Coffee Hour / Joys & Concerns

[zvi]

There was a request made that we have a regular exchange of Joys & Concerns, and also a virtual coffeehour.

Let's try it and see what happens.

(This won't necessarily always happen on Tuesday evenings EDT, unless it does. Today was the day that I remembered that such a request had been made, so here we are.)

Comments

[jjhunter]

The joy I come with today is a small but glowing one: months ago, I bid on and won an ebook conversion offer as part of help_japan. Tonight I mailed off the finished product to a dear friend of mine. The piece of fiction that got converted was the project that really brought us together, and I think she'll be quite touched.

The concern is a major one that I intend to sleep on: I haven't been into the lab (my second part-time job, albeit unpaid) in over a week. I don't have any assigned responsibilities there yet beyond learning programming that I can frankly do at home, but I won't get anything more at this rate. I am concerned that I am slipping back into a self-destructive anxiety pattern.

I light two candles for this joy and this concern in this space. Sharing them eases me. Articulating them focuses my mind on what needs to be done to address them. Thank you.

[zvi]

That is a really lovely gift, especially as it was a charitable donation at the same time.

Re: your second concern; maybe it's time to ask them to assign you a programming task? Not anything that's time sensitive, but something to focus your learning?

[jjhunter]

Oh, that's an excellent idea. Thank you--I'll send the email today. That would definitely help with the anxiety; I don't do well with lack of structure.

coffee hour opener

[jjhunter]

What are some of your favorite pieces of music from church services?

Re: coffee hour opener

[spaceoperadiva]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJrGrGoetCQ

Re: coffee hour opener

[jjhunter]

Mine too. This is a lovely recording of it!

[waldo]

This is kind of a joy and a concern:

I have a job interview today in about... oh, 2 hours.

It's for part time in the summer and can go into full time starting Septemberish. It's not my dream job, but after more than a year of unemployment, if it'll pay the bills, I'll be happy.

So, joy: I have an interview.
Concern: I hope I get the job!

[zvi]

Good luck!

[shoshanna_g]

How did the interview go?

(slightly nervous) Joy

[shoshanna_g]

I am officiating at my first wedding service this Saturday.

(I am made particularly happy by the fact that I am marrying a same-sex couple. Yay, Canada.)

Re: (slightly nervous) Joy

[zvi]

Congratulations to you and to them!