A Question of Integrity?

Over the past little while, I have been receiving feedback.  Most of it comes from a positive angle.  The unfortunate nugget of truth is that I must look like an unprofessional slob on weekends. Lately, my "weekend people" have been seeing me during the week and are expressing their thoughts on how well I clean up.  The reality is that I am "cleaned up" 5 days of 7, sometimes more.

This has made me wonder:  Who am I?  Am I the professional person who is nicely cleaned up or is it an act while I pretend to be professionally presentable?  Am I lacking integrity between the professional costume I put on during the week and its related behaviour vs. the casual attire I don and its related behaviour?  I know professional people who wear jeans and a dab of lipstick (women) on the weekend and no one would doubt that they are professional folks.  Yet the apparent transformation that I undergo during the week is significant.  Who am I pretending to be and who am I?  Am I a professional impostor?

I have always striven to have integrity between who I am at work and who I am at home.  Maybe I have lost my way.

I'm Going to Learn to BBQ

It's true.  Somehow I have managed to get to this stage in my life and, other than this party I had for my classmates when we graduated college and I used one of those round BBQs with charcoal briquettes to cook hot dogs and burgers, I have not single-handedly barbecued.  Even my kids have noticed that "mommy doesn't BBQ".  It's a Daddy job.

Well, this summer, I will master the grill.

Not a Straight "A" Student Anymore

I earned a devastating "79" in Stats.  What more can I say?

Does this mean that my overall standards will change?  Does it matter anymore now that I got a "B"?  Considering that only yesterday I was looking at doing my Ph.D. at McGill, I guess I better keep on working hard.

Looking into franchise opportunities

Being a Canadian Tire Dealer is certainly my goal.  However, other franchise opportunities are coming to my attention.  I think it would be great to run a bakery; or a kids lunch program; or a tutoring company; or a natural supplements store; or even a Tim Horton's....  AAHHHHH!  There is too much out there!  I'm going to have to pull out my New Venture book and build a spreadsheet with all the relevant analysis points.