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Change in Direction
Okay, folks. Sorry for going AWOL while I figured things out (at least as far as the short run at any rate).
Let me start by saying thank you for all of you who have sent notes or left comments of support. They’ve really been appreciated. I can’t say I’ve got everything sorted out but I’m slowly getting there.
Coming down to Phoenix has given me a chance to reconnect with friends, get relatively on top of work, and take a breather from renovation hell. (I cannot begin to describe to you the depth of pleasure Rumi and I have both taken in being able to sprawl on a clean, carpeted floor…)
Part of the reason why there hasn’t been anything on the blog lately is I’ve been lost in soul-searching about how I wanted to handle the next few upcoming months. I just reached a decision on that today.
I do intend to return to Portland and continue to work on the house. However, in the short run, I really need to figure out things in terms of my work situation. More than anything, things not going well with my job has really sucked the life out of me. While I continue to work hard to try to turn things around with my existing employment, I have also decided to extend my time down in Phoenix by a couple of months to finish a certification program I had started when I lived in Arizona previously. I’ve decided I need an exit strategy in case things don’t improve (or my employer decides to let me go). I’m sure I’ll be writing more about the specifics of this at some point.
Long story short, I’ll be starting classes in the evenings starting next week. I should have my program pretty much wrapped up by the holidays (assuming the stress of holding down both a job and classes at night doesn’t do me in during the interim).
In the meantime, I get to spend some more time in a supportive environment amongst friends and family, which I can really use right now.
Okay, folks. Sorry for going AWOL while I figured things out (at least as far as the short run at any rate).
Let me start by saying thank you for all of you who have sent notes or left comments of support. They’ve really been appreciated. I can’t say I’ve got everything sorted out but I’m slowly getting there.
Coming down to Phoenix has given me a chance to reconnect with friends, get relatively on top of work, and take a breather from renovation hell. (I cannot begin to describe to you the depth of pleasure Rumi and I have both taken in being able to sprawl on a clean, carpeted floor…)
Part of the reason why there hasn’t been anything on the blog lately is I’ve been lost in soul-searching about how I wanted to handle the next few upcoming months. I just reached a decision on that today.
I do intend to return to Portland and continue to work on the house. However, in the short run, I really need to figure out things in terms of my work situation. More than anything, things not going well with my job has really sucked the life out of me. While I continue to work hard to try to turn things around with my existing employment, I have also decided to extend my time down in Phoenix by a couple of months to finish a certification program I had started when I lived in Arizona previously. I’ve decided I need an exit strategy in case things don’t improve (or my employer decides to let me go). I’m sure I’ll be writing more about the specifics of this at some point.
Long story short, I’ll be starting classes in the evenings starting next week. I should have my program pretty much wrapped up by the holidays (assuming the stress of holding down both a job and classes at night doesn’t do me in during the interim).
In the meantime, I get to spend some more time in a supportive environment amongst friends and family, which I can really use right now.
Thanks for sending up the flare. We are heading to visit my sister in Tacoma, and we decided there was enough reasons to head down to Portland for a couple of days. We were hoping you’d be around, but there will be other times, I’m sure.
Do what you need to do and shout if you need anything
Oh no! I’m sorry I’ll miss you.
We definitely need to meet in person some time.
Oh, and no, we will NOT “just swing by and install the flooring real quick” while we’re there
hehehe
Well, phooey. Xmas is coming up you know.
Sorry to hear of the drama, but glad to hear you’re handling it so well! Do whatever you need to do in order to feel grounded, heck I moved halfway around the world and finally feel my feet coming back underneath me for the first time in years!
Be thinking of you, and Rumi! The world is in such a state of flux right now, we’re all adapting to alot of change, I hope you find a positive and growthful way forward without too much pain ;oD
S – good to see you back and coming to forward moving decisions. As Mwmyn said so well, and I wholly believe, there is so much chaos and- the energy is just hard right now. We’re used to a thrumming energy we can share and focus & lately it has seemed… biting and whipping around like a full-on firehose with no one holding it. I know this is the most ‘out there’ thing I have ever posted, but I feel driven if only because so many are in such a state right now, and while it feels like something’s coming to a head, it’s good to see you choose to be close to family and have concrete plans. Take care.
Steph!
Sending big warm smiles! I pop in now and then to read your blog. As one who recently moved to a new place, I hear you! I think it is wonderful that you are taking time for yourself, to refresh, renew and to recuperate among friends and fam!
Sending you best wishes, Lynne