Wellbeing

Working my fingers to ground round stumps.

These last few months I’ve had the pleasure of staying back at the office to train new folks and process backlogs. I like the training part. I like the working backlogs part less. I’m presented with working conditions that I’ve not experienced in my short working life: hours upon hours of similar tasks on the PC. In the process I’ve learned a new word: Repetitive motion…
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Wellbeing

Meanwhile, back in the office…

On Monday I made my return to the office, after an almost week-long absence. Believe it or not, it was nice to go back to work. I’m glad I had four days to be with Cheryl. I think the time we spent mostly alone and at home was therapeutic. What’s more, I don’t feel I’ve ever been closer to my wonderful bride of seven years (and good friend for darn near fourteen). Just the…
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Wellbeing

Something Lost

Your mother wasn’t feeling well last night or this morning, so we called her doctor. The pain was worrisome but not unbearable. The doctor took us right in this morning and gave your mother an ultrasound to see how you were doing. I have no medical training, but I knew enough looking at the monitor to know we will never get the chance to meet. I noticed the nurse wasn’t saying…
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Wellbeing

What are you looking at?

I’m admitting more here than I should, in the even that anyone should actually read this. What I’m about to say next will surely convince you that I’ve gone over the edge. If that is so, then you should know that I really went long ago. So here I go. Do you ever find yourself in a contemplative mood? Do you ever find yourself wandering about the house admiring your surroundings?
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Wellbeing

Happiness is…

Lately I’ve been kind of blue. It seems that every time I turn around, someone is leaving; for better jobs, for different surroundings … you get the picture. When people leave I start to feel like there is something wrong with where I am. Mind you, I didn’t feel like this prior to the exodus, so I’m almost sure that it’s just in my head. None the less, it’s…
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Wellbeing

Insomnia and the weekend of sleep.

When I left off last week I was only beginning a stretch of wide awake nights and nearly comatose days. There are many frustrating things in life, and insomnia is one of the classics. Those who have never spent an entire night waiting to fall asleep, knowing the whole time that they really are going to need it the next day, just don’t know what they are missing. Thankfully, the weekend…
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Wellbeing

Wither while you work.

I’m just kidding. This week was actually pretty good. Events have conspired to make me really like all of my coworkers. They might not believe it if I told them (saying I’m emotionally “reserved” in the office would be an understatement), but it is the truth. The current group is almost my favorite. It would be my favorite if someone had not recently retired. The new person…
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