It is Wednesday! 25 January 2023… and I just realized that I forgot to post something last night for work. Guess what I’m going to do just as soon as I’m done with this little blurb?
Yesterday was a good day. I’m glad I wrote yesterday’s post about validation. I’m 59, and it’s about time I validate myself. I have great people around me, a supportive family, and wise friends that remind me that I have value and I am accepted. They all know I blurt out stuff at the most inappropriate times, and others overlook my flaws and recognize that I do more good than bad.
I’m complicated.
As I have shared, I’m taking January off from consuming alcohol. This has led me to more introspection, and some realization about the way this mass of gray matter lodged in my skull reacts. I dive into articles about neurodiversity and ADHD, and I recognize the people and the symptoms… it’s me. I’ve flipped subjects so many times in my head during the course of a regular conversation – you all might be familiar with that idea – somebody says something about a topic, that topic leads to something else, and that, something else as well. By the time a person gets something in their head that they blurt out, that person is fourteen interrelated topics down the road, and no one has any clue how they traveled from point A to an obscure landmark in the Lepton Ovula galaxy in an unknown parallel universe.
I have done that more times than I can count.
Today I get back into my virtual classroom for lab support for a couple of hours, then prep. This afternoon I have office hours to talk with our learners about their progress, fielding questions that span three weeks of content.
I love my career.
It’s kind of amazing how we fall into certain careers. I’ve always enjoyed working with computers and showing people what they can do. I’ve joked around for years that my job is to learn stuff, then tell people what I’ve learned. Hopefully, I can present that info in a fashion that folks can understand, and if I can make them smile in the process, that’s another win.
Thanks for reading my stuff. This has all been therapeutic, and it’s a record for my granddaughter and other grandkids that might add to whatever legacy I leave behind.
My first grandchild arrives in about 6 weeks. Her name will by Evelyn.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
