Today's wins: I came home dog tired from my first day back at work and put on my running shoes and went and ran more than 3 miles. I'm not quite back to where I was when I hurt my hamstring a month ago prepping for the GB 1/2 marathon, but I can definitely feel progress. I have to admit I'm a little jealous of my two sisters and brothers-in-law, who are alomost ready for the1/2 in two weeks...
I followed up the run with a walk with Cameron and Jake (the dog). It's always fun to see what planet my son is inhabiting on a given day. I can remember just getting time alone with my Dad when I was little to talk...it always seemed like a big deal. I need to try to give that to Cameron more often. God knows he loves to talk:)
Today's losses: I let returning to work activate a bunch of old, bad habits. I won't list what I ate, but it was garbage. I consumed twice as much diet soda than I did any day that I was off. I forgot to drink water all morning. The best news was that I didn't add a bunch of snacks to my pathetic meals, but at best today's grade was a D. Perhaps just returning for one day of work will give me impetus to do better this weekend building better habits. I'll do better not starting tomorrow, but starting right now.
Random Musings: It is amazing the onslaught of energy that comes at me when I return from any extended time away from work. It is as if everyone who works with me has been waiting for me to get back to ask whatever crucial question they've been grinding on. It is truly the challenge of an administrator to honor each person's point of view and realize that their issue is important to them, even if you are aware of 12 things that would bury it on your list.
My mom left a job a long time ago and said it was because she was just tired of supervising people. I remember thinking that was the dumbest thing I'd ever heard. I have since apologized:)
It is exhausting doing that kind of work and when you combine it with the fact that people apparently think your title gave you some sort of mythical vision and intelligence, it just seems silly. I'm not sure why anyone thinks I have some great grand scheme in mind, when we are both aware they have no plan for third hour...
Any of my teacher friends reading this, give your boss a break, he or she is just some human trying to figure crap out, same as you. They may make a little more money(although that's debatable where I work, if you calculate on days worked or in some cases straight up), but they are working for it. Every time you wish they understood your job better, realize that means you probably don't understand theirs either.
Oh and by the way, I work with good people in a nice place, those of you who are in opposition to people at work...I don't know how or why you keep doing it. It seems to me that if we spent more time fixing problems as opposed to blame we'd all be better served. Regardless of our level of competence, we are all generally in our careers for the right reasons.
Thus endeth the sermon and if you ever doubted my musings were truly random, I think that is confirmed now:)
Good luck to friends and family running the Crazy Legs or any of the La Crosse Fitness Festival races this weekend.
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