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I was dreading returning to work and it seems my dread was justified. By all account last week was a total mess, with one colleague deciding at the last minute to extend her holiday by a week with only an email sent to the manager, who was also on leave. So last week the office was on half staff, and down to only two one day when another girl was sick. As a result there's shitloads to get done and I just don't have the energy. I'm sick of this.
I was feeling pretty crappy all weekend, thinking about work. I'm heartily sick of not being able to stop thinking about work on weekends. Even a good weekend of football couldn't stop it! The youth team won 0-3 in Gosford, the senior team had a 3-4 win also in Gosford, and bloody hell, what a game that was to watch, even just on TV. Any game where seven goals are scored is a good one, as long as the team I'm supporting scores more than half of them. Well, actually Central Coast scored four of the seven, but since one of them went into their own net I won't complain. And then of course the women's team won their semifinal at Ballymore on penalties, with Casey Dumont saving two. I would have preferred that one to be over at the end of regular time because holy crap, Ballymore Stadium is a flaming piece of shit and I was sick to death of sitting in it. My arse was going numb down one side and the stadium was full of kids. The problem there is that with kids come parents, and parents (my friends who have kids excepted of course :-P) have to be among the most boring people in the world. I'm sure they're behind the Fun Police at most sporting venues.
Anyway, back to the original topic, which was hating work. I've been sitting at home for the last week thinking about my life and the parts of it that suck, and as a result I've come up with a list of things I'm going to do this year to try to make stuff better. Not New Year's Resolutions, because that makes them seem grander than they really are, and with that inflated importance comes inflated expectations, and that means I'm more likely to fail. I'm also not going to put in anything which is dependent on others, such as 'find a new job' or anything too nebulous such as 'find direction in life'. So here are some things I'm going to do this year.
Stuff To Make My Life Suck Less
- Play less netball this year, and take a total break from coaching, no matter how desperate for coaches my club and association are.
- Take language classes through IML at UQ - German or Greek or both.
- Find something, anything, to do to lose weight that is fun. Suggestions welcomed. I hate gyms. This is a problem.
- Save more, spend less. Goals are Iceland-Estonia-Finland-Italy 2010, and Brazil 2014 for the World Cup.
- Get a passport. It will make foreign travel just that little bit closer.
Will add more things as I think of them.
I was feeling pretty crappy all weekend, thinking about work. I'm heartily sick of not being able to stop thinking about work on weekends. Even a good weekend of football couldn't stop it! The youth team won 0-3 in Gosford, the senior team had a 3-4 win also in Gosford, and bloody hell, what a game that was to watch, even just on TV. Any game where seven goals are scored is a good one, as long as the team I'm supporting scores more than half of them. Well, actually Central Coast scored four of the seven, but since one of them went into their own net I won't complain. And then of course the women's team won their semifinal at Ballymore on penalties, with Casey Dumont saving two. I would have preferred that one to be over at the end of regular time because holy crap, Ballymore Stadium is a flaming piece of shit and I was sick to death of sitting in it. My arse was going numb down one side and the stadium was full of kids. The problem there is that with kids come parents, and parents (my friends who have kids excepted of course :-P) have to be among the most boring people in the world. I'm sure they're behind the Fun Police at most sporting venues.
Anyway, back to the original topic, which was hating work. I've been sitting at home for the last week thinking about my life and the parts of it that suck, and as a result I've come up with a list of things I'm going to do this year to try to make stuff better. Not New Year's Resolutions, because that makes them seem grander than they really are, and with that inflated importance comes inflated expectations, and that means I'm more likely to fail. I'm also not going to put in anything which is dependent on others, such as 'find a new job' or anything too nebulous such as 'find direction in life'. So here are some things I'm going to do this year.
Stuff To Make My Life Suck Less
- Play less netball this year, and take a total break from coaching, no matter how desperate for coaches my club and association are.
- Take language classes through IML at UQ - German or Greek or both.
- Find something, anything, to do to lose weight that is fun. Suggestions welcomed. I hate gyms. This is a problem.
- Save more, spend less. Goals are Iceland-Estonia-Finland-Italy 2010, and Brazil 2014 for the World Cup.
- Get a passport. It will make foreign travel just that little bit closer.
Will add more things as I think of them.