Side notes

I was just described as "105 lb-Ellen."

I am currently writing a statement from Tom to Governor McDonnell. Realizing I have a whole new appreciation for SpellCheck.

Last night, I randomly remembered that I was Ginger Spice for Halloween last year. That won't be happening this year. Need to find a good Halloween costume.

Today I got a new chair. The first chair, though it was comfortable, didn't have arms. This chair has arms, but isn't nearly as comfortable. Dave just walked in and I told him to be careful about the chair-buttons, b/c I've heard they randomly flip you around and may cause contortion. He responds with "Maybe I like punishment." Weird. If there's one thing I can't complain about back at Community Connections, it was the fact that I had a nice chair. It was comfortable, and it had arms, and I'm sure they didn't pay more than $20 for it. Too bad I was too depressed at the time to notice.

Sleepy I am.

I finished the draft statement. My boss is adamant about putting a statement through to the governor, and as seemingly unpopular or alone in this he seems to be, he's still going to do it. And I really admire that about him, seems to be an attribute of a real leader. I feel badly that no one, especially the Congressional contacts, have gotten back to him. I wonder why that is. Probably because in their supporting a statement that re-vamps the workplace, people will have to commit to spending money. And spending money is something that no one likes to do right now. It's quite unpopular, even if you're funding programs that will give you a solid Return on Investment later on down the road.

The way I see it, if Va's lacking the technical skills to push forward with a successful workforce, then the small business leaders need to step up and say "Not only will it benefit us, but it will benefit you as well. Not only will our workforce expand beyond 4-year liberal arts background that produce philosophical dummies (such as myself), but we won't have to depend so much on temp agencies. We can hire the workers here in our home state, and help the workforce develop here rather than go outside of Va to meet workforce needs." And those needs are the STEM skills. The science and technology and engineering and math skills that are always the hard classes, always the first to go once you've met those core requirements. I wish more than anything that I had a math mind, that I could look at a math problem and figure out the answer.

Unfortunately my head is filled with theories that I don't get to use right now; I'd rather replace those theories with useful skills I could learn. I can re-invent myself. There are times when I feel like I have to; I can't stay here in a scheduler position forever.