Greetings Compadres,
I didn't realize it's been over a week since I've written. To be honest, with my scheduling varying so much at work, most of the time I don't know what day it actually is. I just know whether I'm supposed to be at work or not. For example, it dawned on me only about an hour ago that I missed my favorite soccer team's game on Saturday. (Luckily I can watch the replay online and I'm so out of the loop with news I don't even know who won.)
After years of being a pastey white (sun deprived) tourist that visited the area, today I am breathing a big old sigh of relief that Bike Week is over and the tourist population has dropped by a million or so. Those bumper stickers that say "Look Twice, Save a Life, Motorcycles Are Everywhere" was an understatement these past 7-10 days. The people were nice, no biker gang issues or anything. There were just so many of them. My brother says that even though I've lived here almost a year, I can't consider myself a local. I told him, you are w-rong. I became a local the first weekend (last April) when I went to the dog beach and it was over run with inlanders and I was completely annoyed about it.
In other news, things are work are going pretty well as I start to settle into my new position. There were some times last week when I was feeling incompetent and on the verge of tears. I told myself I was feeling vulnerable about the recent changes/increased responsibilities and that it was not that many months ago that I was feeling completely overwhelmed about working there to begin with. For the record, this strategy of talking myself down is not really satisfying in the moment but does seem to have a good effect in the grand scheme of things.
The weather has been warmer here and I am loving it! It's almost time to start switching out long sleeves and pants for shorts and t-shirts... yes please and thank you!
That's about all for now. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Celebrate safely.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
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