All is as Expected

The final items for the 2005 Year in Work finished up the last two days with first my review, then Brian's. Mine went well I suppose. I ended up with an Expected, my lowest so far, but not really a bad review considering how ugly the numbers were at year end. Despite having my review with the DFS who I can't say I always agree with and was apprehensive about, it was a very positive experience. I expect 2006 to end better than 2005.

As for Brian's review, that was interesting. He did fine, but it was a little disconcerting for me realizing that my perception of his performance has the potential to affect his career down the road. Stranger still was realizing that he was somewhat nervous about the review as we started. While I did reviews at the theatre, those had nothing on this. It was unique.

I mentioned before that the sun finally came out, it stayed out most of the week even through our snow-less Klondike yesterday. If the forecast is right it will be going away again for a while, but it was really nice while it lasted.

Tomorrow begins my second Planning Conference with this council. We are holding it at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells. It's some African safari themed place with a huge indoor waterpark, its own movie theater and a nearby casino. I'm really hoping that there is not a huge number of young'uns there. The actual work part of the conference doesn't look bad except that the evil overlord is participating through most of the conference. I despise that man. Hopefully we will accomplish useful things to make the time worthwhile.