Happy state of the Pennski
I am so happy at the moment. I am not stressing or worrying, even when things don't go according to plan. I am really enjoying my job - some days I actively look forward to going to work. I am working with people who have an equal dillettante curiosity to my own and laugh at my surreal comments. I am given realistic deadlines and when I get given something of a higher priority to do, the deadlines of the lower priority stuff are pushed out. My direct boss is very gentle and a "pull" kind of person. He has threatened to install an ejector seat to ensure I leave work on time. I am starting to get to know a couple of people outside my direct team and two of them have been very helpful. I'm getting good feedback from the people I work with and my boss's boss. As bookzombie put it "Everybody loves pennski".
Now that I have got into the swing of things, I am no longer as physically tired and I find myself driving home thinking of lots of different things I'd like to do. My quilting is coming on and I've started experimenting with some bobbin lace patterns a friend gave me. Today I was able to do some weeding in the sunshine. I'm really enjoying the music rehearsals for "Sister Act" - I'd forgotten how enjoyable the physical act of singing is.
I haven't felt wheezy once - not even yesterday when I was helping take apart the set in a dusty barn in the rain. I have been taking a consistent level of asthma medication since April but I think it shows how much my breathing problems were exacerbated by stress.
I am taking venlafaxine every day and we will review this in August. Normally I would want to come off any medication as soon as I could, this time, I think I'll see what we need to do.
bookzombie has had a very hard first week on jury service. I'm hoping his second week is not so challenging. He is falling asleep pretty much any time he sits down and stops moving (so while reading, but not while gaming). We heard something encouraging on the job front, and I really hope this works out for him. He deserves to be as happy as I am.
I hope everyone else who is making a change, ends up with as positive an outcome as I have.
Now that I have got into the swing of things, I am no longer as physically tired and I find myself driving home thinking of lots of different things I'd like to do. My quilting is coming on and I've started experimenting with some bobbin lace patterns a friend gave me. Today I was able to do some weeding in the sunshine. I'm really enjoying the music rehearsals for "Sister Act" - I'd forgotten how enjoyable the physical act of singing is.
I haven't felt wheezy once - not even yesterday when I was helping take apart the set in a dusty barn in the rain. I have been taking a consistent level of asthma medication since April but I think it shows how much my breathing problems were exacerbated by stress.
I am taking venlafaxine every day and we will review this in August. Normally I would want to come off any medication as soon as I could, this time, I think I'll see what we need to do.
bookzombie has had a very hard first week on jury service. I'm hoping his second week is not so challenging. He is falling asleep pretty much any time he sits down and stops moving (so while reading, but not while gaming). We heard something encouraging on the job front, and I really hope this works out for him. He deserves to be as happy as I am.
I hope everyone else who is making a change, ends up with as positive an outcome as I have.