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Apr. 10th, 2012 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI know I didn't get enough sleep last night, or the night before, and I have a redeye flight tomorrow night...yet I am not tired enough to go back to sleep right now and catch up. I know this will bite me on the ass, sooner rather than later. Oh well.
We've been down to Salem each of the past two days. There was a family lunch thing on Easter, and then yesterday was Z's cousin's 18th birthday, and we had a dinner for him. My in-laws are fantastic people. I enjoy these outings. We gave Alec a beginning bridge book as a birthday gift. He's a smart kid, and he's really into chess, so I'm hoping he'll find an interest in bridge. I volunteered to play with him whenever he wants, but I totally understand if it's just not going to be his thing. Hopeful, though!
Yesterday morning, we set out on a walk with no real end point in mind. We just went west, and ended up at the Willow Creek Transit Center in Hillsboro. A direct route would've been 4.2 miles, but we did some weaving and wandering, so all told it was probably about a 5-mile walk. Then we caught the train back to our neighborhood, grabbed lunch at the Pita Pit, and walked home from there through the neighborhood where I really want to own a house one day. A couple of them are for sale, but we're not really in a buying position at the moment. We agreed that it is a mutual goal, though, so maybe one day soon. It really depends on me -- how much work I get this year and how we spend or save the money I bring in.
I applied for a job with Weight Watchers. When I spoke to the receptionist at my meeting, she was very enthusiastic and assured me that there are lots of positions available and they would love to have me. I was encouraged. Then when I finished my online application, I had to do one of those multiple choice personality tests. I so wish those came with boxes to explain your answers. There were so many that I felt like, "Well, this is the truest answer I can give, but I have a feeling it will lead to the wrong assumptions about me and I'd really like to clarify..." For example, there were several questions about empathy, and I know from my experience with WW that the general approach is very huggybear. They probably want people who are exceptionally empathetic. And I am! But I'm not going to be so empathetic that I just let people continue on in destructive belief or behavior patterns. But I will be kind when I draw that line! I'm just afraid that they use this personality test as a screener, and that they won't move forward with me if I didn't give the perfect answers. So now I wait and see.
I'm training with Ertan this afternoon. I feel fine right now, but I know I'm going to be dead tired at the gym if I don't get more sleep before then, so I'm going to stay in bed for a bit and try to snooze some more...
We've been down to Salem each of the past two days. There was a family lunch thing on Easter, and then yesterday was Z's cousin's 18th birthday, and we had a dinner for him. My in-laws are fantastic people. I enjoy these outings. We gave Alec a beginning bridge book as a birthday gift. He's a smart kid, and he's really into chess, so I'm hoping he'll find an interest in bridge. I volunteered to play with him whenever he wants, but I totally understand if it's just not going to be his thing. Hopeful, though!
Yesterday morning, we set out on a walk with no real end point in mind. We just went west, and ended up at the Willow Creek Transit Center in Hillsboro. A direct route would've been 4.2 miles, but we did some weaving and wandering, so all told it was probably about a 5-mile walk. Then we caught the train back to our neighborhood, grabbed lunch at the Pita Pit, and walked home from there through the neighborhood where I really want to own a house one day. A couple of them are for sale, but we're not really in a buying position at the moment. We agreed that it is a mutual goal, though, so maybe one day soon. It really depends on me -- how much work I get this year and how we spend or save the money I bring in.
I applied for a job with Weight Watchers. When I spoke to the receptionist at my meeting, she was very enthusiastic and assured me that there are lots of positions available and they would love to have me. I was encouraged. Then when I finished my online application, I had to do one of those multiple choice personality tests. I so wish those came with boxes to explain your answers. There were so many that I felt like, "Well, this is the truest answer I can give, but I have a feeling it will lead to the wrong assumptions about me and I'd really like to clarify..." For example, there were several questions about empathy, and I know from my experience with WW that the general approach is very huggybear. They probably want people who are exceptionally empathetic. And I am! But I'm not going to be so empathetic that I just let people continue on in destructive belief or behavior patterns. But I will be kind when I draw that line! I'm just afraid that they use this personality test as a screener, and that they won't move forward with me if I didn't give the perfect answers. So now I wait and see.
I'm training with Ertan this afternoon. I feel fine right now, but I know I'm going to be dead tired at the gym if I don't get more sleep before then, so I'm going to stay in bed for a bit and try to snooze some more...
