TGIF

It has been a long week! Was it me or did the week seem to drag? 2006 planning season has kicked in and it can be highly stressful at times. In the span of a week, I had three different conversations with three regional executives regarding my plans for next year. With escalating costs and a slowdown in economy, the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow seems further away than ever in 2006. But management still expects a higher target and a lower spend next year. (That’s nothing new anyway.) Meanwhile, we are chasing sales like crazy; trying to meet this year’s targets. Sometimes when I think about it, I feel like we are: “in a circle, in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel … never ending nor beginning, like an endless spinning wheel.” It’s a vicious cycle.

Oh well, enough whining. The weekend is finally here. Yippee! TGIF …

Leanne signing out … yippee do daa …

* doing the happy dance*