Happy Memorial Day weekend...the unofficial start of my favorite season. I feel weird putting happy into a holiday that is a remembrance of all those who died to keep this country safe but I'm putting in the happy in celebration of summer. YAY summer! This weekend was such a perfect weekend weather wise and in my life. I spent a lot of time outdoors and being active but also relaxing and enjoying 3 unexpected days off from work. I played tennis, I went for runs, I ate ice cream, drank some wine, read some books and took lots of naps. The only thing missing was the beach which hopefully I will get to more times this year than last year and since the number to beat is 1, I think I got it in the bag.
Since I'm not really reading anything of note, this post is simply a random cornucopia of what has been happening in my life recently. Work is getting better every day and I'm not one to brag but you are reading the post of June's employee of the month for the Club at Woodbridge, a cheesy honor but one I am proud of none the less. In only 7 months in my new career, I have managed to make an impression; a nugget I am certainly celebrating after dragging myself up from the ground of unemployment, moving, poverty and endless, wracking self doubt. I am going to take some time to simply enjoy the life I am building (with of course the loving, supportive hand of my husband) out of the wreckage. I'm not there yet, but I am on the path and it feels good. I have met a lot of amazing people at my job and I am slowly starting to feel joy over my work again. Even better, everything I have been through over the last several years has taught me how to enjoy my time spent OUT of work. At my previous job, I spent so much time agonizing over my job during my "relaxation" hours that I made my self sick. Literally. I spent more time with my doctor than with some of my friends. Now, I come out of work and mostly forget about it. I say mostly because old habits die hard but I wisely and not by accident chose a profession that by nature is about stress relief and taking care of yourself. The only complaint I have is having to work at night oh and having to work more than 30 hours. If I was running this country, everyone would have a 25 hour work week. Imagine what a nicer, more adjusted society we would have if everyone was forced by threat of death to actually stop working after only 5 hours? Employees would be more productive because there would be minimum idle time spent on facebook or twitter, they would be more rested and thus more creative and best of all, they would be happier because they would get to spend more time doing things other than working. I mean I'm sure this plan wouldn't work for therapists, Starbucks, doctors and places that sell booze because they thrive on people being overworked and over stressed but aside from that, America would be much better off. I'm just putting that out there. Wink, wink, hint, hint next President.
I have been spending my free hours being as active and outdoorsy as possible and I'm finally, mercifully sleeping at night again without the aid of nyquil. It reminds me of when I was running summer programs for kids and after spending a 10 hour day in the sun running around I would be knocked out by 9:00 pm. Hopefully, I can keep running enough miles every week for this to occur on a regular basis all summer. Even though I have a gorgeous park to run in right next to my apartment, I do miss being outside in Boston this time of year. I've never lived this far from the ocean and I miss that the most. When I was a kid my Dad used to come home from work in the summer and take us straight to the beach. It was only a 10 minute drive and it was the most amazing feeling to be able to jump into the crisp, salty ocean after a sweltering day in the city heat. To this day, my favorite time to go to the beach is at sunset. Everyone is packing up, the beach is empty and the air is starting to cool. Best of all, it is peaceful; any stress I have just melts away when my feet hit the sand. I think I miss this the most being farther than 10 minutes from the ocean. The next place I live has got to be close to the beach. In the meantime, I always have fist pumping at the Jersey shore to look forward to.
Other things on my mind: "Game of Thrones" is ending next week and I'm upset that I have to wait until "Dexter" comes back in October to have an awesome tv drama to watch; Clay Aiken should have won "Celebrity Apprentice" and while I didn't cry like I did when he lost Idol but I was still pissed. Saw the trailer for "The Great Gatbsy" starring the beautiful Leo and it looks over done. Is anyone ever going to get this one right? If Leo can't, nobody can. Food Network needs to start having actual cooking shows on again instead of reality bullshit drama. Saw a documentary about the possibility of mermaids being real and now I'm obsessed. Ended my awesome weekend with watching, "Midnight in Paris" hands down the best movie I have seen in a long, long time. I watched it with a glass of red wine and a constant wistful tear in my eye. If I do nothing else for the rest of my life but walk the streets of Paris at night in the rain, I will have lived the life I imagined. Someday I WILL get there. Ok, that is all from my ADD addled brain...
