[everwoodfan52]

[everwoodfan52]

End of the last thread: http://www.fanforum.com/f104/county-...6/index12.html

[jediwands]

Thanks for the new one!

[secretk]

Betty thanks for the new thread! I like the title.

I brought over a post of Michelle because I wanted to answer to it .

Originally Posted by Michelle Yes it definitely sucks both tourneys are on the same weekend. Sara's bummed that more of us are going to Anna's too. Lol Thing is, Anna's on a team that's relatively new to her. She's the youngest player. Her introversion (and shyness) is massively in play as a result so it made sense we'd go with her.

Makes sense for sure. When did Anna start playing with them? I remember something like Autumn last year. I might be wrong though. What happened with the other girl from her old team that was supposed to play with her in the this team?

Sara has been playing on her top team with the same teammates for years so that's why just Scot is going. Even my sister and her introversion and shyness will be around because she is just meeting the adults for the first time too. My mom and I will help with the transition.

Yes it could be quite overwhelming to meet so many new faces at once. I know that with your help she will feel better!

Work was good. I had to teach a class on short notice. Introduction to Psychoanalysis. Right before class a student asked me how old I was. He then proceeded to tell me that I looked 18 and thought I was a student. Nice opening for my shyness and introversion, let me tell you.

I have no doubt that you look 18 . It's nice that they showed you that they notice you look far younger than you are. How big is the class? Usually what is the group count of people you have classes for? What do you prefer? Small or big groups?

How's work for you so far this week?

Yeah I had mentioned something but with our conversation with Leo it got lost . I will rephrase it a bit. Sorry for the ones that had read it and it is boring or didn't read it and still find it boring.

I have hectic work week as a whole with a lot of meetings so as you could expect my Introvert side is starting from now to think how I will relax afterwards and compensate the stimulation I will have this week.

I had a meeting on Monday to discuss the project that involves me going to Hannover for a while. Yesterday I had the usual status meeting for the project and then another one with the team speaker of the other team to discuss technical things.

I know that it sounds super weird and like we are in kindergarten , but there is some underlying tension between the two Development teams in our company. Theirs is the first one and they work on the general application that the company sells. Then I guess 5/6 years later the customers wanted something they couldn't offer without rewriting the whole thing which would have been enormous risk. So they started our team.

There is no way for us to not depend on their team. The thing is that we have different philosophy views how things are done. We want to make it right, but this requires for them to change things and they don't want to do it. And without their changes we need to do the impossible to make it work.

So at least one a year we come to such point where we need to discuss things and play the game "I offer you something, you offer me something".

Anyway. Today is the hardest because I have 4 hours conference call from 3 pm to 7 pm to discuss things related to the Frankfurt business trip I had 2 months ago. This would be exhausting as it's video conference call between 5 different cities and I guess over 20 people. And it's 4 hours and French English is not something I've used to.

Tomorrow I will perform the additional training we had plans for our testers.

So this week involves me talking. And I get exhausted if I talk too much. I'm also at birthday party this Saturday and before the party I will go shopping with a co-worker. Luckily next week it's Easter here so I think that I will get my relax time then.

Btw wasn't your Easter this weekend or I got it wrong (wouldn't be my first time )?

P.S: Really sorry about the long post .

[Halibut Hooker]

That sign in the opening post is confusing! I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!

[jediwands]

^^^

Originally Posted by secretk (View Post) Betty thanks for the new thread! I like the title. I brought over a post of Michelle because I wanted to answer to it . Makes sense for sure. When did Anna start playing with them? I remember something like Autumn last year. I might be wrong though. What happened with the other girl from her old team that was supposed to play with her in the this team?

That was Sara actually. Sara and two other girls were asked to play on that elite, elite team but they turned it down due to all of the travel out of state. So they stayed on their still TOP team.

Anna tried out for what she thought was her same top team and then the coaches called and asked if she wanted to play for the older age group on their top team. At first Anna didn't want to, she preferred staying with the girls she's played with but then her high school varsity coach gave her a call and talked it over with her. Anna couldn't really turn it down when her varsity coach was involved. LOL

So she knows some of the girls as a rule (a couple are even sisters of some friends) but she's not super close with any right now. Anna might be introverted but she's a magnet just like her aunt. We don't want this but it always happens.

