The calm after the storm

*whew* I made it.  The last two months have been an absolute blur.  Between the reception, the Sales Conference and the absolutely epic honeymoon in Scotland, I feel like a whole new person.  Through the wringer and I’ve come out all fresh and new.

The wedding reception:

Well my mother showed up and my long time friend Jeremy did a great job of babysitting her so she wasn’t any issue.  I even managed to work her into my speech on the fly.  It was a wonderful night.  Unfortunately as it was a Sunday night, when the staff started to clear the tables for dancing, everyone thought it was over and left.  That left BHE, the two gifts, Marvelous Miss M, me and the staff to party away the night.  A good time was had by all!

The Sales Conference:

Another roaring success!  I won the Leadership Award for Marketing.  This one is called the “big” award as it’s not always handed out, and they asked me to make a speech, in front of my 500 closest friends and colleagues!  I was very kind in my speech, thanking my bosses for their guidance, leadership, and trust to run my categories.  I thanked basically everyone I worked with from R&D to sales, to the support crew.  I was complimented and some of my US colleagues were emailing me congrats during the speech.  It was a great night.  

There was also the fair share of drama from my team.  TCW had thrown her back out and ended up in the hospital seeking pain meds.  She even was carried off the plane back in Toronto and hospitalized.  She blew off work for a couple of days then went on her vacation, she’s is the longest, slowest train wreck I’ve ever seen.  Another coworker had strep throat, my new coworker was a complete ditz, and the sales guys were warring with one another.  So much drama for supposed adults!

The honeymoon:

Honestly, I could live there, rather happily.  BHE and I agreed we should just send for the gifts and stay there.  The people were warm and friendly, the weather was mostly good.  Okay, it did rain a few times, but it’s Scotland for crying out loud, what do you expect?  The food was amazing, I ate seafood for 11 days, breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I’m so bummed you can’t get smoked haddock here easily!  I have to find it as I HAVE to make cullin skink!  The scenery was EPIC and the whisky was flowing, really, what more could you ask for. 

Now it’s back to reality.  I’m back to work, BHE is back on nights, and I’ve got the gifts this week, so I’m playing catch up on single mom week; not the easiest thing in the world.  We brought souvenirs back for the gifts, family, friends, some of my coworkers in an attempt to share some of the land we love so much with some of the people we love!

We’re back into the routine of cleaning litter boxes and rat cages, trying to catch up on laundry.  Doing dinner while watching AFV, ensuring the iPad Mini’s are fully charged for the next day at daycare.  It’s a slow process returning to normal life, so I’m trying to be as gentle as possible on all of us.

This upcoming weekend, we’re hoping to go to the drive in with friends, let’s hope the weather holds out.