I haven't written a lot lately because things have been so toxic at work. I went in on Monday, half-expecting to be informed that I'd be gone before the end of the year. But Monday was tolerable and on Tuesday I had a brief meeting with my boss's boss, Lord British. Things turned around literally overnight. One day they were bad, the next day one of the reports I had written had been sold to a client, I uncovered enough material to complete my current project and learned that Lord British was tapping me to head up our database improvement program. Today is also my one year anniversary here at my job.
Also this morning, I met my weight loss goal. I'm down sixty pounds, to 160 from 220. I'm a little sad that I've reached it. I'm happiest when I'm striving towards something and marking my progress on the calendar gave me a little pick-me-up in the AM.
Thanksgiving. It was okay. We split it up, with my side of the family in the morning, Jen's mom in the evening. Lily had a good time.
We're continuing movie night. We split the Jungle Book into two Sundays because Lily fell asleep the first time. She got really scared by Kaa, the constrictor snake, who hypnotized Mowgli and then coiled him up. She was watching nervously, then blurted out "I don't like this!" And I can't blame her. I think the only thing more disturbing than a snake that pacifies a little boy and takes him smiling to his death is a snake WITH THE VOICE OF WINNIE THE POOH who does it. I mean, Jesus Christ. Where there really no other voice actors available?
That's enough to give me nightmares. Though I was amused by how Shere Khan dealt with Kaa. Kaa tries to hypnotize Khan, who smacks him down with his free paw. "I can't be bothered with that, I have no time for that nonsense."
Crossposted at: http://jugularjosh.livejournal.com/6091.html