OK so I'm a little stressed. Again. Today the communications bosses came to campus and had dinner with the jmen going to work on media support. For those of you who don't know I'm included in that category. The meeting was VERY informative, and it was so nice to finally figure out how things work after months and months of confusion and lack of communication (irony). I'm very grateful to have learned more about my job, and I'm even more pumped up about it now that I have this information. But there's always a 'but' isn't there? I also learned that I'll be staying an extra week here in VA. That means that I will arrive home on October the 2nd and leave five days later on the 7th. Therefore my expected time back in OK will be cut in half! Can I just say that I am SO not ok with this? I realize that I'm moving to Africa for 2 years and will be expected to fulfill assignments that require extensive travel on very short notice. Random trips are practically part of my job description. Flexible is supposed to be my middle name. Yet still I was so so very attached to the idea of two more weeks in Oklahoma. I had them all planned out in my head. Really, to be honest, I hadn't mentally left the home yet. Now it feels like I'm just gone; like all I'll have time for during that week is a lot of frantic shopping/packing and a whole lot of emotional goodbyes. Blah. I just don't like it.
So what will I do? I've sent an email to my logistics coordinator to see about moving back the date of my departure to Africa. I believe the tickets are still tentative, so I am holding on to the small strand of hope that perhaps, just maybe, Lord willing I can steal just a little more time at my home.
But now I'm wondering what this means that I'm so frantic about holding onto one more little week. It seems so trivial in comparison to two years. I just hope this isn't some sort of foreshadowing for the meltdown I'm going to have when I really do have to leave. Oh dear… Pray for me?
Your time is never you're own once you enter the working world. I'm sure you'll get through this bump in the road and soon find yourself making last minute changes, going with the flow and smiling - knowing that all things work together for good.
ReplyDeleteOk, all is good now. Its going to work out for my to move back my flight to Africa. Huzzah! Thanks for the prayers guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice Triple A. Do we know each other?
ReplyDeletei think maybe the problem presenting itself and getting resolved was just a showing of future frustrations and problems that will arise and freak you out major but you can always find a way to solve them or work through them. so settle the kettle, i think is what God is trying to say here....those exact words...i can hear Him saying them...
ReplyDeleteSounds like the beginnings of culture shock to me... here is my solution to that problem, or at least what worked for me. First, begin every morning with God, asking Him for the comfort it will take to get through the day. Second, dive into everything head first. Don't hold yourself back for anything because then you will be submersed in nirvana. This is how you feel when you are in God's will. Third, think of all the awesome stories you will have later!!!
ReplyDeleteLove you, miss you, Audra