Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015
Well here I am again, on the last day of my 2-week break wondering where it all went and trying to quell that rising panic that this is my life. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job. I’m so grateful that I enjoy what I do and the people work with. But still, how does two weeks without 50-hours a week of scheduled time get away from me? Well traveling is one way. Unfortunately one week of that time is spent away from my house and surrounded by others. This is not time that I could spend knocking out those projects I always well myself will get done at Christmas.
Second, sleeping. I don’t know how I find myself sleeping 10-hours a day and still feeling like crap. I know I would do better to just get out of bed and claim those two extra hours but I just can’t make myself do it like I can when I have work bearing down on my. It’s almost like you can have too much time. The urgency isn’t there until the very last day when the loss of my own time is inevitable.
Third, New Years. I know this sounds odd but think about it. We typically leave for the New Years party around 6:00PM. We’re there until midnight or longer (2AM this year!). Then I need to sleep for at least 8-hours (see above). While I only stayed in bed until 9:00 this year, I wasn’t actually functional for the whole day.
Finally there’s the fact that we live in the middle of nowhere so everything, EVERYTHING takes longer. For instance, if we want to get lunch, that’s a just over an hour ordeal minimum for something simple like tacos or hamburgers. It’s 20-min to get there, 30-min to order and eat, then 20-min home. This is time that is completely wasted in my opinion. This is true on the weekends as well. I’ve really stopped thinking in terms of New Years resolutions but this would be one of them. I want to be smarter with my time when I’m home. Some of this is driven by Brian and I’m just going to have to deal with that. The fact is that lunches are rarely quality time so I don’t know why I feel like I have to go with him.
Anyway, Happy new year! I make no promises about actually posting here anymore than I did last year. It’s a great outlet but I’m still uncomfortable with my writing and it often feels daunting to think about all the grammar and spell-checking I’d need to do for each post. Still, I’ll try to do better.