Hello Dazzle! Thanks for coming and hanging out with me today, I’m glad that you are here. Today I just wanted to give you guys an update and talk a bit about the things that have been going on in my life.
I have recently changed jobs. I has been working as a nurse at an assisted living facility, but I left there and I’m not going to get into all the complex reasons for leaving. I’m just going to say that my leaving there was good for me. I am now working as a Unit Manager for a skilled unit in a nursing facility. The change came with some significant adjustments to my life. The position I’m working now comes with a lot more stress and I have periods that I am on call. But there isn’t as much on call as I expected. But this job does mean that there are times that I have to work extra or unexpected or different hours then my usual.
Because of my new position, I have not been able to stream as much as I had been. I really miss streaming five nights a week. I love playing games and connecting with other people. It doesn’t feel like work to me, even though it is a side job for me. This past week I was able to get more streaming in and I have been loving it so much.
I am working on getting another nursing certification. This time I am working towards becoming a legal nurse. The idea here is that I can still do work that I care about and can be passionate about while I am working form home. It can also offer me more flexibility in my schedule then other nursing positions have. This means that I have been doing my best to study every day. There have been days that I don’t have the spoons and I have to let myself rest. I’m not as good at that as I could be.
As usual, my life is really busy. And believe it or not, I do better when it is. I feel more connected with the world and more at peace within myself when I am able to work on numerous projects. I don’t think that I will ever be a 40 an hour kind of person. I need stimulation as part of my resting. I need things to keep my brain engaged with problem solving and with creativity or I just don’t feel as well. It has taken me a long time to come to accept and understand that my brain works differently then other people’s brains. Part of that difference is needing a different kind of resting. Writing, painting, streaming and watching lectures in resting for me.
Overall, I am feeling pretty content with my life right now. I feel like I have a pretty good job. I know that this job isn’t something that I will be able to do forever, because my body will continue to decline and I will be physically capable of less in the future. But for right now, it is good. Is it the perfect job? Nah. I’m not sure that there is one of those. Being a student again feels good. I love learning things. Coming home from work and sitting down to lectures is a nice way to end the day. Being able to stream on the weekends and edit videos for a community of really amazing people has been a blessing.
With everything that is going on in my life, I am going to continue to leave the blog unscheduled. I will still be writing posts, but I will not be putting pressure on myself to produce them at any particular time. So, far this hasn’t impacted the number of posts that I make every month. It just means that they are coming out without a pattern. This has allowed me to continue to keep up with the writing here. I will also continue to be less focused on what I am writing about and just letting the muse guide me. Hopefully, this less structured approach will continue to work.
Well, that’s about it for my rambling today. Thanks for coming and spending some time with me. If you like my rambling then click on that like button. It really does help! Until we talk again, you take care of yourselves!
Zebra Pig 
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