- I guess most everyone in the office knows I am leaving; whether they think I am choosing to or had to is unknown, but I do know that only one person expressed condolences. Everyone else just began ignoring me. But I guess as my time draws near, it doesn’t much matter anyway. Unless I hear from one of these full time jobs soon, I will simply be working at TSC, teaching 3 classes. (Got a call Thursday to set that up.) That on top of my other 3 online jobs will be my work, for fall at least. I will still keep looking throughout fall term but at least I managed to cobble that together. That is literally what I was doing from Fall 2019 until October 2022 and it was a good time in my life, despite Covid.
- On that note, and as I have mentioned, at least in that scenario, I will be able to train for runs again. I loved the days when I didn’t teach (or didn’t go to campus until 11) and I could run. Especially as it gets cooler. I am getting ahead of myself but also, a little giddy thinking about it. I loved those days of a morning run then sitting in my little closet office and grading papers/catching up on my classes. Then, once done, I could run to the grocery store and plan dinner. I often think about why this is what God had in store for me – apparently – but who am I to question? Maybe he knew I needed this.
- OK y’all, I’m feeling bad about this so just looking for what you’d do in this situation. My husband and I joined our local homebrew club about 7 years ago and enjoyed going. Then, three years ago we decided to get on the executive board for it, mostly because the guys who ran it through covid were pretty burned out. We’ve been running it for 2 years and it’s been nothing but a massive headache because honestly, the people in it are not very helpful. They love coming to the meetings and drinking homebrew and sharing other beer but there’s not a lot of other helpfulness. My husband is the current president and it stresses him out so much because he’s been trying to get it up to snuff, compared to other clubs. He’s been reaching out, making connections, working to get us in competitions etc. And we made a lot of progress. Anyway, we are holding an in-club competition and slated two certified judges to help us. Well, one of them – former prez of the group – said he could but then he bailed out. He said his mom is having health issues, which I totally get. BUT, we can take him the necessary things and he could do the work at his leisure. We are talking maybe an hour’s worth of effort here. When he bailed out, we tried to convince him but he still said no. From our POV, we didn’t want this thing to fall apart. Well, apparently he was REALLY mad that we even tried to convince him and now his friend and our our best brewer is annoyed by what we did and doesn’t want to come anymore. I think this is ridiculous. The way I see it is that they want the bail out; they want to be off the hook. He committed to this and then backed out. I know it sounds callous but he doesn’t even have kids! How busy can this guy be? I understand family health issues, I do. But his mom doesn’t live in town and he’s still here 90% of the time, far as I can tell. This just reeks of backing out on responsibility to me. Well, this was the final straw and now my husband wants to quit running the club. Kind of leaves me in a lurch because I don’t want to go to meetings without him. I’m probably getting ahead of myself and we don’t know what will actually happen but the whole thing is frustrating.
- Speaking of frustrating things, his work also suddenly decided to send him to Orlando next week. He normally travels a couple times a year but he knows way in advance. This was sudden. I mean, you do what you gotta do but that threw a wrench into things.
- Speaking of wrenches – lol, sensing a theme? – we also have to travel to Jacksonville this weekend. Back to the competition judging, the second judge we had slated also bailed out. I don’t know what happened but that was off the table, suddenly. So we reached out to some other people in Florida clubs and they agreed to help us out. In all actuality, it’s not the worst, having to spend a day in Jax. We’ll drive over in the morning, meet up, possibly hit a brewery, then before the day’s over. We had no plans as of Wednesday morning but now we are doing that, and then one of the club members is hosting a brew day Sunday afternoon. So I know what we’ll be doing!
- BONUS: I wrote most of this during the week but I will say that Thursday afternoon was very nice. Ash had slated us to see Twisters and I was stressing about what we’d do for dinner. Movie was at 4 so I had the bright idea to leave at 3 and we’d meet at Decent pizza. They’re under new ownership so I wasn’t sure if they were still doing the Narragansett 7 dollar pitchers…but they are. So we each had a slice and the beer and that was nice. It was reminiscent of when the kids were little/in daycare and he and I would take a half day every other Friday and have lunch and see a movie. It was a free date day during a time when he and I really need to reconnect. And today, I am feeling in a rather good mood; mostly because the end is in sight. Next week when I have finalized my TSC stuff, I will tell my boss my end date and move on. It’s a relief!
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Sorry about the brewclub problems. Sounds like a pain! I have only been to Jacksonville once (well, it was Jax beach) and I really liked it. (Though there is not a single place in Florida that I don´t like, having only been there for fun things like beach vacays!!) Orlando doesn´t seem like a bad place to have to go, lol (and I am not a Disney fan at all- it seems like there are a ton of fun things to do there.) Have a great weekend!
Orlando is a nightmare but only people who have lived there truly understand it, I think. I lived near there for 3 years in high school and my parents lived there a total of 14 before they finally moved. It’s fine if you’re vacationing but it’s just so congested. Jacksonville also has a lot of traffic but it’s generally easier to navigate. We go a couple times a year for various things.
I can imagine that it feels good to be able to see the end drawing near!! It sounds like you really enjoyed your working schedule before so that gives you something to look forward to!
Indeed. By my calculations, I might make slightly less but I will gain the gift of time.
Congrats on the new job(s). May that all go well. Yes, God is in control if we’ll only trust Him. He knows what’s best even if I/we can’t see it yet. But so sorry about all the other aggravation’s especially the brew club. Hope that all works out and it can stay together. When we were helping run our FAITH Riders ministry with the Church it wore us down to a nervous nub. Had to finally let it go. I get that. Go do the exercises? Maybe that will help y’all feel better.
I grew up in Titusville (50s-70s). Orlando was a mess then. I can’t imagine what it’s like now. We used to fly in and out of that airport Back In The Day. The traffic was unreal. I pray your Hubby will be safe and that his time there will be brief. 💙
Orlando is definitely still a mess; LOL. And thanks for the kind words. I think he came around on many aspects of the club. It was just one of those knee jerk reactions that we all tend to have. But running something like that is such a drain but also, you want to because you believe in it. It’s tough.
Speaking of ghosts, my comment disappeared?! Hmmm … anyway, prayers for you and your Hubby. 💙