Yeah, I know, I fell off the map again. Things have been crazy at work; even when I'm not secretly doing OT, my evenings are usually pretty much busted. The problem is that I absorb stress like a sponge. The metaphor applies to letting it go as well. There's no instant dryer, no magic reset.
...there was a strand of truth to the rumor in that News Corp. isn't planning a party for everyone at the midtown Hilton as it has in recent years. According to a well-placed source, however, the reason for that is logistical: With the addition of 4,000 or so Dow Jones & Co. employees, the company has simply grown too large for the venue. This year, therefore, the party budget will devolve to the individual business units to do as they see fit. (A News Corp. spokeswoman confirms all this.) Read more...
On top of everything, I'm also trying to deal with how to keep my school ambitions alive. I'm not enrolled this semester - I swore that I would only enroll if I could afford it, and that changed at the end of the summer. Between the move to Connecticut and the sinking economy, it seemed frivilous to spend so much on a degree which will apparently have no material impact on my cg/animation career. Both of my supervisors told me as much. No raise, no promotion. So it's now just a personal goal. I will come back around to finish what I started. It's just on hold until I can afford it again. Even though I know it's the right decision, guilt still nibbles on my brain.
Guilt nibbbling....
That I get. I think i realized about half way through my MFA that I had no real job track but I had to finish what I started. At least this time around, I will have some sort of job in the field with a pay hike from what i was making in the arts.
I've often thought...well what if I moved out of the state and got certification in a state that doesn't require a M.S Ed. I'd be half way through and want to finish the damn thing anyway.... I think we're both too stubborn for our own good.
And yes...stress...sponge... uh huh.... 14 credits this term.