disappointed

My dear husband decided to go to Greenland with his Dad for a work trip.  Which is all good -- in theory.
Lots of details were poured over and schedules rearranged and plans made for the boy and I while he was gone.
It took 3 days to arrange the air flights so that he will only be gone for a week.
And what happened today?
He messed up with the dates for the trip which now overlaps with a planned vacation with our friends and god-daughter.
Which makes me incredably sad and disappointed.

Things learned:  You still get the crying headache even if you fight back the actual tears from rolling down your face.  And double check on all the dates myself!

auditor

So, I got a call from our external auditor today.  The audit wraps up with the finance committee meeting on Monday.  He called to go over a couple of things before signing off on the work.
Note that he called *me for my opinion and approval ... not my boss (who incidentaly is a CMA).  He asked if I was comfortable with the adjustments they needed to make in policy.  (Note if "I" was comfortable, not the boss or the board of directors.)
You have no idea how that made me feel.  Sometimes, my boss can ... how can I put it ... put his "employees" in their place, and make sure they *know that he is in charge ... do you know what I mean?  (And preaches about teamwork on the side, but that's another post for another day.)  But to have the auditor, a respected expert in his field in the community, respect my view on things and choose to talk to me instead of the director ... my heart smiles.
He also commented that it was so good to have me back (refering to the mess of 2010 while I was out on maternity leave) and it was all in place, "like usual".
*smile*
I'm often quite stressed to have this document distributed and viewed by so many people.  It's represents 17 months of my work (i.e. all of 2011 plus 5 months of audit prep and followup) all condensed into one 15 page document.
But to have the positive acknowledgement of a respected outside source, it makes the process just a little easier to take.

catch up - in point form

Yes ... well ... it's been a while since I've been here.
What's been happening since April 3rd?
-- annual audit at work
-- bad cold (on my post-audit days off too!)
-- mother's day
-- music lessons with The Boy (he loves them ... and they sadly finish tomorrow)
-- gardening (ok ... weeding! ... hopefully plant this coming weekend)
-- adventures with The Boy on his tricyle and to the park
-- connecting with a new friend
-- planning summer vacations and work trips
It's been very busy!