, that I wasn't recongonized last month. So, then afterwards, I felt really sad and kind of like a looser because as if they would recogonize me. OK so anyway, I whined about it to only my friends and of course my family.
Well, tomorrow is another monthly meeting. I just looked at the presentation, and as it turns out, I am getting recogonized this month. Great. Has word leaked out that I'm whiner and need reconginition??? Am I a whiner now??
BopsB: Guess what. I'm getting recognoized this month. LOL
unIDedPerson: nice
unIDedPerson: congratulations
BopsB: Thanks...now I feel stupid:-) because I'm a whiner
unIDedPerson: awwww
unIDedPerson: LOL
unIDedPerson: i wouldn't worry about it
BopsB: :-)Oh well..Only a few people know that I'm whiner
unIDedPerson: about time somebody recognized what you do
What a nice compliement! Thanks unIDedPerson! That means alot!
Posted by beth at 12:01 PM | Comments (1)
September 26, 2005
Baby Mia!
Hi!!!!!!!!! I have some great news to share!!!!!!!!! I just spoke with Jennifer and Li-Wei, and they had Baby Mia on September 14th!!! She's a beautiful, healthy girl!!!! Mia --According to Li-Wei, means Taiwanese Women in America. (I'm pretty sure that's what he said...hopefully...I was on my cell with my hands free set, driving in the rain on the highway...so there is a chance I might have gotten that wrong...) Anyway, I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for them. They both sounded soooooooooooo happy and proud and really just great!!! I'm sooooo excited to meet her!!!
Thus, it is perfect timing that I found out about Mia's birth, BECAUSEEEE, my mom and I just started plannning our "Return to Austin" trip for a Social Worker's Convention! Actually, it's kind of odd these past two weeks have gotten me suddenly back in touch with my Austin friends. I seemed to have lost a little bit of touch, as things are crazy here. But suddenly, last week I got a call from Liz :-), Sunday I received a call from Tracy! (Come to find out she was OUT OF THE COUNTRY in TURKEY for 6 weeks!!! No wonder she wasn't answering my e-mails hehehee;-))AND tonight I talked to both JENNIFER/LI-WEI and JANET!!!! Plus I received e-mails from Steph, Liz, Janet and Sherry re: hurricane rita. Anyway, very strange. And suddenly my mom started talking about the Austin trip and starting trying to plan it these past two days...
So ANYWAY, my point being: I'm going back for a visit to Austin Friday November 4th - 6th. And I'm going to see little MIA!!!!! for SUREEE!!! And anyone else that has time that weekend. (And I know I'm jumping the gun by blogging about this and not sending an informational e-mail to my peeps yet...so just take this as a forewarning that I am going to be writing soon :-))) And plannin' it up!!! :-))) Oh yeah, and to any fellow GB buddies that still read this: There's a new Country Song by Gretchen Wilson called: "I'm all JACKED up". It makes me think of all of you (well and of course Vicky...the queen of ALL JACKED UP" and our special dude ranch retreat.) Anyway, just wanted to share that little but of country news with ya ;-)
Anyway, I think my mom and I have a plan for mooching housing/hoteling from friends and co-travellers ;-) (We gave each other assignments of what to work on for beds for us both ;-) hehehe) and I've been given the assignment of getting the rental car for mom and I to share. This is VERYYYYYYYYY exciting for me because this is my FIRST OVER 25 RENTAL CAR!!! (OK, not really that big of a deal because I have rented a car before, and I was in Texas...but in Dallas, Not Austin...so it's still kind of new right?!?! :-) Anyway...hopefully it'll be CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. I can't wait :-)))
Posted by beth at 09:32 PM | Comments (0)
September 23, 2005
Rough Life on the Streets of FES
155 Bellwood Drive, Rochester, NY - Out on the rough streets of Fujifilm-esystems, D-O-G spent his last days. Since being adopted by Seymen Ertas at the Darien Lake Ring Toss Booth, D-O-G spent his days froclicking in the open air of the FES ping pong zone. He spent his days people watching, and occasionally going on adventures to other areas in the offics. That was until the lifestyle in his territory started changing. The honeymood period was over. The people became shadier and shadier. He would occasionally be D-O-G napped, and stashed in a different, doors shut, lights off (and he WAS afraid of the dark too). Someone even stole the shirt right off of his back. It was very tragic. Seymen, the sole responsible guardian of D-O-G did nothing to protect him. I guess he was too busy working. It's tough these day being a single parent, always working. Poor D-O-G. He was just beat by the system.
