Seeing as how roughly 100% of my readership listens to Lady Gaga, I figure my entire audience is now captivated. Since I last wrote, some pretty crazy stuff has happened.
As I am writing this, I am eating the leftovers of what is my 3rd thanksgiving-type dinner this week. It all started on Monday with the potluck at my work. Everyone was responsible for bringing at least one dish and as you can imagine with a office of more than ten people, there was a lot of food. Though I am pretty sure it was to my detriment, I loaded up not one, but two heaping plates of Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Pie, and other standard fare. Unfortunately in the battle between Alex and food, food won this round. Not that feeling bloated all day taught me any lessons, as I promptly went through the whole process again the very next day, including eating half of an entire pie. However, that's not to say that the whole thing wasn't delicious. That said, today's dinner was still delicious and after tonight I should probably have enough leftovers for the next week.
This past week I also had two more milestones at my work. First, more people came to my Americorps class then have ever came before. While usually I have one or two people come at most, this time I had a whopping seven people come to watch me give my spiel. For the first time ever, I had to actually keep to somewhat of a presentation format, instead of the Q and A sessions I am usually used to. Adding to my still growing list of skills was the fact that his past Monday was the first time that I had to give a lesson to my entire office. One of the projects I have been working on is getting the office setup and trained in this new assessment program people will be giving to job seekers that come in. While my plan was to give the different groups that make up my office their own individual training sessions, the powers that be though it would be a good idea for me to instead give everyone in our office a short lesson on the program at the same time. While I have never given an individual presentation on such short notice, I was told that I did very good job of explaining the benefits and drawbacks that the program has. My next step is to contact people after the break and get them setup on individual training sessions.
Outside of work, I get to see my friend Steve tomorrow. While he has shown me his home city of Vancouver before, this time it is my turn to demonstrate our strange American customs and way of life to him. We haven't decided where to meet yet, but Sushi or Pho could very much be involved. Also, Devon hasn't been seen in 3 weeks. It is possible he may have been kidnapped by the creatures that live behind his house. Seriously, the last text I got from Devon was about a gargoyle that was staring at him from his porch.
Anyways, its time that I get started on my Christmas list. I don't even know what I want, but I figure I can think of a few things I might want.
