Three short weeks in a row, and that’s one of the nice things about the month of November.
Last week, I took off Election Day in order to go to Spawn’s Parent-Teacher Conference day. I also ran some errands with the boy and participated in the US Election process, small though it was. This week, Monday was Veteran’s Day and so Spawn and I got our errands done. Next week, of course, is Thanksgiving, and my job site closes both for the holiday itself and the Friday following, so that’ll be a nice, long weekend.
It’s also an eventful month, beyond the holidays and days off. This weekend, for example, as much as I would like to just sit around the house and play video games, I have chores around the house and I’ve committed to collecting signatures to get my candidate on the NYS Primary ballot.
But events happen in more ways than simply things you do. I’m getting a new position, with my same company, working at a place where I used to work before, in a culture I loved. Getting back into the System Administration end of things is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, but it seems to have taken a detour as I tried Project Management, and prior to that, Accounting (???). I am well placed to have completed everything that I’m currently working on, probably well before I move to the new position and location, which I feel will be a strong accomplishment and will allow me to make the switch in the best possible circumstances and also leave me in the best possible light among my existing team.
I’ve been battling frustrations with things outside of my control and trying to overcome the overwhelming aspects of Other People’s Drama that have been poking at me. I’ve been encountering reminders of my father in unexpected places and very touching ways. Reminiscing is hard, but depending on who I do it with, it’s also, I think, therapeutic.
But on a more positive note, in addition to my own good news, I have it coming in from other sources as well. Girl, who has had the worst luck ever in finding (and keeping) a pastry assistant (she is a pastry chef), has hired a Rocket Scientist. I kid you not, the woman has a PhD in astrophysics from MIT. And all she wants to do is bake. My mother is on the verge of buying a local Music Together franchise – something that she’s been teaching and enjoying for several years now. She and her partner were also featured in a wonderful article by a local newspaper. Princess keeps reporting more and more yarn orders for her hand-dyed sock yarn company. Miz and her boyfriend finally (after freaking out for several weeks) found their new home and are moving in this weekend… The good news is currently pouring in for so many people and that tempers the frustrating things on the periphery.
All in all this is proving to be one of the most eventful Novembers I can remember, and possibly the most eventful month I’ve had all year. NOT that I am complaining. This is the sort of stuff that keeps life interesting.