Well, late last week...D-O-G was stabbed. Directly in the heart. The perpatrator took a sharp object of some type and opened about a 2 inch hole in D-O-G's chest. His blood (or stuffing) laying in a neat pile where he was standing when attacked. Now, D-O-G lays dead, on his side about 0.5 feet from the site of his murder. The most outraging part of this story is that these MONSTERS at FES have left dog to die in public. No one has made an effort to clean up his innards that lay right next to his dead body. What has this world come to??
Dear sweet D-O-G. Rest in piece ole buddy.
Posted by beth at 11:49 PM | Comments (0)
Hurricane Rita
I only just started paying attention to the new about Hurricane Rita. (Can you see what a sheltered life us North-Eastern's live??) Anyway, I started paying attention to what was going on with it yesterday. I was watching the news seeing clips of the highways from Houston to Dallas, just jam packed with cars. This was before the opened the inbound lanes for outbound traffic. It looked so crazy! Anyway, this morning I decided to venture to the Austin Statesmen, to see how the hurrcaine has been affect Austin. I started reading this article on people buying food and supplies for the hurriane...the gas shortages.
I also read this article about this one girl who went to college in Lousiana, and she transferred to A&M in College Station. Now they are evacuating there for this hurricane. It's crazy! Anyway, I don't know what is going on with me, but it just made me so sad, and I started crying! Then I sent a mass e-mail to all my peeps in Austin.
Anyway, onto a less depressing topic...Today is my ONE MONTH ANNIVERSARY! I've been offically free of my bad habits for 1 month!!! :-))) Anyway, today is day 2 of being crutch free for quitting my bad habits. Poor Seymen...watch out for psycho Beth this weekend ;-)
So there's another reason why today is a big day. Tonight we're going to look at the first townhouse again. I think Seymen has finally decided that Menlo Place is where he wants to buy!!! We've looked at a few other places, but everytime we keep coming back to Menlo Place. So!!!! We'll see! Hopefully it'll work out. It's the perfect place!!! I'm very excited that we've got Seymen to look @ townhouses. I'm not sure I could live sanely for the rest of my life without multiple floors. ;-)
Posted by beth at 11:40 AM | Comments (0)
September 19, 2005
Missing LuLu
So I'm really sad and jelouse right now. This weekend my sister sent me some pictures of Lulu in the mail. They are the cutest pictures! I put most of them up on the wall in my room, and brought one of them into work. I miss her SO MUCH!!! Chrissy just bought tickets to go visit them in October. I couldn't go with Chrissy because it's right in the middle of asset review for Petco (BOOOOO PETCO :-(((((!!!!!) and I just went through my project schedule, and to be a responsible employee I shouldn't take any time off until after the project is over...which isn't until the middle of November...Which means seeing my little Lulu is OUT becasuse then it's Thanksgiving, and then they will be in Rochester for Christmas. I'm so sad. I think maybe I'll sit down and figure out if there's sometime in between my project deadlines that I can make a trip out there. I just check ticket prices and they are NOT SO BAD!!! :-) I guess it's just so hard seeing these new pictures of little Lulu , seeing her get so BIG and so CUTE that I feel sad, like I'm missing out on her entire life. Why does my sister have to live so FAR AWAY?!!?! :-(((
Anyway...I have to get going. We're going to look @ townhouses with Seymen, and then it's back to work for me. I have to have my last of 3 topics written by tonight. Tomorrow is another long day too. I have 3 more topics to write content for. Yeay...Hopefully, the end of the week won't be so bad...At least the week will go fast so it'll be time for the WEEKEND AGAIN!!!
Posted by beth at 05:08 PM | Comments (0)
September 16, 2005
Time Flies...when your busy @ work!
Hi!!! I've been horrible this week about posting :-( Anyway, it's been really busy at work...(Yeah yeah, same old same old) but it's nice. At least I'm not bored...and it's a good busy because I was on three different projects this week, so I wasn't getting OVERLOAD with too much of one project. I think I like it better that way. Anyway...at the weeks end, I accumulated 52 hours of work. Great achievement Beth ;-)
Anyway...today was a nerve wracking day. I applied for and interviewed for a Lead ID position at work (Formerly known as Content Manager, but they are changing the title to Lead ID). I think it went well, even though I was nervous as heck. I'm not sure if I'll actually GET the job, but I feel better about myself that I actually tried for it. I mean how many times do we talk ourselves out of doing things because we second guess our abilities?!? Well, I applied in one of those moments of self appreciation, and pressed send on the application before I could chicken out :-) This morning, when my stomach was churnning I definitly second guessed myself...but still in the end it went well enough, and I was able to discuss all the things that I planned on discussing. Sooo...that's that...
