So much to say and do and so little time,

but one must start and keep on keepin' on. Am making efforts to improve my condition and outlook. Back in water class, have made 3 in row now and plan to be at the next one. The Sat class could be interesting since it is listed as water zumba. I'm clueless, but I figure there'll be some benefit and, hey, maybe I'll like it.

Actually recording my food on WW on-line; now that's interesting because if you honestly put down everything you consume you get a pretty good picture of the cost of bad habits (at least in health stuff) and what those habits may be. Several things come to mind in this regard, such as number of glasses of wine, number of crackers with cheese (not pre-packaged, but good stuff) and pieces of homemade apple cake consumed . . . . can't change history, but maybe I can influence my own future.

I'm in the third week of a temporary change of assignment for my employer; not going to tell tales and names, too, so all of this will be kinda vague. I didn't ask for the assignment, but I can do this and I suppose if I am helping it's a good thing. I like my primary job responsibility (the place I'll go back to) and the folks I work with there; they are good people, everyone of them. But the folk at this current assignment are okay, too, and there've been some serious issues with how this railroad was being run. So I'm trying to keep the thing on the track, so to speak.

This week I had to take action on issue in this office that had been ignored, and it shouldn't have been because it was serious. So I screwed my courage to a sticking place (there's some literary reference for that, I think) and did what was needed. It involved disciplinary action against an employee and it's the kind of thing the person in charge has to do. And I hated it. I'da done it different if'n I coulda.

On the other hand, if things were running the way I want, there'd still be problems. And if there's something I've learned walking around on earth for 50-15 years, it's that I don't want to be in charge if I don't want to be responsible for the results. So, as I told someone just this week, I resigned as Global Operations Director; the job's so far beyond my ken that the idea is ludicrous and I am much happier without that mantle.

It's good to remember that I have my place in this world, but it's not a very big place and my role is small and suitable to my ability. And I am smiling because of that.