it gets better.
so i'm in a rather better mood this week than last. thanks to the trifecta of her forgiving me enough that i think we will remain friends, the passage of time, and the support of my awesome friends. thanks, everyone who reached out to me--it was a lot of tears and a lot of struggle to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but i'm gonna make it, and i've been doing a decent impression of my usual happy-go-lucky self for the past few days.
i even somewhere decided this would be a good week to drink less and that turned into none and i haven't really missed it much for the past couple of days. of course, i picked a week in which the only happy hour is a meeting i accidentally scheduled in an alcohol-free workplace (well, it was intentionally scheduled, but accidentally alcohol-free =)), so the temptation will be small.
one "job of my dreams" didn't pan out this week--i went in for an interview the day before the guy whose job i was applying for decided not to leave after all. can't blame him, it seems like a pretty sweet gig at a very sweet university--enough so that i was considering committing to an 11-mile, minimum 40-minute (timed while really hustling) commute for the rest of my days (yeah, this was the kind of job one settles into for life). and that's for the best--i can definitely afford to make it through the end of pedalpalooza without really being financially worried, and the *other* job of my dreams (more challenging, pays better, still for a good university) is taking some time to get its ducks in a row. but i feel good about that one, not least because the guy creating said job asked for my resume to build it off of. i am very fortunate to be in a place where i can wait around awhile for the right opportunity, and in the meantime, the two huge events i'm co-organizing will finish up and i can go back to *not* having meetings more nights of the week than not.
(on a related note, i hope you'll consider attending barcamp portland 5 on 20-21may, and the world's largest naked bike ride. both are free and fun! if you're not in portland, it is quite likely that both of those events have a local (probably free) equivalent for you: check out http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org and http://barcamp.org for more info.)
there's something to that saying about idle hands, as applied to the mind--staying busy is definitely keeping the keel evener as i heal. so there's that.
have a beautiful day, friends.
i even somewhere decided this would be a good week to drink less and that turned into none and i haven't really missed it much for the past couple of days. of course, i picked a week in which the only happy hour is a meeting i accidentally scheduled in an alcohol-free workplace (well, it was intentionally scheduled, but accidentally alcohol-free =)), so the temptation will be small.
one "job of my dreams" didn't pan out this week--i went in for an interview the day before the guy whose job i was applying for decided not to leave after all. can't blame him, it seems like a pretty sweet gig at a very sweet university--enough so that i was considering committing to an 11-mile, minimum 40-minute (timed while really hustling) commute for the rest of my days (yeah, this was the kind of job one settles into for life). and that's for the best--i can definitely afford to make it through the end of pedalpalooza without really being financially worried, and the *other* job of my dreams (more challenging, pays better, still for a good university) is taking some time to get its ducks in a row. but i feel good about that one, not least because the guy creating said job asked for my resume to build it off of. i am very fortunate to be in a place where i can wait around awhile for the right opportunity, and in the meantime, the two huge events i'm co-organizing will finish up and i can go back to *not* having meetings more nights of the week than not.
(on a related note, i hope you'll consider attending barcamp portland 5 on 20-21may, and the world's largest naked bike ride. both are free and fun! if you're not in portland, it is quite likely that both of those events have a local (probably free) equivalent for you: check out http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org and http://barcamp.org for more info.)
there's something to that saying about idle hands, as applied to the mind--staying busy is definitely keeping the keel evener as i heal. so there's that.
have a beautiful day, friends.