I had a super awesome weekend!
The problem with super awesome weekends, is that they end. And then almost everything's just the same as it was before. However, I am reminded of a lyric from "Into the Woods." I know, me, reminded of a broadway musical... who would've thought?
I won't bore you guys with which one (but it's in the song "Moments in the Woods"). The point is that during the weekend I made the discovery that I've fallen into a role (or a schtick) at work and let that role become me.
At work, I'm the oldest one in the department - mostly by a lot of years. When I first started, I kept my head down and tried to draw as little attention as possible because the place used to be little more than a frat house without dean. As people got to know me, my age would invariably come up and I'd play into it for laughs: "Get off my lawn you hoodlums!" and so on.
Eventually, it sort of blossomed into my "thing" (grouchy and parental). But yesterday I became acutely aware that I've taken that concept and let it become me. I need to simply get back to the me that loves to laugh and be silly. The difficult part will be finding people I'm comfortable enough to relax around.
The people from yesterday's trip to Disneyland were a great start!
That's what made it so super awesome. It wasn't the rides or attractions at the parks: it was just hanging out with a group of people who all got each other. The nerd level was super high, but it was also super awesome. Everyone's sense of humor gelled, people could make an oblique reference to something and everyone would get it. It's a shame that everyone lives hundreds of miles from everyone else.
I won't bore you guys with which one (but it's in the song "Moments in the Woods"). The point is that during the weekend I made the discovery that I've fallen into a role (or a schtick) at work and let that role become me.
At work, I'm the oldest one in the department - mostly by a lot of years. When I first started, I kept my head down and tried to draw as little attention as possible because the place used to be little more than a frat house without dean. As people got to know me, my age would invariably come up and I'd play into it for laughs: "Get off my lawn you hoodlums!" and so on.
Eventually, it sort of blossomed into my "thing" (grouchy and parental). But yesterday I became acutely aware that I've taken that concept and let it become me. I need to simply get back to the me that loves to laugh and be silly. The difficult part will be finding people I'm comfortable enough to relax around.
The people from yesterday's trip to Disneyland were a great start!
That's what made it so super awesome. It wasn't the rides or attractions at the parks: it was just hanging out with a group of people who all got each other. The nerd level was super high, but it was also super awesome. Everyone's sense of humor gelled, people could make an oblique reference to something and everyone would get it. It's a shame that everyone lives hundreds of miles from everyone else.