Learning to grope in the dark
After an eventful set of months preparing for my PMP exam, and my short moment of celebration after passing - I am reminded that it was just beginning of my struggles.
A piece of work I was assigned to finish was still mostly untouched for the most part, and I had to stay up late trying to move forward, fearing that my status update might end up worse than a bad report card.
Over and above that, I spent two weekends away from home - last week I was entertaining a guest, and was mostly either bird watching or sitting in a car. And today I just got back from Fraser’s Hill, because my relatives from UK are back.
Tomorrow I’m hosting them at my apartment for after-dinner drinks and snacks, and on Tuesday I fly off very early in the morning to East Malaysia for diving in Sipadan.
At the office, I’m managing two projects, one which is due to finish soon, so I really need the work done well in these last weeks. Another one is kicking off, so I need to be prepared before my colleague and I fly off to UK for a one-to-one with a researcher for a week to get the project off the ground.
I have other things I’m trying to get done at work too. They’re not project-related, but they’re equally important, and I haven’t really got started on them.
Just when I thought May would be gone soon, June is going to be equally hectic. There’s a major event happening on the 2nd week of the month, and my whole team will be in involved. Past experience dictates that it will be chaotic.
I get to “rest” a week after the event, to prepare for my UK trip. I need to establish some groundwork related to the feasibility of the project, and I need all the time I can get.
New team members are scheduled to arrive around that time, too. Some work I’m doing is due before the new guys come in.
Outside the office, our sessions on prayer healing have ended, and I’m disappointed that I missed one, because I was so busy with the exam. Still, I feel that the sessions opened up a can of worms I’m not sure I was ready for. So, now I’m having to deal with that as well.
I may seek some sessions with a counselor if I identify certain areas in my life that have been particularly difficult to deal with by myself. For that, I need some time spent on thoroughly examining myself based on the notes from the sessions.
LL is going through an equally hard time, as she is at yet another crossroads in her life. I won’t divulge, but major decisions are about to be made.
And, my ear is still stuck.
I won’t quit just yet, but I just wanted to vent my stress out… and hopefully somewhere mid-year, I can look back at it and have a good laugh.
God, please do great miracles here.
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