This past week has been a nightmare.
Things came to a breaking point for me last night when my husband announced some bad news. With the work pressure and personal problems I'm experiencing right now, it was all too much for me and I broke down.
It's hard to convey the feelings I'm experiencing, so I'll just say the part that matters:
Everything looks brighter and more manageable in the morning!
My mother taught me this as a child, and it never ceases to be true. This morning I feel calmer and more hopeful.
Are things resolved? No.
Did I want to go to work? Double No.
But do I feel like I can find a solution? Yes.
Sometimes you just need to sleep on it.
3.28.2008
3.14.2008
Limbo
At work, I have a category for things I don't know what to do with.
I put them in a separate stack and put a big sticky on it that says "LIMBO". Then I chip away at them one at a time until nothing remains in that pile. It's a nice concept and it works for me.
(The fact that the same principle doesn't work when applied to our apartment continues to baffle me, but I'm sure I'll figure it out, given time.)
Lately the trouble seems to be that I am in the limbo pile myself.
I just don't feel like I'm moving forward. In any aspect of my life.
I sent an update to my Russia friends last week, and I honestly couldn't report anything exciting. It's such a let-down from before my wedding, because I was feverishly working toward this finite goal. Now I'm not-so-feverishly working -- plodding, barely-getting-by, trudging.
I put them in a separate stack and put a big sticky on it that says "LIMBO". Then I chip away at them one at a time until nothing remains in that pile. It's a nice concept and it works for me.
(The fact that the same principle doesn't work when applied to our apartment continues to baffle me, but I'm sure I'll figure it out, given time.)
Lately the trouble seems to be that I am in the limbo pile myself.
I just don't feel like I'm moving forward. In any aspect of my life.
I sent an update to my Russia friends last week, and I honestly couldn't report anything exciting. It's such a let-down from before my wedding, because I was feverishly working toward this finite goal. Now I'm not-so-feverishly working -- plodding, barely-getting-by, trudging.
2.16.2008
Words that matter
Important words for weekdays:
alarm clock
EARLY
a little grumpy
little kiss
Have a good day, honey!
organize
look busy
May I tell him/her who is calling?
May I put you through to his/her voicemail?
May I validate your parking?
improvise
follow-up on that
courtesy
patience
dress clothes
smile anyway
stressed
someday...
5:00 yet?
dishes
dinner?
groceries?!
sleepy prayers
repeat
(see also: exhaustion, need a raise, too tired to move...)
Important words for Saturday:
blueberry pancakes
laundry
snuggle
giggle
shopping
errands
movie?
JEANS!
couch
blanket
good book
relax
procrastinate
Important words for Sunday:
church
peace
Jesus
prophets
Book of Mormon
be better
eternity
remembrance
repentance
FAMILY
Scrabble
nap
alarm clock
EARLY
a little grumpy
little kiss
Have a good day, honey!
organize
look busy
May I tell him/her who is calling?
May I put you through to his/her voicemail?
May I validate your parking?
improvise
follow-up on that
courtesy
patience
dress clothes
smile anyway
stressed
someday...
5:00 yet?
dishes
dinner?
groceries?!
sleepy prayers
repeat
(see also: exhaustion, need a raise, too tired to move...)
Important words for Saturday:
blueberry pancakes
laundry
snuggle
giggle
shopping
errands
movie?
JEANS!
couch
blanket
good book
relax
procrastinate
Important words for Sunday:
church
peace
Jesus
prophets
Book of Mormon
be better
eternity
remembrance
repentance
FAMILY
Scrabble
nap
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