Mark Roseman's Blog

Office Politics.

So Pauline walked right into a major turf war starting her job.. to put it politely, some 'disagreements' with a bunch of the allied health workers about various peoples' roles, which is preventing her from doing what she thinks she was hired to do. To make it worse, the one guy who really needs to be around to get it straightened out is away on holidays til after next week.

I'd expect things will get worked out in a sensible manner (and if not, hey, its not like there's a big oversupply of doctors anywhere). But in the meantime, it's pretty discouraging and annoying, and certainly kicked the stress meter up more than a few ticks from the summer. Certainly made this one hell of a week, and reminded me again how happy I am with what I'm doing now for work!

Four Year Old Lottery Tickets.

Poof, all gone. And I'd been holding my breath the whole time just waiting...

World Cup of Hockey.

Woo hoo! :-)

Career Paths.

I always like reading about stories like this one that Meg (ex-founder of Blogger) posted, about switching careers to something that will make her happy. While underlining the obvious that having the financial resources to have the flexibility is a bit of a prerequisite (though for some people, a bit more planning in that direction and less conspicuous consumption would be a big help), it's always unfortunate to see people in jobs that they are truly unhappy with.

Damn Newspaper Websites.

With both the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star now hiding online articles behind paid subscription walls, its making it very hard to point to these articles to share them with other people. Their perogative of course, but ugh, I wish there was a better and less disruptive way they could accomplish their goals...

Well and Truly Settled In...

Guess it's been a long while since I've posted anything here... time for a bit of an update I guess.

Already been in Waterloo for a whole month! We managed to get everything unpacked and setup, lots of new stuff bought, etc. pretty quickly, rather than turning it into the usual long drawn out process. There's still a few boxes in the closets that I wouldn't be surprised to see there in a year from now of course. Very much enjoying the new house, though still mildly weirded out by the suburbia thing. I've got a great office setup in one of the upstairs rooms, big vaulted ceiling and huge windows which is great.

August turned out to be sort of half work (just keeping on top of day-to-day things) and half stuff around the home and errands, which was good - I think I needed the break more than I was letting on. Pauline started work the last few days, and I've gotten back into it full time as well now. Sort of like back to school time.. was funny/scary seeing all the students lining up to move in a couple of days ago (we're fairly close to UW).

Been jogging and biking a fair bit, and both of us just joined a nearby gym (one of the GoodLife chain.. decent facilities, but a bit weird since its right by the RIM complex, so lots of tech employees). We're also just off the Laurelwood nature center and conservation areas which makes for some nice scenery for walks (trees already starting to turn colors..).

More regular postings soon hopefully...