Is it time for Matlock yet?
When I am ready for bed at 7:42 pm has my life hit a new low? Scratch that. I changed into my sleepwear at 7 pm but now I am actually considering turning off the light and going to bed for the evening. Yet, mere months ago my days were chock full of excitement. Ok, perhaps not “chock full” but my days definitely included staying up past 8 pm.
There are definitely things that I miss about my previous life. Global dinners at Dream Café, dinners at Gloria’s, the Inwood, Watertower, Old 97s concerts, yoga, pub quiz, culture… However, in many respects I am glad to move on.
Next week my former organization will close the books on its fiscal year with a limp, whimper, and a massive deficit. The end of the season is always celebrated with an annual Black Tie Dinner however I cannot say that I will miss celebrating the end of another stressful fiscal year in a recession economy. I cheerfully retired my black tie gowns and am glad that next week I will pull on my corduroy pants and t-shirt.
So perhaps my life is not nearly as exciting as it once was but it is also not as stressful as it once was either.
Deficit indeed. What pressure in this economy - you are so right. This week is my last week in full employment by the DSO. Now I become a part time artistic advisor, getting out of the daily grind, but still keeping in touch with the artistic side.
Comment by Victor Marshall — May 29, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
Victor! It’s good to hear from you. I’m glad to hear that you are gracefully exiting but still get to keep up with the exciting parts of the job. At this point in time I’m not sure that there is anything exciting about development! I say that and yet somehow I’ve still managed to be dragged into fundraising over here… I can’t manage to escape even on another continent.
Comment by singulargirl — June 1, 2009 @ 12:46 pm