A Long Days Night

I have been going crazy this week trying to get ready for my meeting tomorrow. After working late tonight I am looking forward to getting it all finished tomorrow. This meeting has been such a worry for me since I inherited from a former employee but now that I am standing on the verge of the actual event I am starting to already feel the relief. I have gone the extra mile to ensure that things are organized and I am hoping that all of that paid off. Of course I need to keep fighting that Nay Sayer inside that keeps telling me that you can never be too sure and soon enough I will know what it was I forgot. I think everything is in line but just in case I am going armed with a positive can-do attitude so any emerging problem will be solved gracefully and effectively.

A wonderful opportunity presented itself at work today. We had a representative from the Work-Life Center come out and give us the low down on Individual Development Plans which are plans that we come up with along side our supervisor (optional) to help us to advance to the place that we would like to be. Whether it be through positioning yourself to succeed within your current position by developing skills that you are weaker in or increasing your talents by continnuing to build those skills or it could be that you would like to seek something outside of where you are currently and what skills/requirements you will need to have in order to position yourself for that transistion. I think it is nice too because you begin with anaylizing your goals within the next 1-2 years and then from that point you come up with some goals for the next 3-5 years. By assessing these goals and matching them with the compentensies you will be able to build your way to success. The representative also plugged the work-life office and its ability to career council so I know I am going to check it out. I just love working at a place that fosters that growth and desire. And I love working with people who are willing to help you in anyway to get to where you would like to go.
In other news, we have started making a lot of headway with the baby stuff. There has been so much to build and wash and organize but I think Stan and I are really getting there. It is good too because I feel him being a lot lower than he was before so I am thinking that we have a limited amount of time before Baby Wyatt makes his first big appearence. We still have a lot of preparations but it is nice to see things start to filter out of their boxes and to have these physical representations of the baby. All of a sudden it feels so real which is so...surreal. Stan and I have been making a big effort to get everything clean and situated the best way possible for the baby and actually for William. I have such a blast when he comes over and plays with the toys we have so we are getting a little play area for him set-up here too. That way he knows he is always welcome to come over and play with Uncle Stan Aunt Grace and Cousin Wyatt.