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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