Life is pretty good
Hi all,
Bit of an update since I haven't had much good enough or bad enough to say for a while, which is usually when I write in this thing. Today's update is on the good spectrum.
Work has been pretty good. TC, the woman I was covering maternity leave for, is not coming back at this time. Since the other project I had been assigned to (sickle cell for those who know) still doesn't have a protocol ready to launch (2 years now...), my manager permanently moved me to this project I was covering for (Pediatric Heart Network). Yes, Kelly, you can groan, laugh, or yell at me. LOL. But with that came a promotion to Sr. Data Manager, a raise, and a bonus with my review back in June. I also got moved to a new office. Bit smaller, but with two windows. One looks into a hallway, and the other only gets sun from the window in the office behind me, but at least it feels less trapped than my windowless office. It also has better wall space, so I have about 13 of David's paintings on the walls. My own private art gallery. Best part is that I've been *doing* stuff, not being anxious about what I should be doing and hoping I won't get fired because there is no work. And mostly it's stuff I enjoy (forms programming/testing, report programming/testing, analytical thinking). It feels really good to be productive. To actually have a list of tasks and cross things off of it. I'm best when I have a list of things to work on. Gives me a sense of accomplishment when I cross things off, and gives me options of what to work on when something has me stuck or frustrated or bored. I can switch to something else. Yay for that.
I also found a new chiropractor, and OMG, my head is literally on straight for the first time in almost 5 years. With all the other stuff I've tried, other chiro, massage, PT, acupuncture, this is the most effect I've had in one shot. They use a temperature scan of your neck before and after each treatment to see how well your nerve impulses are traveling to determine how well you've held the previous adjustment and get a sense of what's going on. (After your initial assessment x-rays and intake exam. They aren't all new-age hocus pocus for you skeptics out there.) While I know you can use technology to prove or disprove the exact same thing, especially when it's proprietary software, it still is pretty cool and I think these guys really know what they're doing. I'm not 100% better, and as the adjustments work their way through the rest of my body, I know I have more work to do to heal. But for the first time in years, I feel real hope that my neck issues will actually heal. For locals or those interested: Trevens Specific Chiropractic
Let's see. What else?
Home life is good. It's just David, Eric and I in the house right now, and we all have different schedules/hobbies, so it's been pretty quiet. The downtime has been nice. With the stress of work and my neck being a lot less, not having a lot of stress at home is good too. We're each just doing our own thing mostly. Eric's girl, Mitzie, visited from Canada for two weeks recently. While she was out, the four of us went to Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, NH one weekend, and also took one day out of the week and went to Six Flags NE and spent a lot of time in the water park. I had forgotten how much I miss the ocean and swimming. It's something that always relaxed me and reminds me of all the trips to the beach with my family when I was a kid. We've had a lot of rain and thunder storms in Boston recently too, and the air always smells fresher and the wet ground always reminds me of the beach. So the two trips were a great little get-away and mini-vacation for me, brought back a lot of good memories (especially Myrtle Beach and VA Beach), and gives me things to relax thinking back on and looking forward to. I'm craving another day at the park or the beach. Actually, lots of days. And if we lived on the beach or closer, I'm sure I'd be out there quite a bit. Oh, and I'm proud of myself that I put on enough sunscreen and wore the right clothes not to get sunburned either day we were out! Yay me!
The only bad thing right now is my weight, which yes, I know, is one of my constant gripes. It's always something I would like to be better with. But with the rest of the stress of my life down to a minimum again and feeling otherwise very content, I'm not going to stress overmuch about it. At some point, I'll find the right motivation to be proactive about it, but until then, I'm going to enjoy stress-free life for awhile. It's been a long time.
Oh, and something to make Hoyce laugh if he's still reading this. Something stolen from a friend's journal:
"Where's [female]? Wow... she sure shits a lot for a dame."
:-)
Bit of an update since I haven't had much good enough or bad enough to say for a while, which is usually when I write in this thing. Today's update is on the good spectrum.
Work has been pretty good. TC, the woman I was covering maternity leave for, is not coming back at this time. Since the other project I had been assigned to (sickle cell for those who know) still doesn't have a protocol ready to launch (2 years now...), my manager permanently moved me to this project I was covering for (Pediatric Heart Network). Yes, Kelly, you can groan, laugh, or yell at me. LOL. But with that came a promotion to Sr. Data Manager, a raise, and a bonus with my review back in June. I also got moved to a new office. Bit smaller, but with two windows. One looks into a hallway, and the other only gets sun from the window in the office behind me, but at least it feels less trapped than my windowless office. It also has better wall space, so I have about 13 of David's paintings on the walls. My own private art gallery. Best part is that I've been *doing* stuff, not being anxious about what I should be doing and hoping I won't get fired because there is no work. And mostly it's stuff I enjoy (forms programming/testing, report programming/testing, analytical thinking). It feels really good to be productive. To actually have a list of tasks and cross things off of it. I'm best when I have a list of things to work on. Gives me a sense of accomplishment when I cross things off, and gives me options of what to work on when something has me stuck or frustrated or bored. I can switch to something else. Yay for that.
I also found a new chiropractor, and OMG, my head is literally on straight for the first time in almost 5 years. With all the other stuff I've tried, other chiro, massage, PT, acupuncture, this is the most effect I've had in one shot. They use a temperature scan of your neck before and after each treatment to see how well your nerve impulses are traveling to determine how well you've held the previous adjustment and get a sense of what's going on. (After your initial assessment x-rays and intake exam. They aren't all new-age hocus pocus for you skeptics out there.) While I know you can use technology to prove or disprove the exact same thing, especially when it's proprietary software, it still is pretty cool and I think these guys really know what they're doing. I'm not 100% better, and as the adjustments work their way through the rest of my body, I know I have more work to do to heal. But for the first time in years, I feel real hope that my neck issues will actually heal. For locals or those interested: Trevens Specific Chiropractic
Let's see. What else?
Home life is good. It's just David, Eric and I in the house right now, and we all have different schedules/hobbies, so it's been pretty quiet. The downtime has been nice. With the stress of work and my neck being a lot less, not having a lot of stress at home is good too. We're each just doing our own thing mostly. Eric's girl, Mitzie, visited from Canada for two weeks recently. While she was out, the four of us went to Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, NH one weekend, and also took one day out of the week and went to Six Flags NE and spent a lot of time in the water park. I had forgotten how much I miss the ocean and swimming. It's something that always relaxed me and reminds me of all the trips to the beach with my family when I was a kid. We've had a lot of rain and thunder storms in Boston recently too, and the air always smells fresher and the wet ground always reminds me of the beach. So the two trips were a great little get-away and mini-vacation for me, brought back a lot of good memories (especially Myrtle Beach and VA Beach), and gives me things to relax thinking back on and looking forward to. I'm craving another day at the park or the beach. Actually, lots of days. And if we lived on the beach or closer, I'm sure I'd be out there quite a bit. Oh, and I'm proud of myself that I put on enough sunscreen and wore the right clothes not to get sunburned either day we were out! Yay me!
The only bad thing right now is my weight, which yes, I know, is one of my constant gripes. It's always something I would like to be better with. But with the rest of the stress of my life down to a minimum again and feeling otherwise very content, I'm not going to stress overmuch about it. At some point, I'll find the right motivation to be proactive about it, but until then, I'm going to enjoy stress-free life for awhile. It's been a long time.
Oh, and something to make Hoyce laugh if he's still reading this. Something stolen from a friend's journal:
"Where's [female]? Wow... she sure shits a lot for a dame."
:-)