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Made of Win
Dec. 4th, 2009 07:33 amI feel like I'm made of "win" this week.
1. In response to SOP whining from the kids I use my "Romper Room" voice and give them a choice of falling in line with whatever it is that they are resisting or retiring to a quiet spot to think about it some more (often the bedroom). No impatience, crankiness or raised voice on my part. And kisses,,, I kiss them on the head as I give them their choice. Super N quells pretty quickly - I've heard him explain to Miss E that he recognizes a losing battle. Miss E fights harder and never believes me when I send her to her room for quiet thinking; she has that stunned disbelief and body language and even the words go with, "Surely you don't mean ME?!!"
2. Art. I'm plugging away at the embroidery project and progress is steady. This is the one Hubby used the "f" word on. (i.e. Fail.. as in "fail to finish in time").
3. Running/Fitness: I'm registered for the Kaiser Half Marathon on February. Yay! I am feeling like I'm getting my mojo back. I am carrying the same extra 10-15 pounds that have been hanging around since last March and I want it gone! Last year I slacked during winter which lead, in part, to the extra roll hanging out around my waist. I think the running will help keep my eating on track and keep the winter blues away. Towards that goal I ran Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Due to circumstances beyond my control I did not do anything Tuesday, Wed or Thurs. But that's life - we can't always control what goes on, we can only promise to never give up. Tonight I'm going to go running after the hubby gets home and see if I can pull out a 7 mile run and burn 900 calories. The balance of the calorie burn (after I'm done running) will be either walking or stair master.
4. Conflict avoidance at work: Something heated went down yesterday. It started out in a team meeting and the discussion was about a project, but an insecure co-worker turned a work situation into an interpersonal situation and made it about him and I. Co-workers got involved by trying to steer the conversation elsewhere and he wouldn't let them. He was quite manipulative and passively attacked my expertise in the meeting. I maintained my calm and did not inflame the situation. In fact, I pretty much kept my mouth shut and let him hang himself. I plan to have a private conversation with my boss about it today with regards to the project end because the last word was that he and I should partner and there is no way in hell that I'm chaining myself to that cretin. However, I'm made of win because I discovered I really just don't give a damn about the junk that comes out of this guys mouth... even when he's putting me down. And I kept my calm. yay.
1. In response to SOP whining from the kids I use my "Romper Room" voice and give them a choice of falling in line with whatever it is that they are resisting or retiring to a quiet spot to think about it some more (often the bedroom). No impatience, crankiness or raised voice on my part. And kisses,,, I kiss them on the head as I give them their choice. Super N quells pretty quickly - I've heard him explain to Miss E that he recognizes a losing battle. Miss E fights harder and never believes me when I send her to her room for quiet thinking; she has that stunned disbelief and body language and even the words go with, "Surely you don't mean ME?!!"
2. Art. I'm plugging away at the embroidery project and progress is steady. This is the one Hubby used the "f" word on. (i.e. Fail.. as in "fail to finish in time").
3. Running/Fitness: I'm registered for the Kaiser Half Marathon on February. Yay! I am feeling like I'm getting my mojo back. I am carrying the same extra 10-15 pounds that have been hanging around since last March and I want it gone! Last year I slacked during winter which lead, in part, to the extra roll hanging out around my waist. I think the running will help keep my eating on track and keep the winter blues away. Towards that goal I ran Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Due to circumstances beyond my control I did not do anything Tuesday, Wed or Thurs. But that's life - we can't always control what goes on, we can only promise to never give up. Tonight I'm going to go running after the hubby gets home and see if I can pull out a 7 mile run and burn 900 calories. The balance of the calorie burn (after I'm done running) will be either walking or stair master.
4. Conflict avoidance at work: Something heated went down yesterday. It started out in a team meeting and the discussion was about a project, but an insecure co-worker turned a work situation into an interpersonal situation and made it about him and I. Co-workers got involved by trying to steer the conversation elsewhere and he wouldn't let them. He was quite manipulative and passively attacked my expertise in the meeting. I maintained my calm and did not inflame the situation. In fact, I pretty much kept my mouth shut and let him hang himself. I plan to have a private conversation with my boss about it today with regards to the project end because the last word was that he and I should partner and there is no way in hell that I'm chaining myself to that cretin. However, I'm made of win because I discovered I really just don't give a damn about the junk that comes out of this guys mouth... even when he's putting me down. And I kept my calm. yay.
