For your morning dose of travel envy and charitable opportunity...

[Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] has posted his photos of the trip to Africa he took with [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]. They include an adorable one of a lemur on Amanda's head. :)

Also, while you're there, support Phil's Movember fundraising by making a donation towards prostate cancer awareness and teh beyondblue campaign, which is aimed at providing assistance to the depressed.

Today's a donation day for me. I've done my United Way contribution and the OPS is currently holding a toy drive for Christmas gifts for underprivileged kids, so I offloaded some bits and pieces I've accumulated via stocking fillers (if anyone has any decent condition, clean, unwrapped toys or games they'd like to contribute, we have boxes in the foyers of our building at Bay and Wellesley). I also have my Remembrance Day poppy for tomorrow.

I have tomorrow off, since I'm a government worker. I was going to do some pre-emptive Christmas shopping, but the pay cheque is a tad stretched already, so I'll settle for a new pair of winter shoes and a haircut. Considering I haven't had my hair trimmed since August, it's sorely needed.

I'm also about to be alone in the office for a bit - B's father passed away evening before last and so people are going to the funeral. I'm not good with the funeral thing, so I offered to stay and man the phones so others could go.

I have been Reviewed

Mid-year performance review this afternoon, whee. Just as well we weren't looking at my work today, since there hasn't been a huge amount. Which also sucked, since today was the day LJ apparently died. Where's my distraction, people?

Oh, wait, it's here.

(I'm particular proud of the M-Squad page, myself...)

Any way, midyear reiew. All going to plan, and speaking of plans, I told Sonia about the idea of my doing a paralegal course on the government's dime (since I don't have enough of those to put myself through school again), and she thought it was an awesome idea. She's not positive it'll be funded, since we are having to Tighten Our Belts and Stick To Our Budgets and all the rest, but she's going to look into it and potential alternatives (such as distance education) and let me know. So yeah, you never know, next school term I could be back to the books learning up on how to be a baby lawyer.

I'm just glad she didn't think I was scamming them or something. *wry*

It's possible I've had too quiet a day. I seem to have gone a bit odd in the head.