What I got goin' on
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 09:12AM I haven’t given a real update about life in awhile. It’s easier to write snarky little snippets of life sometimes, but someone out there might be wondering what I’m really up to. Things are pretty good actually. There are a few major things consuming my life right now:
1. Work. Things have gotten much better since those first couple weeks. I’m more familiar with what’s going on, and I just feel more comfortable in general, which makes all the difference in a job. Of course I can’t say much here, that’s a no no, but basically there are positives and negatives, just like any other job.
2. School. I feel like I have a little more control over this part of my life now. A little. I’m still always doing homework, or thinking about homework. Tomorrow I have to facilitate a class, so I had to put some serious work into not only reading everything, but truly understanding it. And I’m working with a partner, which in some ways is great (I have a backup if I’m unsure about something), but in some ways makes me want to tear my eyelashes out. It’s very difficult for two busy people to come together enough to create a cohesive facilitation. I’ll be glad when tomorrow is over. I’m still hoping grad school doesn’t require as much work as I’m putting into it right now. I keep hoping to find a pace that allows me to do well enough without spending half of my brain energy on school-related things. Here’s hoping…
3. Apartment. I really really really love our apartment. I have very few complaints (the biggest being the asinine parking system). But for the most part I am entirely happy with where we live. We have a long way to go before we feel like we’re "done" putting it together---we’re still missing a lot of furniture and want to incorporate more décor and there are still things to be put away—but it already feels like home to me. Seriously. Love it.
4. Brad. We’re both pretty busy and on almost completely different schedules. I go to bed early, get up early, work all day and do school stuff in the evenings. He stays up late, wakes up late(r than me at least), does work and class during the day, and does more work and things of personal interest in the evenings and late at night. We already have little quality time together, so we steal moments when we can, but I wish it could be more.
5. Friends/Family. This is my biggest challenge. The whole point of moving here was to be closer to my family and good friends, but I’m still too busy to really enjoy them. I squeeze in visits whenever I can, but it’s not the way I imagined. I hate that one of my best friends lives 30 seconds away and I hardly see her. I hate that my niece and nephew are five minutes away, but I rarely have time to visit them. I keep waiting for something to break, like, oh surely after I finish this paper I’ll have more time. Or once I get through this project, I won’t be so busy. But it hasn’t happened. I need to find a way to have more social time without sacrificing my obligations.
I was feeling pretty good about things until this weekend when I got sick. When I get a cold, I think my brain swells or something because I cannot function. I can’t think, I can’t make decisions, I can’t be productive. And then last night I only got about three hours of sleep (damn insomnia!) so between the sick and the lack of sleep, I’m not in the mood to do anything today. Which is unfortunate since I have still have a lot to do to get ready for tomorrow’s facilitation.
Reader Comments (4)
Oh goodness, you've been busy. I just asked someone if things ever really do slow down because I, too, keep expecting them too. After I move out, after I quit doing so much over time, after next week, after things get a little more settled w/New Guy but things never slow down...ever!
hope you feel better and it sounds like things are settling in a bit ~ the rest will come, christmas vacation is just around the corner, eep : )
By the way where are you living?
I second daisies. Two words for you (beacons of hope): January Break.