In need of a good nights sleep

What a week! While work is still ramping up due to where the projects are at, I have tried to keep myself busy by being more pro-active in chasing stuff up and trying to become familiar with the new systems I am going to be testing. I also had a trip to Sydney this week for work which in itself is tiring. I stayed at the Radisson this time and it was OK but the room service wasn't great (cold over steamed vegies are yuck!). It was greatly beneficial being up there though, I had a great meeting with my new manager and also had several other meetings which I think achieved more from me having been there in person. I also got to meet a few more people that I talk to on the phone - it's great putting names and faces together :)

My manager was in town today so we got my previous manager on the phone and did the final bit of my annual review - it only lasted about 15 minutes but the result was very positive. I had marked myself as having 6 met's and 1 exceed and my manager put me down as having 2 met's, 4 exceeds and 1 outstanding! :D I find it weird because I do my job, I love my job and I like to do a good job - no half arsed efforts, so to be told that I have overall achieved an exceed for the year is fantastic! :D That makes two years in a row! :D I'm also going to be getting a new PD soon once the structure is worked out a bit further and refined more which will be good to have KRA's that match more closely to what I do. It also looks like my area could be expanding and we could be getting some Test Analysts on board - awesome!! :D After being at the company for over 8.5 years, I still love being there and love my job! :D I am very lucky!

I haven't been sleeping properly for the past week. I keep waking up around 4am and then just tossing and turning until my alarm goes off. I think the reason could be because I haven't been going for my daily walks because of my sore foot, so now it's OK again, time to get walking every day again! Next week I am also going to get into gear and going to be riding to work most days and eating right and all that jazz - I really need to eat well and get back on track and stop being lazy. Doing all of it in combination makes me feel fantastic and I will then sleep better and you i really need to ask myself why am I doing this crap to myself when it makes me feel sluggish? It just doesn't make sense, so I am fixing it! :D I am the only one who can - so I will!