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Appointments Stink

In my frustration at the pedodontist for not allowing me to schedule an afternoon (as late as possible) appointment for my daughter’s tooth extraction, I have discovered that I detest appointments. I am not sure why that is, but part of me wants the rest of the professional world to know, “Yes, we ALSO have to work!”

I’m not sure what I’d do with 2 kids and the ensuing appointments at doctors and dentists; hair cuts, girl scouts and parent-teacher conferences. I mean, what the heck?

Deep-down, I’m not so sure my superiors at work will be so willing to part with me a day here and a couple of hours there. Maybe I’m a bit overly self-conscious because I work with only guys and they’re really not taking much time off to go to appointments.

So, 天堂网在线观看 9th at 8am, two tooth extractions and a filling. And I’m sure … pain for the rest of the day.

A New Experiment

I’m trying something different today. Instead of waking up and going through all of the most terrible things that could happen today, I’m picking good things to think about.

1. My family is happy and healthy right now.
2. I have a job that is becoming more comfortable to go to (don’t indulge in the “but’s”)
3. Halloween is coming, and all that goes with that.
4. I have all of next week off… what will we do with our time? I’m thinking of things, like visiting an orchard, going to see some horses, going roller skating, etc.

It sounds odd, but once you’ve been traumatised by something unexpected, you can wake up afraid of your day. I hate that. It’s beyond hating actually.. it needs to be disposed of. So today I’m thinking about walking in the water at the beach in Freeport, a place I was at 5 years ago. The water was clear and a light aqua color. The day was warm and exciting, due to being.. you know… out of the country and some place tropical. Shops were all around, and the inviting smell of exotic food filled the air.

Motorbike Ride

Today, we went on a brief ride on the motorcycle, just across town to the Harley shop and back. On the way back, we stopped at Scooters, for lack of an available Starbucks. It was a cold ride, and coffee sounded good.

I had a vanilla latte, which was wonderful, and a chocolate chip cookie. The best part was the little livingroom-like area at the back of the store… a leather couch, some leather chairs and a fireplace to keep warm by. Not only that, but “feel good about life” books, like, “Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul” laying around.

I could have spent the day, but someone got bored. lol

A Week Off

I would like to formally announce (to whomever cares) that I have next week off. School is out for a week, and I took the week off to coincide with that. It will be a week to spend some quality time with my daughter.

I haven’t had a week off since June of last year. I plan to sleep in a little, and spend a lot of time outside, since it will be in the 70’s next week.

Work has been insane this week, as well. Wednesday, I didn’t have time to sit down and think, let alone take on any more tasks. That didn’t mean the tasks didn’t come, mind you.

Yesterday, we had new heating and air installed in our home. Not because we wanted to, but because some “thing” in the heater was beginning to rust. The rusting thing could have lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, which would have been bad, to say the least. Our system was 22 years old. It was overdue.

I think I am missing my financial calling in heating and air installation, however.

Today, we’re finally catching up with my parents, who’ve been vacationing in sunny Kansas City for the last week. We managed to arrange for a few hours to meet for dinner. It’s unfortunate that it’s only a couple of hours, but on the bright side, it’s something, at least. We missed our 1/2 day visit last week due to a major cold affecting my brother’s entire house.

My Thursday Rocked

So, day two of messing around with the intranet design and doing menial things inbetween, like help desk calls and swapping out hardware. Who knew a person could like working so much? 🙂 I may be about 1/2 done with it all, but I feel a design change coming on… to get it where I want it to be.

I found a new toy today. It’s Browsershots.com. Input your website address and see how your website looks on all sorts of browsers, including Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox. It’s stepsaving if you do design work, or just want to see how things look without loading a bunch of different browsers.

Oh… I got nominated to be on our United Way Campaign. This means some planning with several other people, free lunch and convincing some people it would be nice if they gave money to charity. Mind you, at the non-profit, we don’t make too much ourselves, but they say that “You don’t know the meaning of giving until you’re poor.” lol I’m not poor, but it sounds good anyway.

So, it’s 8pm and I’m off to help my daughter with her birthday thank you’s. Can I have more hours in my day, please?

When a Door is Opened

Yesterday, my DailyOM email said: “When a door is opened, walk through it. Have faith that the door was placed there for a reason.”

I need reminding of this from time to time. I don’t mean to harp on losing my job over 6 months ago. I’m coming to terms with it. Each day, I get a little closer to getting completely over it. Aside from the obvious upheaval from being in a particular place every day for 20 years straight, it’s the loss of most of the people I thought were my friends.

After I read the email yesterday, I could see why the door was placed there for me. At least part of it. I want to be thankful for the door and learn from it. I want to eliminate those days when I’d like to hack the door down for just being, and I’m getting so much closer to that.

I’m learning to consider each day as a gift instead of being afraid of what the day will hold. It involves a lot more, “Oh well”‘s and “I’ll deal with that when/if it happens”.

More than anything, I am learning that I can be the one in control. I just have to not be afraid to take control. And I’m not.