Spring fever...
Well, sort of. I started my master's program in January, and today is officially the last day of the quarter. I turned my final paper in last night, and I'm feeling just a little giddy about that. Plus, tomorrow I have plans with a couple of friends for a "girls' night in." Probably involving mostly bad movies, food that's not good for us, and a bit too much alcohol. It's something we haven't done in awhile, and I need some relaxing down time with friends.
E. is being wonderful about it. He's going to drop me off and pick me up, so I don't have to worry about driving. And he's giving up a Saturday with me and being incredibly sweet about it.
Right now I'm sitting at work...admittedly pretty much just waiting for the weekend to start. At this point, whatever it is, it can darn well wait until Monday. Because I've had enough for the week. It hasn't been a bad week, exactly, it's just that it's been a stressful period with all of the changes. I think most of my coworkers are feeling it, to be honest. Several of us have just not felt like being productive today. Not that we haven't worked and won't work - we do. But probably not quite as hard as we could have worked if we felt more motivated. I think that as a group, we've just been feeling the stress and the pressure, and most people can only sustain that for so long. We're getting to that point. There's just a lot of ambiguity right now, and that's not a comfortable thing when it drags on.
Adding spring fever to the mix doesn't help a bit. I have daffodils on my desk right now from the American Cancer Society's annual fundraiser. Really needed that touch of color and scent of spring. March is a difficult month in many ways. Very much a transitional time, with unpredicable weather, and often one last blast of winter right when wanting spring to hurry up and get here already is at its worst. We've had some beautiful days this week, though, so there's definitely hope!
E. is being wonderful about it. He's going to drop me off and pick me up, so I don't have to worry about driving. And he's giving up a Saturday with me and being incredibly sweet about it.
Right now I'm sitting at work...admittedly pretty much just waiting for the weekend to start. At this point, whatever it is, it can darn well wait until Monday. Because I've had enough for the week. It hasn't been a bad week, exactly, it's just that it's been a stressful period with all of the changes. I think most of my coworkers are feeling it, to be honest. Several of us have just not felt like being productive today. Not that we haven't worked and won't work - we do. But probably not quite as hard as we could have worked if we felt more motivated. I think that as a group, we've just been feeling the stress and the pressure, and most people can only sustain that for so long. We're getting to that point. There's just a lot of ambiguity right now, and that's not a comfortable thing when it drags on.
Adding spring fever to the mix doesn't help a bit. I have daffodils on my desk right now from the American Cancer Society's annual fundraiser. Really needed that touch of color and scent of spring. March is a difficult month in many ways. Very much a transitional time, with unpredicable weather, and often one last blast of winter right when wanting spring to hurry up and get here already is at its worst. We've had some beautiful days this week, though, so there's definitely hope!