Still sick, but things are looking up
I'm better than I was on Monday, but the crud settled deep in my chest and the timing could not be worse: I'm leaving on Friday morning for a long weekend in San Francisco. I'm going out with some friends to run the Nike Women's Half Marathon, and we have a full itinerary that includes a trip to wine country, dim sum in Chinatown, and dinner at one of Thomas Keller's restaurants.
I seriously thought about cancelling the trip once job stability went down the crapper and my closest colleagues started disappearing, including the best boss I've ever had. In the end, however, I decided to go regardless of what happens. It's not going to be cheap as long weekends go, but the money we'll spend over four and a half days is not going to make a bit of difference in the big picture, even if I get laid off tomorrow. Too much of my energy has gone into stress and worry lately, to the point where one of my friends scolded me the other day for being a Debbie Downer. Fair criticism or not (and I think it probably was, although the delivery could have been better and she ended up being very apologetic), I think the way I've been letting the work situation affect me certainly helped me get sick. It's not really necessary: Even if I'm not quite as prepared as I'd like to be, I wouldn't go broke tomorrow.
In addition, the job situation looks more stable than it did a few weeks ago. There's an org chart and my name is on it, with a defined area of responsibility and a team of six. In my extended group, I also got flagged as the lead for counseling and performance management for my region (there are three) because my new boss heard that that's one of my strengths. I'm not looking too far ahead, but so far all signs are pointing to surviving the upcoming layoff tsunami - and that's all the more reason to get my perspectives in perspective and celebrate.
Are you celebrating anything right now?
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We're celebrating business looking good for another year! This means mortgage payoff can continue at the current pace and should be completed in 2 years.
Excellent!! I am really pleased to hear that.
After six hours studying, I've finally completed another quiz. Man, I didn't remember school being this hard five years ago! But I'm happy about that. :)
And if any of my recently posted dilemmas ever resolve, that'd be cause for celebration as well.
Have a wonderful weekend! You're right, the money is a drop in the bucket long term and considering how stressed you've been, I'm sure your body would really appreciate the rest.
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