I am having a tremendous amount of work-related anxiety and stress—we’re talking sleepless nights, daily headaches, heart palpitations, neck pain and tears. It’s worse than IVF and that’s saying something. I have no idea what I’m going to do about all of it, but something’s gotta give before our embryo transfer next month because I won’t go through that when I already feel like this.
To make matters worse, my iPhone keeps autocorrecting the word “fuck” to “duck.” Sometimes you just need to vent to your wife via text, and you do not need Apple trying to make it PG.
Also, I had an extremely vivid and real dream last night that I was pregnant. We all know how much fun those are.
All of that is a very long way of saying that today really sucks. I am coping with the suckage by obsessively listening to my Harry Potter audiobooks and knitting with a vengeance.
Over the weekend, I cast on for the Hitchhiker scarf/shawlette with some beautiful variegated turquoise wool yarn that my mother in law brought me from their Route 66 road trip last year. I don’t have the label anymore for some reason, but I remember that it was hand dyed in Taos, NM. I already love this scarf so much. I have no idea how I’ll part with it, but I have to because I can’t wear wool. I know–what kind of knitter can’t wear wool? This kind, apparently.
Unfortunately, I cannot knit OR listen to Harry Potter at work, so who wants to help me with my resume?
Hound Mamas 
I’m in the middle of a hitchhiker scarf! It’s SO brain dead I looooove it!
That’s so funny! It is the ultimate mindless project–such a great pattern! What color is yours? I browsed other people’s finished versions for so long trying to decide what color to do. I really wanted to go with a red, but I couldn’t justify buying something new.
Mines a duck egg blue manos del uraguay merino silk! It’s lush! I’m just hoping I get it finished from one skein!
Ooooh… I love it. Merino silk must be fantastically soft & squishy with all this garter stitch! Manos merino is one of the few wools I can wear–malabrigo, too.
It’s SO nice! I crichet the nicest blanket with that yarn and DH and I fight over who gets it all the time!
I said crochet but my phone is keen to make me look like an idiot apparently! 😩
If you’re serious, I’m happy to help with job seeking materials. And, in any case, I hope your job quits sucking very soon.
Thank you so much for the offer! I may take you up on it once I have something better put together. Just getting a first impression from someone who is not a) my wife, b) my mom or c) my best friend would be immensely helpful. At the moment, I’m still trying to sort through my 14 year, 5 job title history with my current employer. Ugh.
Well the offer stands. . . I actually really enjoy stuff like that! Finding a new job can be as terrifying as it is necessary. . . Especially when you’ve been in the same place for a long time
I so hate when auto correct takes away any enjoyment in text venting! I hope your work improves or you find something different soon.
Oh, and I love the colour of that scarf – it is just so beautiful!
Knitting + Harry Potter – really does work miracles!
What a beautiful scarf! I’m jealous. I tried to learn crocheting, but am on a break right now. I’m sorry that your job is sucking so much. 😦 I’ve been there. I hope things get better soon!
That sucks, hope it turns around soon (that ducks, hippie it turns aren’t doh)(from my autocorrect)
The best part of that autocorrect was the “doh.” LOL
Second offer to help with resume right here. It’s part of my job and the part I like most- the messier the better! 🙂
Android does that too, also ducks is what it thinks “sucks” is too. I can’t even PG swear on it. 😦
I hear you on the work being stressful stuff. I spent the day at work fixing various nitpicky style issues in the code I wrote. So I don’t really have anything to show for it, but well-commented code, which doesn’t do anything it didn’t do last Friday. I did this because my groups lead developer was having fits because there were problems with his code and someone wasn’t happy with him. He’s a nice enough guy, just very loud when management doesn’t handle him with kid gloves. So I spent half my morning looking into issues he said he fixed.
Sometimes, work really ducks. Actually, I just thought of a connection. Ducks bite. Work bites. Maybe ducks isn’t such a bad autocorrect after all.
I hope your job gets better soon.
I admire your knittery skills. My mom tried to teach me and I ended up lobbing the needle at her head. Barely missed her eye.
You can’t listen to audio books at work with headphones on? WHAT KIND OF HELL IS THIS.
