A whole year older
I just had the best birthday weekend I could ever ask for.
I went to a beer festival and discovered I love gluten free beer. I drank red wine till I was drunk (and passed out). I splashed at the Waterpark. I had drinks with friends. I went for a walk and I watched a movie. And I ate myself silly (after a week of pseudo dieting, it was good to eat whatever I wanted).
And I spent it with my lovely boyfriend.
When I moved here in Jan I was a little nervous that come my birthday I wold be spending it alone. But this was so not the case. I chose to spend it with my boyfriend for the most part, but I could have easily found other people to spend it with. It really was an awesome birthday... :)
But I'm back to work now. Which I don't entirely mind. Sure I would have loved to get more sleep last night (stupid people upstairs were banging around till midnight). But I truly love my job. For the millionth time, my landlord asked me this in the elevator on Saturday. And I replied again, that yes, I do love my job. I have found my calling. I am a government monkey.
For a few years I use to make fun a friend who worked for government. "Why would you want to work in government?" "Its so boring!". But here I am. Sitting at a desk for 90% of my day and happily researching and writing law and justice type stuff. I may want to pull my hair out when I get a 24 hour turn around time on a briefing note or when something I've written comes back 5 times before the DM signs off on it, but when all is said and done - I love it here. I really love what I do.
And I feel I need to get as many people as possible working for the government. I can't get over the benefits and job security I have (ok, well, the job security is a little up in the air, but I feel I may get some security in the next few months). I work from 815am till 430pm and I can then walk again. WALK AWAY! Not like school where as much as you did while on campus is only compounded by the fact that you feel you have never done enough. My nights and weekends are mine. ALL mine! No correcting or studying to do. No worrying. I've never felt so relaxed in my whole life!
Note: This is outside of the incredible anxiety I have felt the past two weeks. Inspite of the above, work was pretty stressful for like a week and then with some relationship crap add in for good measure, I was an anxious mess for about 2 weeks. I've been coming down off this anxiety high for about a week because the work anxiety was resolved and slowly the relationship stuff has been coming down too (altho not as much as I would like). But nonetheless, I have always found that after a period of high anxiety, I take up to 2 - 3 weeks before I return to normal.
I went to a beer festival and discovered I love gluten free beer. I drank red wine till I was drunk (and passed out). I splashed at the Waterpark. I had drinks with friends. I went for a walk and I watched a movie. And I ate myself silly (after a week of pseudo dieting, it was good to eat whatever I wanted).
And I spent it with my lovely boyfriend.
When I moved here in Jan I was a little nervous that come my birthday I wold be spending it alone. But this was so not the case. I chose to spend it with my boyfriend for the most part, but I could have easily found other people to spend it with. It really was an awesome birthday... :)
But I'm back to work now. Which I don't entirely mind. Sure I would have loved to get more sleep last night (stupid people upstairs were banging around till midnight). But I truly love my job. For the millionth time, my landlord asked me this in the elevator on Saturday. And I replied again, that yes, I do love my job. I have found my calling. I am a government monkey.
For a few years I use to make fun a friend who worked for government. "Why would you want to work in government?" "Its so boring!". But here I am. Sitting at a desk for 90% of my day and happily researching and writing law and justice type stuff. I may want to pull my hair out when I get a 24 hour turn around time on a briefing note or when something I've written comes back 5 times before the DM signs off on it, but when all is said and done - I love it here. I really love what I do.
And I feel I need to get as many people as possible working for the government. I can't get over the benefits and job security I have (ok, well, the job security is a little up in the air, but I feel I may get some security in the next few months). I work from 815am till 430pm and I can then walk again. WALK AWAY! Not like school where as much as you did while on campus is only compounded by the fact that you feel you have never done enough. My nights and weekends are mine. ALL mine! No correcting or studying to do. No worrying. I've never felt so relaxed in my whole life!
Note: This is outside of the incredible anxiety I have felt the past two weeks. Inspite of the above, work was pretty stressful for like a week and then with some relationship crap add in for good measure, I was an anxious mess for about 2 weeks. I've been coming down off this anxiety high for about a week because the work anxiety was resolved and slowly the relationship stuff has been coming down too (altho not as much as I would like). But nonetheless, I have always found that after a period of high anxiety, I take up to 2 - 3 weeks before I return to normal.
