Not too eloquent today

[annathepiper]

I had a huge stress meltdown last night. It wasn't pretty, and I'm still feeling drained from it all. I mention this mostly only because it will have an impact on what kind of weekend I'm going to be able to have; I'm not really sure I want to talk about it on a public post. I am desperately looking forward to a weekend of peace and quiet, of another BSG episode, of geeking to myself about updating the murkworks.net servers to 3.1, of cleaning up the upstairs bathroom, and getting some writing done.

mamishka is coming over to join us tonight for TV goodness and has promised fluffy, brainless books, which sounds about my speed right now. Tomorrow jessicac is hosting croquet in a local park, to which I may go if I can sit quietly in the shade with my frob and poke some at one or the other of my books, just to get some writing time in. Don't know yet.

Days till my thyroid surgery: 25
Days without a rejection letter from Luna: 64*
Days without a rejection letter from Nadia Cornier: 46*
Wednesday miles: 1.0
Thursday miles: 2.0
Friday morning miles: 1.0
Miles out of Hobbiton: 266.65
Miles to Rivendell: 191.35

* Pending no rejections in today's mail, of course.

Comments

[waywardwords.livejournal.com]

I know how that goes. *hugs* Rest up; read good stuff....

[annathepiper]

Thanks. A good long nap would be nice--the recent warm temperatures around here are playing havoc with my sleep like they did earlier this year, too. Which isn't helping much.

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

all i can do is offer *hugs*, prayers & wishes for peace & sanity in whatever situation caused the meltdown

and of course, can let you know that nothing you say, or rant about, can PSSIBLY change my image of you for the negative... :)

*HUGS*

[annathepiper]

Thanks, hon, I appreciate that.

(Short form, the stress is mostly work-related. Partly immediate-term work-related, but more long-term work-related, to the tune of 'I'm really getting sick of the computer industry but am not yet in a position to try to do anything else'. Dara and I spent some time last night discussing what to do about this. But I know I'm getting stressed out about my job when I find myself looking forward to the sweet, sweet peace that recovering from thyroid surgery will bring me!)

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

capisce...
in a LOT of ways i'm thankful that i'm not in the computer industry (even tho in my limited capacity as logistics administrator i was more a data analyst than a computer geekette), esp since i am enjoying my considerably-lower-paying job at a craft store MORE than i did the logistics job (and i work w/ folks who are actually HIGHER UP on the food chain (my logistics manager needed over 30 minutes to have me pound into his head that the difference b/w 5.2mil and 4.9 mil was actually 0.3 mil and NOT 1.3mil) *whimper*
so, given that you work at borg, i can understand that there would be a level of frustration, esp at the contract situation, and whatnot-ing... add into the impending thyroidectomy stuff, and well, it's a compounded issue that has likely escalated....
*capisce*
*HUGS*

[annathepiper]

Yeah, the surgery is not helping matters much--though it's less the surgery itself and more expecting annoyance with insurance and/or bills. Having gone through the surgery itself, I know now that'll actually be the easy part!

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

paperwork ALWAYS sucks...
'nuff said!

[annathepiper]

Sing it, sister!

[cats-haven.livejournal.com]

Ick. At least it is Friday, you can relax some what and have an enjoyable evening of damn good TV. *hug* If you need someone to talk to or rant at, just send a message my way. :)

[annathepiper]

Thank you, I appreciate that offer. :)

And indeed, I am looking forward to the BSG goodness.

[kathrynt.livejournal.com]

Hey, babe. I recommend a cool bath, a sweet drink, and some BSG. I feel ya, and I hope you feel better soon.

[annathepiper]

*snugs* Thanks! I had the drink and the BSG, at least! Tonight, perhaps, I shall have the bath.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

One more *hug*... because you need it.

[annathepiper]

Thank you very much. *snugs*

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I empathize completely. Got a house full of people going through the same damn thing. Wanting to quit your day job and do something fulfilling is bad enough when the day job isn't pulling the rug out from under you!

Hope you hear good news from a publisher and agent....

Cathy

[annathepiper]

*snugs* Thank you very much. Nothing in today's mail, so if tomorrow's mail is rejection-free, that'll be all of July without any bad news!

[grian-ruadh.livejournal.com]

Big hugs to you, sweetie. Hope things are better soon!

[annathepiper]

*hugs* Thank you! I can hold out till the end of this contract, to be sure, though I know I've started to stress about my job when I find myself looking forward to the peace and quiet that recovering from thyroid surgery will bring me! ;P

[annathepiper]

*snugs* Thank you much. I appreciate that. :)