So far this Fourth of July/birthday weekend hasn’t been too bad. In spite of the annual picnic being cancelled due to rain, we still had a good time on Sunday. Last night we put together a bonfire outside and made our very own mountain pies. They were very good. It brought me back to the days when we’d have bonfires at my Gram’s house during the Summer. I had both a pizza and apple flavored mountain pie. I had my country music on in the background and felt relaxed. I ended the night with a smore and then I crashed around 10pm. On my days off, I get up earlier than I used to in order to make it easier to go to bed on my nights off. Instead of 3am, I try to fall asleep sometime after midnight.
The results are mixed, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
I’m so happy I was able to enjoy myself last night. Most nights when I’m off it’s easy for me to retreat upstairs and just fall asleep. I’ve been taking more time to stay downstairs until everyone goes to bed. It’s hard to be on different sleep schedules sometimes but we manage. I’m getting better at keeping myself occupied, either by reading, playing Switch, or watching one of my shows.
I’ve experienced some small victories lately in my mental health journey. However, the biggest one came Friday night at work. Just like that I’m able to turn off my past failures like that. The payoff is that the eight hours go by without me having an anxiety attack. I’m confident that this upcoming week and month will go smoothly, despite losing key people to vacation. It’ll be tough, but we’ll get by.
Part of my problem is I worry about doing a bad job at work and I’m constantly reminded of the way things were at my old job. Early on, I was good at pissing people off. Not on purpose, but it just always happened no matter what. Eventually things got better and I started to really enjoy the job before COVID hit and that’s when it went downhill. I wasn’t the problem, but the frustration of others’ with their lives that led to that animosity.
Yesterday, I changed the topic of my speech and I think it sounds a lot better than what I originally had planned. This topic will better fit the Art of Storytelling theme for my Level 3 in my path. The title is “Cast of Characters” and without going into further detail, touches on my experience at the Hiram G. Andrews Center. I break down my cast of characters into four groups and give a little scenario involving each. I will re-purpose this next Tuesday at Laurel Highlands and give the same speech, but it will touch on my time at Slippery Rock University.
I’m looking forward to a great Toastmasters year and leading the Greensburg club to success. I’m also excited for the second half of Summer and our trip to PNC Park on August 7. Atlanta’s got the best record in the league right now, so it’ll tough for the Bucs but we’ll see a good team on the field regardless. I don’t want to wish summer away but vacation will be here before I know it and so will my fall reading projects.
Look for some Summer and Fall Fashion pics from me soon.
Stylish 🍒 