In the Long Run June 25, 2009
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Three days ago I awoke to find myself off the coast of the most beautiful landscape I think I’ve ever seen. It is gorgeous here, and I feel peaceful just looking out on the sight before me.
Of course, this was also the time that things hit the fan at work.
It’s the little interesting parallels that keep things interesting. The balance of the universe, if you will.
To date, things professionally have been going well. I feel like this deployment has afforded me some real chances professionally. I love the work, I love the challenges of deployed life, I’ve really felt like an integral part of the team.
Things at home, however, have been rough. The deployment has caused a lot of issues on the homefront. The distance, the issues with communications when you’re in the middle of the ocean four time zones away, these all combined into a pretty nasty cauldron. The issues started early, and reached a bit of a fevered pitch that cast everything into doubt.
But now, things are calmer. We’re moving in a much better direction, and for the first time in a while I get the feeling that we’ll be able to overcome the issues between us.
However, as previously mentioned, work is crazy now. To date, it has been enough to do my job well and everyone got along and all was well. The other day though, I found myself actively being screwed by someone. It’s a unique experience, to have a conversation with someone where they smile to your face, only to confirm a few hours later that you they decided to screw you in front of your boss.
So when things were well professionally, they were poor personally. Now that things are better personally, things are bad professionally. At least momentarily, out here, in this wonderful part of the world, literally anything seems possible.
More tomorrow, when I am not so tired. One thing I have still not gotten used to is the absolute lack of sleep, and the long nights since the beginning of our latest operation are starting to wear on me. A good night’s sleep, and tomorrow is a new day.
Oh isn’t that just dandy. Don’t you wish you could hit those sorts of people? I hope everything works out. Glad to hear things are doing better on the personal front!
so see, things at sea aren’t really that different than they are on land… everything never goes right all at once (that was some crazy poor grammar)
anyway, glad to hear things are back on track with your sweetie
and the work stuff? i’ve been dealing with that all week… except this person doesn’t smile to my face, she goes into another room when i’m around so as not to have to face me… she’s weasely like that. why must some coworkers be so dreadful?