New again

So, here I am at my new job.  I work inside the back area of a library, and it's a really sunny, spacious office.  As you can see, they told me to "make the space my own" so I brought in some of my art and a family photo (behind me.)  I'll probably decorate more later, too.

I think I'm going to be happy there.  I work every morning and get to leave at noon.  At my last job at the call center, I didn't go in to work until mid-afternoon and I really liked that schedule.  The last couple of weeks I find I'm having a hard time adjusting back to early morning wakings.  Especially since just this week, there was snow on Pikes Peak and, after Labor Day, a chill in the air in the mornings which makes me very sad; it also make me want to roll over and hide under the blankets when my alarm goes off.

But --  once I'm at work I do enjoy how quickly the morning goes and then I'm off the rest of the day!  Look at this friendly group of ladies I work with!  The one in the pink to my right is the gal I'm replacing me; she stayed on for a week to train me but then Tuesday was her last day so we took her to lunch.  I'm really going to miss her!  Big shoes to fill.  Everyone at work is so very nice.

I took this photo of pink birds flying between two buildings in downtown Colorado Springs on Labor Day, when Dennis and I went out to lunch and to see a movie.  It reminds me of how there are many forces at work in this city, striving to showcase the arts.  This is never more obvious than at the libraries, where so many community and arts activities are offered!  Just last Friday I attended a two-hour class on songwriting, taught by The Reminders.  It was so inspiring and interesting -- it really got my writing juices flowing.  Since I'm now there at the "makers" library every day, I don't doubt I'll be getting more involved with all of it in the future months.  Happy thought.

Today is an exception: I'm working all afternoon instead of the morning.  It's chilly out again, and I slept in until almost 8 am.  Dennis is right now flying home from Montana, where he's been working since Tuesday.  He's working so much lately.  It will be nice to regroup.  Tomorrow I'm taking my car in to hopefully get rid of that awful noise it's been making, and then we will be celebrating a wedding with some new friends Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.  In between all that, I'm hoping to finish up on four globes I've been working on!  Two are normal sized, and two are tiny. 

Then I've got to get working on Christmas tart tin ornaments and some other ideas I have -- and I have a load of vintage Christmas to list in my shop.  I'm contemplating a weekend vintage market in November -- right now I'm wait-listed for a booth.

When we're in between seasons and there's a lot of change going on in my life, my body wants to slow down, relax, maybe even, if I'm honest with myself, hide.  My flip-flopped new schedule has me too fatigued mid afternoon to do much of anything and I find if I sit down to rest, I take a nap.  Then it's easy to lose momentum and get nothing done the rest of the day.  I can feel myself cycling into depression.  I know I'm not the only one fighting this battle!  I also know I have to nip it in the bud before succumbing to it.  I have long planned to join a new gym this fall, which is convenient with my new job and should be a no-brainer -- but I have not been able to get my butt over there to sign up.  I'm not exercising at home either, even though all my bones and muscles seem healed now after physical therapy.  So: the gym is my goal for September.  What is yours?