Saturday, September 15, 2007
.Changes.
Growing up. They say you never stop growing - the whole "always grow, grow all ways" thing rings true. I find it hard to believe I won't ever take another university course, or live in HUB mall again. I have all the "adult things" to worry about, things you don't even realize you have to deal with, until you are done school, and no longer have parents supporting you. Health care, property insurance, changing your address officially (drivers licence, car insurance, registration) every time you move. It gets a bit ridiculous.
On the flip side, I don't have kids or a husband to look after or complain about. The majority of the ladies I work with at the hospital are married with 2 kids. They are constantly saying how their husbands are like a 3rd child sometimes, and how much they do after they get home from work. It is just me. I can do whatever I want pretty much, and have no one to answer to but myself. It does get a bit lonely sometimes, but overall I enjoy it. Just kinda do my own thing.
At work I still feel a bit like a practicum student sometimes, but I think that is partly the nature of the position, since it is designed specifically for new grads, gives me a bit more support/mentoring. I think I am starting to get used to being the professional though. We haven't been into the schools that much yet, all the kids are still getting settled, but I am looking forwards to doing that more regularily - sitting in the office at the hospital all the time gets incredibly boring. I go to all the schools in Canmore, Banff and Exshaw, so it will be quite the adventure. Lots of kiddies to meet.
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I was talking to 2 guys I used to date, and just started to think about how they have all been quite different. 1 - a city boy, totally into music (as in big band/jazz type stuff) and 2 - a small town boy, a labourer type, works out in the bush, mainly into metal music, tattoos etc. I was totally interested in both of them at the time I was dating them, and then totally heartbroken (like most teenage girls are) when they broke it off. And somehow I still (or re-started) talk to both of them, and I don't find it awkward at all. Its interesting how different they are, and yet they are the same. Its hard to put my finger on it, but its there. And they are both similar in certain ways to M....I guess it just shows how I do have a "type" - though its hard to put into works just what it is.
On the flip side, I don't have kids or a husband to look after or complain about. The majority of the ladies I work with at the hospital are married with 2 kids. They are constantly saying how their husbands are like a 3rd child sometimes, and how much they do after they get home from work. It is just me. I can do whatever I want pretty much, and have no one to answer to but myself. It does get a bit lonely sometimes, but overall I enjoy it. Just kinda do my own thing.
At work I still feel a bit like a practicum student sometimes, but I think that is partly the nature of the position, since it is designed specifically for new grads, gives me a bit more support/mentoring. I think I am starting to get used to being the professional though. We haven't been into the schools that much yet, all the kids are still getting settled, but I am looking forwards to doing that more regularily - sitting in the office at the hospital all the time gets incredibly boring. I go to all the schools in Canmore, Banff and Exshaw, so it will be quite the adventure. Lots of kiddies to meet.
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I was talking to 2 guys I used to date, and just started to think about how they have all been quite different. 1 - a city boy, totally into music (as in big band/jazz type stuff) and 2 - a small town boy, a labourer type, works out in the bush, mainly into metal music, tattoos etc. I was totally interested in both of them at the time I was dating them, and then totally heartbroken (like most teenage girls are) when they broke it off. And somehow I still (or re-started) talk to both of them, and I don't find it awkward at all. Its interesting how different they are, and yet they are the same. Its hard to put my finger on it, but its there. And they are both similar in certain ways to M....I guess it just shows how I do have a "type" - though its hard to put into works just what it is.
