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quiet saturday morning Ever so slowly I have been starting to feel like myself again or at the very least I have been able to make sense of what has been happening lately. Now that the whirlwind of activity from last week has subsided and my life has gone back to its usual routine, I was able to do a small amount of thinking this morning and pay some bills. Both of those things pleased me, because I want to get as much done as I can before my work week ends next Tuesday. Right now I have little doubt that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week will be the last chance that I will have to relax and be by myself before the holiday family activity ramps up to full speed. Sleep will be something sorely lacking next weekend, because for the first and what I truly hope will be the last time in my life, I will be working both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year. This is not something that I wanted to happen, but there was no real way for me to avoid it. Due to the nature of my profession, there needs to be someone present at all times in my department. Personally I think that it is overkill in this case, but the job does pay my bills and I will be reward monetarily for sacrificing those hours of my time when I rather be somewhere else. As much as I love the holidays, they do tend to exhaust me to some extent, but in a good way. I also think that I will be taking some time off from work in January just to recuperate a little and to make up for having to spend part of my holidays at work instead of with the people that I love. |