Still alive
Still here, still reading (reading pretty much daily, actually, when I'm not out of town). I just haven't had much to say recently.
Work continues workly; I've been finding out just how little suited I am to a job that requires thinking for other people. I don't like having to tell someone what to do when it should be pretty damn obvious. But I also told the bossman that I'd stick around for a while when I applied for the job, and there's definitely not a good way to step down from where I'm at without leaving entirely. Honestly? I was happiest working three days a week, in a position where I was pretty much self-directed but also didn't have supervisory responsibilities. This is important to know about myself and a good thing to keep in mind for the future. Oh, and Petal is leaving. His wife got a job in New Mexico, so he's moving down to somewhere between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and I think will be working at the Santa Fe store.
Spiritual life... well, it goes. The grove is awesome in its way, and Gaia is awesome in its way, and while I enjoy both I don't think I'd call either 'home' at this point. Not sure where the current journeying will go. But then, am I ever?
Feeling very lucky in my love life, despite the challenges of long distance :) And very spoiled by the last several weeks, when I've gotten to see her relatively frequently.
The garden has been suffering from massive neglect and overgrowth. I'll blame this in part on the heat, and in part on the anaemia/not-quite-depression that I had for a while there. (As to how someone who eats as much red meat as I do could get anaemia... well, there's a bit of girly TMI involved in the process.) That's sorted now, though, and I've been taking a meat pill an iron supplement to get back up to speed.
Other than that, pretty much just keeping on keeping on right now. There is very little of great import or excitement in my world at the moment. This makes me sad, in a way. And I'm beginning to feel just how long it's been since I was out of the country. Much longer, and I'll have to do a PhD in Australia ;-)
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Work continues workly; I've been finding out just how little suited I am to a job that requires thinking for other people. I don't like having to tell someone what to do when it should be pretty damn obvious. But I also told the bossman that I'd stick around for a while when I applied for the job, and there's definitely not a good way to step down from where I'm at without leaving entirely. Honestly? I was happiest working three days a week, in a position where I was pretty much self-directed but also didn't have supervisory responsibilities. This is important to know about myself and a good thing to keep in mind for the future. Oh, and Petal is leaving. His wife got a job in New Mexico, so he's moving down to somewhere between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and I think will be working at the Santa Fe store.
Spiritual life... well, it goes. The grove is awesome in its way, and Gaia is awesome in its way, and while I enjoy both I don't think I'd call either 'home' at this point. Not sure where the current journeying will go. But then, am I ever?
Feeling very lucky in my love life, despite the challenges of long distance :) And very spoiled by the last several weeks, when I've gotten to see her relatively frequently.
The garden has been suffering from massive neglect and overgrowth. I'll blame this in part on the heat, and in part on the anaemia/not-quite-depression that I had for a while there. (As to how someone who eats as much red meat as I do could get anaemia... well, there's a bit of girly TMI involved in the process.) That's sorted now, though, and I've been taking a meat pill an iron supplement to get back up to speed.
Other than that, pretty much just keeping on keeping on right now. There is very little of great import or excitement in my world at the moment. This makes me sad, in a way. And I'm beginning to feel just how long it's been since I was out of the country. Much longer, and I'll have to do a PhD in Australia ;-)
This entry was originally posted at http://wayfarer.dreamwidth.org/9352.html, which is way better than LJ. Please comment there using OpenID or your DW account.