#212 Lunchtime DeleShawn

Who has time for a pesky, time waster like Lunch.

I mean why take a lunch when you can work no-stop through the day?  Fun, right.

I had 5 meetings today that would have taken a total of 6 of my 8.5 hour day. 

You can imaging my disappointment when one of the hour long meetings was cancelled.  Admittedly it did grant me a full 3.5 hours with which to complete all my daily tasks, which usually only take me 8.5 hours to complete.

So yea... Lunch time.  Ska-roo you!

Good times.

#211 I CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH LONGER! (Office FrustraSHawn)

Not sure I'll make it to Friday Afternoon. Typhoid Mary is as virulent as ever.

I told the Boss today (in front of the cesspool of phlegmy coughs) that it\s a good thing Friday is her last day because the disruption is reaching a tipping point.

The person that sits at the desk next to her, opted to work at the Reception desk. She's lucky because she was the receptionist so she can claim having tasks to do, but between you, me, and the rest of the people in our department... we wish we were the Receptionist.

Two days.

Only two days.

#210 Bullshit ConnipShawn

I need to either get to an Anger Management Class, or win the Lotto because my Bullshit threshold at the office is at an all-time low.

My co-worker, a.k.a. Coughasaurus has made it her mission to annoy the bejezus out of me.  

So far I've lost it 3 times with her this week. All three times she's run off to one boss or another, always to return with the the instructions of "deal with it and move on"

I fear however that me friends in high places may soon be telling me to 'deal with it, or else'.

If I can just make it to Friday, then she's gone for two weeks.  Then when she's back, it's only for one week and then I'm gone for 2 weeks.

I just need to focus! (and take a big cork to the office to cram in my mouth when she opens hers...

#209 Monday DictShawn

Crash! Bam! Boom!

Zoom Zoom!

That's as close to recapping my day at work without adding a lot of repetitive expletives. 

#208 Craft Master Shawn

I was a Craft Master this weekend.

I put together a Shadow Box of some Crow Feathers and an old Pewter Haida Crow Medallion, as a Spirit Box.

I Made a Memory (Shadow) Box of photos of one of my Grandmothers, with photos of her in her kitchen to go on our Kitchen wall.

I painted and a wooden letter "P" for our dog Peanut. Pinks with Silver burnished accents to go along a smaller "s" for Santiago (all in Silver), to place above their food and water bowls.

I made two mini Memory Vials of Beach Sand and Sea Glass from our collection from over the years. One for us and another to take to the cottage on PEI this Summer.aa

Then I re-organized our Sea Glass in two Votive Candle holders and a large glass vase. 

And I have already planned a few other projects to work on over the coming weeks.

I don't craft as often as I used to, but when I do I go all out. It makes me feel good to think of a project, and see it come to fruition. 

#207 Weekend ExhasutShawn

In general I work every Saturday from home. I manually check the movement of all our company's shipments from within Canada via Fed/Ex and Air Canada.  It's 10 minutes here and ten minutes there. I can still go out and do all my usual Saturday activities, and on top I get a minimum 2 hrs of banked time, which I can take from days off, so really it is worth it... no one else in the office can bank hours.

But, on occasion due to production issues, I have to pull considerably more hours work and end up spending the greater part of the afternoon in front of my laptop. Today was such a day. I'm already over 5 hors into it and have another good 45 minutes to an hour before I'm done.

It's already 9 PM and I did not see the day go by...

UGH!

#206 Feathered MeditaShawn

Mixed messages.

This morning I was out on the balcony and two crows were on a neighbouring building and cawed "hello" to me. Nice. Put a smile on my face. I waved and said "hello" back. (Yes, I really did)

I got ready and went gleefully to work. It really set the mood for my morning commute. 

Then...

I arrived at the office. Or more specifically I was walking through the parking lot towards the entrance and I saw something that made my heart stop and sink into my stomach... There was a dead crow on the lawn beside the building. I'm assuming he was flying at night and due to some upper floor offices leaving all their lights on (which confuses birds) he hit a window. From his appearance I'd guess it was quick and hopefully painless.

I love crows. I mean, I really REALLY love crows and so this was actually rather sad. 

I moved his body under one of the shrubs that circle the building and then when I looked around I saw many feathers scattered about.  I took three.

Okay, I know that sounds sick and morbid, but is it. We often pick up shed feathers at the beach, and really while these were not shed as naturally, they were loose from the body.  I will keep them and they will be a reminder to me of the fragility of life. That you never know when your time draws to a close. Enjoy the day, live in the moment and just be thankful for where you are every moment.