I started writing notes in my phone after each day to have a better recollection of my days, thoughts, and feelings. It will probably result in even longer blog posts.. oh well. Maybe I should do them more often?
A lot happened last weekend. All good things. Starting Friday, my very good friend Forest was in Seattle visiting the Seattle Film Institute and asked if I could meet up for a little bit. Even though I have been extremely busy at work I had to make some time for him. I have known Forest since high school and we have been really close since. We lived together last year but sadly I had only seen him a few times since I moved out. He's one of the goofiest people I know, always cracks me up when I am with him. He's had a tough go the past few years, but he keeps pushing and fighting. I know he will end up in a good place soon. He deserves it. I started reading (listening to audio books) again. I had slowed down, I think, because I was getting so mentally drained at work that I didn't have enough brain power to pay attention. After listening to the podcast I bought "The Impossible First" and started listening. For whatever reason the lesson I learned from the podcast kind of brought me back mentally. I am tapping into a well of positivity and just feeling great. Seems like James and I are both riding high lately. It has been really sunny out lately.. maybe I had secret seasonal depression? Maybe its me being more purposeful in my life, being in charge of the things the happen instead of just letting things happen to me. Maybe a bit of both. Who knows. I won't question it.
Saturday was a ton of fun, so much happened. First off, I met up with Colin to go look at a VW vanagon for James and Chey. I'll share some pics below. Hanging out with Colin that morning really made me think about why him and I haven't hung out since the summer. He lives like 15 minutes away from me, there is no excuse not to hangout. He has become a really great friend over the last couple years. Still can't believe we were never really friends back in high school. After the van visit, I went to work for a few hours. I had to leave though because my buddy at work was having a house warming party and some of our friends at work were all coming over. The party was awesome. I got to see some friends who had left the firm over the last year so I haven't seen them really at all since they left. On top of that, hanging out with my friends from work outside of work is always great. We can all really relax and be ourselves. I feel lucky to have all of them and without them the job would be so much different. We spend most of our time with each other so actually liking them is a huge plus. Cori and Paul taught us a new drinking game that is a blast. Can't wait to show everyone. One thing that really bothers me about hanging out with friends from work is that they seem to mostly want to talk or complain about work.. I hate that. I understand it to a point of course, but I feel like we all need an escape from it. I know everyone has an actual life outside of the office. They all have hobbies and goals and friends and families but we never seem to really talk about them. How do you break through to coworkers like that? I was also wondering what the line between work friends and real friends is. Maybe its just all about perspective. By that I mean, some people don't have much going on outside of work so they really only have work friends. Others, like myself, have really close friends outside of work so in my free time I would rather see them than my work friends. But what happens if I leave my job, do those relationships just go away since we only see each other at work? I have been at my job for close to 3 years and some of the people I have seen almost everyday for that whole time. I like to think that those people are real friends and not just work friends. But again, what is the line and how do you bridge the two?
Sunday I sadly did not work on Tammy.. I had to make up some lost work time from the busy Saturday. Also it was very stormy here so the weather would have been terrible to be outside working on her. I decided to rest and relax at home. I cleaned my room finally, it was bad.. I have been out and about so much for work that everything was just piling up. After cleaning up I felt truly relaxed, I even lit a candle. It was very much needed. It's funny how such simple things can make you feel so good. Don't forget to enjoy the small, simple things in life.
I think I am going to recap the work week either tomorrow or Sunday.
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