My boss just replied to my email asking if I should bother with taking that course with "...[if you can] crowbar any of our group away from their work, it really is totally worth it". Uh. "Crowbar"? Like I'm clinging to this laptop begging for more work while my friends try to drag me away to have fun?

I replied that I wouldn't be taking the course, and also I'm taking vacation days that week instead.

My left eyeball gets lasered tomorrow at 12:15 (yes, so very metal). So I get to sleep in and have a nice breakfast. Everyone's surgical visits should be so accommodating.

Coming in late ... Zen and -t - there is an entire association of association managers - American Society of Association Executives. They have a certification program so people can become Certified Association Executives (adding CAE after their name).

In a city with a large number of associations it kind of makes sense ... as much as anything else to do with associations does.

Certified Association Executives

Yep, that's what this is for!

"The audience for this program is Association Professionals who want to apply a more systematic approach to their work and improve the success of their organizations. ... It is also a great starting point for those who are not yet eligible to sit for the Certified Association Executive (CAE) Exam."

Not sure what else is needed to become eligible to take the exam. Boss says our company offers the course every year, so by next year maybe my head will have cleared and I can think about whether I want or need to do it.

But Zen, will you be able to crowbar yourself away from your desk?

I dunno, Dana, work is all I know!

I skipped right to the college years.

Right now I'm train wreak glued to season 1. I REALLY don't remember these episodes. Bits and flashes, but not full story lines.

Looks like I'm picking up a used Amazon Fire tomorrow. Slowly working my way into tablet land.

Swam at the city pool at Druid Hill. Where I'm going the rest of the week. Costs me $3 a shot and I can't shower there, but stress free, not far, available lanes and pretty! I think it's a smidge-like a foot or two- shorter, but I can live with that. It was adult swim so it might be crazier tomorrow, but it's a huge main pool and separate dive pool. Weekend might be dicier, but I might have better luck with the Ys then.

I am in a so much better mood. Even though I'm still breaking things at work left and right.

And really odd to find a meatspace friend on Twitter because local reporter retweets her hearing a really close shooting a couple blocks away...and I didn't even hear it. Oh, Baltimore.

In that vein... [link]

Navy retires dress capes, tiaras [link]