Having a conscience

First, let me say that I had a great weekend. I really have been happier lately than I think that I have been in a long time. Friday I visit with Drena, Adam and Oliver. I got to hold happy baby for a little while :-) He is so cute...and even when he cries he makes this cute little pouty face, love it. Today I went and visited with Erin and the twins. I love those little girls. They are so sweet! Emma is always ready and willing to give me the biggest smile that she can manage. Ella is a tougher customer but I think that it is just because she likes to make me work for it and she likes to be tickled. Her laugh is so adorable! I also had a little boy come today for his one year old pictures that could seriously be a child model. He was beautiful! I will definitely have to share some pictures when I get them ready! He didn't really like to be away from him mom that much so it made my job a little harder but boy was he adorable!!

Also went and saw He's Just Not That Into You. It was a cute movie. I sort of thought that Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Aniston were the main characters, but not really. They were in it but not the main people...weird.

So, the conscience.....as you know, I am moving. I am also coming back about once a month for work and I have about 8 clients that have sessions left. Most of them (with the exception of 2) only have one session left. I just felt like I should write my clients an email and tell them the situation. I let them know that nothing would change other than the the fact that I wouldn't be available every weekend. I also gave them the option of getting a refund for the sessions they haven't used yet because I felt like it was the right thing to do. I figured that if I gave them the option they would be more understand when I start to try and schedule their sessions. I am happy to report that only two of them have responded (most will respond when they get to work tomorrow or after the kiddos are in bed) and they both said they wanted to stay with me and then both wished me luck in Ohio. Once again with the warm fuzzies.

I can honestly say that I haven't had anything work out as perfectly as this move has in a very long time. Craig and I are doing really well because we literally can see an end date in sight and it is not that long....you have no idea how this can open up new opportunities for us. We no longer have to say "one day"....that day will be soon. Being in a long distance relationship is hard and I am really looking forward to getting rid of that. It is also going really well with work and all my family and friends have been super supportive.....it is awesome!!

It is cold...

My toes are freezing!! Good thing that I made that blanket a while back so that I can cuddle up with it!

Today I only had one meeting and lunch with Rebecca (which was fun) so the rest of the day I had to actually do work..imagine that!! I still don't really feel like I got that much done because I got stuck on this one location that was supposed to clean up their stuff that I review, but somehow I found the same mistakes this month as I found last quarter...that frustrates me!! Oh well.

I sent in my application today for the rental property and I am going to sign the lease next weekend when I am in Ohio (it is supposed to be in the 50s this weekend so I should make it up there next week). I can't believe how fast time is going and how much it seems like I still need to do.

Tomorrow I am visiting with Drena, Adam, and Oliver (I am going to hold that baby this time..he is always so lazy)!! Saturday my sister is coming in town and we are going to get massages (I gave her a gift certificate for her birthday) and then on Sunday Dudley and I are going to see "he's just not that into you" If any of you want to go, let me know...we are going to Atlantic Station at 2:10, and then hopefully to visit Erin, Dave and the girls (though I know that Dave posted on FB that they were sick the other day so who knows if they are better). Other than that I have a couple sessions and I am going to try to continue the clean out process at home in prep for the move.

It is Wednesday already??

I don't know where this week has gone...it flew by! I have a feeling that the next 7.5 weeks will do the same thing. I feel like I write on my blog only when I am upset or mad. I think that it is theraputic for me and because I don't feel like good news is all that interesting but I have been nothing but happy since I found out that my move is going perfectly so....sorry if this isn't interesting but I don't have any cute kids to write about :-)

I have 3 weeks and 2 days until I will be on my way to Greece...I feel like I have been planning this forever! After that I only have 2 weeks until I move...and I will be in New Orleans for one of those.....I can't believe how fast this will all go.

I went to spin class and the personal trainer today...I might not be able to walk tomorrow because even after I told him that I did a spin class, he wanted to do legs today....UGH.

Today one of my 11 meetings this week (yep 11, and some are longer than an hour) was with EY who is doing some process analysis BS for us. I felt like in Office Space when the Bobs come to visit. Lucky for me, I actually am making progress toward what I think that they are researching so that is good. It sort of made me chuckle a little bit.

Of course since I decide to move the weather has been ridiculous in Ohio....so here are a couple things that Craig has said in the last two days:
1. He was complaining about driving home in the snow and how it was a white out and you couldn't really see (which was not what he was complaining about) and he was mad that the people in front of him were driving so slow. At the same time he said "no offense" I said "that will be me next year". I don't know how to drive in real snow and I get distracted by the pieces flying at my face.
2. Yesterday apparently they got 0 snow in Dayton but the exit where the auction I will be working got 10 inches in 2 hours...WTF. So, he sweetly says "I don't know what you would have done". I told him I would just pack an extra set of clothes in my car from October to April just in case.
So, you guys might at least get some funny stories of me stuck in snow next year (though if it is bad I plan to work from home).

So, this is sort of random, I was filling out my rental application for the place in Ohio and it seems to me that they ask for a lot of really personal information like your SS# and your bank account# and mortgage account numbers and stuff. Now, I know that they have to know I make enough to rent but with my ss# and a mortgage loan number or bank acct #, they could get into any of my information....that doesn't seem right. Does anyone rent (I know you do Molly) and does this sound right?

Also, I got some feedback about my tax question and it turns out that I am an idiot and I do deduct the interest and taxes for my condo...yeah, the same way I do now on good old schedule A...doesn't really qualify as a business expense and I am better off this way anyway. Thanks Meghan and Drena for the help!

Other than that, I have spent the night ordering photos for my clients (glad orders are still coming in) and have been trying to get some stuff accomplished for the move.

