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Hello nice people! It’s FRIDAY!!! YEAH!!

Well, to some of us, that’s a weekly milestone we aim for.

Weatherman says cooler temps are coming although we have to suffer through some thunderstorms to get them. While my dogs stress out over storms (at least some of them do), I don’t mind them at all. I can really do some sleeping during rain storms 🙂

Did some plain speaking to co-workers today. Doubt it made an impression or will result in any change, but it did feel good to point out how they are trying to micro-manage something that is relatively easy to manage if they just change their mindset a tiny bit. I did read “How To Win Friends and Influence Enemies”, but it didn’t stick 😛

On another front, I have the call center wanting to use old, outdated scripts for stuff that I have a nice spiffy spreadsheet pivot table query doing quite nicely. I just don’t understand what the deal is here, but I’m sure someone will let me know.

Gosh — this is looking more and more like it should go under “gripes” instead of daily

Found out about a contest that I could enter either a short story or poetry in. The rules are right up my alley as the poems can be no longer than 50 lines and short stories no longer than 1500 words. I can do that! Entry fee is $5AUD and I’m not sure what that works out to US-wise, but surely uner $10. They do publish the winners in a book (which I can buy), so that might even get me published –who knows. Oh! And the REALLY big incentive is that these are to be about or include dogs!!! Right up my alley! Now to get my muse going…..I only have until 9/15 to submit my entry.

Well, that’s all for now.

Love to all,

Margaret
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