I bet by the end of the Rockford trip she will be chummy with several of the girls.

Yes it could be quite overwhelming to meet so many new faces at once. I know that with your help she will feel better!

Thanks!

I have no doubt that you look 18 . It's nice that they showed you that they notice you look far younger than you are. How big is the class? Usually what is the group count of people you have classes for? What do you prefer? Small or big groups?

I still get carded at casinos sometimes so I guess I do have a young look.

The class total was 25. I've taught classes with as few as 10 students to as many as 100 in a huge lecture hall. It depends on the course. General psychology courses have the 100 count, but the higher the course number aka the more advanced course = the smaller the number of students in a class.

Actually, it doesn't make any difference to me as far as how many I teach... there's pros and cons to both. If I'm teaching a smaller amount, I have to be more ON in personality, there has to be more of an intimate connection because you will all sort of bond and know each other. When you're teaching 75-100 students, it's really less personal and all about giving out the content and the students taking notes.

I'm fine with both. Probably my introversion is better with a large group (ironically) because it is less interactive and personal. I am told I'm good with interactive and personal but I sincerely fake it since I'm way more nervous.

Yeah I had mentioned something but with our conversation with Leo it got lost . I will rephrase it a bit. Sorry for the ones that had read it and it is boring or didn't read it and still find it boring. I have hectic work week as a whole with a lot of meetings so as you could expect my Introvert side is starting from now to think how I will relax afterwards and compensate the stimulation I will have this week. I had a meeting on Monday to discuss the project that involves me going to Hannover for a while. Yesterday I had the usual status meeting for the project and then another one with the team speaker of the other team to discuss technical things. I know that it sounds super weird and like we are in kindergarten , but there is some underlying tension between the two Development teams in our company. Theirs is the first one and they work on the general application that the company sells. Then I guess 5/6 years later the customers wanted something they couldn't offer without rewriting the whole thing which would have been enormous risk. So they started our team. There is no way for us to not depend on their team. The thing is that we have different philosophy views how things are done. We want to make it right, but this requires for them to change things and they don't want to do it. And without their changes we need to do the impossible to make it work. So at least one a year we come to such point where we need to discuss things and play the game "I offer you something, you offer me something". Anyway. Today is the hardest because I have 4 hours conference call from 3 pm to 7 pm to discuss things related to the Frankfurt business trip I had 2 months ago. This would be exhausting as it's video conference call between 5 different cities and I guess over 20 people. And it's 4 hours and French English is not something I've used to. Tomorrow I will perform the additional training we had plans for our testers. So this week involves me talking. And I get exhausted if I talk too much. I'm also at birthday party this Saturday and before the party I will go shopping with a co-worker. Luckily next week it's Easter here so I think that I will get my relax time then. Btw wasn't your Easter this weekend or I got it wrong (wouldn't be my first time )? P.S: Really sorry about the long post .

Don't apologize for the long post! I post long ones too, it's what we do.

Wow, the tensions between the two teams sounds so difficult and the conference call. I can see that sucking your energy so much. Also, what is this about the Hannover thing? How long would they want you to go and what would it be for? What would you do? When will you decide if you're going to go? I can't imagine having to deal with all those languages either! LOL I would go nuts.

Easter is this Sunday, indeed.

[secretk]

Originally Posted by Mich1111 (View Post) ^^^

indeed!

That was Sara actually. Sara and two other girls were asked to play on that elite, elite team but they turned it down due to all of the travel out of state. So they stayed on their still TOP team.

Sorry that I got them mixed up .

Anna tried out for what she thought was her same top team and then the coaches called and asked if she wanted to play for the older age group on their top team. At first Anna didn't want to, she preferred staying with the girls she's played with but then her high school varsity coach gave her a call and talked it over with her. Anna couldn't really turn it down when her varsity coach was involved. LOL

Definitely she couldn't take lightly such offer especially when the varsity coach is involved!

So she knows some of the girls as a rule (a couple are even sisters of some friends) but she's not super close with any right now. Anna might be introverted but she's a magnet just like her aunt. We don't want this but it always happens.

