It's all about me
Doors seem to be opening all over the place and we might be in a position to step though them!
I just need to tighten up some documents and deal with some logistics so I can make it all work:
• I'm working to finish a planting plan for my client - this is not a design so much as a planting palette, so while I need a vague design in mind, I don't need to be so exacting with quantities and placement yet.
•I need to update my CV (well I have to create a CV since it seems more relevant than a resume) so I can be accepted as a reviewer in the architecture department at Ithaca College. Why are resumes so hard? I always find that I have a hard time recognizing my own accomplishments, and the accomplishments I do have seem so long ago that I wonder if they are still relevant. Will I come off as a has-been holding on to past glories but who is currently irrelevant? I've been out of my profession since 2008. Right now 3 years seems like a forever. I also worry about the relevance of the accomplishments I had as a student. I gave lectures and organized symposia, generally good things to have on a resume, but because they were done in my grad student days, somehow they feel less "real." How do you all deal with this?
• I need to find a babysitter, stat! I will likely start the Master Composter training course for the Cooperative Extension next Thursday night. I had the interview today. As it turns out they will have to turn away about 1/3 of their applicants. When I heard that it gave me pause, but by the end of the interview, my interviewer was throwing around phrases like "perfect fit" and "ideal candidate" so I don't think I have to worry about being accepted. I just have to worry about having childcare available since that is Steve's regular night to go to Syracuse. I've never had Audrey babysat by someone other than a family member of good friend, and even then, it's usually nighttime babysitting which means she's mostly asleep. I'm going to ask around Jacob's school. Hopefuly I can find someone who is available during the week. With me having actual clients now, I need to have a regular work schedule and can't rely on the babe's nap time or nights. I've been really hesitant to get a sitter until now and I guess it's a good thing this class is forcing our hand. If we get someone we can use regularly, and who Audrey likes (and Jacob too, though he's easier), Steve and I will be free to go out together for once. If all goes well, I can find someone to come over earlier in the week so we can be here and the kids can get to know the sitter before we leave them with her/him on Thursday.
I try to live an anxiety-free life, rolling with whatever life hands me, but I can feel the nervousness creeping up. Right now it's creeping up in the form of me posting to this journal instead of doing what I really need to do. Can one put "Talented Procrastinator" on one's CV?
I just need to tighten up some documents and deal with some logistics so I can make it all work:
• I'm working to finish a planting plan for my client - this is not a design so much as a planting palette, so while I need a vague design in mind, I don't need to be so exacting with quantities and placement yet.
•I need to update my CV (well I have to create a CV since it seems more relevant than a resume) so I can be accepted as a reviewer in the architecture department at Ithaca College. Why are resumes so hard? I always find that I have a hard time recognizing my own accomplishments, and the accomplishments I do have seem so long ago that I wonder if they are still relevant. Will I come off as a has-been holding on to past glories but who is currently irrelevant? I've been out of my profession since 2008. Right now 3 years seems like a forever. I also worry about the relevance of the accomplishments I had as a student. I gave lectures and organized symposia, generally good things to have on a resume, but because they were done in my grad student days, somehow they feel less "real." How do you all deal with this?
• I need to find a babysitter, stat! I will likely start the Master Composter training course for the Cooperative Extension next Thursday night. I had the interview today. As it turns out they will have to turn away about 1/3 of their applicants. When I heard that it gave me pause, but by the end of the interview, my interviewer was throwing around phrases like "perfect fit" and "ideal candidate" so I don't think I have to worry about being accepted. I just have to worry about having childcare available since that is Steve's regular night to go to Syracuse. I've never had Audrey babysat by someone other than a family member of good friend, and even then, it's usually nighttime babysitting which means she's mostly asleep. I'm going to ask around Jacob's school. Hopefuly I can find someone who is available during the week. With me having actual clients now, I need to have a regular work schedule and can't rely on the babe's nap time or nights. I've been really hesitant to get a sitter until now and I guess it's a good thing this class is forcing our hand. If we get someone we can use regularly, and who Audrey likes (and Jacob too, though he's easier), Steve and I will be free to go out together for once. If all goes well, I can find someone to come over earlier in the week so we can be here and the kids can get to know the sitter before we leave them with her/him on Thursday.
I try to live an anxiety-free life, rolling with whatever life hands me, but I can feel the nervousness creeping up. Right now it's creeping up in the form of me posting to this journal instead of doing what I really need to do. Can one put "Talented Procrastinator" on one's CV?