Appeasing the Peanut Gallery

I’m taking some slack for not posting in more than a week so this is to appease the peanut gallery….you know who you are.

There is an old expression about March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb, or something like that. Yesterday was certainly the lion tearing the door of the hinges of the new month. With the storm that rolled in, and continued a good part of the day yesterday it made things pretty hairy.
I got up early to look outside and watch the news to determine whether or not it was worthwhile making my ridiculous drive to work. I kind of made my decision to work from home, but was second guessing myself even before I made ‘the call’. As I was crafting the email to my boss, and backup person, I heard a report that there was an overturned semi on my commute, and that the backup it caused was already 6 miles long and growing. That made my decision so much easier.
I was reminded yesterday that I don’t really enjoy working from home. That is kind of contrary to what a lot of people feel. For me there are far too many distractions and temptations, and things that can divert my attention from the job I should be doing. Maybe this has something to do with the infrequent nature of my working from home, I don’t know. But it was just as much a task to keep on task as it was just doing my work for the day.
Yesterday evening I was channel surfing and come across Fox Sports Detroit showing their Detroit Tigers Spring Preview show. I looked out the window at all the newly fallen snow then looked at the images of the Florida sunshine; I can’t wait for spring and summer.
I really thought we done with this for the season. Meaning, the big snow falls. I know we almost always get snow around Opening Day, heck this is Michigan after all. But, in my mind we shouldn’t be getting 6 inches of snow on a day where the average temperature is around 40. Since there hasn’t been any hockey to watch this year I’m that much more excited about the baseball season, and spring, getting under way.
I just got out of my annual review with my boss. It went well. Nothing was brought up that I didn’t expect, which I guess is what you want from those types of meetings. There were a few peer comments that I found interesting. Mostly about my focus on advancing my career and taking on more responsibilities. I’m not getting the push back that I thought I might for trying to transfer to a new group. I’m actually getting help and encouragement, which admittedly freaked me out a bit.
That’s it for today folks. I’ll fill you in on my plans for this weekend later in the week. I will provide a sneak preview though; it involves returning to the sight of one of my more memorable high school baseball experiences. Oh, one more thing. I googled myself the other day and found someone had put a link on their blog to mine. I don’t have the first clue who this person is. I guess it kind of surprised me. Anyway…