Ever since last year’s annual physical in which I’d impressed the OB/GYN with my lack of health complaints or issues, I vowed to maintain status quo so as not to disappoint Dr. M this year. And after 12 months of pushing myself to the limit with a regular exercise routine, staying good with daily calorie counting and fasting the night before my appointment, well, I’m pretty sure I’ve achieved that goal.

Here’s how it all played out today:
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Life has changed immensely since I’ve gone full-time as a SAHM/technology consultant, and I just love it. More than words can describe, actually. But let me share something that really kind of creeped me out when I arrived back at the Mother House to work on a computer today…

As I walked down the hall past my former office, the one with my desk and files still intact, I caught a glimpse of a high ranking employee looking through important documents that I’d saved before leaving the organization. At first, this didn’t bother me a bit. But then I started rummaging through my brain trying to remember all of what I’d left in those files, and I wondered what in the world this person wanted with the printouts left behind.

I’m sure this happens all of the time after an employee leaves an organization, but usually the former employee doesn’t get a chance to witness it personally like I did today. It was a surreal moment… kind of out-of-body-ish to be exact.

Spooky.

Who would’ve thought that when a person quits a job to go full-time as a sole proprietor/consultant, the formerly active blog owned by said person would start collecting dust? Not I. No way, Jose. *cough*

And it won’t.

Just let me get out from under this hefty workload I’m experiencing, and then I promise to get this blog moving again. Meanwhile, I hope everyone is having a good start of the New Year? Oh and wait, here’s a joke from Sister L:

• Sister: Did you hear about the kidnapping?
• Me: No. What happened?
• Sister: They woke him up.

Nothing like good clean humor. Thanks, Sister L!

From: System Administrator (me)
To: All Staffers
Subject: Thank You & Server Maintenance

Good Morning,

First I just want to say “Thank you!” ever so much for the beautiful flowers and card. At first I was a little wary after opening the envelope and seeing picture of a dog next to a fire hydrant, but then I was pleasantly surprised by the thoughtful words left inside. Every single one of you is a true blessing to me.

Next, as you probably guessed by the subject line of this message, server maintenance is in order. The day just wouldn’t be complete without a server reboot. Therefore, I will be applying updates to the server and restarting it @10:30 a.m. An announcement will be made over the intercom, so please be prepared to save your work to avoid losing data.

Thanks for your patience and cooperation.

Peace and joy to all!

And no, I’m not getting teary-eyed. It’s the dratted flu-bug the CK’s brought home. Hubs and I are fighting it tooth and nail, or should I say nasal spray and Zicam? Meanwhile, server calls.