| Presented for the second time to a VP, a different one this time, a rude Israeli, today. I am learning that it is not a big deal. They are normal people, and the fear is just in my head. What I need to learn is that is is okay to not know everything. I am new, and it is okay to have questions. My old boss was in the meeting too, I had a sort of rough breaking up with him since I caught him off guard with my move. Though all is well now, somethings he told me (like I will not be successful in the new role because I am not ready) kept flashing in my mind. I don't really care what he thinks. My new team thinks I am great, pick things quickly, great to work with etc, so far. I know what I want from the role, I am not looking for approval from anyone even my manager. I want to be a better version of my past self.
Guess who I saw in F town this week? My Jap-Brit crush from two years ago! What are the odds! I knew he moved to the Seattle from Japan but the odds of him visiting F town the same day I was is pretty slim pickings, but it happened. His accent is still.. Oh so .. Attractive. I have to move to London just so I can hear this accent over and over and over until I get tired of it. His 'dream' is to move to Santa Clara it seems. I had a dream too a decade ago. And I am living the dream I guess. My new dream is to move to Europe for a couple of years and travel to hearts content. This guy did his high school in Munich and college in UK. All such dreamy places to be! Perspective!
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JSK has already given us permission to 'giveaway' her toddler bed to 'some other baby'. Last night she slept like a log while both of us slept in our room. After some browsing online I give her a 'magic kiss' that is supposed to keep the witches and monsters away. The best part is today morning she apparently woke up and saw the sun was up and got down from her bed on her own and greeted us in the hallway. She deserved to be appreciated. I hope and pray she doesn't go back to screaming at nights.
This week I realized that a good nights sleep is the key to an energetic day in the morning. Two low sleep days and I was terrible at work and lethargic with headache. Two 8 hour sleep days I am so refreshed and pumped up to tackle the day.
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We are planning a holiday in Europe in June before daughter goes off to Kindergarten. Apparently I don't mind all the visa hassle, or it is too early to stress about it. DH has okayed a camera lens!! I seek for his approval because he is my calibrator since I am the dreamer with my head in the clouds. My Kenya animal pictures were with a colleague's lens, I realized how useless my lens was. Seriously! I cannot wait to take jaw dropping pictures with my limited photography knowledge.
My book is not getting much traction so I am writing whenever possible, just dumping thoughts so I can reword them later. So much to write. What beautiful memories. I had a chance to recount them to my team in an ice-breaker this week.
Happy Friday!
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hmmmm....y is the title "at the ballet class"???