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[cupcake_goth]

The week-long work event was good. The hotel/resort it was at was very nice, better for accessibility (no blocks-long walks on slippery marble to get to the correct elevator or escalator to take you where you need to go!), and wow, I saw a lot of trophy wives and older women who'd had really good plastic surgery. Why yes, it was that kind of resort. 

The biggest thing I learned at the event was, of course, something I learned over food and drinks with people: MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE ENGINEERING MANAGERS. If you have a problem, especially a problem around gathering information and content, they will be appalled and figure out ways to create automatic mechanisms so work tickets will be added around "Hey, has anyone told the tech writers about this/given them info/have you written release notes?" that would be reviewed EVERY WEEK by Engineering. And feature work couldn't be marked as complete until those things are done. My G-D, I adore my engineering folks. 

Part of the conversation:

[Engineering manager] "Wait, Jillian and the writers have to chase the PMs for information our customers need?"

[Engineering director] "Yes. They dishonor our vampire witch queen."

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Both the CFO and the CEO stopped to say hi to me and compliment my outfits. That will never stop being weird.

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A few months ago I watched the video "Age like a goth: esthetician skin care routine". It's by someone I know and trust, so it wasn't as weird a choice as it sounds. The result is I've completely changed my skin care routine because it made a lot of sense that I needed to hydrate my skin more. I've been doing it since November and have definitely seen good results. And I'm very glad I took travel containers of everything on my trip, because Arizona dryness + non-stop AC (thank G-D!) meant an incredibly arid environment. 

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Anyway, how are you peeps doing?  

Comments

[snippy]

That all sounds lovely to me.

I'm getting over the stress of multiple snow and ice storm events. Never lost power at my apartment but did lose Internet for a few days. My son (adult who lives with me to help with my care) was not required to try to get to work during the storm so that relieved some of the worry.

Back to normal soon! Most of the snow and ice is gone, although there's still a lot in the parking lot.

I've been dreaming of a sunny winter vacation (not actually planning, that's not in the budget).

[staxxy]

still battling uphill in the avalanche. *ugh*

[danabren]

It's vital that coworkers understand one's position (I am the Vodka Aunt) so that proper respect can be tendered.

It snowed here twice, it's cold as balls, and my thumb is still weird.

Thanks for the link, will check it out.

[tiggymalvern]

That sounds like exactly the kind of resort I detest, LOL. But conventions that large are always held in hideous places.

If you make friends with your colleagues and treat them well, they will put in some extra effort for you. It also puzzles me that some people don't understand that!

[noxcat]

I'm sure you heard Hell (Texas) froze over MLK weekend. We had 2 days of TX tolerable temps, then it got 'cold' again.

So I'm on a personal mission to weatherize my small corner of it.

[carmenbeaudry]

We're tearing apart the kitchen, one set of cabinets at a time. Not an actual remodel, but a facelift, so paint, replacing the doors, painting the trim, and new flooring. I WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO LOOK AT BROKEN PEEL AND STICK VINYL TILE!!!!!!!!

[melworks]

My internet was FUBAR for a few days because water got into the underground line, but I've got a new line now so am back on the web. Yay!
Also, I just realized that we may have a real life person in common. Mark Poole? The MTG artist?
Glad you had a good time at your work thing. :)