My virtual team

So, this is a group picture we took while my Cynergy Data group was in Dallas for training. There are 9 of us that now work from our home-office locations. Pretty good looking group, huh ??

Sitting from left to right : Brandon, Mark and me.
Standing from left to right : Melody, Rey, Alex, Curtis, Ama [trainer], Janet and Sylvia

Giving up is harder than giving in.......

So many of you that are close to me, know that my brother is an alcoholic. This is a struggle that he and my family have been quietly dealing with for many, many years. I could blog a hundred blogs about his struggle but instead I will say that giving up is harder than giving in.

Yesterday he entered a 28-day rehab program and I am so proud of him. More than words can ever say. He has made it through 36 days of daily AA meetings and now he is choosing to give up this addiction for something better.....something that I am sure is much harder than giving in to it.

As a show of support, I have asked everyone in my immediate family to give up something while he is in rehab. My sister is giving up Dr. Pepper, my mom sweets and I'm not sure about my dad. Maybe he can comment here and tell us. I am giving up biting my nails. Which, trust me, does two things......shows my support for Joey and makes me think about him every day, many times a day. I bought this horrible tasting stuff that I have painted on my fingernails so that I won't bite them. So, every time I put them in my mouth, it reminds me of Joey. The stuff is so horrible tasting that just the slightest taste and you have to cough and spit for 5 minutes just to get it out of your mouth....so far it has been a good deterrent to my nail biting...obviously.

Anyway, all I want is for my brother to love himself as much as we all do and I think he is on the track to getting there. PLEASE keep him and my family in your thoughts as we all struggle to give up our addictions instead of giving in to them.

Don't fret.....

If you decide to leave a message on my blog, you may notice this new note : "Comment moderation has been enabled. All comments must be approved by the blog author. " - well, that is because some anonymous person is comment spamming me.....basically they use some program to comment on ALL of my posts at once.....and with each comment is some mysterious link.....which I have never and will never click on nor should you. So, when you leave a comment, you won't see it right away, but I'll check often and approve them so that they appear fairly quickly. This way I can reject the spammer instead of having to spend 20 minutes going thru ALL of my posts deleting their random messages.

Happy Tuesday !

Monday, Monday.....

So, after sitting in my home-office all week I have very little inclination to turn my computer on over the weekend....my apologies therefore, for the lack of updates. Since my last entry :

I went and saw Superman Returns.....which I thought was great. Some of you may have heard me say I was not going to see it because of my devotion to the one and only Superman in my eyes, Christopher Reeve.


Anyway, I thought it was a re-make. Turns out, it is a sequel, so, I gave it a shot. It was definitely worth it. The new guy did an admiral job playnig both Clark and Superman. I thought there were a couple of continuity issues but overall it was really good.

Dad is home from the hospital which I am sure he is happy about. A nurse comes for the first few days he is home to give him some kind of shot. He is hoping to go back to work on Thursday but I think Mom is hoping he'd take a little extra time. I would imagine the little work-a-holic will be back at work on Thursday. ;)

Saturday, I went and looked at apartments. I figure it's about time I get my act together and get something finalized. I had been momentarily thinking about moving into the dorms at school but that has gone by the wayside for several reasons; 1. too expensive 2. I'd have to take 12 hours to live there which is a lot while working and 3. too expensive. I think you get the idea. Saturday night, a long over due dinner with Charles at Joe's Crab Shack......yummy.

Yesterday I did my WalMart run and then picked JoLynn up from the airport. Didn't do much else because quite frankly it the temperature and been near 'sun-surface' level lately and it just drains me......I know dad, I'm a wuss.

Now, another week in the home-office.....hopefully some decisions on an apartment. Later.