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Just Another Day At The Job

Posted in Everyday, tagged , , on November 10, 2015| 3 Comments »

Imagine your work day.  It’s demanding, it’s busy and it’s exhausting.  Now imagine being scheduled to perform five hip replacement surgeries…in one day.

My dad was number three in the lineup of five his surgeon had on the docket.  I can’t fathom the pressure performing surgery would produce.  I can’t conceptualize an ordinary day consisting of performing not one but five major surgeries.  Surgeons rock, especially the one who has taken care of my dad’s hip, his knee seven months ago, and my mom’s knee a year and a half ago.  It’s what he does and thinks nothing of it because that’s his job.

I know a bunch of people who regard this particular surgeon as a healer extraordinaire.  My whole family, and many other families I’m sure, is grateful for what one man can do to improve the quality of life in so many people.  Coincidentally a coworker of mine is seeing this very same surgeon for a consultation on her knee tomorrow.  The guy’s got a reputation for being good.  Damn good.

My dad came out of surgery well.  All that’s left is a lot of healing and hard work on his part.  A great team of physical therapists will work with him to get him back on his feet as soon as possible, and the wonder-surgeon will meet with him again to make sure everything is fine.

Replacing a major joint in the human body.  Amazing.  Medical science is awesome.

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As The Kids Say These Days: Cray-Cray

Posted in Everyday, tagged , on November 9, 2015| 4 Comments »

STOP IT!

So here I am, it’s 5:30 p.m. and I’ve barely gotten home from work.  I have a ton of things to do such as:

1. finish making and packaging drink charms
2. finish up packaging votives
3. price magnets
4. eat some dinner

I realized right now that I haven’t written a blog post for today, and I must in order to honor the challenge of 30 posts in 30 days.  Leave me alone!  I have way too much to do!  Plus, I’ve been working my a$$ off trying to train someone in at the day job, keeping up with the holiday inventory at the shops I stock, and plus I’ve got a week at the hospital in store for me starting tomorrow (watching over someone else).

That’s no reason.  To those who read blogs, especially those who are newcomers to this particular blog, the author’s personal problems are of no consequence.

Let me say this right now – I have nothing interesting to say today.  But look, I’m writing a blog post saying just that.  Those who know me will understand and those who don’t will never visit this site again.  So be it.  I warned everyone at the beginning of this challenge that some posts will be completely uninteresting.  This is one of them.  But I’m doing it.

So now I’m off to do some of those other things I committed to that don’t involve blogging.  It’s going to be a long night.  A long week.  Things are crazy, “cray-cray” as they say these days, and I hope you understand.

Hysterical…Wild…Cray-Cray…This is me – at least I’m finely accessorized.

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Happy Moose

Posted in Everyday, tagged , on November 8, 2015| 2 Comments »

Happy Moose read in his book today:

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.  ~Erasmus

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Happy Moose

Posted in Everyday, tagged , on November 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Happy Moose read in his book today:

Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress. ~Epictetus

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Casting Off The Curse

Posted in Everyday, tagged , on November 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »

“Don’t get so officious, you’re not yourself when you’re officious.
That’s the curse of a government job.”
~ Maude

Dame Marjorie Chardem, better known as Maude, is a person who guides me through life with her enthusiasm and wisdom.  She lives in the movie Harold and Maude, my favorite movie of all time.

Maude has a penchant for stealing cars but doesn’t have a driver’s license because she doesn’t “believe in them.”  That’s what she told the police officer who pulled her over for speeding.  With some prodding the police officer found out that not only had she been speeding but had also stolen the truck she was driving, as well as the little tree and shovel in the back of the truck.  The discourse between Maude and the police officer prompted her to comment on officiousness.

“That’s the curse of a government job.”

I have a government job and I know all about officiousness.  I’m professional with my coworkers, supervisors, and the clients I meet nearly every day.  The thing is, I work in an area away from most of the people I work with, so they don’t see me rolling my eyes at the ridiculousness of government protocol.  They don’t hear me swearing under my breath about mistakes I make in the midst of the overwhelmedness of my workload.  They don’t know I’m burnt out and resentful of our clients.  I’m a professional.  I’m officious.  At least in the eyes of those with whom I work.

But as Maude says, “you’re not yourself when you’re officious.”  How true that is.  If that’s the case, I can only assume “myself” is hidden for ten hours a day, five days a week.  That can’t be a good thing, and it sucks a lot of energy out of me.  But if I were “myself,” I would have been fired from my job a long time ago.

I’ve been trying to balance officiousness with my true self for over three decades.  Psychologically speaking, that’s a heavy load to carry and can’t be too helpful in the quest for self-actualization – too much cognitive dissonance.  It makes me wonder how much I’ll flourish after I retire from the day job and only have to be myself.  My guess is…lots.

Maude ended up distracting the officious police officer and stealing his motorcycle to get on with her business of replanting the little city tree in the forest.  When Harold and Maude reached the forest and planted the tree Maude said, “The earth is my body and my head is in the stars…who said that?”  Harold replies, “I don’t know.”  Maude smiles and says, “Well, I guess I did.”

I’m so looking forward to trashing my officiousness.  I want to be like Maude.  I want to be myself.

 

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