One more year until I hit the 4-decade mark!
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It's a weekday and I'm working. I won't be doing anything extravagant tonight, just having my favorite meal (fried rice with scrambled eggs at Kapiolani Coffee Shop) for dinner.
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As for personal milestones, this year, I finally found a "permanent" full-time job working in a library.
This is actually the first full-time "permanent" position I ever had. Yes, in my late 30's. Until then, all I had were part-time jobs, substitute positions, and temporary full-time gigs. It's not like I was slacking this whole time.
Good news is that I finally have a position that has full-time salary, union membership & benefits.
Though to be real, I no longer have much time off from work. Whereas in the past, when I was a substitute teacher, on the days when there was no work available, I was able to
- stay home and work on my blogs, my music, my art ,etc
- stay home and organize my items that have been accumulating
- have bike adventures
- go to the YMCA
- go to the libraries as a visit
- do other stuff
- or just be lazy
Because I'm now working full-time, my production on my blogs and my music have slowed down.
I'm still working on my next album of instrumentals. This album will be slow, relaxing music. Most of the songs are done, I'm just editing them for volume & other things. I also have yet to start on my album art. Finding time to do them has been a struggle and that's why it's taking longer than I predicted.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to have the opportunity to have my full-time position, I just have to adjust to the scheduling of full-time work.
My current position is at a library at a public middle school. I enjoy organizing items there as well as helping the students. As for communication from staff, let's just say it's a work in progress. Lots of adjustments & transitions in a short time.
How long I plan on being in my current position? I'm keeping my options open. I am interested in getting a library position that pays more but still within reasonable distance from my home. That might take a while.
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Being in my late 30's is also a monumental time in taking stock of family relations.
I'm not really a family-oriented person, and much of that is due to situations that occurred during adolescence. Yes, I recognize that many people had situations worse than mines, but I'm also not someone who forgives easily. Holding grudges? More like grudges hold me.
Well, anyways you can read more details in a blog post I wrote in July.
https://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2019/07/emotional-sunday.html
Did you click on that link and read the post? No? Go back & read it.
It's been a few months since I wrote that post. It was a major relief to have those discussions with my father, who took longer than my mother to understand my grievances.
Since then, my parents have provided a lot of help to me, the type of help that most adults don't get from their parents.
Also, since that blog post, me, my parents & my nieces all gathered at my grandma's home to celebrate her 91st birthday. We had many wonderful conversations. I remained at my grandma's home after everyone else left and we had some wonderful conversations as we watched some old movies from her generation.
A few weeks later, my grandma was in hospital for a medical condition and I visited her and had another wonderful conversation.
I just found out she is back in the hospital. Not sure how much longer she'll be there.
Being that I'm 39 and my parents in their late 60's and my grandma is 91, it is time to cherish whatever time we have left together.
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Being in my late 30's is also a monumental time in taking stock of family relations.
I'm not really a family-oriented person, and much of that is due to situations that occurred during adolescence. Yes, I recognize that many people had situations worse than mines, but I'm also not someone who forgives easily. Holding grudges? More like grudges hold me.
Well, anyways you can read more details in a blog post I wrote in July.
https://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2019/07/emotional-sunday.html
Did you click on that link and read the post? No? Go back & read it.
It's been a few months since I wrote that post. It was a major relief to have those discussions with my father, who took longer than my mother to understand my grievances.
Since then, my parents have provided a lot of help to me, the type of help that most adults don't get from their parents.
Also, since that blog post, me, my parents & my nieces all gathered at my grandma's home to celebrate her 91st birthday. We had many wonderful conversations. I remained at my grandma's home after everyone else left and we had some wonderful conversations as we watched some old movies from her generation.
A few weeks later, my grandma was in hospital for a medical condition and I visited her and had another wonderful conversation.
I just found out she is back in the hospital. Not sure how much longer she'll be there.
Being that I'm 39 and my parents in their late 60's and my grandma is 91, it is time to cherish whatever time we have left together.
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