I had my yearly review at Apple today. It went well, even though I had a really tough year there. A few months ago, I had what we call a 'touchbase', which means that my manager and I sit down and talk about my time on the job, what's working, and what's not. Last year was a good clusterfuck for me, and my monthly showed that.

However.

As terrible as my monthly was, it kinda kicked me the ass to do better. And I did, apparently almost right away, too. So I knew my yearly was going to be a little tough, it was actually much better than I was expecting. The part talking about my strengths was glowing, and the part with my opportunities ended with "Sarah has recommitted herself to her job" which made me SO HAPPY.

There's nothing like working your butt off, and getting that acknowledgement that you needed. Also, I got a tiny raise, (4%) which is nice.

In other news, I WANT THESE: Special Edition Neil Gaiman's Smoke & Mirrors - Special Edition Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere - Lisa Snelling's Neil Gaiman Poppet (I might actually buy the last one... Also, anybody sensing a theme here? And yet I have no Neil icons... hm, this is an issue.)

WHY AM I NOT INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY SO I CAN OWN MY OWN LIBRARY?!