It takes some time and some trips to get close to the girls .

I bet by the end of the Rockford trip she will be chummy with several of the girls.

Yes trips like that definitely help!

I still get carded at casinos sometimes so I guess I do have a young look.

Most women envy you . They would want to get carded .

The class total was 25. I've taught classes with as few as 10 students to as many as 100 in a huge lecture hall. It depends on the course. General psychology courses have the 100 count, but the higher the course number aka the more advanced course = the smaller the number of students in a class.

This makes sense .

Actually, it doesn't make any difference to me as far as how many I teach... there's pros and cons to both. If I'm teaching a smaller amount, I have to be more ON in personality, there has to be more of an intimate connection because you will all sort of bond and know each other. When you're teaching 75-100 students, it's really less personal and all about giving out the content and the students taking notes.

Do you assign them tasks to show what they learnt from your lectures or there is separate co-worker that deals with this?

I'm fine with both. Probably my introversion is better with a large group (ironically) because it is less interactive and personal. I am told I'm good with interactive and personal but I sincerely fake it since I'm way more nervous.

I know what you mean . I have to fake the personal and interactive part as well and it's exhausting when you do it for longer.

How often in the week you have classes?

Don't apologize for the long post! I post long ones too, it's what we do.

I know .

Wow, the tensions between the two teams sounds so difficult and the conference call. I can see that sucking your energy so much.

I am glad that this didn't have some impact to the meeting at least from my side. I mean I think that I was professional enough trying to find compromise that would work. Since I called the meeting I had to be more active in the meeting and not just listening.

Also, what is this about the Hannover thing? How long would they want you to go and what would it be for? What would you do?

In general they want me to go there period , but I am not ready for such big step which is why I offered some sort of compromise - I go to there to an extended business trip (like 2-3 months or something like that), I see if I like it or not and then I decide if I will stay there for longer period or not. Just like with Anna I couldn't pass such offer, but I wasn't willing to risk that much so I asked for compromise and they agreed to it.

What I will do. Well the project I'm working on is to a certain level customazible. Customers often want different GUI (Graphical User Interface) and not just the layout and colors, but different fields, different optional values, different validation rules (imposed by the customer itself and the country laws of the customer as well) and stuff like that.

Currently our co-workers in Hannover talk to the customers and define those rules together. Afterwards they create XML document that follows certain format (format I defined as this was my first big task when I started working in the company). We interpret this document and then apply those set of rules for the customer.

In general this is my baby. I do know my project in deep details, but this is something I'm the master of it. I've started it with my boss (but he stopped working on that long ago like 6 years ago) and while others have some idea about certain stuff I'm the person that is the expert in this.

Basically what they want is to get rid of those documents and give the users to do this by themselves via Graphical User Interface. Once they do the settings our project should use those settings. What I will work on once I go in Hannover is to integrate the project they did for the settings part to my project so that whenever a user makes settings there they are considered in my project.

When will you decide if you're going to go?

I've already decided and confirmed that I will go. There is just preliminary work to be done before I go there. The preliminary work is also determined by me. I am involved not just in the doing part, but also in the analysis and plan part. I will have to decide how it will be done and then start working on it. This is why I like this task because it involves everything - from strategic thinking and planning to actual work.

I can't imagine having to deal with all those languages either! LOL I would go nuts.

On top of that there was problems with their video connection so we had to have 4 hours talk via phone. Man that is awful connection. We had phone call that connected Sofia(Bulgaria), Hannover, Frankfurt, Sofia (France) and Madrid(Spain). Let me tell you that is one of hell connection. I don't know how we managed to understand them.

And there are politics there as well because the other guys want our business knowledge about the project and we want to give them as minimal as possible, but still being helpful so we need to be really balanced and careful when it comes to that. I like this challenge though. It's helpful in life sometimes to moderate what you should say and what not.

ETA: I don't know why the man that works in the coffee shop at work had decided that I am losing weight all the time . I've actually put on weight - like 2 lbs though when I was in sick leave and the only thing I did was sleeping and eating . Yesterday and today he is like "You should start eating because you will vanish" . The building where we work has 20 flours and there are no buildings around it so there is a lot of wind. So a maintenance guy in the building was in the coffee and when I entered the coffee shop he was like "You should have rocks in your purse to fight the wind because with that weight" .

