Crazy beans.
Ok, well... life has been a bit complicated lately, in the way life tends to be. About 2 weeks ago I had a bad week of finding out lots of sad family news regarding cancers and alzheimers and feline leukemia, while at the same time under a lot of stress studying for my LEED exam. The immediate and overwhelmingness of that week has passed, thankfully, and I am back to handling my emotions without crying at work. At the same time, we moved into our fabulous new digs, which was happy stress. And then shortly thereafter, I got offered a promotion at work in another department (M&V) (I think only one of my coworkers reads this, and if you hadn't heard Michael, I apologize for not telling you in person. We'll have to chat.) The details took some time to resolve, but I had decided to take the job. It would have been a management position, as opposed to my current engineer position, and I think it would have been a good move. Note the past tense?
After most of the details were finalized and my hopes were up, a monkey wrench landed in the works when senior management decided that as part of the job I would have to spend 3 days a week not in my awesome Boston office, but an hour west of here in the not awesome Westborough office. Thanks but no thanks. I'm not really upset - this promotion was not something I sought myself but something that came to me. And my current job is pretty awesome. I love what I do, and I love how much I'm learning. The upsetness just comes from having thought long and hard, come to a decision, and then having that option disappear. Regardless, I'm glad that the decision is over because it used up a lot of energy for internal introspection. :)
Other than that, I've rearranged my priorities in life. They are:
Do not crowd my schedule so that I can spend evenings/weekends relaxing at home
Train for impending triathlon
Play fiddle
I like how small that list is. :)
After most of the details were finalized and my hopes were up, a monkey wrench landed in the works when senior management decided that as part of the job I would have to spend 3 days a week not in my awesome Boston office, but an hour west of here in the not awesome Westborough office. Thanks but no thanks. I'm not really upset - this promotion was not something I sought myself but something that came to me. And my current job is pretty awesome. I love what I do, and I love how much I'm learning. The upsetness just comes from having thought long and hard, come to a decision, and then having that option disappear. Regardless, I'm glad that the decision is over because it used up a lot of energy for internal introspection. :)
Other than that, I've rearranged my priorities in life. They are:
Do not crowd my schedule so that I can spend evenings/weekends relaxing at home
Train for impending triathlon
Play fiddle
I like how small that list is. :)
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