Since I'm not really reading anything of note, this post is simply a random cornucopia of what has been happening in my life recently. Work is getting better every day and I'm not one to brag but you are reading the post of June's employee of the month for the Club at Woodbridge, a cheesy honor but one I am proud of none the less. In only 7 months in my new career, I have managed to make an impression; a nugget I am certainly celebrating after dragging myself up from the ground of unemployment, moving, poverty and endless, wracking self doubt. I am going to take some time to simply enjoy the life I am building (with of course the loving, supportive hand of my husband) out of the wreckage. I'm not there yet, but I am on the path and it feels good. I have met a lot of amazing people at my job and I am slowly starting to feel joy over my work again. Even better, everything I have been through over the last several years has taught me how to enjoy my time spent OUT of work. At my previous job, I spent so much time agonizing over my job during my "relaxation" hours that I made my self sick. Literally. I spent more time with my doctor than with some of my friends. Now, I come out of work and mostly forget about it. I say mostly because old habits die hard but I wisely and not by accident chose a profession that by nature is about stress relief and taking care of yourself. The only complaint I have is having to work at night oh and having to work more than 30 hours. If I was running this country, everyone would have a 25 hour work week. Imagine what a nicer, more adjusted society we would have if everyone was forced by threat of death to actually stop working after only 5 hours? Employees would be more productive because there would be minimum idle time spent on facebook or twitter, they would be more rested and thus more creative and best of all, they would be happier because they would get to spend more time doing things other than working. I mean I'm sure this plan wouldn't work for therapists, Starbucks, doctors and places that sell booze because they thrive on people being overworked and over stressed but aside from that, America would be much better off. I'm just putting that out there. Wink, wink, hint, hint next President.
I have been spending my free hours being as active and outdoorsy as possible and I'm finally, mercifully sleeping at night again without the aid of nyquil. It reminds me of when I was running summer programs for kids and after spending a 10 hour day in the sun running around I would be knocked out by 9:00 pm. Hopefully, I can keep running enough miles every week for this to occur on a regular basis all summer. Even though I have a gorgeous park to run in right next to my apartment, I do miss being outside in Boston this time of year. I've never lived this far from the ocean and I miss that the most. When I was a kid my Dad used to come home from work in the summer and take us straight to the beach. It was only a 10 minute drive and it was the most amazing feeling to be able to jump into the crisp, salty ocean after a sweltering day in the city heat. To this day, my favorite time to go to the beach is at sunset. Everyone is packing up, the beach is empty and the air is starting to cool. Best of all, it is peaceful; any stress I have just melts away when my feet hit the sand. I think I miss this the most being farther than 10 minutes from the ocean. The next place I live has got to be close to the beach. In the meantime, I always have fist pumping at the Jersey shore to look forward to.
Other things on my mind: "Game of Thrones" is ending next week and I'm upset that I have to wait until "Dexter" comes back in October to have an awesome tv drama to watch; Clay Aiken should have won "Celebrity Apprentice" and while I didn't cry like I did when he lost Idol but I was still pissed. Saw the trailer for "The Great Gatbsy" starring the beautiful Leo and it looks over done. Is anyone ever going to get this one right? If Leo can't, nobody can. Food Network needs to start having actual cooking shows on again instead of reality bullshit drama. Saw a documentary about the possibility of mermaids being real and now I'm obsessed. Ended my awesome weekend with watching, "Midnight in Paris" hands down the best movie I have seen in a long, long time. I watched it with a glass of red wine and a constant wistful tear in my eye. If I do nothing else for the rest of my life but walk the streets of Paris at night in the rain, I will have lived the life I imagined. Someday I WILL get there. Ok, that is all from my ADD addled brain...
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