The Office

Ladies and ladies, I present to you Habitat for Humanity Tri-Cities...

 This is my office. I'd really like to take those pictures down but I don't want to offend anyone. They were there when I set up camp a month an a half ago.

Ahhhhh...typical! I had to come up with my "Top 5" goals as Volunteer Coordinator but I made sure that they didn't supercede Whitworth's alternative "Big 3." Gosh I miss that place.

 I drink lots of jasmine tea and hot water out of that Halloween mug. That picture was my first order of business in an attempt to decorate my space a bit.

The view from my desk.

 I had a really good weekend--went to roller derby and carved pumpkins with Corrie and her boyfriend Nick.  Shivyon and her boyfriend Zach came over after and we watched Shutter Island and ate Ben and Jerry's (you MUST try Americone Dream). It was nice to hang out with a group of friends again.  They're good at making me not feel like the 5th wheel.

Yesterday was my day off.  I had to do a deep clean of our pantry after a rogue spice from an Indian supermarket threatened to suffocate anyone who opened the cupboard door.  Note to everyone--if a recipe calls for asafoetida, just order Indian take out instead.  Whatever you do, DO NOT add this stuff to your spice rack. I had pumpkin chip bread baking which covered up the stench quite well and then it was off to my 5th guitar lesson.

Well, I'm going to make lunch and head to work. Love to all!

Update Shmupdate

Ever since I so melodramatically left the blogging stage two weeks ago, I have had a wary eye set on Skype waiting for Oscar to pop up out of nowhere and scare the Bajeezus out of me.  Well, I'm happy to say that hasn't happened and he is once again fading to a emotionally confused memory. 

In other news...work has been going a lot better.  I think that I'll report my job satisfaction level at a 7 today at my weekly check in (10 being awesome). It's weird how the desire to please my boss and let her know I'm happy has actually manifested itself in my daily activity and made work more enjoyable.  I made it a goal to enjoy my job more so that I could put her mind at ease, and I started doing things a bit differently. What I really feel like I'm missing is deeper relationships with the other staff and volunteers.  I made that a priority these past two weeks and I started to like going to work.

I had my fifth guitar lesson yesterday. Did I ever mention to anyone that I was taking guitar? Anywho, my former band teacher is now teaching me Beatles riffs and Dust in the Wind.  Its tough but I'm finding time to practice almost every day and the calluses on my fingers are proof. Next time the Corner House unites around a fire I'll be able to play "Scarborough Fair" with ease :) Missing you all terribly.

Namaste chileno de mierda

I let out some pent up frustrations today. Regular verbal and physical catharsis is like a colonic for the soul. Sick. I hate that analogy. Hopefully nobody understands it.
Last night I uttered my first “I don’t want to go to work tomorrow” at the dinner table. I was thoroughly enjoying my wine and noshing on salmon with the family when thoughts of going to the office creeped in and marred a good buzz. My parents just gave me an “Are you kidding me?” look and I shut up.

This morning, however, at my weekly check-in with the boss, she asked me “On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best, how do you feel about your job?” I wish I could have spared her feelings but I was honestly at a 3. I’ve been trying to make sense of these feelings since I landed what seemed like a dream job. I have every reason to be grateful and thanking my lucky stars that I have a steady income right out of school. But, instead of looking forward to work, I’m having to remind myself daily that this is a means to an end.

My second….WHAT THE F***?!?!?!?! Ok. Oscar just Skyped me. To hell with catharsis and yoga and intellectually stimulating blog posts. An hour and a half of Bikram poses is no match for ex boyfriends. Damn it all.