right now, portland is gorgeous! the sun is shining and it is warm. it's getting a little too warm for me but i know it will go away soon. we are being teased by the weather gods, as usual. i am totally okay with that. i don't even want summer yet. it's still april. i want a few months of nice cool sunny weather, in the 50-60's preferably. i am not ready to break out the tank tops and sunscreen. i got cheated out of a normal winter of endless days of rain. we had all kinds of weird stuff like snow, hail and sun. i don't want to be cheated out of a rainy, cool spring with little breaks of sunny days.
all that being said, i've enjoyed the last couple days of nice weather. i took time off for my sanity. i did nothing. i laid in a hammock. i went on a hike. i sat in the sun. i slept in. these are all things that needed to be done, i was going nuts-o. i have a hard time just relaxing. there always has to be something being done, even if it is as simple as changing my fb status. usually i am doing two things at once (like writing a blog and resume at the same time). i feel like i am using my time better but i know that is not true. doing laundry AND dishes AND listening to music AND preparing lunch. there just does not seem to be enough time to do everything i need/want to. where does all that time go? i have been keeping a time log and i notice much of my time goes to waiting or riding the bus, at least 2 hours a day. it seems like a waste but i use it to read a lot. when i do too much it makes me less present.
thinking about summer, i can tell this will be an awesome one! while i do not look forward to certain things, i know they will turn out ok. i already have two little trips planned and i want to do more. if and when i survive the next 50-odd days i will be free!! i will no longer have school, classes, homework, clinicals, etc. of course there will be the job search, interviews, possibly moving houses, and then work. but with 12-hour shifts at the hospital and only needing to work 3 days a week...that just sounds so sweet! i'm thinking of day trips out to the coast, weekend trips, rivers, lakes, fun, food, friends and being outside. all of what i moved to oregon for. one of the reasons i want a rainy spring is so that i stay on track and not get caught up in the nice weather too much, it makes me want to only do fun things and forget all my responsibilities.
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ditto that for sure. i was talking to neil (nicole's husband neil, not brother) and he was talking about seasons on the mainland and how he liked fall better than spring because when you have a nice day in fall you think "i'd better enjoy this day while i can because it'll be winter soon" and so you go out and live just for that day but in spring when you have a nice day you think "well if today's nice than tomorrow should be nicer because it's getting closer to summer" but then you have a more wintery day the next day and then that sucks.
i'd like to live somewhere where there's seasons for awhile, i think i'd like seasons.
anyway, your time log interests me... what kind of stuff do you write in it? i think keeping record of that would be extremely advantageous...
last week i didn't go to the gym for weight-training or yoga or anything (until saturday, but not during the work week) and i was totally amazed at how much extra time i had. it was like a windfall of time and i didn't realize that i could get my entire list of back-burner projects completed in a single week just by skipping my workouts. that being said, i felt all fat and crappy and i missed my workouts so this week i'll get back on track, but i didn't realize that they took away so much of my time (although it's completely worth it).
by the way, i'm so jealous of your 3-day work weeks. i mean, i don't know if i could do 12-hour shifts doing my job but to have all those random days off during the middle of the week has got to be completely awesome. you're gonna love it!
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