I behaved myself last night. Go me. Ate well. No alcohol. In bed at 11. That is still a little later than I should be hitting the sack, but it's a lot better than 1:30.

My kiddo and I went to the library last night (after I got done working ANOTHER 12 hour day). He checked out 18 books! We are talking two and three hundred page books with no pictures. And, I know he will read every last one of them before they are due on the 13th. He's 10. Yes, I know how fortunate I am to have such an avid reader at such a young age, BUT I have to balance that with physical activity, too. He got himself grounded, so no friends for a couple of days. He's perfectly fine to just read all evening, anyway. Oy. I've done too good of a job teaching him to just roll with the punches...even my "punches."

Have any of you ever been asked to do something you've never done before at work, not given ANY direction on what the end result should be, then get chastised for your efforts? Wow. Both my boss and project manager are very unhappy with a document I created. Funny thing is their comments to me aren't even close to being in synch. It's like a triangle of misconceptions. One gave me ugly feedback and told me to go right, the other left and couldn't believe that I turned in that kind of work as a "Senior Consultant." Woohoo!!! I'm really beyond getting upset about it, though. I've gotten used to being in the doghouse. It's a really good thing that I get excellent feedback from my clients, otherwise I might be worried about keeping my job with all of the negativity I hear every week from my boss and PM. My boss has told me before, usually while we are out drinking together, that he appreciates the fact that I need almost no guidance to get something accomplished and that he isn't good at saying positive things to people--which I knew before I took the job. Just feels good to vent, sometimes.

Alrighty...off to the "salt mines." Not!

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^^^ Yup, that's how I feel right now. ^^^

I called my boss to have a little chitty chat about the document. We argued for 15 minutes--rediculous, really--about what was, and wasn't, in the document. I don't find arguing particularly productive so I tried to explain to him that I need him to articulate, in a very technical and unemotional way, what was specifically missing from my document. Telling me that it is not a self-contained work paper, and does not meet the senior consultant level of work he expects, is NOT useful. Our biggest problem (besides being so much like each other) is the difference in our communication styles. I am very much a technical, black and white person and he is very gray and esoteric. Go team, go!