8/14/05
Well, the promotion train has started moving at work. Slowly, slowly but I’ve heard soon news. My manager was asking me over the weekend what my relocation availability was. Sharon and I talked and we’re keeping it as a 1 hour drive from where we are now. I thought that it would make her happy that I had finally heard something but she seemed more upset that if I had to drive an hour to work and an hour back plus I’d be working 9 hours a day, then I’d be gone for 11 hours a day, five days a week. As she said,”It’s like you’d still be working a parttime job.”
Sometimes Sharon’s negativity drives me nuts. Whenever a situation comes up, she finds the worst of it before she thinks about the plus side. I’m the opposite, I can find the good in most any situation. I guess that we’re opposite sides of the same coin but sometimes I want to flip her coin.
I love Sharon and I really don’t want to change a thing about her, I really don’t. Her pessimism is just a part of who she is just like my optimism is me. If she looks on the negative side of situations then all that means is that I have to work that much harder to help her to see the positive.
It’s late and I have more that I want to write about but I’m heading to bed now.
I’m pessimistic as well, but I can see where she is coming from too. It’d make sense that she’d feel sad because she wouldn’t get to see you as often, which shows how much she loves and cares about you. If you want it bad enough, somehow reach a compromise with her (such as doing something nice on your days off with her). 😉 good luck on everything
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I was thinking the same as the above noter, I can see your side as well, but I also see Sharon’s. I think my relationship with my fiance is almost the same as your’s with Sharon. I always look at the bad side of things while he’s very open minded and it drives him crazy too. 🙁 I wish I could give some good words, but I don’t know what to say 🙂
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But I was positive about all of it up until I realized how much you’d be gone. But hopefully you won’t have to drive an entire hour, and hopefully Gary will end up moving and you can apply for his position back home. See, I AM being positive. I can’t help that I happened to realize one negative thing about it. But I suppose we will have more time together because you’ll have full days off.
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Depending on the day, I can be like either one of you. And the people who are acting like the opposite of whatever I’m feeling at the moment bug me too. 😉 But i guess that’s life, right?
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