Thursday, October 8, 2009

Empire State of Mind

Some of you may know what happened with my little brother Jonathan, but I wanted to update you and let you know things are looking up. He will be going to Full Circle Treatment Center very soon as well as get back in school! My Mom and Russ have shown tremendous strength and patience with him and I have faith they will be able to overcome this with Jon. It's been really nice watching them unite during this tough time. A lot is really coming around for our family.

Work couldn't be better for me. I had the best review yet. I have really worked hard to get where I am and I'm not stopping yet! I love my job and it's obvious, I know, but I really am grateful for it. In my review my manager and I discussed my roles and upcoming promotion. Currently, I'm "transitioning" into the Senior Analyst role and she said when the money is available she will give it to me. I love this new role, even though I'm just getting a taste. I'm able to monitor and escalate within the senior ticket queue as well as send out our one minute meetings. I love taking on more responsibility! On top of that, I had a review with my sup. and he wants me to be sort of the "moral specialist" because we can really use it around here. We have a few guys burned out and just really in a slump. I hope I can help with that!

Nicole's work is going good too. She's starting to become more involved with large projects, testing, etc.. this has been really good for her. I'll let her elaborate next time she blogs or something! I just know what a difference it has made in her attitude with work and her self-esteem and it's all good!

Duncan has been the best boy. For awhile we've been on the "we want another puppy" kick, but that seems to have subsided, at least for now. He's just REALLY good, REALLY happy, and loves his life and we love it with him! Not sure the risk is worth it for our household...

Working out - we've been very consistent with it, but we're not dropping weight. I can definitely feel a difference in my jeans, Nicole says she can't really, but I can on her! I feel better all around. I've had a lot of back and right leg pain and working out has definitely strengthened me and taken some of that pain away. I actually enjoy cardio, I really get into the treadmill and am just starting to get into the elliptical - you burn SO many more calories on the elliptical! We're 2 days away from measuring and I'm really hoping to see some results!

All for now, gotta get back to work.

~ Jen

PS - love the new JAY-Z album Blueprint 3 - favorites are Empire State of Mind, Venus vs. Mars, and On to the next one