A Turtle's Day

Yesterday was a quiet day.

Emma was at my parents' house, so I was able to get an early start at work.

I had two main issues at the office yesterday. The first was monitoring a web presentation being offered by a vendor our company works with. The last presentation had been less than satisfactory and there was some worry that this one would flop. But the vendor was much better prepared and I think the meeting was good for our customers.

The second was working on revisions for a tool that I have created to help agents select a design for nonqualified retirement benefits. I had created a new version based on the direction I thought we should go, but got major pushback from my supervisor. At the time I was taking that pushback as a challenge to my competency, but later came to realize it was just other good ideas being brought to the table.

I spent the remainder of the work day trying to incporporate the suggested changes into my new tool design.

Last night was quiet for me. I went home a little early with the hopes of getting out for a run. Unfortunately I was needed at home to help out with Emma and Braxton. So my run will have to wait until today.

I spent a quiet evening reading, playing with Emma, and putting Emma to bed.

The rest of the family was celebrating with Bayley who received the Gold Award from the Girl Scouts. This is the equivalent of achieving Eagle Scout status in Boy Scouts.

Congratulations, Bayley!