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25 Oct 00 - 10:01 AM (#326926) Subject: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Bat Goddess Don't know if anyone noticed (except for Jeri who kept me up with thread highlights), but I was not on Mudcat from the middle of September until the past couple days. After 9 and a half years, I got very very suddenly laid off. Complete and total shock, but I hit the ground running. I immediately had to buy a car (as my husband and I had been doing one car since January) and a new computer system so I could do freelance, including the pre-press of a couple clients I took over from my employer. (They eliminated my position and salary after hiring an outside salesperson, preferring to concentrate on manipulating client-generated files -- which one of the owners could do.) So, I found a great $500 buck car, the new G4 is up and running, software bugs worked out, I have produced several freelance projects, and today I start part time evenings at another printer. (Wonder how I'll adapt to that schedule!) Never did have to revise my resume. For no real reason other than the sheer amount of change, my panic of the past few weeks has been barely under control. Ain't stress grand? (Somebody tell my body everything is going to be okay!) At least now I'm finding time to be back in the Mudcat community and I really appreciate it. Please help me through my new job jitters! Thanks, all! Bat Goddess |
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25 Oct 00 - 10:04 AM (#326930) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Jon Freeman Glad to see you back and I hope your new job goes well. Jon |
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25 Oct 00 - 10:33 AM (#326942) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: GUEST Holy Guano, Bat Goddess!!! |
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25 Oct 00 - 10:36 AM (#326943) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Micca Hi Bat Goddess, good to see you again, BBs to you and on your new venture, I remember the first week after I was made redundent and the stress level reduction once I had sorted my self out was worth it .....I now have a MUCH less stressful time and it is great...so go for it!!!! |
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25 Oct 00 - 10:39 AM (#326944) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Jeri Glad to see you back, Linn. Ain't it funny how the changes that look terrifying can turn out better than no changes? Now, if y'all want to see what happened to the $500 car, go read the Webber/Fentiman thread. (This also is going to have a happy ending, I think.) Making lemonade... |
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25 Oct 00 - 10:41 AM (#326945) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: MMario it is good to see you back. and while it has probably felt like forever and a half, it does sound like you have gotten things back together pretty fast! |
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25 Oct 00 - 10:54 AM (#326952) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Allan C. I wrote this years ago for a friend who was moving away. I have since found that it has meaning in other situations. It is my gift to you, Bat Goddess.
CHANGE Line breaks fixed. (it's <br>, Allan. <b> is for bold text.) --JoeClone |
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25 Oct 00 - 11:39 AM (#326987) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: wysiwyg Hi Linn, welcome back! To help with the stress and the body's handling of it, I strongly recommend a thread that ran while you were gone, [Praise's Good News on Health]. There are some links there near the end that are right on target, and I urge you to explore them! If they seem useful, then, and you want more details on the program I followed, which is one reason I am alive today, please PM or e-mail me. But I am having computer problems. Mudcat member Mrs._Zezam has a copy from a PM too, and if I'm offline when you need it, she could probably provide it. (And here is a message to your body, from me-- "Pssst! LinnBod! Everything is going to be OK. It really, really, really is. You can start to chill out a little bit. Keep telling Linn what you need. She is very, very smart. She won't let you down, I promise.") ~Susan |
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25 Oct 00 - 11:50 AM (#327003) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Welcome back, Bat Goddess! I was wondering. Still coming to Barry's in November? |
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25 Oct 00 - 11:53 AM (#327011) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: mousethief BG: glad you're back. Hope all goes well for you from now on. For the body, try a long bubble-bath.
