Comp Day
Posted
Monday, October 15, 2007 5:27 PM
I'm home! I'm not sick. I earned the day off by working on a Sat. I really wanted to sleep in but I'm glad that getting everyone else up and out the door made me wide awake, otherwise I'd just be getting out of bed! And the sun is even shining today. I'm off AND the sun is shining. Life is good!
More home remodeling writing:
I already have this great sense of accomplishment. We have so many remodeling projects and today I painted the upstairs hall ceiling and while I was at it the girls' bathroom ceiling! It's the worst part of painting! Ceilings! My husband makes it look so easy, well - it's not. I sent him a text saying what I did so far on my day off and how much painting sucks! He texts back "first 4 letters in paint are pain!" UGH! How true! But, it's done. I think the paint didn't stick too well in the girls' bathroom, but my goal is the hallway so I'll worry about that another time. I also acquired lovely speckled skin from the paint roller and my nails - yikes!
Wanting to paint it all white in that hallway. It's so dark and needs brightening up. There's 4 doors in that hallway (3 bedrooms, 1 bath) and I'm going to paint the back of each of them a different very light shade (almost white) of blue, soft yellow, gray and undecided. Green? Salmon? Lavender? They're the old type of doors with panels and crystal door knobs. I saw a picture once of the doors painted and the panels wallpapered and then framed by a braided wood trim. So, I'm doing that with each of the doors. Also adding a painted piece of gingerbread, wooden decoration or a wooden letter for each door (B for Bri, etc.). It's all sort of shabby-chic. Can't wait to be all done! I think I'm going to hang a whimsical mini-chandelier too and maybe redo DH's baby dresser with fabric-covered drawers and new knobs to match in light colors for storing extra towels and soap and razors and such. Maybe a new throw rug over the hardwood floor.
So...I'm done with painting for today. Need to catch up on laundry and maybe get dressed today, perhaps decide on what to make for dinner. Do I know how to enjoy a day off or what?!
I've also been thinking again - since I was pondering my career and wrote 'out loud' that it wasn't challenging enough and I think that really isn't the case. My job can be very challenging. We always have new projects and a lot going on. I think my real issue is ... is that there's never enough time in a day. I'm beginning to think that perhaps I'm just more suited to part time work and then I'd have time to enjoy my own hobbies/interests and actually make it to one of my daughter's tennis matches and keep up with the cleaning required in this new house along with all the other errands/duties. Maybe it's all the other things that need done and the other things that interest me that keep me from enjoying work. Maybe I just resent that it takes up the biggest chunk of my day, my week, MY LIFE...but it's not my own personal priority. Or that I've gone from working directly with patients to administrative and working directly with a computer and attending meetings, etc. Not much interaction except with a few others in the office. Maybe that has something to do with it? Hmmm...more to think about before acting.
But, for now - "put work out of my mind" - I'm off and I'm home and I want to completely forget about it and enjoy these few precious hours! :)