Morning Quickie

Welcome back to the land of living to me. I’m feeling MUCH better after a week of antibiotics and extended rest. I’m still in rest mode, but I have accomplished a few things here and there. I got the mountain of laundry done and took down the Christmas tree, and even brought all the ornaments back down to the basement. Trust me, with the level of nasty coldness this past weekend, that is a HUGE accomplishment.

I’ve heard from Alan a couple times since he went back, plus his letters. He’s allowed to have books now apparently, so he’s got me sending him a book he bought over the break along with a pile of hand warmers. As everyone knows, the whole damn country is in deep freeze mode, and his gloves just aren’t warm enough. Of course, he’s a big baby when it comes to the cold anyway.

I’m slightly miserable at work. I just can’t seem to work up any enthusiasm for the place. I’m just tired of it. I feel like I’m just marking time until I leave. It’s almost 6 months until we move, but I’m planning on leaving about a month before Alan comes home so that I can get ready to go. There will be plenty to do, I’m sure. Actually, I’d quit right now, but as Alan says, it’s getting me out of the house. Of course, at the moment, I don’t particularly want to leave the house. I want to go back to bed. Still, it’s only a few more months really. Alan says they’ll fly by. I have my own ideas about that, but whatever. I’ll just have to get through it. January’s almost half gone already. Then I’ll miss most of the first week of February, so that’s kind of nice.

Actually, I was thinking last night that I could talk to Kim about going to part-time for my last month. She might not need a part-time person, but it might be worth asking. She’s said that she’ll pull me out for a 3-month review (it’s over 4 months now), so I can talk to her then. I figure it’ll be best to tell her my plans now. Alan will have 16 weeks, 4 days of AIT, which means he’s there until the end of May. So I’ll be leaving at the end of April. If Kim is willing to let me go to part time, I can work a couple weeks into May as well. Like I said, I’ll have to talk to her about this as soon as I can. No point in putting it off.

Again, if I end up working in this field again, part time only. And I’d really rather avoid it if I can.

Well, Karma has decreed that it’s cuddly time so typing is no longer feasible. TTFN.

~Liz