View from a Broad

Oh this downtime twixt the holidays bewitches me! There is always much to do no matter what week we are in, but is there a will to do it? While I am at work, applying myself to the organization of tasks at hand, I feel like I can barely concentrate. Do most people kind of just blow this week off as a loss whether you are at the office or not? I cleaned off my desk, I filed, I am boxing up old files for storage...so I guess this is a good time to prepare for the new year activities; clear the decks, so to speak and rev up the engines for take off next week. I plan to be ready for it. Cheers to 2007!

That, my dears, is what I have to offer. The holiday time has me a frayed bundle of nerve endings, wanting to be sure that I get all the small machinations done for a sweet and happy time; while ensuring the demands of this work I so enjoy are met with the same enthusiasm as any normal week. There was a sense I had not met expectations in my off hour activities; my commitments to the Business and Professional Women . I had what my family charmingly call a brain-*art , or a BPW sister referred to an CRS disease (Can't Remember *hit) --and I completely and utterly forgot an obligation I had made to someone. Fortunately, other people caught my wild ball and made good on that commitment for me. Thank goodness for that, because it was a worthy cause I really believe in. Thank you BPW sisters, for stepping up when I had lost my way. This past week I had the honor of welcoming staff and friends to a Volunteers of America Celebration of the Season . This is the annual service where...

Indeed you may ask, Beth, what were you thinking with "View from a Broad?" Well, it's a play on words. Those fortunate few I know who have actually been overseas to visit foreign lands, those who have been "abroad"; have a wider, more considered view on life and it's odd aspects. I expect this blog will carry views from more people than myself, I am just one broad of many you may read in this space. In that respect, I hope you may come to appreciate this tongue in cheek term, see the challenges and humor that inevitably shows up in daily life, and adore the women I share this blog with as much as I do. Now let's get things done, shall we?