Well, I know I said I was going to post more frequently, but life seems to keep getting in the way. Not that I have a huge following... but a promise is a promise! Right?
Anyway.
Work has been busy enough that when I get home at night, the last thing I want to do is sit in front of my computer and write something. I'm reading and proofing all day, and will soon add a bit of writing to that mix, so my eyes are BEAT and my brain is usually pretty fried when I get home. Don't get me wrong - I love my job and I'm really happy that I get to use my brain on a daily basis... I'm just tired enough that I don't blog much.
I'll get back on track, though. I've finally cleaned up my office enough that I can actually sit at my desk and work rather than haul my laptop out to the living room and then get distracted by whatever is on TV. (Oh, Jane Eyre is on again? Yeah, sure, why not?)
It's funny, though, how things happen in life. I've wanted this job since I temped in this position over two years ago. I never really stopped thinking about getting back to the company, and even applied for other jobs within the company if not in the same department. Now I'm finally back... and it's a lot of work, like I said, but I am really glad to be there. Sometimes I get annoyed and think about how things would be if the girl I replaced had never taken the job - would I have been working there for almost three years at this point?
But when I had my 90-day review the other day, I realized that I'm actually glad that I didn't get this job right away. The girl who worked there before me was, apparently, a bit high-strung and didn't handle stress well. So compared to her, I am really relaxed and on top of things. I can't help but wonder if people would be as impressed by my work and my timeliness if she hadn't worked there first.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that things have a way of working themselves out. Not everything, obviously. You won't magically wake up one day and be thin or incredibly gifted at playing the oboe or something. You do have to work for things. But sometimes you have to know that maybe you are better off for not getting something you thought you wanted.