Anyway, I gotta go. Seymen just came home. We're going to see a movie tonight with Jess...Must Love Dogs. Can't wait to see it!! (I tricked Seymen into a chick flick because it had the word DOG in the title ;-) hehehe! OK we have to find food before the movie. Adios!!!
Oh one more thing...Alex is running in a 26 mile marathon tomorrow. Jena, Cathy, (Maybe AnG), (Maybe Jess), and I are going to go to cheer him on and give him water while he runs!!! He's so excited and nervous. I'm so excited and nervous for him tooo!! Anyway, GOOOOOD LUCK ALEXXX!!! You'll do great!!! :-)))))
Posted by beth at 07:10 PM | Comments (0)
September 14, 2005
Happy Birthday Jena!!
All I can say for Jena is summed up in this picture on Alex's blog. Here's a screen show so anyone who doesn't know Alex can see :-)
Posted by beth at 01:59 PM | Comments (1)
September 12, 2005
Officially Done with Texas!!
I just called RIATA, and found out that I am OFFICIALLY done paying rent in Texas!! WAHOOOO!!!! I think I just passed a milestone there ;-) And perfect timing since I'm paying rent in Rochester again :-) Anyway, it's a sad thing too...since it is officially the END of my stay in Texas...and I guess that means it's time to start thinking about making a trip back to visit my old buddies...make sure everyone hasn't forgotten me ;-)
Anyway, onto the busy weekend...I had some good news on Friday! I received an e-mail from my former boss. This was addressed to me, and four other people on my team (that was part of the "old" Cisco group)
Through an unusual source, I have come to find out that for the month of August, you 5 out of the 6 CDD members listed for special recognition to Paul K. were my former teammates. It brought a smile to my face.
Well done.
Hope all is well there. It is well here. The daily work habits here are much different and, I dare say, (to my taste) a considerable improvement over before.
Cheers.
So, of course I wrote him back Thanking him for passing that information on, and giving him compliments on his great management etc. Not ever considering that this is something that maybe I should have known before he e-mailed...But he wrote back again saying it was strange that I hadn't heard about this yet :-) So, of course that forced me to do some investigation. I went and talked to Sue...She was another one of the team members that was recognized. Anyway, she said: "Ohhh yeah...You and Jena were both recognized at the last meeting and everyone clapped for you both...but neither of you were there...you were both working!"
So...I guess for August, I was recognized to the team and everyone clapped, and no one felt the need to tell me :-) (No one told Jena either, but she just found her certificate on her desk today...I haven't received mine yet ;-) Anyway...go figure. We were too busy working to get clapped for in person :-) But it's really nice to know that they appreciate us! And I personally feel better that I wasn't there for it, because then my face would get all red, and I'd probably cry from embarrassment... heheheh :-)
Friday I spent the evening taking care of my sister (Well pretending to take care of her). She had her wisdom teeth pulled Friday morning...So, I took her shopping for mushy food, (ended up buy more junk food for myself!) and watching DVDs with her in bed until my mom came home. I went back to my apartment late that night, and was woken up by Seymen at 8AM so we could get on the road to Geneva for an Auction! Poor Seymen had to work all day Friday, and all night...so he only had a one hour nap from 6AM-7AM or so...before we headed out again.
The Auction was SOOOOOOOOO cool :-) It was totally in the middle of nowhere...everyone who was there knew everyone else :-) All these old men came driving up in the their big trucks, and stood around talking and checking out the lawn mowers. It was an experience. Seymen ended up bidding on and buying a new mountain bike! It was very exciting! I was getting all nervous. It's a good thing I didn't have the little card number because I was getting so into it I probably would have bid on every bike just for fun! :-) Plus I still don't understand how Seymen knew how much he was bidding because the guy talked in his auction voice so fast!!! I could barely keep track of how much the bikes we're STARTING at, let alone people bidding for them!! But it was really cool, and Seymen was able to hold himself back and buy just one.
