This thumbnail is of me, enjoying my birthday dinner at the Olive Garden. My week off was starting very soon and I was very excited for what was to come. Would this be a great week off? Only time would tell.
My week-long vacation is set to start this weekend. This will be the second time this year that I’ve had a paid vacation. I just celebrated my third anniversary with Giant Eagle, thus I have a third week off of work coming up. I’m just coming off of a mini-vacation where I went to Hershey and had a great time listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In today’s blog, I’m going to give a summary of these vacations and offer suggestions for improvement.
I took my first week off at the end of June. I had so much to be excited about. It was Summer and it was hot. So, I was definitely looking forward to being in the pool a lot of the time. I also had some little trips planned that week and that included a shopping trip to Tanger Outlets in Washington PA. In the beginning, it was hard for my body to get used to the change in my sleep schedule. Summer TLI came early and while I was learning a lot, I was having a hard time staying focused. I was fighting some negative feelings that were self-inflicted.
Eventually, I got it together but I think I should have validated myself more. I wanted to take and get. In reality, it’s better to give and not expect anything back in return.
This past weekend, I went to Hershey to see Trans Siberian Orchestra with my cousins. The trip was something my aunt and I had been talking about since the beginning of September. It began with some anxiety, and none of that was tied to the elements that I had to face while getting to Somerset.
My schedule changed at work and I made the mistake of looking at it the day that I left for Hershey. That was a big mistake. For a time, I also thought that I had lost my vacation which was scheduled for the first week of December. My thinking turned to despair as I speculated that I wasn’t good enough to work at Giant Eagle. At least early in the trip I was fighting my emotions, just as I did back in June. It turned out to be a great weekend in the sweetest place on Earth.
This time I didn’t expect anything in return and I wasn’t desperate for attention. I felt good coming home that weekend, and then I got sick within a few days of Thanksgiving. But the good news was that I didn’t lose my vacation and will begin it this Sunday. It’s just that everyone took Saturday off. All I need to do now is just get through these next five days at Giant Eagle and I am home free.
Regardless of how many compliments I get on my outfit or my accessories, none of it matters, unless I compliment myself and accept myself.
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