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28 March 2007
This is a STRESS thread Uncertainity with the business, a friend's marriage exploding, possible health concerns. These are my stresses of the moment, what are yours?
When I think of my next employment move, my mind is one big field of white noise. On the plus side, I had an urge to wear my Modesto Nuts ballcap today, which I hadn't seen in a while. An inner voice told me 'look under the bed,' and there it was. No idea how it got there.
My son uses the word "gay" incessantly to imply something he finds stupid, frustrating or dumb. He was once a flower boy at a lesbian wedding. When did he get so insensitive? It stresses me out to no end.
All things being relative, I know this isn't a world-ender, but man! It sure does piss me off. That's probably why he does it....
The project i was working on for the last 2 years has finally shipped, stress time was the last 3 months or so. So today feels like the first day of summer vacation :)
First date tonight. Cortisol rising.
Nothing to show for myself in tomorrow's 8AM lab meeting. Cortisol, cortisol.
Dim premonition that I won't get much sleep tonight. (See first point.)
My son won't settle down and do his nebulizer treatments without a huge fight.
My son that just got married a week ago is making me crazy with his "gonna buy a house and have a baby TODAY" talk while he and his wife grocery shop in my freezer.
Good stress. Thinking about things I need to get organized for my friend's wedding and my overseas vacation, which follows upon the wedding by one day.
Moving halfway across the US on Saturday. I have a LOT of packing yet to do. Last day at work is tommorow and I have so many obligations there is no way to fill them all. I have to say goodbye to all my friends and well, my entire life here. We're driving a day and a half to MN with an unsettled cat. As soon as we get there we need to jump headfirst into planning a wedding. I still need to do taxes. I have to endure family Easter celebrations. I think I have asthma but every doctor tells me nothing is wrong with me, even though I'm up all night coughing and not able to breathe. I have a lot of bills to pay.
Broke up with girlfriend yesterday. Went out today, now I'm waiting in line for the one washer and dryer in my building. Won't get to bed for a couple hours yet, and even though I've resigned myself to going in to work late I'm still stressing over it.
A stepdaughter who smokes (in my opinion) because it pisses us off. An ADHD kid who is smart but so clueless sometimes. Arguments with Mr. V (nothing serious, just troubling). Family coming on Sunday for stepson's birthday.
I just lost my driver's license, my health card, bank card, student ID, keys, and SIN card in one go. To put it mildly - FUCK.
Other than that, looming exams in May, school school school school school, past projects that were less than stellar.
My summer job withdrawing the offer of full-time position and only giving me 20 hours a week. Do I look for a 2nd part time job, or do I reject it and hope I can find another full time position by summer?
Am I going to get accepted to Queen's? Will my ideal roommate-dream work out, or will our parents be annoying? *twitch* Augh.
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