What a week! Hectic, Stressful, Surreal, Tiresome. Those are just SOME of the words I could use to describe the week I just went through. Yet, I’ve survived.
I find myself, as do most of us, under a great amount of work stress these days, as the economy is in the tank, the pressure is on to keep my job, to prove what I’m worth. That’s so stressful and really challenges me to find new ways to work more efficiently and produce even more.
There were some exciting moments this week, as Lane and I attended the final Birmingham performance of “Wicked” on Sunday evening and on Wednesday evening, we, along with about a dozen of our friends, sat together and laughed as we attended “Dixie’s Tupperware Party”. These diversions provided a lot of much needed stress relief.
Parker called me on Tuesday to tell me that he needed to bring back the two of our cats who have been living with him and Richard. As stressful as the thought of that sounded to me, I’ve adjusted much better than I thought I would, and so have all the members of my feline family.
Here’s my confession: I could focus on lots of negative things this week. I could focus on the stress, the anxieties, the fears, the frustrations that are my constant companions of late. However, the truth of the matter is that I know in spite of it all, I’m truly blessed. I have so very many people who truly love me. Even when I feel completely alone, I’m not. I’m surrounded by so many friends. I suppose it is the love and support of my dear friends that have kept me from losing my mind. Tonight, I am lying in bed typing this while my special kitty is sleeping beside me. I think of how simple his life must be. I think of how I wish I could achieve that type of simplicity.
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