Stress

It's the Memorial Day weekend! Nic is home but there are boxes up and down the passage way to the bedrooms. She was sweet to come say to me last night when she fininshed unloading from the car that there are boxes everywhere and that I should not freak out because she will pack them away.

I was freaked out late yesterday afternoon when after a whole day of presentations and meetings and I was about to pack up and head for the City to attend some Microsoft events, the HR manager called to say my conversion may be rejected because I did not update my records. Totally messed up my mind for the rest of the day so I ended up slogging away at my desk till almost 8 pm just to get a business request for some changes to their sites out of the way and to calm myself down. Skipped the events which would have been so interesting because they update me on technological developments central to what I do for a living. It was not even my fault - they misread my updates in the online system and the senior manager who questioned my application thought my intention was to go back to the little island in the tropics. I had to explain that those were old records from where CL was my boss and the records were migrated from the now decommissioned system. No one told me to delete them. And I had definitely updated the records with the new stuff but they missed them. Sigh! Totally stressed me out.

Wonder if we should take advantage of the long weekend and just drive somewhere. Clear the minds, reset the relationships, enjoy this ginormous and beautiful land. I need a break from the relentless pressure. I need spiritual and mental uplift.