No place like home.
I figured since I spent yesterday's post writing about my need to press "play" on life again, that I should take some time today to talk about the things I'm going to miss about being on my pre-employment sabbatical.
(Sidenote: Can a fellow blogger please tell me how to use strike-through? I can't for the life of me figure it out...)
1. Cocktails. Perhaps it's lame to start this out by saying I'm going to miss cocktails but it's true. My family has a never-ending supply of alcohol and it's amazing to go into the kitchen everyday circa 5-6pm and have my own happy hour. A G&T, vodka and cranberry, whisky and sprite, margarita, glass of red wine, no matter what, they're an epic way to spend the early evening before dinner. I barely keep any alcohol in my own apartment aside from a bottle of wine here and there but after 6 weeks at home, I realize I need to stock up my bar! I'm not saying I need a drink EVERYDAY but man, it's amazing having a bar at home.
2. Dinner. I cook for myself. True story. But there's something about having your mom cook for you. I've feasted on steak, salmon, chicken, veal, pork, and an arrangement of veggies and side dishes. And what's even better than having someone else cook for you? Not spending a dime on it.
3. Conversations with my family. I don't talk to my family regularly when I'm not home. I have friends who cannot go a day much less a 4-hour span without chatting it up with mom or dad. Not me. It's rare for me to talk to my parents more than once a week when I'm away. I've enjoyed being able to catch up on the day-to-day stuff with them.
4. The comfort of home. I cannot afford a fraction of the things we have here at home and it's wonderful to be able to soak up these luxuries from time to time.
5. No stress. No pressure. I don't think I've gained a single new gray hair since I've been home and it's been amazing. I was SO STRESSED OUT in grad school and it's been the best feeling ever to watch all that stress fade away. I'm hoping it doesn't return with a vengeance once I start my job.
Speaking of the job, I cannot decide if I should blog about it or not...I imagine I'm going to have some AMAZINGLY CRAZY stories from it but I hear all these horror stories about people who blog too much about their jobs and get axed. I don't think I'd blog about the bad stuff, just the crazy, random happenings of being on-call and living with 300 undergrads. So thoughts? Blog? Don't blog? Start a new blog just for that?
Cheers.
(Sidenote: Can a fellow blogger please tell me how to use strike-through? I can't for the life of me figure it out...)
1. Cocktails. Perhaps it's lame to start this out by saying I'm going to miss cocktails but it's true. My family has a never-ending supply of alcohol and it's amazing to go into the kitchen everyday circa 5-6pm and have my own happy hour. A G&T, vodka and cranberry, whisky and sprite, margarita, glass of red wine, no matter what, they're an epic way to spend the early evening before dinner. I barely keep any alcohol in my own apartment aside from a bottle of wine here and there but after 6 weeks at home, I realize I need to stock up my bar! I'm not saying I need a drink EVERYDAY but man, it's amazing having a bar at home.
2. Dinner. I cook for myself. True story. But there's something about having your mom cook for you. I've feasted on steak, salmon, chicken, veal, pork, and an arrangement of veggies and side dishes. And what's even better than having someone else cook for you? Not spending a dime on it.
3. Conversations with my family. I don't talk to my family regularly when I'm not home. I have friends who cannot go a day much less a 4-hour span without chatting it up with mom or dad. Not me. It's rare for me to talk to my parents more than once a week when I'm away. I've enjoyed being able to catch up on the day-to-day stuff with them.
4. The comfort of home. I cannot afford a fraction of the things we have here at home and it's wonderful to be able to soak up these luxuries from time to time.
5. No stress. No pressure. I don't think I've gained a single new gray hair since I've been home and it's been amazing. I was SO STRESSED OUT in grad school and it's been the best feeling ever to watch all that stress fade away. I'm hoping it doesn't return with a vengeance once I start my job.
Speaking of the job, I cannot decide if I should blog about it or not...I imagine I'm going to have some AMAZINGLY CRAZY stories from it but I hear all these horror stories about people who blog too much about their jobs and get axed. I don't think I'd blog about the bad stuff, just the crazy, random happenings of being on-call and living with 300 undergrads. So thoughts? Blog? Don't blog? Start a new blog just for that?
Cheers.
Comments
For the strike:
1) if you go to your settings and switch to the new version of the editing tool (you'll see this as an option) - strike is in the tool bar (right there with bold, italics, hyperlink, etc.)
2) WEIRD - it won't let me publish how to do the strike in html if you like the old version of editor! I'll email you!