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December 17, 2006
Home, home on the range.
So, I am officially home, and have been for a full day now. Currently I am staying at my sister's house, which has been nice. I am not, however, on her schedule, which means taking a mid-afternoon nap when she's not working, so that leaves me going to bed and waking up far earlier than she.
My nephew? Adorable. He's incredibly alert, and has finally discovered his feet, his tongue, and his voice. He loves investigating things, so it really isn't hard to entertain him, and he is not anywhere close to fussy. I tease his mommy about teaching him bad words and bad manners, like our uncles did for us, but she takes it into (playfully shocked) stride.
I haven't written in a while, so lemme summarize the last few important things in my life:
1. I stopped working 80 hour weeks at the end of October. And then proceded to do nothing for a good two weeks, as I wanted absolutely nothing to do with 'obligations'. The feeling of anxiety that would creep up at the idea of even completing one of these obligations - even things that I really enjoyed doing - was enough to convince me I had to stop for a while, rest, recup.
2. I started going back to martial arts, after I did nothing for those few weeks. It feels good to be back in the swing of things. I will hopefully be getting my red belt at the end of this month. (Well, technically it is being held first week of January, given the holidays.)
3. I still haven't had my job promotion. My boss doesn't sense the urgency in me, I think, and I think doesn't anticipate that I will walk away from this job.
I will, in fact, walk away from this job. It's been 9 months since I was promised a promotion or job title change, and 16 months since I have been successfully doing far above and beyond what I am supposed to be doing in this job. I'm ok with the 'doing more' bit; there is nothing worse than being bored at work, and I'm a person who really likes to learn and be challeged at work. However, I refuse to be a monkey for someone for the rest of my life. And the fact is, I gave my revision for my new job title a month and a half ago, and she still hasn't scheduled a meeting with the appropriate person tells me she doesn't care enough to keep me.
So I'm looking elsewhere.
4. I'm in Alaska for the holidays. I think I am going to stay in Arizona next year, mainly because I haven't had a Christmas with Joe in a while and my sister and nephew won't be here next year (if all things go well for her), so. But I love it. People think I'm crazy, but I love being in the cold again, seeing snow on the trees. And yeah, others will say that it's only for two weeks and that I wouldn't love it. To them I sez, "Hush, bitches. I lived in Fairbanks for the better part of five years, and that place is far more frigid and I loved it even then."
5. I don't have breast cancer. They weren't certain, so a bunch of tests were run. End results: Clean bill of health. Except that now I have a very recently formed mole on my chest that is the colour of my skin. And, it should be checked out because of the whole - I'm whitey McWhiterson who was burned horribly there several times. Dammit. I am tired of doctors.
There's more, but my sister's awake now. Will chitter chatter later.
Posted by Kelli Little at December 17, 2006 08:02 AM