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Confessions!!!
I confess..... That i want a new job...NOW. This one is draining the life out of me and I can no longer handle working 60-80 hour weeks and only being paid for 40. I can't stand having to carry a pager around and not being able to leave my house for fear of something breaking in our systems that I will have to fix. I can't live with having to stay up until 1:30 am (tonight) to deploy some code into our Production environment and then come into the office tomorrow by 7:30am. I just can't do it.
I confess.... That i am scared sh!tless of looking for a new job (especially with this stupid crappy economy). I have so much anxiety on a regular basis about everything and i'm so stressed out, that the thought of that is stressing me out even more. All i want is a job that doesn't rule my life....is that so much to ask?!?! It's going to be near to impossible to find something in the same payrange too....and we can't afford for me to take a salary cut. CRAP.
I confess.... That I haven't cleaned my house in like a week and it just keeps getting more disgusting because i either 1) dont have time b/c of work or 2) im so stressed and exhausted when i finally get home from work that all i want to do is curl up and go to sleep.
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Re: Confessions!!!
I confess...that I have found a few jobs down in at Atlanta that I would love to apply for, but I'm not sure that we're in the applying stage of planning this move. Maybe I should just go for it anyway...
I confess...that if we don't end up moving I'm going to be very upset.
I confess...that I'm going to stuff my face today at our department pot luck.
I confess... that I'm terrified to go back to work at the hospital, especially in the ER. I feel like since I've been out of clinical nursing for 5 years...I'm going to hate it or not know how to do anything anymore and they'll regret hiring me.
I confess... that my husband and I after less than 6 months of marriage have entered into marriage counseling. Mainly due to stress issues with everything thats been going on with my son...but still. It sucks and it's embarrasing.
I confess... that since I only have a few weeks left at work...I'm slacking so bad and getting nothing done. Except a ton of online shopping! XD
I confess... I've been drinking too much soda lately. I keep trying to tell myself I need the caffeine to stay awake since my son keeps waking up at 4:30am. I'm allergic to coffee and i hate tea.
I confess... I think I might be you know what. I'm scared to death. I don't want to say anything to DH right now until it's closer to AF time. I don't have anyone else to talk with about it. I wouldn't want to share this with family either. I'm scared to death. I'm hoping it's from the caffeine, but I've been drinking the same amount as before. Plus I have about a week and a half till my period. ugh.... fml
??? Would you be ok? I thought there was something medically that you couldn't/shouldn't. You can always talk to us...many hugs and tons of good vibes for you!
deb - sounds like you're under A LOT of stress lately --- maybe its just that!
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I am a gluten-free, gun-toting wife! :P
I love you, Daddy...2/24/1953 to 2/13/2011
Deb- Just take it easy and try not to stress. Thinking you could be will add to that stress if its not what you want.
I confess- That even though I'm hating my job I feel I'd rather go back to school then relocate to take a job my degree is in.
I confess-I need to get back on the excercise band wagon.
A little advice for all you ladies unsure of wanting to apply for those jobs. You don't have to accept them in the end if its not right for you. But you cant go back and apply once the deadlines past.
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ditto! ps i had a scare a few weeks ago about the same thing (no period!!!!), deb. my dr said it was half due to the BC im on and the other half b/c im super stressed.
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I am a gluten-free, gun-toting wife! :P
I love you, Daddy...2/24/1953 to 2/13/2011
Oh, Deb! We are hear for you. Don't try to keep everything in. If you can't talk to others, talk to us!
I confess...that I have an amazon wish list for holiday gifts (my DH's family does most of their shopping online so this makes it easy) and I have been stalking it! It's ALMOST as much fun as registry stalking!
Ditto the PPs, Deb! I also had a scare about 2 months ago with no period and feeling nauseous- I was so scared. If you need someone to talk to- we're here! Holding everything is never good, though I know I tend to do it too sometimes
I confess... I can't concentrate on anything at work. I am getting stuff done, but slower than usual. Some clients have been getting on my nerves lately.
I confess... There has been candy, chocolate and cookies none-stop at work and it's soooo hard to not eat them all!
I confess... I haven't even seen Velvet since Saturday
I miss her. But I am not used to my stick shift 100% yet and the roads haven't been all that great. Plus, she lives on a very wind-y, twisted hilly road that doesn't get plowed. I feel like a bad mom. And there go my tight core muscles...
I confess - that I'm scared to death I won't find a job in the fall. I'm a teacher in IL and lost my job at the end of the year last year, and did not get hired anywhere for this year. (I think partially due to my graduate work, which I get paid more for, AND many districts pay for part of tuition as part of the contract. Because I don't graduate until this May, I think many districts cut me because of that.)
I confess - that because of my lack of job, I have baby fever and it's BAD. I know it's because I'm not around kids everyday now, and I don't have much filling my time. But still....
I confess - that I had a dream about my ex-boyfriend a few nights ago.
I confess that I want to be pregnant soo bad and I know that I am entering into my fertile days this month and I am freaking out that we might miss my fertile window again like we did the last two months because we didn't time sex right.
I confess that I am tired of networking with other "professionals" at my company to try and get a better job. They all tell me they want me wot work for them and then drag their feet or hire someone else when they have openings in their department. It's so frustrating.
I confess that I gossip way too much at work. I am starting almost feel bad, but people just irritate the crap out of me here. Everyday someone does something stupid!
Sterl -- you had a dream about your ex - I had a dream about Fabio! Yes Fabio! WTF it was so weird. But don't worry I seem to have ex dreams frequently - they are usually bazarr though.
I confess my husband drives me crazy because he is only working part time and does not do his share of the housework and has only subbed two days (he is off every Friday and is working part time in a private school.)
I confess I am worried when we move into a house, I will even have more cleaning to do while working full time and my DH will continue at the same pace.
I confess I didn't spend as much or as much time on Christmas gifts this year. I just have had no time and am trying to watch my spending more.
I also gossip at work.....it helps me cope...
I confess...that while I'm trying to diet, I can't help it and eat things I know I shouldn't eat. I don't like how my body is but I am finding it impossible to change it.
I confess...that DH and I are not having as much sex as we should. Partially because I'm exhausted between working 14 hour days 3 days a week and 12 hour days the other ones, and partially because for some reason, in the last two months, it's started to hurt. A LOT. And medically, there's nothing wrong, and I don't know what's causing it.
I confess...that I am jealous of my friends who make the same amounts of money as us, or less, and yet are able to live the lifestyle we want to be living because they pay less than 1/3 of what we pay in rent because they fall azz-backwards into lucky situations.
RIP Dr. Irving Fishman - 10/1/19-7/25/10 - thank you for holding on for me.
You made my wedding day complete.