Finalizing plans...

Today my boss told me that she had talked to the GM and I am all set in Ohio. The GM seems quite funny! They are actually excited to have me there because they want to sort of be a pilot location for some of the changes we are doing and having me there will probably let them be one :-) I also emailed the apartment complex to make sure they still had the apartment I wanted and got an application and contacted my condo to schedule my move...it seems to all be coming together very nicely. My boss mentioned again that she wanted me to be in Atlanta some and I am going to start traveling some more (just in time for my move...but oh well).

I also started to thinking today and even though I am an accountant, I don't typically do taxes unless it is pretty easy stuff. I am wondering if since I will live in OH and only come back here for work whether or not I can somehow expense the cost of my mortgage for the days I am here. If anyone knows someone who does taxes and would be willing to just answer this for me, I would love to know who it is. I can do my own taxes, but I tried looking this up and it wasn't really clear cut!

I am really excited....Craig sent me this link today. It is right across the street from where I am going to live...it is like a mini Chastain. I am excited about it being so close...they haven't released the 2009 season yet but hopefully they will have someone good. Here are the people from last year.

Other than that, I don't really feel great today...my tummy started hurting after my step class...I couldn't ever figure out if I was hungry or really didn't feel good. I kept dinner sort of bland (which stunk cause last night I defrosted some of my mom's homemade spaghetti sauce). Hopefully it will pass soon.

Happy News...

to counteract my yucky news yesterday (which I feel a little better about after talking to my boss today and I will get a lot of meetings related to it out of the way tomorrow). I wish work stuff didn't bug me so much, I am usually good about that but I guess here it is a department that I started so it bugs me...ok, anyway....

My boss already talked to the VP and he was totally cool with my move and she has already typed up the email to the GM and Controller at the location that I will be getting my new desk at and I mentioned her wanting me in Atlanta some (again, in case she forgot) and she said that we would talk about it...she said she talked to the VP about it and they both agreed...YAY! I also sent her an email the other day with the date and she said that should work just fine. It is all coming together and I am getting really excited.... also, I have had a lot of people tell me that they will come and visit, whether they do or not is another story but it makes me feel warm and fuzzy that people care enough to visit me. I feel like I am usually the one who makes an effort to see people so it will be nice to see people make the effort with me :-) I will have to start looking up more fun things to do in Ohio (yes, Molly, it exists).

disappointing news...

I am not sure if I should post this or not and I am trying not be negative but this upset me and that is what these things are for anyway, right, to make us feel better and to share good and not so good times? Luckily this has to do with work so nothing major....

Tonight I went to a superbowl party with some old work friends. At this party I found out that they just visited the location where my employee used ot be the Controller.... and it was a mess and she basically didn't do what she was supposed to do....on top of that, they didn't send out any updates because they didn't want me to know about what was going on and now they are going to issue a report to everyone about the stuff that was really messed up from when my employee was there. I haven't seen the report and didn't get the exact comments out of the person from audit and I don't know my employees side of the story. I know things were not great before she got there. The thing that worries me is that this reflects on me since I hired her. The thing that frustrates me is that I wasn't really given a choice as to who to hire. I mean if I didn't like her then I could hire no one but if I was going to hire someone it pretty much had to be her. Her boss said she did a good job and still requests her to do some of his locations. She has been going in and fixing places.....so why was her own so messed up. I also found out that there were some reservations about her and her abilities which I didn't find out until AFTER I hired her. I am just upset because Audit's management has been acting funny toward me lately and I wasn't sure why and now I think that I know. It just sucks that this reflects poorly on me in their eyes when it really wasn't my fault. They have different interests and goals than my group and I understand that but I feel like now they aren't going to trust my group and my old boss is hard to change his mind. The other thing is that she has done a good job since working for me...or at least as far as I know she has...people have told me that she has helped them and stuff. UGH, it just has me so upset. I actually pretty much left the party after that conversation.... I was going to anyway in a little while because I didn't care so much about the games and people talked too much through the commercials which is my favorite part.....

Hope I didn't bring down anyone's day or night.....

Oh what a night....

Haven't had one of those in quite some time. It started at 6:45 with a dinner with 14 of my closest friends (some of you guys even :)) and ended at about 2:45am with 3 grown men sleeping in the living room of my tiny condo...good times. It was really fun because almost everyone went out at least for a little while. That hasn't happened in forever! We just went to Twisted Taco and hung out and then when part of the group left we went upstairs for some karaoke. Chad and Adam sang "shot through the heart"...I wish I had a camera cause it was awesome. I think that we actually signed up to sing another song but one of our group members sort of got kicked out before we go to sing. I have to admit that I used to LOVE Twisted Taco karaoke but it was a little lame last night simply for the fact that the DJ would play 4 regular songs, one karaoke and then back to 3 more regular songs. I asked him what the deal was and he said that all the singers sucked...DUH, isn't that the whole point of karaoke??? We aren't in Nashville where someone is trying to make their big break. Oh well, the night was fun! I felt bad last night because I only have a giant chair and a couch. I took the cushions off the couch for the third guy to sleep on and I barely had enough blankets. I had exactly 3 and Jimmy took two before Chad got here so I woke up this morning to Chad on my floor using a towel from my bathroom and a robe to keep warm....random. I did turn the heat up before bed so it wouldn't be too bad for them. Oh well, they didn't have a ride home so I guess it was better than the street.

Today I don't really feel hungover but I definitely could use some more grease and I definitely don't feel at the top of my game. I think that the 20 min walk to and from my only session this weekend helped. That little boy was so cute!! I will try to post some pictures on my other blog (I will let you know if I do).