Monday, December 1, 2003FriendsMan I've been so out of it. Busy with work, busy with travel, busy with sickness-- just crazy busy. I'm totally burnt out now, and I pretty much want to just hide in a hole somewhere and not do anything until I've recooperated. Unfortunately that's not how the real world works, or at least not the "real world" that I've defined for myself. I think I'm just living my life wrong. I work too much and do too little of everything else. I don't see my friends much at all anymore. I missed Fred's birthday, several get togethers and just haven't hung around my friends. Honestly, the lack of non-work interaction had gotten me lower than I had thought. So last Saturday, I met up with Tom, Maggie, Charlton, and Newt. Maggie had made beef stew dinner and green onion pancake. At the end of the night she even taught me how to cook green onion pancake! I was quite impressed and amazed! I ended up falling asleep while everyone else was watching the outtakes of X2 but that turned out to be a good thing. I felt a lot better and finally felt like I was away from work. Tom and I ate Korean BBQ the next day for lunch and I ended up going to Sunday Mass with him. I saw Jean and Henry at mass and I didn't know this but they're both teaching there. Jean taught 4th graders and Henry was teaching high school students. It's kinda cool that they're making such an impact on their community. Anyhow the whole day of rest got me thinking about how I was living my life and how I had structured the rules that govern my "real world". I talked with Tom extensively about all the random things in my head and it brought me a lot of clarity. I think I just need to slow down and really focus on what I want instead of getting caught up in the daily hustle-and-bustle of work. I think its good timing that I've made this realization. After all, Wendy is planning her move up to the Bay Area in the next 3 weeks, and we'll be together again after a year of being apart. I think that'll necessitate spending more time away from work. posted @ 05:15 PM PST [link] |
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