Papa don't preach...
Posted
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:16 AM
It’s funny: my sister called me distraught because one day she woke up and realized everything she’d been taught to believe in, she no longer did. Raised a Catholic, my sister could not wrap her head around a religion that so strictly preached love to mankind and yet so passionately spoke out against homosexuals and bombed abortion doctors. She said she’d turned to Buddhism for her spirituality and was finding it very comforting. She enjoyed the weekly mediations she’d been doing and loved the idea of simple prophecies versus sins and commandments. She’s now got my husband and me considering a form of Buddhism. I don’t think we (or my sister) will ever categorize ourselves as full on Buddhists, but for now, we’re enjoying our new found spiritualism. I wonder if my slightly obsessed eco-friendly-vegetarian-green-passion can be considered a form of religion...? (Yeah, I've turned into a total eco-green factoid...wait until the next blog when I tell you about the $60 pen I want to buy...)
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On the job front…
I find myself growing increasingly anxious for this week to be over with. Won’t take long as today’s now finished, tomorrow I’m leaving a half an hour early (taxes), Thursday I have a retirement party to go to (which starts at noon and it’s rumored we’re getting off afterwards), and then Friday’s it! I’ll spend about 3 hours out and about doing my advertising venues, but then it’s on to bigger and better things. I’m looking forward to the prospect of having Wednesdays off, not having to answer phones and of course a higher salary with benefits. I’m so nervous and excited. This isn’t just a job change it’s a career change—into the field I want to be in! Plus it’s one of those jobs that once you’re in a whole new world of doors is opened up to you. I’ve been daydreaming about what it will be like in six months or even a year. I know I want to go towards the top—I don’t need to actually get to the top; I like knowing there are people above me who can handle the problems I can’t.
The good news? My first day is next Tuesday, which gives me another three day weekend! Yay!