Matlida
Mary Poppins
Man with the Golden Gun
As you may or may not have gathered from my some of previous posts I work in Higher Ed and that makes some times of the year (August, December and early January) much busier than normal at work. That explains some of my absence and also I caught the flu! I was out of work for the entire part of Winter Training with my RA staff and missed the start of the semester as well. 294 emails later I returned only to be sent home because I was not well enough to sit for 8 hours. Sigh. I am happy to report that I feel much better and all I have is a stubborn cough that I am willing to live with forever compared to that flu crap. For those of you wondering- No I did not get a flu shot and I still do not intend to any other season. Other than a brief bought of food poisoning this summer, I have not been that sick since I was like 12 years old. If I have to get that sick every 20 years I am ok with that.
For those of you other Higher Ed professionals- yes you read that right- I missed almost the ENTIRE RA training this year. I made it to about 2 sessions and even those I am not sure if I was having fever induced hallucinations or not. That made me feel worse than the flu! Thank goodness I was already training my staff to to be able to run it without me (I had a premonition, well and it was time) and they did wonderfully. The students report that training was great and the RHDs did a wonderful job. I am sad that I did not get to see them in a proud momma kind of way running those sessions and keeping order in a way that I am sure was after my own heart. I am so proud of the things they have learned so far and the resume building experiences they are creating for themselves. That is a great thing for a supervisor to see in entry level employees that are bound to one day leave me and go on to bigger and better things.
Faithful readers might have also deduced that in the last couple of years my mental health has been put to the test. My head and my heart are currently in a bit of battle and that made the holidays and being sick all that much harder. Not surprisingly, I did not reach out to my tried and true support system like I should have, but it feels good just knowing they are there and just that has been helpful. In 2012 I said multiple times that 2012 was going to be MY YEAR. Well that flopped in the biggest way but I have some hope for 2014. It started out a bit too rough for my liking but I am confident all the work I did in 2013 to make things great will work out in 2014. Time is a funny thing- I do not believe it heals all wounds but I do believe that a heart doesn't find its match everyday and time alone cannot change that.
So watch out for these blog posts and much more regular posting in the future. Scouts honor. That is if I was a scout. Which I am not. :)
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