This Summer I have two part time jobs doing primarily data entry for two researchers at school. I also have chronic tendonitis so have to wear wrist braces in order to work, and frequently take Ibuprofen for the inflammation and numbness. Anyway, Thursday I finally had the first meeting for the second of the jobs. The researcher is the most Virgo-like person I have met. She is so organized that if there is a problem entering a questionnaire, there is a place to put the problem packet with problem form filled out explaining the difficulty, and a form, to fill out and place in the folder the packet came from, so that when the folder is refilled it is immediately clear that it is legitimately moved to another specific place. We also have time sheets to fill out to get paid, a copy of which goes into a notebook for that purpose, and another time sheet for listing what tasks were done when and how many packets were entered, etc. I don't know whether I am going to be daunted by such extreme organization or relieved that I don't have to do any organizing. On a more cheerful note I am going to make $ .50 more per hour than I expected.
I really regret the loss of so much time though. With going from school into getting ready for Bel-Summer to dealing with my son's car accident (minor) I don't feel like I have had any time off after the semester finished. It's summer and mostly I feel stressed over all the things that I am supposed to do, and all the things I want to do, and all the things I really had hoped I could actually get done. I know that is mostly my own attitude. But I still feel if I take time off to just do nothing much, maybe read a little, take a walk, whatever, that it is time gone and not applied to the mountain of things-to-do. Yeah, Yeah. I need an attitude adjustment. Easier said than done.
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