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Taking the easy way out

November 6, 2009

I have so much to do right now it’s almost kismet (did I use that correctly?) that I’m going to find myself with a lot of time on my hands in seven short days. I have photos to edit, I have Thank You cards to write. I have a carpet cleaner to use. I have shelves to build. The list just doesn’t end.  Let the period of my life known as That Time I Was A Housewife Without Actually Being a Wife begin! It’s a shame I cannot stand BonBons.

But there’s also that side of me going OHNOCRAPWHATDIDIDOOOOOIAMSOSTUPID! And that side of me? She is loud, high-strung, and friggin annoying. I feel like I need to shut her up, and I got some great news today that’s going to help me do just that; some news that’s going to make it possible for me to not have a heart attack when my last paycheck arrives in a couple weeks. Not having a heart attack at thirty = A GOOD THING.

So because I can breathe a little easier, and because I went to yoga today for the first time in over two weeks, I’m just going to post a little zen and leave it at that.

This is exactly how I feel right now:

This is just how I wanted to use one of those extra days.  Apparently also still haven't changed clothes. by you.

Like everything’s going to be alright. And, yeah, that I’m not really into being on that side of the camera. But mostly that everything’s going to be alright.

3 Comments »

  1. Dingo says:

    Everything *is* going to be alright. I know this is going to be a stressful, but incredibly rewarding, time for you.

    November 6th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

  2. Anne says:

    About a year ago, I was in the same position as you are now. I quit my job because every morning the first thing I thought was ‘O NO! I have to go to work (today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, etc). I would think of accidents that would be not really painful, but would not allow me to go to work, etc. That had to stop, so I quit.

    What got me through my period of unemployment, was thinking about a few months from now. Then, I would probably think ‘if I only knew then, what I know now, how my new job is so much more fun, and my life is so much better now’. And: ‘I wish I enjoyed my unemployment more, since I had all the time in the world!’

    Hang in there. This may be a very scary place right now, but you did the right thing.

    November 7th, 2009 at 1:10 am

  3. barbara says:

    You do zen really well! And I can attest firsthand that those to-do lists are not always that easy to get through!

    November 7th, 2009 at 10:27 am

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