As always, here's a quick update - It's been a good six days. M left last week on vacation with some friends (no, that's not the good part), so I have been off work and home with the kids for the past week. One of the hard parts about my job is the constant travel, so when I take time off of work, it's nice to spend that time with my kids and take advantage of the moments I have with them. So while it's too early to introduce them to Sh*t Faced Mondays or teach them how to play Liar's Dice, it's been a full six days (M comes back in four more days) of The Lorax, eagle centers, toy factories, trips to Target, movie nights, and several episodes of Johnny Test / Gumball / Adventure Time.
In addition, I was reminded by my daughter that we had yet to make a picture for her sixth birthday which was back in January. So since we had the time, Ayris helped me design a new cartoon specifically for her. Just like the one last year, everything from the colors on the cake to the quotes were of her own design:
Speaking of my job (and here we are again, full circle), I work in an industry that can be a little convoluted to most people. When someone asks me what I do, I usually just tell them I deal with pharmacy benefits. If someone is brave enough to venture even further down that rabbit hole, I go into my little speech - "Express Scripts administers pharmacy benefits for clients such as employers, union groups, managed care organizations/health plans, and local/state/federal government organizations. It's my team's responsibility (as project managers) to implement our new client's benefits, clinical programs, eligibility, communications, and data history into our system for when they become effective blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah".
Did you make it to the end of that? I usually lose most people after I say "...pharmacy benefits..." I added the "blahs" because I have yet to make it to the end of my little spiel...seriously, I don't know how it ends because I've never had the chance. So instead of trying to explain what I do, I thought that I'd take advantage of a popular internet meme and try to show you all what it is that others think I do:
What My Clients Think I Do
What M Thinks I Do
What My Kids Think I Do
(Ayris helped me design this one)
What I Think I Do
What My Mom Thinks I Do
(my mom has no clue what I do)
What My Friends Think I Do
(they really have no clue what I do either)
What My Boss Thinks I Do
What My Direct Reports Think I Do
What My Peers Think I Do
What It Feels Like I Do
For those of you who are not familiar with the story of Sisyphus, he comes from Greek mythology and was tasked in the afterlife with rolling an immense boulder up a giant hill, only to watch it roll back down, and then start the process over again for all eternity.
What I Really Do
So there it is, in all it's glory - emails, meetings and chat windows (oh my). Hopefully this has helped.
Before we go, I will leave you with two more pics to give you your much needed smile for the week (pay attention or you will miss it).
Looks like I won't be able to share Sh*t Faced Mondays with my kids after all. Fortunately, there's still Battle Shots Wednesdays and Century Club Fridays.
-Cheers!
I was always partial to Thirsty Thursdays. By the way, I'm disturbed that the man with no face tripped Rick Astley as he was trying to run away from the scary clown.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, I love your blog posts. And, as you already know, I am experiencing my own Sisyphus moment with BCBS. Gotta love it!
ReplyDeleteAlso, wanted to say thanks for your help! Haven't reached the extreme measures yet, but am happy to have that as an option!
So if you're supposed to be Sissypants in that photo rolling the big papermache rock up the hill, why aren't you wearing clothes? And where is the scar on your hip from your surgery?!?
ReplyDeleteWait, I am confused. I thought you made the Astroids game, you work in a pharmacy? Can I get a box of Band-Aids?
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