Multimedia first Lab assignment

Now this is my kind of assignment, a collage! If you click on it, it should get bigger.... this was my about me assignment.

CrAzY School Schedule...

Ok so I have survived my first week of school! I just hope I can keep up the pace! I am taking 16 hours plus working full time!!! Some people think I am crazy, but I am just trying to get done! I'm hoping Collin College (formerly known as Collin County Community College) turns into a 4 year college soon like I have been hearing so I don't have to transfer! That would be AWESOME!! Ok so here is my crazy schedule:

Monday: Intro to Visual Basic.Net Programming from 7:00-9:45pm
Tuesday: Intro to Computer Maintenance from 5:45-11:00pm
Wednesday: Database Programming - SQL from 7:00-9:45pm
Thursday: Intro to Computer Maintenance from 5:45-11:00pm
Online: Intro to Multimedia
Online and 1 Saturday a month: Speech from 9-12am (every second Sat. of the month)

Holy cow thats a lot! My Tuesday and Thursday night class is only a 6 week class so I will be done with it by Oct. 14th. Everything else will be done the second week of December. Then I only have 4 classes left to get my AAS in Computer Information Systems (focusing mainly on Programming).

But I'm excited about this semester because all of my classes have some cool things going on. In Comp. Maint. we are going to learn how to take a computer apart and then put it back together and install and Operating System on it (our Final Exam is that we have to do that all on our own and prove to him the computer works). In Multimedia we are doing a lot of stuff with websites so that will be fun. And in VB.Net I am learning about Programming which will help me greatly at work! As well as SQL, it will help me at work with the handhelds.

The one class I am least excited about it Speech. For those of you that know me, know that I am outgoing and friendly. But when it comes to giving speeches and presentations infront of a classroom of people I get nervous and I feel my face getting all hot and red. We had class this Saturday for the first time and we had to give an impromtu speech on a random topic we drew out of a hat. I got house training a dog. It was easy, but I could feel myself getting hot and losing my place. Oh well I guess thats what the class is for.

Well I better get some homework done... more updates later!

Check out the new Digs....

FINALLY some Washington DC pictures!

The Metro... how we got around town...

Site-Seeing...

There were some Homeless people...

Lost in the month of June...

WOW! is June really almost over? I can't believe how fast this month has FLOWN by!!! I guess being in Washington D.C. for a week doesn't help. I have been really bad about blogging this month and I think it has to do with all the craziness! I was in Washington D.C. from the 11th - the 17th and right before we left we released our new rewrite of RMS for the handhelds, so I have been BUSY BUSY!! So by the time I get home I don't even want to think of looking at my laptop! And I haven't been getting home from work till LATE so by the time I make dinner and clean up its almost 8:30-9:00 and I don't want to start something and end up staying up late! (haha my Dad joked just last night that I am getting to be an old woman that has to go to bed early!)

So anyways on top of cleaning the apartment this weekend, doing laundry, and trying to get Chris to go swimming, I will try to catch everyone up one what has been going on this month in more detail and post pictures from my Washington trip. I will try to update pictures on my MySpace and Facebook too (if you haven't added me yet... you really should!)!

Oh yea and MY BIRTHDAY IS IN 21 DAYS! YAY!!!

Being Mr. (or Ms.) Tough Guy (or Girl)

So most of you that know me know that I am a very kind-hearted person that usually wears my feelings on my sleeves and have a REALLY hard time being mean to people that are coming to me for help. WELL starting next week my VP has asked me to take on a personal mission (character building) to be Mr. Tough Guy with people out in the field that call me for help on issues that I have created documentation on.

In a way this is a good thing because I spends HOURS working on step-by-step instructions on how to fix an issue or how to deal with a new procedure (I take screen for screen snapshots of everything and lay it out step by step). Some days I feel like no one out in the field is reading the documentation that I am putting together b/c I will get 5-6 calls a day about an issue that has been documented. Not only do I create these documents but I email them out to everyone and I post them on the internet in two different places (our Sharepoint site and our Blog site (http://iotrms.blogspot.com/)). But I still get calls on these issues... don't get me wrong, I am in NO WAY complaining about having to take the calls, but it takes me away from helping someone that is really stuck and needs help.

I know that I am going to struggle with this character building assignment because I hate turning people away when they come to me for help. Even if I don't know how to help them I will take the time to research how to help them. I even hate telling people that they are doing something the wrong way (but Phil says I am only hurting them by not telling them)! My VP said that for the first little while people will get upset with me or get mad at me for not helping them "just real quick", but no matter what he is holding ME accountable for telling these people "no sorry refer to the notebook, and if you still have trouble then call me back"! In the end I know that it will only be benefiting the end user more because they will be able to feel comfortable with their handheld and will have a better understanding of how to deal with issues as they come up. I know that by being firm I am making them take ownership, but I don't want people mad at me or cursing me behind my back. On the other hand this will open up more time for me to help the other guys on my team with enhancements and other beneficial projects.

I am excited for this character building because it is a life skill that I will need to acquire at some point in time... how to help people help themselves by learning something on their own. Whether it is now or when I have kids I will have to help other little birdies learn to fly. When I have kids I won't be able to hold their hand through everything they will need to learn to take iniciative and learn how to do things on their own. I have great respect for my VP for pushing me to take ownership in this adventure and for wanting to help me really understand how to help others. Another big thing my VP always pushes is learning how to deal with conflict resolution, I guess now will be a good time to work on that too. Because I am sure me not helping people out real quick will cause some conflict and I don't want to have to run to the other guys on my team or my VP every time someone gets upset with me for not helping!

Hmmm sounds like I am going to be busy! EXCITING and SCARY at the same time! Plus on top of all this Convention is in a week and a half and I will only be able to take support calls for about an hour or so a day... so as Amy said that other day "Time for them to put on their Big Boy Pants"! (ha ha I don't know why but I love that saying!) But really YAY Convention time is almost here!!! I am getting really excited to meet everyone I talk to on the phone regularly!!

I will keep y'all posted on my experience as a Tough Girl! :)

My Personality...

Do you agree or disagree??

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||||||||| 66% Stability |||||||||||| 46% Orderliness |||||||||||||| 58% Accommodation |||||||||||||| 54% Interdependence |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Intellectual |||||| 30% Mystical |||| 16% Artistic |||||||||| 36% Religious |||||||||||||||||||| 90% Hedonism |||||||||||| 43% Materialism |||||||||| 36% Narcissism |||||||||||| 43% Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Work ethic |||||||||||||| 56% Humanitarian |||||||||||| 43% Conflict seeking |||||| 30% Need to dominate |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Romantic |||||||||||| 43% Avoidant |||||||||||| 43% Anti-authority |||||| 30% Wealth |||||| 23% Dependency |||||||||||| 43% Change averse |||||||||||| 50% Cautiousness |||||||||||| 50% Individuality |||||||||||| 50% Sexuality |||||||||||||| 56% Peter pan complex |||||||||||||||| 70% Family drive |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Physical Fitness |||||||||||||| 56% Histrionic |||||| 23% Paranoia |||||||||||||||||| 76% Vanity |||||| 30% Honor |||||||||||| 50% Thriftiness |||||||||| 36%

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