Holding Pattern

With the total lack of overwhelming response to my pleas for advice about my job situation, I took matters into my own hands. I approached my director and requested that I change my hours to part-time and was completely honest that I do not and never have had enough to do to make my position a fulfilling full-time position. Her response, "I want you to stay full-time." She maintains she "has something running parallel that may help the situation." It's not that this job is so terrible, it's just painfully boring. So I am in a wait and see mode and am hoping that it ends up she sees things my way. Some days I want to run from the building screaming.

There is also the fact that they are remodeling the restrooms on our floor and they are to the left and to the right of my desk. There is a lot of coming and going and pounding and sawing and really nasty 20 year old toilets and sinks going past my desk. I feel all  nauseous at the thought of all the germs. I think I am becoming a germaphobe. The men working on the restrooms should get some sort of medal of honor for what they are doing. This remodel could be on an episode of "Dirty Jobs." Do not for one second think I am exaggerating. Oh the stories I could tell you.

Two of my friends and I are planning a trip to Italy. Originally it was going to be when Yonette turns 50 but for heaven's sake, that is seven years. I don't have that kind of time so I declared that it would be when I turn 50 in three years.Yonette is adorably Italian, her maiden name is Delmonico, it only seems right I go to Italy with her. Anna is busily making mittens for her Etsy shop to fund her trip and I am racking my brain to come up with some sort of side project to fund my trip. If anyone out there is interested in taking a trip to Italy let me know, the more the merrier. Ideas are not flowing freely for me lately so I am also waiting for inspiration on my Italy project. In the meantime I got an App for my phone to learn Italian, the 24/7 Tutor for Italian. It's pretty good and I hope to at least be able to understand the basics when we go.

I know you are also interested in how my workout routine is going. Well, I am actually finding success in getting up at the butt crack of dawn and getting the hideous thing called exercise out of the way. I have been getting up 4-5 times a week and doing either the exercise bike or a Pilates DVD that I have. It feels like a relief to get it out of my mind before the day even begins and I can take the weekends off without guilt. My goal is to be healthy and not necessarily to lose weight of drop a pants size. I need to get the pump station going everyday so I can trek around Italy and enjoy it all while eating delicious pasta.

As you can tell, my life is about alot of waiting right now. I don't like it. I am uncomfortable. I am sometimes snarky and cranky. I am trying to wait on the Lord because I know when I come out of the other side of things what He has provided always makes way more sense than what I had in mind. Today I am claiming and holding tight to Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."

Arrivederci for now my friends.