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When I posted my last entry, I wasnt expecting such an inflood of comments. If this was a forum or Usenet - we'd almost have a flame war on our hands with some trolling thrown in :)
As it is, I am quite happy in my job. Changes are afoot, but either way - I should come out where I want to. I'm like that. Resilient (possibly), resourceful and I also don't believe management as far as I can comfortably spit them.
I have, several times in my life, been accused of letting people boss me around or not standing up for myself. But I have always won out in the end. When you study personality types - I come out as a passive-agressive - I get what I want through my passivity (is that a word?). People take my passiveness as a weakness - whereas I view it as possibly my greatest strengths. I let myself be manuveured into the position I wanted to be in.
Yes, its sneaky.
Yes, its underhanded.
Yes, its sly.
But I always end up better off for it :)
Frankly, if all the things at work happened like I would like them to, I would end up in a fantastic situation - and would possibly give up IT as a career. Maybe open that Fruit and Veg shop that I have wanted for many a year. 18 years doing techie stuff takes it toll on your head and I respect/envy those that can walk away from a career and head in a different direction.
Those people that have worked with me for many year will agree to what I've just written. Some of them have amazed me with who they have become and what they are doing now. Sometimes it makes me jealous, sometimes not.
Anyhoo, this weekend is my weekend with my kids and Shell - 3 things that make me happiest. Chandler is coming on in leaps and bounds and is so fucking funny, it hurts. The biggest issue I have is Rhiannon talking for him. He gets very frustrated about it all and takes some calming down. When I do have a 1-on-1 with him, I just want to cuddle him to pieces. For an almost 3 year old, he has some great insights on life.
On Wednesday, Shell and I were talking to the kids about the fact that we are moving a rabbit into the house (a house rabbit) and that means that they will need to be more careful about the noise they make, as loud sounds/thuds, etc can be upsetting to it. They both took this in, until Chan announced that we would have to be careful about lions coming into the house, as they are both noisy *and* eat rabbits!
Very insightful. He later ruined it by insisting that lions are scared of horses...
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