Vacation is over!

[cimorene]

It's back to work tomorrow, and I'm curious to see what that's like with my new medication.

I had a full 45 days off, and that was long enough to shed all my stress about work and cease feeling irritable, and even to recover from social overstimulation so that I feel I wouldn't mind meeting multiple people. However, it wasn't long enough to finish the stuff I wanted to do in the house.

This morning I put a first coat of milk paint on the dresser and two of the three drawers; the other required more spackle and sanding. But Anubis stepped on a drawer almost right away, so there have to be at least two coats anyway, aside from the sealant. I might use a tinted oilwax this time since the color is very light, though that will require getting Wax to take me to the hardware store before they close.

I've also got a bunch of drawers painted from the little drawer units that sit under our desks but I still have to replace their wheels, and I haven't even started sanding the dining room sideboard, which I'm planning to do a traditional Nordic folk art design on. Also there's an A4 wooden art case (for my colored pencils) and two large picture frames waiting for ornamental painting.

All this painting is so fun that I can't wait to do it, so the necessity of doing less interesting stuff at work in the meantime is disappointing. However, I noticed a certain upbeatness that accompanied the medication this last week; with any luck that will help me even though the stuff I'm doing isn't as fun. And perhaps give me enough energy to work on painting even on days when I've already been to work?

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

Wishing you good luck as you go back to work! Will you be at the nonprofit again, or somewhere new?

[cimorene]

Back there! The office is closed in the middle of every summer when most of the board and volunteers are out of town. Most even slightly official stuff in Finland shuts down in summer, and even some businesses.