Livin', Lovin', She's Just a Woman

Led Zeppelin lyric that pertains to me.

We're still set to close on our house on June 20th, or as close to it as possible. I can't wait for the dog to have a fenced in yard, I can't wait to have any yard and Dustin can't wait to mow it. We're not going to have a properly furnished house, but that is better than no house at all. We're running out of room to put packed boxes, so we've stopped packing. I still have to pack our bedroom, the bathrooms and the kitchen (all for obvious reasons).

We had a sick puppy one night this week, so I played mommy and stayed by his side and made him feel better. Now he is being his very annoying self. I thought I would have to take him to the vet, he was dehydrated. I put him in the bath tub and doused him with cold water and brought his fever down. Don't tell Dustin but I've been really wanting to have babies soon. I keep saying once we get a house, then we can start having babies... but I also tell Dustin he can get more tattoos once he gets me a house. Which one wins?? :) I also don't want to have babies until I can devote five or so years to working either part-time or not at all. I also don't want to pay for daycare expenses.

Speaking of work, it has been really crazy for me. I am working on lots of projects and initiatives and not recruiting! That makes me a happy girl. I dislike recruiting and love projects and initiatives. One of my biggest responsibilities is to run the entire Performance Review process next year. I'm starting to teach myself all the details and pick the brains of my coworkers. I will be responsible for this process for a 1000+ employees!! Talk about lots of pressure for someone my age and of my experience. Here are the other projects I have been working on. When you see me, ask me about them and I'll share what they are about.

• XYZ Project implementation - including HR updates and roll out
• I'm now the benefits expert for Indy
• Health & Wellness Initiative
• Employee Engagement
• AAP/EEO
• Virtual Workforce
• SharePoint/HR server expert
• Employee Profile Testing

I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two, I feel like I have a lot going on, but it is all good.
Add to that the stress of house buying and I've been a little out of it lately. :)
Alright, I've had my distraction for the evening. I'm gonna go be productive. In the next two weeks, I am in two weddings and hopefully we will have a house. More to come.

Angela