All stressed up and nowhere to go

Ok, in my last blog I said I wasn't going to whine about being stressed out. But I'm still stressed out 2 weeks later so I decided it would be ok for me to start my whining. This is going to be fun.

Eat. Sleep. Work. Work. Work. Work. Maybe eat lunch at work if I have time. Sleep. Work. Work.

This is what I've been doing since my vacation.........which was like 5 weeks ago!!!!!!! Dude, what the heck! I cannot get caught up at work even though I've had my nose to the grindstone 99% of the time. But there is something happening with this that I've never experienced before....prepare to be shocked:

My bosses care that I am out of bandwidth (which is the new cool phrase for saying you're too busy; I actually really hate corporate buzz words, but I sometime use them. If fact I am going to start a new post soon of the corporate buzz words I love to hate.)

Anyway, I have found that I can be HONEST with my bosses about how I am feeling a lot of pressure and they actually are doing something about it and being flexible. I've been feeling inadequate at my job because I've been unable to meet deadlines, and I've been very kindly reassured that I am meeting and going above expectations. Wow, what an amazing thing to be appreciated at work.

Ok, so I haven't been too whiny, but it's good to sometimes write this stuff out and come to realize the facts. Blogging=therapy=good.

Wah wah wah

Yeah, so I was going to write a blog about how stressed out I am and do lots of therapeutic complaining, but then I was reading some of my last few blogs and wow, what a bunch of negative (albeit honest) stuff. So I decided to write a nice happy blog so even though I'm stressed, I can remember I still have good things going on my life.

1.) Vacation in September, my Miracle cruise. I am happy because I have something to look forward to: time off, on a big fancy boat, with my husband, laying on a deck chair, sipping a drink with an umbrella in it. See why this one tops my list?

2.) Making progress on house "stuff". It's going slowly, but the great thing is that it's actually going. Still lots to do, but bit by bit, it's getting done.

3.) Still love my new job. It's very busy right now, but I'm really enjoying the job and working in the city and riding the bus.

4.) My birthday is coming (in 3.5 months). For some reason, I always start thinking about my birthday way too early. I already know that I want a BIG pink cake with lots of big pink fluffy frosting. And I already have some present ideas in mind. (I know everyone says it's more fun to give than receive, but I gotta be honest, I freakin' love getting presents. I like piles of them.)

5.) My new karaoke machine. My old one is broken, but now I have a new one! A couple of weeks ago, I karaoked by myself for 2.5 hours. For some reason, this makes my big cat howl. I think he thinks I'm howling and he wants to join me. I never said I was good at karaoke, but I LOVE it.

See? Five things, among many more I'm sure, to be happy about.