Ready for the weekend.

This week was kind of hectic. Hubby's ankle injury caused a bit more to be going on in my life, mostly just having to chauffeur him to work and class. Work was pretty busy this week- especially the last few days. The work days flew right by- which is not such a bad thing, but I didn't get as much accomplished as I wanted to... I've still got four tapes and one CD to transcribe when I get back on Monday. One good thing, though, was that I had my yearly review- my first one. My total score fit in the "exceeds requirements" category, so that's great. Actually, he (my Lieutenant) said I would have done better, but he felt the need to give me room to improve in the future- even if it was just room in the score, not in my actual performance. I do feel like I can improve though, and hearing what he had to say about my work, I worked a little harder the past few days and will continue to work harder in the future. I didn't work harder because he said bad things, but because he said good things. They appreciate my work, and that just makes me want to work harder to give back and continue to receive that appreciation. Sometimes I struggle to do my best and work as hard as I can because it's an admin. job and sometimes I get a little bored. But really, I'm very thankful for the job I have- and especially the people I work with. So one of my new goals is to try harder at work and not get down on myself because this job isn't allowing me to use my full potential. Hopefully I'll gain some new, less admin./more interesting, responsibilities along the way... like doing more photo line ups and case oriented stuff. Pretty much, I'll take on anything they can give me that a civilian is allowed to do!

I'm so glad it's Friday night and I'm looking forward to a fairly relaxing weekend at the condo. I did the three "Kelly's Missions" for Wednesday-Friday this afternoon, so the entry/dining room and porch are looking lovely. I also shined my sink and cleaned up the kitchen. I'll probably work on the guest room some more this weekend and just go through stuff and liquidate (replacement word for purge) some of the clutter/crap I don't look at or even realize I have. But I'll only do that on Saturday because I'm hoping to fulfill the goal, even if it's just this weekend for now, to have Sunday be a day of rest. No nesting, cleaning, decluttering, etc. Just a restful day at home with the boy and the kitties... probably watching bad TV or movies, but at least my body will be stationary on the couch. :) And if I'm really ambitious, hopefully I'll pull out The Book and do a little reading.

On that note, here is something God created for us to enjoy... it's something I like to leave a bit earlier from work just to be able to see... although it is crazy to me that I am up, ready for work, and out the door before it is completely light outside!