After the excitement of the auction, we headed out to Ithaca for Colin's Surprise 25th Birthday Party! It was soooo nice out, the perfect day...Katie planned a really nice BBQ picnic at Stewart Lake, right near their apartment. We just sat around, drinking beers, eating a TON of DELICIOUS food! Everyone played bochie ball, and I played a little wiffle ball (by myself, and once in a while I convinced people to throw the ball for me!). Seymen and I had to beg out a little early since he had had no sleep the night before, so we headed back to Rochester at 6PM. We made it home by 8, and then went to my dad's with the intention of dropping off his car, and fixing my flat tire. Unfortunately, we have diarrhea of the mouth, and ended up talking with them until 11:30PM so it was too late to fix my tire, and we were FORCED to borrow his car again for another night.
Sunday we were going to sleep in, but Seymen was called to work, so I tagged along until my English class. We had a really fun class. I brought my computer and taught my student how to use the computer...but we spent a good 45 minutes, just looking at my Turkey pictures. She loved them :-) I think she was a little homesick looking at them though :-( But anyway, we were also going to start reading a romance novel...because she doesn't have any Turkish ones, and hasn't read any in English...but it was a bust because it was a little too advanced for her at this point. BUT...Thanks to Jeff (from Guaranty Bank) who bought me the teenage romance novel from the library sale, as a joke, I think I can actually use that one to teach my student...since it's a little easier English. :-))) Anyway, on top of the reading session each class, we are going to start studying for her citizenship test.
So, after class Chrissy and I met Seymen at my dad's house so we could spend some time with them (again) and so Chrissy could see dad. While we were there, Chrissy was playing with the stitches in her mouth and ended up untying one of them, so she had two long strings that were bothering her. No one would help her except for Seymen. (EVen my dad wouldn't cut them for her!!)...So Seymen performed "oral" surgery on her :-) We got these tiny scissors, and flash light and he had to stick his fingers in her mouth to cut the strings. It was so gross...and funny. I couldn't stop laughing...I was holding the flash light for Seymen, and then Chrissy started laughing, WHILE Seymen had the scissors in her mouth. LOL. He got all mad because he was scared of poking her already sore mouth, and the two of us were laughing like crazy. When he started on the 2nd string, my dad came over and we all started laughing again :-) Poor Chrissy. It was really gross, and funny at the same time. Maybe you had to be there, but I'm cracking up right now, just thinking about it. Ewwwwww....Anyway, Seymen was Chrissy's hero for the day :-) LOL.
Posted by beth at 01:09 PM | Comments (2)
September 09, 2005
Feeling Guilty
I can't make fun of loud guy in the cube next to me anymore. He has taken to saying my name when saying HI to me as we pass in the hallway. It was one thing when he didn't know me, or acknowledge my existance when I pass by, but now he does...So I am officially cutting myself off from making fun of his loudness, and strange bodily function noises that I alledgely hear. OK...I gotta get back to it...But I just wanted to send out my guilty apology for making fun of him...because that's mean anyway...and I'm sure they hate me with my constent sneezing...or my hiccups that drive all of my cube mates crazy where-ever I work :-)
Posted by beth at 09:45 AM | Comments (2)
September 06, 2005
My Own Bed
Ahhhh...I finally have my own room again :-) I am soooooooooo happy!!! I love my bed!!! :-) I pulled out my sheets from Texas, and my old quilt...and it felt like I finally, OFFICALLY came home! It was sooooo soft and comfortable. I was going to lay in bed and watch TV last night, but I was totally in heaven that all I could do is lay in the dark totally engulfed in the comfort of my own room :0) I woke up this morning and opened my eyes and felt comforted by my whale tapestry and my Japanese calander (from 2002!! But I love it because it's from Maki that I can't throw it away). Isn't it amazing that now matter where I set up my room, it's always the "same" because of my decorations?
Anyway, I just wanted to share with ya'll how happy I am in my own room. And how much I love my good old decorations, and my new shrine to Texas. I don't even mind waking up in the morning anymore because I love having my OWN BED soooo much...and the only way to REALLY appreciate it is to WAKE UP!! :-) OK...Enough about my bed.
