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Life=hectic. Some things are good stress and some things are not so good stress. Such as:
Work--Not a positive right now. Since these licensed people have come in and taken over our jobs (thanks State of Maryland!), it's been nothing but chaos. The new people don't know what they're doing and guess who the extra burden falls on. And it's not a paperwork job where you can just leave it for the next day. If a patient is in crisis, it needs to be dealt with and documented. That means staying here until 9pm each night. I love helping my patients, but it bothers me that the only reason I'm doing this is because someone else (who is SUPPOSED to be more competent than I) isn't doing their job. Ehhh we are having another job duty switch in a week and a half so I just have to hang in their until then.
Wedding--Good stress. Planning a wedding is fun!! We get to pick out all these cool favors and decorations and themes, etc. Charles is in his glory to pick out a menu for the reception. We've reserved our location, set a date, got the rabbi, caterer, photographer, themes, florist, menu, cake, wedding party, rough guest list among other things. I feel productive about this! And of course organized--I have a file box with all things wedding related separated into categories, folders and binders. We're a bit worried about money but oh freaking well.
Left front tire--Bad stress. Has a slow leak that takes about 3 weeks for it to work its way down to almost flat. I've taken it to 2 different tire places along with my dealership, who all say that there is absolutely no leak. Apparently air evaporates over 3 weeks when held inside of a tire. Who knows, but I really don't have the $ to buy a new tire right now.
Volunteering--Wouldn't be stress at all if I didn't have 20 million other things going on right now. Due to time constraints, I'm only able to do some paperwork type stuff. Mostly making copies, phone calls, responding to emails. I'm working on a community awareness program to dispel common myths about pit bulls and for general education purposes related to the breed. I'm doing my research now on the information side of it and then going to work on how, when and to whom I will present this information. I can't wait to have a bigger house w/ a yard so I can have more space to start fostering.
Charles' work schedule--Bad stress. He works overnights and I work days. But he doesn't work regular overnights (like a 11-7 shift). Ohhh no, he works 11pm to 11am 6 days a week. Yup, that's right, 72 hours in ONE WEEK. It's ridiculous. I feel so bad for him because all he does is work and sleep. But on the other hand, I'm lonely :(. I thought I would get used to his new schedule after a couple of months but I haven't. I just keep thinking of the long term goodness that will result from the many hours put in now.
Grad School--Good and bad stress. All these deadlines are driving me nuts!! Application deadline for UBalt is Aug 1st 2006 for next year's fall semester. OK great. However, the financial aid deadline is March 1st 2006 and you have to be accepted into the school before you can submit the financial aid application. Now I find out that I must take the GREs to submit an application for admission to UBalt (there's no required score, they just want to review your scores). So now I have the final order of: take GREs and get scores, then get all the crap together for admission to UBalt as a grad student and wait for OK to be admitted, then submit FAFSA form for financial aid and other loans/scholarships. I really am excited to go back to school though. OK so I'm really just excited to buy new school supplies again.
But when I get stressed, I just go home, look at these faces and am thankful for all that I have.
Work--Not a positive right now. Since these licensed people have come in and taken over our jobs (thanks State of Maryland!), it's been nothing but chaos. The new people don't know what they're doing and guess who the extra burden falls on. And it's not a paperwork job where you can just leave it for the next day. If a patient is in crisis, it needs to be dealt with and documented. That means staying here until 9pm each night. I love helping my patients, but it bothers me that the only reason I'm doing this is because someone else (who is SUPPOSED to be more competent than I) isn't doing their job. Ehhh we are having another job duty switch in a week and a half so I just have to hang in their until then.
Wedding--Good stress. Planning a wedding is fun!! We get to pick out all these cool favors and decorations and themes, etc. Charles is in his glory to pick out a menu for the reception. We've reserved our location, set a date, got the rabbi, caterer, photographer, themes, florist, menu, cake, wedding party, rough guest list among other things. I feel productive about this! And of course organized--I have a file box with all things wedding related separated into categories, folders and binders. We're a bit worried about money but oh freaking well.
Left front tire--Bad stress. Has a slow leak that takes about 3 weeks for it to work its way down to almost flat. I've taken it to 2 different tire places along with my dealership, who all say that there is absolutely no leak. Apparently air evaporates over 3 weeks when held inside of a tire. Who knows, but I really don't have the $ to buy a new tire right now.
Volunteering--Wouldn't be stress at all if I didn't have 20 million other things going on right now. Due to time constraints, I'm only able to do some paperwork type stuff. Mostly making copies, phone calls, responding to emails. I'm working on a community awareness program to dispel common myths about pit bulls and for general education purposes related to the breed. I'm doing my research now on the information side of it and then going to work on how, when and to whom I will present this information. I can't wait to have a bigger house w/ a yard so I can have more space to start fostering.
Charles' work schedule--Bad stress. He works overnights and I work days. But he doesn't work regular overnights (like a 11-7 shift). Ohhh no, he works 11pm to 11am 6 days a week. Yup, that's right, 72 hours in ONE WEEK. It's ridiculous. I feel so bad for him because all he does is work and sleep. But on the other hand, I'm lonely :(. I thought I would get used to his new schedule after a couple of months but I haven't. I just keep thinking of the long term goodness that will result from the many hours put in now.
Grad School--Good and bad stress. All these deadlines are driving me nuts!! Application deadline for UBalt is Aug 1st 2006 for next year's fall semester. OK great. However, the financial aid deadline is March 1st 2006 and you have to be accepted into the school before you can submit the financial aid application. Now I find out that I must take the GREs to submit an application for admission to UBalt (there's no required score, they just want to review your scores). So now I have the final order of: take GREs and get scores, then get all the crap together for admission to UBalt as a grad student and wait for OK to be admitted, then submit FAFSA form for financial aid and other loans/scholarships. I really am excited to go back to school though. OK so I'm really just excited to buy new school supplies again.
But when I get stressed, I just go home, look at these faces and am thankful for all that I have.