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It's Sunday! I slept til nearly 7:30, which for me is fairly late. I feel like it's going to be a busy day, as I'm probably going to have to go up to Sam's Club between my two games, because we're low on coffee creamer. I could technically go anywhere and just get something, but I can get a big half gallon of Chobani creamer from Sam's for $5 or I can get less Dunkin creamer for more. Or I could go do a pick up order from whole foods for considerably more. We'll see. I will consider my options.
I continue to be a little anxious about my upcoming tryout for the promotion. The more I think about the logistics, the more I feel like this is my last test. I'm wondering if people are concerned that because I'm relatively new (it'll be 9 months on the day of my tryout) that I will fold under pressure and this is my final hurdle. This may be wildly optimistic, but it's so much work to give permissions temporarily. Hopkins is a lot of awesome things, but it's a big company, and with that comes a lot of bureaucracy. It's difficult to get things changed. When I switched to the earlier schedule, it was a good month before it got updated onto the schedule site, because IT is a pain in the ass. I don't know. Maybe I'm grasping at imaginary straws. It just feels different than the first shadow. Also that they got the trainer to shadow me. She's pretty well respected, so I feel like if I do well, her word will hold a lot of weight. All in all, it just feels like a big deal.
Yesterday, we went to the movies and saw Red One with my sister and BIL. It wasn't the best movie ever, but it was generally a fun movie. Chris Evans continues to be adorable while taking the most non-Captain America roles he can find. But wow, he must be spending some time at home with the family, because the Boston accent was on full display. It was practically another character in the movie. The movie was a pretty standard Christmas themed movie where we all learn the meaning of Christmas by the end, but it was fun. The effects were pretty good, nothing was too jarring. My sister loved it, and my BIL who has been having panic attacks, especially at loud noises, enjoyed it enough to stay for the whole thing, so all in all, it was a good outing.
They were both especially impressed by the Reserve section at the Cinemark theaters. The food was way better than the BIL expected, and he was very excited to find that he could get their wings via door dash, as apparently they were the best garlic parmesan wings he'd ever had. And getting free popcorn with each ticket was cause for much excitement. I usually do Reserve Level, so it's kind of old hat, and it was fun seeing them be excited about it.
We're making tentative plans to go see Love Hurts when it comes out in February. By then, I'll have another 3 movie credits, so we'll only have to pay for one ticket again.
Okay, time to get myself together for game #1. Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!
I continue to be a little anxious about my upcoming tryout for the promotion. The more I think about the logistics, the more I feel like this is my last test. I'm wondering if people are concerned that because I'm relatively new (it'll be 9 months on the day of my tryout) that I will fold under pressure and this is my final hurdle. This may be wildly optimistic, but it's so much work to give permissions temporarily. Hopkins is a lot of awesome things, but it's a big company, and with that comes a lot of bureaucracy. It's difficult to get things changed. When I switched to the earlier schedule, it was a good month before it got updated onto the schedule site, because IT is a pain in the ass. I don't know. Maybe I'm grasping at imaginary straws. It just feels different than the first shadow. Also that they got the trainer to shadow me. She's pretty well respected, so I feel like if I do well, her word will hold a lot of weight. All in all, it just feels like a big deal.
Yesterday, we went to the movies and saw Red One with my sister and BIL. It wasn't the best movie ever, but it was generally a fun movie. Chris Evans continues to be adorable while taking the most non-Captain America roles he can find. But wow, he must be spending some time at home with the family, because the Boston accent was on full display. It was practically another character in the movie. The movie was a pretty standard Christmas themed movie where we all learn the meaning of Christmas by the end, but it was fun. The effects were pretty good, nothing was too jarring. My sister loved it, and my BIL who has been having panic attacks, especially at loud noises, enjoyed it enough to stay for the whole thing, so all in all, it was a good outing.
They were both especially impressed by the Reserve section at the Cinemark theaters. The food was way better than the BIL expected, and he was very excited to find that he could get their wings via door dash, as apparently they were the best garlic parmesan wings he'd ever had. And getting free popcorn with each ticket was cause for much excitement. I usually do Reserve Level, so it's kind of old hat, and it was fun seeing them be excited about it.
We're making tentative plans to go see Love Hurts when it comes out in February. By then, I'll have another 3 movie credits, so we'll only have to pay for one ticket again.
Okay, time to get myself together for game #1. Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!
