Muse

I'm listening to Muse right now, because ever since I heard "Uprising" the other day on the radio, I've been feeling inspired.  Especially working for a government agency, the idea of an uprising, or drastic change, is ever more appealing to me.  It's all just a wild idea in my head though, and nothing I would or could ever act on.  Just got a good song in my head, which ignites a good feeling in my heart, and I'm inspired to write.

I've worked my butt off lately, literally and figuratively.  I've been working 3-4 days in a row, week after week, since February when I started my new job.  I called in sick one day, and truthfully considering the fact that I have two young children, one call-in for seven months has got to be a record.  Anyway, this week I had three days off, what they like to call "Vacation", I guess, but I have coworkers that get seven days off in a row repeatedly, and never need to take a single day of vacation.  Regardless of the disparity in scheduling, this week has rocked.  I've done nothing relaxing, just things that have sat and waited patiently for my time for months and months.  I'm ripping plants up.  I painted Connor's room and reorganized things.  I'm in the midst of throwing half of the toys we have in the house away.  Actually I'm pretending that I'm going to have a garage sale, but I don't have the patience for it.  I'm just going to drive up to the hospital and donate a ton of stuff.  None of it is crap, but all of it hasn't been touched by a child's hands in a long long time.  I've been running every day, 3-4 miles at a time, and at a pretty quick pace too.  I feel good!  I'm not exactly enjoying my time at the VA right now, and except for the patience and love of the amazing vets that I take care of, this mini "vacation" of super-productivity is the only thing getting me by.  Connor makes me nuts, Elly gets a kick out of copying him (and thus, Elly makes me nuts), Craig is so obsessed with himself and his diet that it's hard to say if we have anything going on lately, and I wish I were still in school.  Thank goodness for painting walls.

Maybe I should quit this and get into painting.  It was fun, at least.