Hah. I probably would have been the same way if my mom had taught me. When I was a teenager, I threw my mom’s mother’s day present at her head. It was a book. Not one of my finer moments.
Technically, I am ALLOWED to listen to audiobooks at work, but I spend most of my day writing (I work in marketing) and I can’t pay attention to a book and write at the same time. I have trouble even listening to music while writing. I’m a horrible awful terrible multitasker.
Ah I’m the same way! I need as much silence as possible when I’m concentrating on words. I am fine with other stuff, but forming coherent sentences requires quiet time.
I’m jealous that you can actually concentrate on something other than the IVF…how do you do that!?
Since we have a break right now before the FET next month, I am determined to “enjoy” it and not stress (too much) about babymaking things. It’s hit or miss so far, but it’s sort of working!
I’m trying to get in that frame of mind too – have a month ‘off’ so to speak. We started renovations today, so that oughta do it!
Luckily, my best friend is a red head so she’s still tipping the balance in favour of the melanin-challenged among us! LOL
You just need to program a shorthand for fuck on your phone, or use it so frequently that your phone assumes that fuck is the word you’re looking for rather than things like “funk”, or “fun” or “duck” or “suck”. I love the scarf! I will need to start knitting again soon. My skills are very beginner though, so it’s difficult for me to pick patterns. I am also happy to help with your resume, if you would like some additional help. I hope the anxiety subsides soon. I’m sorry you’re experiencing it. I have been there, and it’s awful.
I sat there last night and typed fuck 30+ times in a text message to make it perfectly clear to my phone that I AM THE BOSS and I will swear when I want to. I think it gets it now. Thank you so much for the offer of resume help. You guys are all awesome.
Lol. You tell that phone who’s boss!! Yeah send me an email and comment on my blog (since I rarely check the email unless I’m expecting something blog-related) when you want help with the resume. Mamaetmaman@gmail.com
Harry Potter, crocheting, and mindless games on my phone are my stress relievers too. And I hate how my iPhone autocorrects fuck to duck. The ducking worst!
I know those job feels. Deciding to leave is just about as stressful as the reason you want to leave in the first place. Here’s hoping for some peace and relief from the current stress.
Hah. You should see our household in the evenings before bed. Catch is on her side of the bed obsessively playing bingo on her iPhone, and I am lying on her with my headphones in listening to Harry Potter. Stressed? Us? What? LOL
Lol at least you have strategies!!
And listen, if you want to be a speech pathologist, I have some leads for you. Otherwise hig up these other (more helpful) ladies.
Offering more resume help. It’s part of what I do for work and by far my favorite part. The messier the better!
Thank you so much! Wow–I was only kidding, but all of you resume experts out there are seriously fantastic.
The new update will actually NOT autocorrect those things, so that’s exciting! And crocheting/knitting helps me out too. It’s actually pretty funny when I’m sitting there in my baggy jeans, button down shirt, and backwards cap on the train crocheting. You’d be surprised the looks I get! Like seriously, you’ve never seen a butch lesbian crocheting! What the fuck! (No autocorrect! Lol!) Anyways, I hope the anxiety subsides a little bit…I know work can always be a huge stressor…but keep that Harry handy and it’ll all figure itself out…if not you can always practice your Avada Kedavra charge on the whole damn company!
Unfortunately, I updated my iphone last week, so it was definitely screwing with me post-update. I think I fixed it though. Last night, I typed “fuck” in a text message about 30 times. It seems to have learned now that I actually mean it and not duck. I love that you crochet! I tried to teach myself to crochet a few years ago, but I got frustrated and gave up. One day I will try again. And on HP–ironically, I have a HP wand on my desk at work. Someday, I will use it…
I’m right there with you, I seriously hate when my iPhone corrects my swear words. Sometimes we just need to get it all out and swear! I wish I could knit, I’ve tried it a few times and failed each. Perhaps I’m not coordinated enough! Good luck with your resume, I’ve used http://www.resumemaker.com several times. I’m guessing it’s not the best software out there, but it has some nifty formatting features to make it look all pretty!
Now I know where to go for resume review… I see a few volunteers! Ha what about fukc.. still doesn’t have the same appeal as fuck tho. Annoying auto correct!