User talk:TheEileen
August 2011
29 Aug 2011
Updated list and wiki. 7 projects moved forward and 6 posted. Yay. I've done some table turning, some Am Miss, and my main F2 project is A Select Collection of Old English Plays (4 of 15) (1874) {R}, which started in 2003 and is one of the oldest projects available. I've managed some keeping up with posts and answering some questions.
Weather: Well actually lovely for me today. Overcast and cool! Ha. But actually more like sunny, with some breezes, and about 80. This week more like 70-75. We are getting our summer a bit late and too late for some crops but there ya go.
Health: The bad med thing lasted three weeks but I seem to finally be better. Pulled my back but with massage and stretches was good enough within two weeks to be able to take a plane trip and sleep on hotel beds with no re-injury. Yay. Anemia a little better and I take the days I have energy with a big "yay" and work on just doing one or two things that are needed (rather than try to do EVERYTHING WHILE I CAN). So far so good. I really wish I could get that nice lady back to do some of my housework. She came once, it was wonderful, and then she had family issues and hasn't made it back. I'm sorry for her issues and know that she could use the money. But she needs to get her stressors and time and such all straight.
Work: Co-worker still in an up mode / over-sharing. I'm actively working with this other division to get a job there. I have given them my resume, they've described (in a limited manner) the job they want. I now know I need to check and see where they expect me to physically be. If where I think, I'll still be on this campus, so trying to get a move over to the other campus (and away from co-worker until job appears) may not be doable. If I am wrong and I would be on the other campus, I need to ask now if I can relocate. Only issue is relocating may have them start me on some of the work before the job actually starts. I was thinking of this the other day in response to a suggestion about starting to help out now from someone who was thinking in the "prove your value" mode. I said immediately it would be a BAD idea because not having anyone to do the work now puts pressure on the admin person who has to push the job through. If I did the work now, no pressure and this person has so much on his plate! I already knew him getting this done within six months was unlikely. One thing changed (someone retired early) and they want me to take on part of that person's job. Shrug, easy to do. But not gonna til I'm hired, like I said, pressure. If half his staff aren't complaining they need that work done ... he won't keep my hiring at the top of his pile <sneaky but necessary>. I realized it is the same with the office.
I still like to zen out completely coming home with games. I'm going the DP stuff minimally or on weekends or actually when she's been out for a few days and suddenly I'm not drained of energy. Grin. Okay. Going to go VEG now!
July 2011
20 Jul 2011
All the brief items from March to now are what I am putting in actually on this day. I did no updates or blogging in the interim. My statement re gaming zen mode is spot on. Anything requiring writing or thinking is just right out right now. My whole stressful job is nothing but that and I don't get any pleasure or relief from even venting about things.
Status: Job - still sucks. Still stuck with horrible person. I have told my boss it is horrible and gave listing of items that were both "here is why being in the same room with her is bad" and "here is how she isn't doing work" (i.e. the napping, the hour long personal phone calls, etc.). Response? None (shock - not) He said "got it, want to take time to read it" and then nothing. For four weeks now. I told him I was now pushed to the edge and would look for another job. So I am. Luckily, when I mentioned this to a few people who I thought would be supportive and/or network-y helpful, one said "Yay, I can think of three things I could hire you for!" and is very enthusiastic and wants me and appreciates me. In fact, the entire department over there is very complimentary of me and often has said, "they don't appreciate what they have in you". Alas, gotta work through the rules to create position, etc. etc. which could be months, but in the meantime, I may just move out of the office and over into their area anyway. I have got to relieve that stress.
Health: Crappy. It turns out part of the reason I was so tired and out of focus all the time (at home, I apparently use it all up at work and then come home and just flop about like a carp) was that my chronic anemia condition decided to go acute. As in, numbers so low we are discussing the need for IV iron. I didn't even know you *could* get iron in a IV but it appears to be a semi-normal thing to do. By the way, love the WebMd sites "four causes of iron deficiency: Cause #3, you don't get enough iron, Cause #4, you don't absorb enough iron." That is like saying "a cause of heart attacks is the heart stops". WHY can't my body absorb iron from food? This is the question. Well, cuz I am a girl, it appears. That appears to be the extent of knowledge. So, for now, meds and iron pills and hopes of not starting up the related issue I have - intestinal bleeding. Hey, colon cancer was ruled out, so I got that going for me ... which is nice. But when you can barely lift your arms to pick up your glass of water, not so into typing stuff out on DP. As soon as I do get any energy, for instance, then I do 9/10ths of an Am Miss or something, but still...
Oh and acid reflux so bad, I had to go the ER and get an interesting mixture of maalox and lidocaine which I guzzled down and boy did that work great. For a while anyway. I will know better than to drink any water next time - I think it dilutes it and it didn't last quite as long as I needed it to. Still trying to get that under control. I missed a med and that just caused some stupidly horrible problems that even a week after med resumed are still happening. Grr.
Weather: While the rest of the USA is sweltering under record temps, it is 60, overcast, and rainy here and everyone whines about no summer. For those of you who thought it was like that all the time... yeah, you keep thinking that and don't move here. For the others who know that we normally get sunshine and 70-80 F July, Aug, Sep -- not now. I love it, most everyone else doesn't. Too bad! Bad for veggies and crops. Great for my allergies (I think this is why I didn't have them so badly). Nothing could bloom.
Okay, I am to doing the list and wiki every other week. It's just too much otherwise, with only 50 projects in F1. Nothing is really hiding or easy to miss. And the turnover is massive. Still trying to work on F2 and encourage other the same. I also realized that with my new Mac (oh hey, I bought a new computer), all the problems with the load of guiguts on the old machine should be gone and I can try again and maybe try PPing myself. Since I keep telling others to do so.
Ciao.
14 Jul 2011
Updated wiki. Five projects moved, two posted.
13 Jul 2011
Updated list but not wiki. I seem to be doing this on two days now. Possibly due to my gaming needs. I do seem to be back to using games as major stress relief.