This has easily been one of the laziest work days in the history of my professional career. Which, might I mention, took three steps backwards upon stepping foot in this country. And since stepping foot in this office, I must have taken another ten steps backwards. Through requests for more responsibility, project work and hours, I have received less work, fewer projects, and have banked diminished productive hours. The universe must be trying to teach something that I simply have not grasped yet.
As such, today has been spent prospecting a potential workplace, shopping on etsy (have I mentioned this addiction a million times yet?), reading The Australian and reading blogs. Other days find me re-issuing my cover letter to submit in online job applications, sifting through recipes on allrecipes.com, and on occasion reading stories from CNN or The Seattle Times (though the latter often makes me too homesick, so it's a rare indulgence). Every once in a while I punish myself by looking at apartments for rent in Seattle, lamenting all the while how much cheaper it is to live in Seattle. Since the workplace internet filters are so high (and clearly with good reason!), I can't do gmailing, facebooking, or searching for new music on MySpace. Oy, my days really are those of a bored secretary!
Although there are definitely some good things going on outside of the work life (and there's potential that the work life will be changing soon, so keep your fingers crossed!).
One positive point is that I've been going to a new kind of...mm, therapist? The type of therapy will come as no surprise to my family members (quite a few of whom have more substantial beliefs in new agey, earthy waves of thinking than me), but I've started doing some holistic therapy. Our new neighborhood is flush with chiropractors, so I took to the phones one day interviewing the different clinics to see what kind of methods they employ. And so I stumbled upon Kylie. Rather, I stumbled upon Susan who referred me to Kylie. I'm not exactly sure how to classify their therapy...according to their website, it's a mixture of kinesiology, sacro-occipital technique, gem therapy, nutritional supplementation, herbal therapy...and a few other techniques.
On my first visititation, Kylie warned that it was a weird sort of healing. And certainly, it is weird! My sessions generally consist of Kylie pushing down on my arms and legs while touching or pushing pressure points to find where weaknesses in my body are occurring. Sometimes vials of herbs or minerals are held over certain areas to see if it makes them stronger or weaker. I sit down on the chiropractor table, then lay on my back, then lay on my stomach, flip to my side, and generally try to beat back the force of her pushing. She pushes here, massages a little there, twists this, bends that, and has even tried cracking my back a few times though it would seem that my back is quite bendy and she has a hard time cracking!
To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if I believe in this kind of therapy or not as it doesn't seem quite invasive enough to be working. Though when she's got a latex glove-coated finger in my mouth readjusting my "cranial", I feel fairly invaded! But I think any type of therapy requires a time investment to see if it truly works or not, so I am as Kylie has advised, "going with it".
While fidgeting in my chair at work, my back hurts noticeably less than it used to. I've noticed more of my usual swagger returning to my gait. I now take herbs three times a day that I'm not sure are doing much other than making my breath stink. The strange part is, they both have distinctive tastes and yet both taste akin to bitter black licorice!
Anyway, we'll see how this therapy turns out. It certainly makes me giggle, but hopefully it will stimulate a sense of relief as well as my sense of humor!
As such, today has been spent prospecting a potential workplace, shopping on etsy (have I mentioned this addiction a million times yet?), reading The Australian and reading blogs. Other days find me re-issuing my cover letter to submit in online job applications, sifting through recipes on allrecipes.com, and on occasion reading stories from CNN or The Seattle Times (though the latter often makes me too homesick, so it's a rare indulgence). Every once in a while I punish myself by looking at apartments for rent in Seattle, lamenting all the while how much cheaper it is to live in Seattle. Since the workplace internet filters are so high (and clearly with good reason!), I can't do gmailing, facebooking, or searching for new music on MySpace. Oy, my days really are those of a bored secretary!
Although there are definitely some good things going on outside of the work life (and there's potential that the work life will be changing soon, so keep your fingers crossed!).
One positive point is that I've been going to a new kind of...mm, therapist? The type of therapy will come as no surprise to my family members (quite a few of whom have more substantial beliefs in new agey, earthy waves of thinking than me), but I've started doing some holistic therapy. Our new neighborhood is flush with chiropractors, so I took to the phones one day interviewing the different clinics to see what kind of methods they employ. And so I stumbled upon Kylie. Rather, I stumbled upon Susan who referred me to Kylie. I'm not exactly sure how to classify their therapy...according to their website, it's a mixture of kinesiology, sacro-occipital technique, gem therapy, nutritional supplementation, herbal therapy...and a few other techniques.
On my first visititation, Kylie warned that it was a weird sort of healing. And certainly, it is weird! My sessions generally consist of Kylie pushing down on my arms and legs while touching or pushing pressure points to find where weaknesses in my body are occurring. Sometimes vials of herbs or minerals are held over certain areas to see if it makes them stronger or weaker. I sit down on the chiropractor table, then lay on my back, then lay on my stomach, flip to my side, and generally try to beat back the force of her pushing. She pushes here, massages a little there, twists this, bends that, and has even tried cracking my back a few times though it would seem that my back is quite bendy and she has a hard time cracking!
To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if I believe in this kind of therapy or not as it doesn't seem quite invasive enough to be working. Though when she's got a latex glove-coated finger in my mouth readjusting my "cranial", I feel fairly invaded! But I think any type of therapy requires a time investment to see if it truly works or not, so I am as Kylie has advised, "going with it".
While fidgeting in my chair at work, my back hurts noticeably less than it used to. I've noticed more of my usual swagger returning to my gait. I now take herbs three times a day that I'm not sure are doing much other than making my breath stink. The strange part is, they both have distinctive tastes and yet both taste akin to bitter black licorice!
Anyway, we'll see how this therapy turns out. It certainly makes me giggle, but hopefully it will stimulate a sense of relief as well as my sense of humor!
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And believe Tina, Seattle misses you as much as you miss her.