Re: Re: Hassles At Work
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Jun 04 2015 17:03:50

 NB> Bummer about getting sick... but good that you've got yourself a foot in 
 NB> the door there now... 

  Yeah I'm signed up for another shift next week.  I've actually gotten sick
AGAIN since the first illness that this message was originally about.  Stuff is
going around everyone in the house here, and it's not settling for just one or
two laps, it appears.  Hopefully I'm starting to get better with it pretty soon
here.  Looks like it only lasted about 2-3 days for everyone else here, I'm
praying that it does the same for me.

 NB> To say nothing of being something that can help work off the nervous
 NB> energies...  :)  

  We're going to go and witness our first Aikido lesson tomorrow, and if all
looks kosher we're going to get signed up then for the next available session. 
That is, of course, keeping my fingers crossed on this witch's brew that I feel
going on in my chest right now, though.

 NB> But it's true, for all that... helping others does indeed help you work
 NB> out your own issues, more likely than not...  If nothing else, as we've
 NB> said before, it provides perspective that focusing on one's self doesn't
 NB> give so well... :)

  It does.  I mean Free Geek isn't the opportunity for help like offering
people a hand out of the gutter at the place I was being underpaid $7/hr for...
But it's still knowing that I'm doing some thing nice.  Plus, after you've got
a certain amount of hours in, they actually give you a working computer (or in
this case, they give my son a working computer).  :)

 NB> Sounds like the IT job is a definite win...  :)  I was refering more to
 NB> the dead-end jobs, like in foodservice...  And the dynamic is even more
 NB> changed when one has a good job, with prospects, that is a very good
 NB> fit.  :)   Enjoy your bike ride... 

  Ah the bike ride is getting better as I go.  Had one of those experiences
today that really makes me smack myself and wonder how much of the skills I've
retained, though.  I put in over an hour of work on something that really
should've taken about 10 minutes, tops.  Had to go and pick the hard way. 
'Course, I've got integrity sometimes, so I didn't charge for that hour.  ;) 
Still, realizing afterwards what I'd done means that I'm going to save that
much time the next time I've got a similar problem in the future.  Not such a
bad thing, really.

 NB> Definitely a nice turnaround of events for you.   :)

  Things have been going well.  I am bracing, however, for the next couple of
days.  My roommate has had a fever of 101.5+ _with_ generous application of
ibuprofen and acetaminophen.  I'm really hoping it doesn't hit me quite as bad.
I'm the one where things with lung involvement usually stick around, though. 
So if it does get bad maybe I'll have to head in and see somebody...  We'll see
how it goes.  I'll meditate more to keep from fulminating on the frustration.
;)
  Funny...  I've maintained a pretty positive outlook for just putting down the
cat that I loved so dearly, I'm realizing.  Guess I'm doing something right.  I
do still get misty once in awhile, of course.  I'm suspecting that'll be the
case for some time.  Yet I've definitely been doing better than some negative
others lately...  Heh.
  Best wishes.

  -D
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