Alex |
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25 Oct 00 - 12:33 PM (#327040) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Gervase Welcome back - and best of luck with the G4 (One of mine's been a right bugger these last few weeks). But don't worry about the stress - it's a great way to lose weight and start wearing all those clothes that languish at the back of your wardrobe! Seriously though, good luck, and remember the two great maxims of life: 1) Anyone can do anything. Not necessarily well, but they CAN do it. 2) Whatever happens, they can't kill you for it (NB: generally only applies in liberal democracies without the death penalty - but the sentiment is pretty universal). And, whatever happens, set aside time for yourself and those dear to you - it's all too easy to rush ahead in a fit of vim and vigour and forget those around you. Remember, you work to live, not the other way around... Best wishes |
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25 Oct 00 - 12:34 PM (#327041) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Bat Goddess Oh yeah! Rescue Remedy, lavender, long bubble baths (my favorite form of therapy anyway!), mindful breathing, music!!! Oh, and just plain getting things done. I know I'll feel a lot better when I start feeling a little more comfortable at the new job and some sort of a routine starts establishing itself. Change can be exciting (and I was really way too comfortable at the old job) but this entirely different schedule every day is extremely stressful. no wonder I wake up at 3 a.m. with my brain making lists. I'm terrified of forgetting something essential! At least I'm going back to work with friends and the production manager has reasonable expectations about the learning curve. "The future will be better tomorrow," as Dan Quayle once said. Thanks, everybody! I'll keep you posted. Bat Goddess |
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25 Oct 00 - 01:22 PM (#327077) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Naemanson Well, the best thing for stress is a long warm hug. I'm sure you've had plenty of them over the last few weeks but I am saving a special hug for you to be delivered on November 18. In the meantime, take nice warm bath and get your hubby to give you a back rub. That should provide some relief. |
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25 Oct 00 - 01:32 PM (#327084) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: SINSULL BATGODDESS, GLAD YOU'RE BACK. HOT BATHS, MASSAGE, AND JUST KNOWING IT WILL BE OKEI (SKARPI TALK). Sorry for shouting - Capslock, again. |
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25 Oct 00 - 01:41 PM (#327095) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Jim the Bart Best of luck to you, BG. After going through the same thing last October I found that it really can be the best thing that could have happened. For me it was fifteen years. Ce'st la vie. Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning - as Neil Young put it. Don't be afraid to get really mad sometimes. Don't forget to let go. Bart |
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25 Oct 00 - 01:46 PM (#327100) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Hollowfox Whee!! You're back! I missed you! (((((Hug))))). |
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25 Oct 00 - 02:05 PM (#327113) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: catspaw49 Holy Batshit!!! Nothing like a few changes huh? Good to see you, and still take time to smell the roses in your favorite cemetery.(:<)) Spaw |
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25 Oct 00 - 11:31 PM (#327521) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Bat Goddess Oh, yes! In the heat of posting before running off to my first night at the new job, I forgot to say Tom and I will definitely be at Barry's on the 18th. Looking forward to meeting some of you in the flesh. (Ah, let's rephrase that, maybe "face to face.") Hey Catspaw! You remembered! Stopped at Plains Cemetery in Kingston, NH a couple weeks ago on my way home from the orientation morning at the new job. hadn't been in it for about 15 years. Couldn't find the markers I was looking for. Went to a Maine Old Cemeteries Assn. meeting in Alfred, ME two weeks ago -- my old stomping grounds. And the house is in such a state I couldn't find my rubbing gear -- just the rice paper and one odd block of wax. Fortunately (fortunately??) I didn't need them. Really need to catalog my research one of these days if I ever have time. Bat Goddess |
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25 Oct 00 - 11:42 PM (#327524) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Jeri Glad to see you survived the first night on the job. Now relax! Spaw, she doesn't smell roses in graveyards in October because they're pretty much in the same state as the tenants. She swipes thyme off graves, though. (There's something ironic about stealing thyme from dead people.) On our way to a festival last May, we both grabbed a bit of it from Francis James Child's grave - the "Child Mountain Thyme." I've got a nice patch going in my front yard now. |
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26 Oct 00 - 09:07 AM (#327685) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Bat Goddess Hope my Child thyme survives the winter -- I just replanted it from the deck container to the half barrel with the sage in it. The SedgwickPie (where good ol' F.J. Child resides) was looking rather naked last spring after the removal by the powers that be of a tree or two and the circular hedge around paterfamilas Theodore Sedgwick and his wife in the center. (Child was married to a Sedgwick.) he tyme was expanding like crazy, though. Ba Goddess |
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26 Oct 00 - 09:32 AM (#327704) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: WyoWoman Bat Goddess, Having just gone through a major career change myself, I know chaos and panic right up close and personal. Invigorating, but you never know if your heart being in your mouth is a good thing or a bad thing. At least it's very ... life-like. All the best in your new gig and congrats for having weathered the storm. ww |
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26 Oct 00 - 12:09 PM (#327820) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: Bat Goddess Thanks, everyone, for your good wishes. I have my first day at the new job under my belt and life feels a lot smoother. Nothing like diving right in to a new gig to quell the jitters. The night time schedule will take a bit of getting used to. Had trouble going to sleep an hour and a half after arriving home at 11 last night (Mudcat for winding down after the work day!) and woke up way too early at 6 a.m. this morning, unable to get another coupla hours of sleep in. That will be 3 nights a week, working in the freelance into other available hours. Bat Goddess |
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26 Oct 00 - 01:55 PM (#327897) Subject: RE: BS: Bat Goddess Is Back From: L R Mole Glad you're back.Guano a secret? Stress is overrated. Write again when there's thyme. |