Might Even Be Today

I would like to step out of my heart & go walking beneath the enormous sky. -- Rainier Maria Rilke

Well, I improved. 2 in 20:40. Again, still not sub-20, but I am determined to get there. My body is saying no, no, no, though. My legs especially... they think I'm too old for this. But they hate me anyway; so, who cares about them.

So... my latest attempt at self-improvement... being a better coworker (or colleague, if you want to copy me and call them that). Yesterday, I went out of my way to teach someone how to do something (instead of just doing it for her). However, today, I went ahead and delegated a task without thinking about my colleague not having the Excel expertise to complete it efficiently. I unintentionally made her do a look-up manually when my vlookup function would've taken about 5 seconds to write and copy down. She told me later that she felt like she'd already asked me to do too much and didn't want to burden me with an additional request for help. Am I scary or otherwise off-putting? I don't try to be. I know I can be short... and have quite the sharp tongue when in just the right mood. But I didn't think it was enough to keep people from approaching me. Note to self... be nicer.

Haley - thinking of you. Bounce back quickly, please.