Posted by beth at 01:41 PM | Comments (1)
September 05, 2005
Labor Day Weekend
I'm sad :-((( Because Labor Day Weekend is almost over with :*-( It was a really nice LONGGGGGGGG weekend! I enjoyed myself :-) Even though I was in pain! ;-) Friday night, Seymen, Mom, Bill and I went out to the Ukrainian Restaurant in Irondequoit. It was kind of loud because they had a big birthday party going on, and live music...but the food was delicious and it was really fun watching the drunken birthday people dancing on the dance floor to Hava-Nagela-Hava (Spelling?) Anyway...Saturday was a busy busy day. I woke up early (10:30) and drove out to mom's for pancake breakfast...compliments of Bill. Afterwards, I carried boxes from the basement to the front porch to help Seymen (ahead of time). I then went and taught Esra some English, and ran to RIT afterwards to pickup my pictures. At 5PM we went and picked up the Uhaul, and then Seymen and I did the furniture shuffle :-) Dropping a kitchen table at my dads, and love seat at my mom's...and then filled the Uhaul to the BRIM and moved my stuff back to the apartment. WAHOOOOOO!!! We did it just the two of us, except the couch. We had to have Nate come over and he and Seymen got it up the stairs. The move was pretty painless, and pretty quick. We were done moving stuff by 10PM, and we had stopped for dinner @ mom's in betweeen.
Sunday, we were doing a little bit more moving (I had to get my TV...MOST important ya know?) and we ended up getting sidetracked by mom and Bill and ended up taking a lovely sail on the lake. Unfortunately, there wasn't that much wind, but we would hit small pockets once in a while to keep us happy :-) On the way back in, Bill decided that I should try docking the boat. After signing an oath in blood - promising NOT to yell and scream at me during this lesson - I agreed...and didn't do darn bad at all!!! I didn't hit the dock, and although I came into the slip a bit fast because I couldn't find the reverse gear fast enough, Bill, Mom, and Seymen said that I did good! (The guy on the boat next to us, did have to catch the bow and push a little but at the last minute...or should I say second, I found reverse and took some of the pressure off.) Anyway, not a DENT or SCRATCH on Evankeel! And not even a decible of a raised voice from Bill. It was all together, most successful. Afterwards, we treated ourselves to a yummmmmy dinner at Seymen's fav. restuarant Mr. Dominics on the Lake.
Today, I woke up a little late, but still before noon, and cleaned and rearranged. Later, Seymen and I went power shopping to get some last minute supplies to complete the moving in process. I ended up buying a new desk, but then ended up having to return it because the legs weren't even. I've decided to make my own homemade desk from an old door of my mom's and square boxes that I can stick cute baskets in as drawers and cover with material that will match my new future curtains (Which is next weekend's project).
After the shopping trip we had a nice labor day BBQ. Check out the pics...You should know where by now ;-) Anyway...all in all it was a great weekend. I'm definitely pooped. But my room looks really cute. I have three out the 4 walls decorated, and the only thing I'm missing is a desk...but for now, the plastic egg crate will have to do.
Anyway, I just remembered that I have to do something for work. Gotta Go!
Posted by beth at 11:13 PM | Comments (1)
September 01, 2005
Better and Better
So my day keeps getting better and better!!! Jess and I are going shopping after work to find her a shirt, and then Alex wants us to come to dinner at the Woodfire Pizza place. AnG said that she might come too!!!! Yippppee!! I hope she does. After that we might go to the toad and Jena might me us for cocktails after her softball game. Yeay!!! Fun times for a Thursday night! Friday is going to SUCKKKKK big time :-) But it's so worth it to be out having fun :-)
Posted by beth at 04:39 PM | Comments (1)
Makin' History
Today we decided that we are going to move forward on my little business venture idea. I have recruited some of the girls from work (Jena, Jess, and Sue) and Jena has recruited a friend of her as well! :-) I really feel like it's going to happen. I might just be overly pumped because I don't want to focus on anything work related? But, I'd prefer to believe my idea is going to take OFFFFF...and that we're gonna be successful and rich, travelling around the world on business :-)
Anyway, I'm not giving away any details until it's on the way :-) Because I don't want to get anyone's hope up and then change my mind next week...as I am known to do quite often...But this one is for REAL. Anyway, I'm just pumped today...I'm pumped that it's thursday and tomorrow is FINALLY FRIDAY!!!! And I'm pumped because I found a new apartment for me and Seymen, that I am CONVINCED we are going to move into ;-) CLICK HERE FOR NEW APARTMENT
OK. I gotta go work. Adios.
Posted by beth at 02:26 PM | Comments (1)