[jediwands]

I'm in LA right now. I ended up taking a midnight flight with two friends/co-workers. We have a meeting with some people at UCLA at 10 AM Cali time. I wasn't going to go but at the last minute decided to go with them. It's LA, so why not? Not sure when we're returning. LOL Our work just might be nice and allow us to stay an extra day or two but that's still being worked out since it was such short notice.

Will check in shortly after the meeting and respond to your great post, Koni!

[everwoodfan52]

ETA: I don't know why the man that works in the coffee shop at work had decided that I am losing weight all the time . I've actually put on weight - like 2 lbs though when I was in sick leave and the only thing I did was sleeping and eating . Yesterday and today he is like "You should start eating because you will vanish" . The building where we work has 20 flours and there are no buildings around it so there is a lot of wind. So a maintenance guy in the building was in the coffee and when I entered the coffee shop he was like "You should have rocks in your purse to fight the wind because with that weight

I'm sure you look great, Koni, but it's sweet that this guy is worried about you!


Michelle!! It's great that you made a trip! Enjoy LA!!

[jediwands]

Originally Posted by everwoodfan52 (View Post) I'm sure you look great, Koni, but it's sweet that this guy is worried about you! Michelle!! It's great that you made a trip! Enjoy LA!!

Thanks! It's mostly business but we're surely going to see the sites and head to the beach. I mean, I've been here several times before. We've already hit the beach this morning, we went there at 6 AM. I even went in which was shocking since I'm scared of sharks and technically hate entering ocean water. LOL

I sent you an email right before my flight. Did you get it?

How's your uncle?

[everwoodfan52]

Originally Posted by Mich1111 (View Post) I sent you an email right before my flight. Did you get it? How's your uncle?

No, I didn't get the email.

My uncle's surgery went well yesterday. I'm off to see him now.
It is really amazing that they can actually make a new bladder from your intestines!
Hopefully...the cancer didn't spread and he'll be fine.

[jediwands]

Originally Posted by everwoodfan52 (View Post) No, I didn't get the email. My uncle's surgery went well yesterday. I'm off to see him now. It is really amazing that they can actually make a new bladder from your intestines! Hopefully...the cancer didn't spread and he'll be fine.

Wow is that what they did? Incredible. That's great, glad the surgery went well. If the cancer remained in the bladder I think he's good to go. If you get bladder cancer in the earlier stages it's a great prognosis. I researched this when my family member had it. When will you find out the biopsy results?

Weird about the email. I assumed you didn't get it because you always respond right back. It probably failed because I was at the airport and things were busy.

[everwoodfan52]

Originally Posted by Mich1111 (View Post) Wow is that what they did? Incredible. That's great, glad the surgery went well. If the cancer remained in the bladder I think he's good to go. If you get bladder cancer in the earlier stages it's a great prognosis. I researched this when my family member had it. When will you find out the biopsy results? Weird about the email. I assumed you didn't get it because you always respond right back. It probably failed because I was at the airport and things were busy.

I had no idea this is what they can do! I thought he would have to live with an external device.

They knew it was cancer before the surgery, but they did send the specimen for a pathology report after the surgery as well.
The bone scan before the surgery was negative which is a good sign.

[everwoodfan52]

A facebook gem...wonder if it's accurate!

[jediwands]

^^^ That's soooooooooooo awesome and from my study of astrology it's very accurate! The only one I would slightly argue is Aquarius. Aquas are known to hold major grudges and never forget when they get hurt. That's the only one that seems a bit off. Otherwise, as a rule that's really on!

Originally Posted by everwoodfan52 (View Post) I had no idea this is what they can do! I thought he would have to live with an external device. They knew it was cancer before the surgery, but they did send the specimen for a pathology report after the surgery as well. The bone scan before the surgery was negative which is a good sign.

Wonderful sign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's excellent news! I am sure they probably biopsied lymph nodes surrounding maybe too?

Who actually did the surgery then? Was it a gastro surgeon or urologist? Both? I had absolutely no idea they could do that either! Remarkable!