Wow, so it's been quite the week! Crazy, crazy busy this week at work; so much so that I've been getting off quite late and to bed even later. Which, of course, means I get up and online late due to inability to wake up. Still, some days make it all worthwhile.

As I mentioned Tuesday, it's been a year since I started back at my company. My annual performance review was today and despite the tizzy I always get sent into over my reviews, today's was one of the most pleasant reviews I think I have ever had. I was given a fairly high rating (not the highest, but close to it) and also received a pay increase that takes effect on Thursday's paycheck! Wohoo! So that was all good. It's always nice to be told you're doing a good job.

I also have finally decided what I want to use my 4-week sabbatical time for: by September, I'll be finished with the Web Design diploma I've been working towards at the Art Institute. One I'm done with that, I'm going to take a couple months off and then I'd like to go back to PCC or Portland State (or wherever, really) to explore some more of my interest in the geeky/technical data stuff. Once I start back, it'd be awfully nice to be able to have a little extra time to devote to actually going to class and doing homeowrk. So I'm thinking I may use the extra paid time off to reduce the hours I'm working without reducing my income.

Some things I've been looking into include PSU's BS in Computer Science/MS in Biomedical Informatics and Information Systems programs, as well as some generic computer science classes at PCC. So we'll see. In the meantime, I have to get approval for my "plan" and then I can figure out costs, etc!

Happy Happy!