Monday's and Dentist's

I'm sure many would agree with me that Monday's just plain SUCK! I always feel so sluggish and its hard to get back in the game with work and deadlines and meetings...but oh well, what can you do? Last Friday, I got a call from my boss wanting to get my feel for something new. It seems her boss is proposing to his boss (boy, - my cousin's uncle's postman barber...LOL) that there should be a new role under our department called Demand Management. They want me to lead it up. Which is REALLY, REALLY exciting, considering that if it goes well under our region then they will probably roll it out to all of North America. In a nutshell, I would be prioritizing all of the different projects that come through our department before they head off to IT. Making sure everything is complete and ready to go. There is some new software that I will have to train on, but WOW - I think this is a great thing. It could become something pretty big one day and then who knows what will happen. So I have my first meeting on Wednesday to learn more about the role. There are only 2 things that have me concerned about this:
1. - this will be on TOP of the rest of the things I do on a daily basis, so there is a lot more work
2. - the back up person is someone I dont really care for, her and I have worked in the past and we seem to butt heads on a lot of different things. Although, I did ask my boss if she would be working full time side by side with me on this and she said No, she is strickly for back up purposes only. So that makes me feel a little better.

The weekend went pretty good - got all of the Halloween decorations up, but Nick seems to think we need more. I think he's right!LOL Again, just give me an excuse! Tom and I watched the Love Guru on Sat night and I thought it was freakin hilarious! Very much a Mike Meyers movie and lots and lots of references to wiener's - La Coq Grande LMAO!!
Yesterday we went to spend some time with Tom's grandma in the nursing home. BOY was I nervous! See the reason being is Tom's dad pretty much wrote her off 11 years ago because she didnt show up at our wedding. So Tom and I have not been involved in her life for 11 years. There are other reasons besides that (favoritism in the family etc...) but since her and his Grandpa got sick last Christmas, Tom has been spending more time with them. His Grandpa passed away this past July and Tom wanted his Grandma to really get to know his kids and me. But again, I was really nervous - I just wanted her to like me and the kids. But it was nice and we had a good time - she's pretty sharp for an 82 year old woman! Plus, I think its a good thing, in life you should have no regrets! Because you never know what can happen and I think Tom especially regrets not spending more time with his Grandpa before he died.

Went to the dentist today for my 6 month check up. GOD - I absolutely HATE going there. I mean I love the dentist and the place, but I hate having my mouth worked on. Luckily no cavities but she did mention I would have to get a Deep Cleaning done in the near future. They will have to numb me for it - so you know there will be pain involved!!!! YUCK - if I would have only taken better care of my teeth in my 20's, who knows where I would be now.