Cleansing Time

Hi and Merry Meet,
This past week I have had strep. Yuck. It really knocked me down and I finally and reluctantly went to the doctor. I'm now on penicillin.

While I was sick i had a lot of time to think and reflect on events that lead me to be so stressed out my immune system was weakened. One of my major problems is that I work with a very small population of unique people and therefore most people do no understand my job. I spend a lot of time trying to educate them on what it is I do, but narrow-minded people just want to argue with me about my job. This is something I need to work on as it will not go away (it is part of the job!). With this week as vacation and being sick, I have been doing some serious meditations on this problem. I need to stay clam when people are shouting their opinions at me and telling me what my job should look like. I put together a small pouch of some of my favorite stones to place in my desk along with my cleaning spray.

The population I work with can not always speak up for themselves and therefore I also have to be an advocate for them. This part of my job I don't mind doing because I know that I am speaking for people who can't communicate their needs right now. Once I know what they want, off I go to make it happen as best as I can. This has eared me the reputation of being a bulldog. That part I'm OK with, it's dealing again with people outside my field who just want to tell me how to do my job but don't understand what I really do. I've mediated on this as well, but looks like I have to tackle one problem at a time.

I know I have a lot to learn in this life. I think this is one of my major lessons that I need to work on- dealing with people who are ignorant and still getting what I need done without having them tell me how to do my job. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way! Luckily, I have a great coworker who does the same job and at the end of the day we swap stories about who had to deal with crazier people!
Have a great weekend!
Blessed be,
Autumn

Friends and Fun

Hi and Merry Meet,
This weekend was just what I needed. I spend Friday night hanging out with friends and watching the movie District 9. I loved it by the way!! Yesterday I went out Geocaching with a new friend. It was great and we found 6 caches in 4 hours. The woods yesterday so lovely with birds and the signs that spring has finally arrived here!

Today I am just doing my normal Sunday routine. Cleaning the house, cleaning the rabbit cages, washing the dishes and the laundry. Most Sundays I find this routine boring and monotonous, but for some reason today I'm happy to do it. I've managed to whip through part of my stuff and found I have time to sit down and relax a bit. I love it. It might have a lot to do with our weather here... I see green things on the trees and some spring flowers are slowly making their way to the surface. It seems I always feel a surge of energy this time of year. I guess there really is something to spring cleaning! ;)

This week is my last week at work before a much needed vacation! Right now no plans are in place, but I'm sure I'll come up with something! I know at least one or two days will be outside. One day to tend to my garden and one for more caching!

Blessed be,
Autumn

Bad Day

Hi and Merry Meet,
Today it was one of those days where everything seems to go wrong. I tried to fight it and that seemed to make it worse. It seemed like everything I said was the wrong thing, everything I wanted to get done was a messy, and everyone I tried to help was unhappy that I was there. I know there is a lesson to be learned in all of this but right now I can't see it. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Blesses be,
Autumn