Anticipating // Date night tonight! Woohoo! It’s been a while.
Searching // For my quilting mojo. I’ve been totally avoiding my sewing machine in the last couple weeks, which I strongly suspect is a side effect of feeling very overloaded with work and our new two-kid evening routine. By the time evening rolls around, I’m ready to not have to think about anything — so I run or read or watch TV while my brain decompresses. Hopefully I’ll feel more motivated soon.
Filing // Our 2015 taxes. We’re getting a pretty large refund since we added a dependent but didn’t adjust our withholding. The smart thing to do would obviously be to invest it or pay off one of our cars or apply it to our mortgage or something like that…but the FUN thing to do would be to buy a new sewing machine. (Missing sewing mojo notwithstanding.) Whee!
Needing // To help Emma with her Valentines. I’ve made super cute Valentines on her behalf for the past two years and enjoyed it, but this year? First, ain’t nobody got time for that. And second, at 3 1/2 she is totally old enough to do them herself. So my plan this year? Take her to Target this weekend, let her pick out something (I’m predicting princesses), and have her sign them all. Maybe tape a piece of candy to it. Annnnd done.
Procrastinating // On my preparation for an interview I have on Monday for the leadership program at work that I’ve mentioned a couple times in the past. (I was selected by my center way back in August to move forward in the process, and the final interview with headquarters is next week. Yep, there was a full 6 month gap between the two stages. I don’t know why.) To be fair, I’ve done a good amount of preparation already, but I do need to run through my thoughts a couple more times and focus on the 2-3 most essential things I want to communicate about my skills and why they should select me.
I REALLY want to be selected…but I am also trying to manage my expectations. I’ve been around long enough to know that there is a significant “behind the scenes” component for programs like this, and that component is only about 5% within my control. So all I can do is put my best foot forward in the interview and after that, it’s out of my hands.
Fingers crossed.