whinging

I've been avoiding the blog this morning, afraid if I post, all I'll do is whine. I'm feeling very whiny.

I'm feeling a bit like the world is closing in around me. My sweet little life, home all day in my cute little house, taking care of business, afternoon tea with my sweetie, never at the gym or a store when it's crowded, plenty of time for all my writing assignments... all coming to a screeching halt.

I'm also a little worried. My health issues demand that I balance out my activities and get enough rest. Last time I was working full-time, I was really unable to do anything else. But that was a long time ago, before I had a proper diagnosis and good treatment. My health is much better now. I just wonder if, after working a full 40-hour week, if I'll have anything left.

Temporary, temporary. I keep telling myself it's temporary.

Who knows, in a few weeks, the Perfect Job could appear, and you can all laugh at me for being worried about a little temping.

Maybe later today I'll think of something more interesting to say.

Comments

  1. Mandy & Eddie26 February 2006 at 07:13

    Hey, it's your blog and you can whine if you want to!! Congrats on the employment, but I'm sure it's kind of a drag to go back to the 40 hours a week thing after being out of it for so long.

    Not sure how long your commute is, but I use mine to unwind or read or zone out before I go home to my other/real job, i.e., my house, husband, kids, dog, which is what I really love and where I really want to be all day. But I have a job and I can pay the bills, so that's something to be grateful for.

    Try not to use your weekends to run constant errands and just to veg out and do what you really want to. Good luck!

    ReplyDelete
  2. sharonapple8826 February 2006 at 07:28

    It's always tough to make a change like this so some whining is understandable. I'm feeling the same way because I just started a job with a 2 hr commute, but as a friend reminded me -- it's only a job and that you can get another one if it's driving you absolutely crazy. (Of course it's good to wait a few weeks before you bail -- it's hard to tell whether it's nerves from adapting, or if you're really in the job from hell.)

    ReplyDelete
  3. laura k26 February 2006 at 07:39

    Hey, it's your blog and you can whine if you want to!!

    :-) Thank you

    Try not to use your weekends to run constant errands and just to veg out and do what you really want to. Good luck!

    Thank you! That is good advice, an important part of staying sane when working full-time, I think. I always used to do errands on my lunch break, do laundry in the evening - anything to free up weekend time.

    Since my partner is now working weekends (which I hope to do eventually), we'll have weekday evenings to spend together and I'll have weekends to myself. Not a bad deal - temporarily.

    I'm feeling the same way because I just started a job with a 2 hr commute

    Ouch! Each way? That's a big chunk of day. I hope it's a great job that proves worth it.

    as a friend reminded me -- it's only a job and that you can get another one if it's driving you absolutely crazy.

    Very important to remember. If it really sucks, we're not obligated to stay.

    (Of course it's good to wait a few weeks before you bail -- it's hard to tell whether it's nerves from adapting, or if you're really in the job from hell.)

    And adapting takes a while, sometimes longer than we think.

    Good luck on your new job, Sharonapple. I hope the commute isn't hellish. (I guess that's all you can say about a commute.)

    ReplyDelete
  4. James Redekop26 February 2006 at 09:47

    I'm also a little worried. My health issues demand that I balance out my activities and get enough rest.

    Just do yourself a favour and don't worry yourself sick about whether you're going to worry yourself sick. Lori's a world champion recursive worrier, and we don't need any more of them around!

    ReplyDelete
  5. laura k26 February 2006 at 11:26

    That's good advice, too, James.

    My mother used to tell me: She who crosses her bridges before she comes to them, may pay the toll twice. It's true.

    Thanks. :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. Granny26 February 2006 at 13:25

    Late to the party again. What's the point of having your own blog if you can't whine?

    Ditto what they all said.

    Ann (Canadian under the skin)

    ReplyDelete
  7. laura k26 February 2006 at 13:32

    Canadian under the skin

    Good blog name, eh?

    ReplyDelete
  8. RossK26 February 2006 at 15:57

    As long as their isn't one of those bar-code/tracker thingies under there too....

    ___
    lg--

    Geez Louise!

    Start saying the mantra again....

    "Thank you Tommy Douglas, Thank You TD, Thank you Saskatchewan....."

    In other words, all your job switching is fine here.

    We will still cover you.

    ___
    (and you me, if I run into difficulties; what a crazy concept, huh?).

    .

    ReplyDelete
  9. laura k26 February 2006 at 16:22

    It's an amazing concept.

    Truth be told, I always had health care, even through all my job switching and freelancing. So you see, I really truly wanted to be Canadian. :)

    But I thank Tommy Douglas anyway. And all you guys.

    As long as their isn't one of those bar-code/tracker thingies under there too....

    Creepy stuff, that.

    ReplyDelete
  10. James Redekop27 February 2006 at 06:04

    My mother used to tell me: She who crosses her bridges before she comes to them, may pay the toll twice. It's true.

    Lori's just a born worrier. If things are going well, she worries that she must have overlooked something.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

sharia

This morning I see that Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, is banning the Muslim religious court known as sharia . This ends months of debate about whether sharia would be legal and binding in Ontario. I'm quoting at length from the story in today's Toronto Star because many US readers are likely not up on this. In a surprise announcement that caught both supporters and opponents of sharia law off guard, Premier Dalton McGuinty says he will move quickly to ban all religious arbitration in the province. McGuinty made the announcement in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press yesterday after months of debate and controversy surrounding use of Islamic sharia law in family arbitration. "I've come to the conclusion that the debate has gone on long enough," the premier told the news agency. "There will be no sharia law in Ontario. There will be no religious arbitration in Ontario. There will be one law for all Ontarians." The announcement prompted t...
Read more

can of worms

I'm opening a sticky subject here, my need to understand causing me to throw caution to the wind. It's about Alberta. Alberta vs. the rest of the Canada. The Globe And Mail runs something about Alberta's gripes every day, and I try to follow along. If it weren't for wmtc's resident Albertan , and the ensuing arguments in comments, I would've had no warning. It's not something Americans know about. As is, observing for more than a year, I have only the smallest of clues. Here's what I know. Please pardon my ignorance and oversimplification, but I have to start somewhere. The province of Alberta is rich, because it has oil. The province of Alberta is conservative, relative to the rest of Canada. Hmm. Funny how those two go together. Because of its great oil wealth, Alberta revenue helps fund services in the rest of Canada. (These are transfer payments?) Apparently many Albertans resent this. They want to keep Alberta's money in Alberta. They don't...
Read more

low confidence

I'm excited about today's no-confidence vote . Only three months after moving here, we'll get to see a government fall, a campaign, and an election, in a system very different from what we're accustomed to. Even the expression "the government will fall" strikes us as oddly dramatic and revolutionary. My sense of current Canadian politics, for what it's worth, tells me that very little will change from the upcoming election. I'd be surprised if the Liberals didn't win. So it's kind of cool to see this happening without a lot at stake. On a semi-tangential note, have I mentioned I'm completely down with "Corner Gas"? Excellent show; I love the deadpan humour. (Great website, too; check it out .) So was that really Finance Minister Ralph Goodale ragging on Brent Butt's camera last Saturday night?
Read more