Well... after I reached the point in the day, yesterday, where I knew Natalia and Brian had left Michigan and were headed towards Africa... I felt a kind of relief. Not that they were gone (NO WAY), but more that the good-bye-ing was over for now. I'm again happy and excited for them and I'm trying to use that joyfulness to my own advantage.
I actually cleaned out my linen closet and bedroom yesterday. Yes, there's much more that needs cleaning (as in basic maintenace) and way more that needs CLEANING (as in declutter/dejunking)... but it's a start. I know have a little corner of peacefulness carved out.
Also, Steve and I had a brief talk today and I've decided to relocate my "office." When Steve was re-hired by ProQuest after the layoff at Kellogg and I was on maternity leave, he bought a fabulous desk set on clearance (it was the floor model) at a furniture store that was closing. It's hardly ever used, it's covered in dust and piles of unfiled papers... so I've asked him to clean it up (this weekend!) and relocate my computer, printers, and file cabinet of work stuff-- so I won't be in the dark corner of the guest room any more. I really should have an office space and some peaceful space in my home. If I posted a photo of my current office space, it's just this hodge podge room... and if I posted Steve's office it would probably horrify you that a room can look like that! I probably should post before and after shots... so you guys can all say-- wow, what a better work space. Think of it as going from a cubicle to the corner office-- the rooms both have windows, but presently, my back is to the window and in the new space it will be off to the side. Plus with the size of the desk in Steve's office (it will be a shared space), I'll actually have a desk top to lay my notes out on... instead of having things piled on the printer next to me because the desk top is soo small. I'm looking foward to this... can you tell?
I also really felt the love yesterday... it was nice that all my Facebook buddies touched based and even a few people called. I even appreciated the couple of people who nicely made no eye contact with me the first half of the week, because they knew I was trying to hide my tears. I have to say, I did NOT appreciate the person who said, 'Why the hell would your sister move to Africa of all places..." because a) she doesn't know Natalia and b) if you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer. And it was (IMHO) rather insensitive to say so, just hours after my sister left. In case anyone's wondering... the whole, if you can't say something nice, say something ineffective is a much better tact (as in "wow, that's really far..." it's non-committal and kinda stupid to say... but it least it doesn't hurt my feelings and gives the impression that you might possibly understand that it sucks to have people so far away).
Well, it's Friday Night, movie night... and I have a book to finish reading (I borrowed it from Sean's teacher and I really should return it before summer vacation starts!).
Oh, btw Sean's first school play was today and it was a-dor-a-ble! I took pics and will eventually get around to downloading off my camera-- hopefully after my office is relocated (this weekend-- yeah, like anything happens that fast around here!).
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