I'm a castaway, merely clinging to the wreckage...
Not much to say today.
Last night was another Happy Hour Star Party at the brewery, with the club. Only three of the others showed, so it was me and three older guys, but it was still cool. Had quite a few bar patrons actually stop by this time, and I got to use my new knowledge telling them about M-33 (the Triangulum Galaxy) and the Orion Nebula. Feels pretty cool to share knowledge and watch people's reactions when they see a galaxy up close and personal. One lady had me cracking up because she could not stop saying "Holy wow that is so cool!" and elbowing the guy with her asking "Did you SEE that?!" We showed her a few galaxies, the moon, and the double cluster in Perseus. The double clusters mark the jeweled handle of Perseus's sword, and look super cool. What made it even cooler was that the one guy had his huge 18" telescope with him that he built himself. It was massive, but provided a really cool view. Tonight, I have a 3.5-hour class on how to use the observatory at the local nature center. I'm nervous because it's expensive equipment, but I am more excited to learn!
Work has been stressful, but not because of work. The boss of the other team has been cracking down on her people, and my name keeps getting attached. It's stressful that it might affect my job, even though I know I am a good employee, my boss knows I am a good employee, and my coworkers know I am a good employee. This other boss likely won't care and will just see my name attached to things coming to her attention. I still have yet to properly interact with her, so I can't judge if she is the type who would acept it as me bringing issues to her attention, or me being picky and tattle-tale-ish. I worry it is the latter and she will not react well to that thought. But there is nothign I can do about it, so I am trying not to think too hard about it and just let events take their course while I continue to do my job.
Had my third therapy session today. Mostly discussed work stuff, and talked a bit about my folks, like most people discuss in therapy. I think next week we will actually start getting into the reasons why I think the way I do. The reason (in my opinion) being that the Universe just likes to kick me. Right in the gut. Oh, you chuckled at something today? We can't have positivity! Eradicate it! I try to suck up to the Universe and thank it when even tiny little things go right, but I don't think it cares. Or maybe it likes it but still refuses to change its pattern. At least I can say that it is consistent. Anyway, something slipped out when I was talking at the end of the session and she looked at me and said we would get into that next time. I'm dreading it because I really don't think the Universe will like me trying to change the system. Guess we'll see what happens.
TV Shows:
Been watching The OA. I have one episode left that I will probably get to tonight. It's been an ok show so far, but I have to admit you kind of see a lot of the "big reveals" long before they happen. I'm pretty sure I already know what is going to happen in the last episode, which kind of takes the suspense and excitement out of it. Gonna need a new show to watch, so if anyone has any Netflix suggestions let me know!
Books:
I have started reading There, There by Tommy Orange, for work(ish). My company has a book club. They are based in the NYC office, but they stream the monthly meetings through WebEx so others can join. I have sat in on the last few, and finally took the leap to actually join. They give everyone in the club who wants one a free copy of the book or in-company access to the audiobook. You need an iphone for the audiobook, though, so they inter-officed me a physical copy. I am a few chapters in so far, but it is interesting enough, I guess. Not my usual type of story. It's a multigeneratoinal tale of native americans. The way it is written, though, is unique. Each chapter is a different person, and is comprised of short moments in their life.
Last night was another Happy Hour Star Party at the brewery, with the club. Only three of the others showed, so it was me and three older guys, but it was still cool. Had quite a few bar patrons actually stop by this time, and I got to use my new knowledge telling them about M-33 (the Triangulum Galaxy) and the Orion Nebula. Feels pretty cool to share knowledge and watch people's reactions when they see a galaxy up close and personal. One lady had me cracking up because she could not stop saying "Holy wow that is so cool!" and elbowing the guy with her asking "Did you SEE that?!" We showed her a few galaxies, the moon, and the double cluster in Perseus. The double clusters mark the jeweled handle of Perseus's sword, and look super cool. What made it even cooler was that the one guy had his huge 18" telescope with him that he built himself. It was massive, but provided a really cool view. Tonight, I have a 3.5-hour class on how to use the observatory at the local nature center. I'm nervous because it's expensive equipment, but I am more excited to learn!
Work has been stressful, but not because of work. The boss of the other team has been cracking down on her people, and my name keeps getting attached. It's stressful that it might affect my job, even though I know I am a good employee, my boss knows I am a good employee, and my coworkers know I am a good employee. This other boss likely won't care and will just see my name attached to things coming to her attention. I still have yet to properly interact with her, so I can't judge if she is the type who would acept it as me bringing issues to her attention, or me being picky and tattle-tale-ish. I worry it is the latter and she will not react well to that thought. But there is nothign I can do about it, so I am trying not to think too hard about it and just let events take their course while I continue to do my job.
Had my third therapy session today. Mostly discussed work stuff, and talked a bit about my folks, like most people discuss in therapy. I think next week we will actually start getting into the reasons why I think the way I do. The reason (in my opinion) being that the Universe just likes to kick me. Right in the gut. Oh, you chuckled at something today? We can't have positivity! Eradicate it! I try to suck up to the Universe and thank it when even tiny little things go right, but I don't think it cares. Or maybe it likes it but still refuses to change its pattern. At least I can say that it is consistent. Anyway, something slipped out when I was talking at the end of the session and she looked at me and said we would get into that next time. I'm dreading it because I really don't think the Universe will like me trying to change the system. Guess we'll see what happens.
TV Shows:
Been watching The OA. I have one episode left that I will probably get to tonight. It's been an ok show so far, but I have to admit you kind of see a lot of the "big reveals" long before they happen. I'm pretty sure I already know what is going to happen in the last episode, which kind of takes the suspense and excitement out of it. Gonna need a new show to watch, so if anyone has any Netflix suggestions let me know!
Books:
I have started reading There, There by Tommy Orange, for work(ish). My company has a book club. They are based in the NYC office, but they stream the monthly meetings through WebEx so others can join. I have sat in on the last few, and finally took the leap to actually join. They give everyone in the club who wants one a free copy of the book or in-company access to the audiobook. You need an iphone for the audiobook, though, so they inter-officed me a physical copy. I am a few chapters in so far, but it is interesting enough, I guess. Not my usual type of story. It's a multigeneratoinal tale of native americans. The way it is written, though, is unique. Each chapter is a different person, and is comprised of short moments in their life.