Transition? Oh I Hope So in Everyday Ramblings

Yesterday I got all my stitches out! I had to wait an hour from my appointment time because the surgery my specialist was doing earlier ran long but it was great to get the all clear. Everything is healing well and I don’t need to see him for 3 ½ months.

I do have an appointment to get my teeth cleaned in a couple of weeks and I am thrilled about that because once again I have been asked to use the rinse that stains my teeth. But he says I can use it in a more localized (and non visible) way now.

It was a gorgeous mild late summer day. The air was relatively clear at least compared to how it has been lately. It was dry and I had a free evening afterwards and you would think I would be happy, giddy happy.

I have enough money in my budget for the rest of the procedures that will happen in December so for the first time in two years I can make plans for gifts and clothes and save for that new bike and a proper vacation.

Nimrod told me on Wednesday that although there was previously some threat that our jobs might be re-orged out of existence that the prevailing perspective among management is that our work is valuable and our positions will be protected for the foreseeable future. This is helped by the fact that one of our allied coworkers is disaffected and has decided to retire next month and will not be replaced.

Do more with less!

Our customers love us. We each got free movie tickets and a heartfelt note of thanks from our Emergency Services team this week. The appreciation is mutual.

I have had good classes this week, we have been focusing on our shoulder/neck area and my students were clearly tired on Wednesday so I taught a much simpler slower class than I had planned and my shoulders felt fabulous afterwards. Note to Self.

Sometimes less in more.

I was blue last night. Tired and blue. I needed about 3,000 more steps to hit my daily goal so I went for a walk with my headphones. I took the above picture of the park next to my place because I was enchanted by the light.

Everything feels difficult right now. Work, we had a totally random weird technical problem that took a whole day to resolve, somebody on the technical side forgot to do this one simple step. The cats have allergies that need to be addressed. The news is just horrid, so much suffering and weird acting out. And I have complex structural changes to make in the next month in my teaching schedule that need to be implemented and explained.

Everything feels loud and overbearing. There is so much traffic, so much visible drug addiction and mental illness. Everybody has opinions and is not shy about expressing them.

I am exhausted. Trying to keep up a normal work schedule (with overtime), teaching, keeping up with teaching material and then having all these surgeries…

It is kind of crazy to expect I could do all that and not suffer some consequences.

This fall I am going to see if I can build myself a sanctuary, both internal and somewhat external in which I can abide with kindness towards myself (as well as others) and nourish myself so that I can continue to support and adore others.

And relish what I hope are quiet uneventful months ahead.

At least in my small little orbit.
More or less.

Last updated August 18, 2017