Last night as I was falling asleep, my husband just lightly snoring next to me, I was suddenly taken by the feeling that I'm not sure I ever really felt before. I had a calm, a peace and a genuine feeling of happiness. It's strange that this was such a strong feeling because, overall, I would describe myself as a happy person. I've often wondered what makes people happy and, for me, it's always been about moments. Those moments in life when everything seems to come together, when I'm with the right people, in the right moment, then I am happy. But this was an even bigger feeling than that.
I would not say that Alex and I are "well off" by definition. I mean, I make a good wage, don't get me wrong. And, right now, because we're waiting for the approval from immigration Alex is going out of his skin a little waiting to be able to work. But we have enough. Our home is small, and cluttered a bit, but it's cozy and it's ours. We have two crazy cats that love us as if we were gods. We both have things within ourselves that we're working on. We're not perfect. But we are us. We can make each other laugh all the time and we can make each other really mad sometimes too. There are things I want. Things I would want to have but those are just things. We have our dreams and our hopes but we don't dwell on them, we plan for them.
And in the dark quiet of the night, with the light snoring, and the purring cats and clutter and the dreams and the hopes and the plans, I was overwhelmed with this intense feeling of happiness. I know how lucky I am. I know how loved I am. And I know how much I love that man, those cats, this life.
I wish this for all of you.
Showing posts with label life is good. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life is good. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
One good thing...
Sometimes it takes just one good thing to happen to make a whole day worth it. Today was a read dud right from the start. So many things went wrong at work and once the trend started it was all downhill from there. BUT...then I got the email! The immigration attorney emailed me the .pdf file of the receipt for the immigration paperwork that Alexander and I submitted. It's the first small step in this long intricate journey. Basically, all it means is that the paperwork was received at the Processing Center in California. That's all. But it's just the visual confirmation that it's on it's way and so are we.
Up until that moment I had a head ache that was verging on full mental explosion. I go that email and it was all clear to me that there are more important things than what goes on at work. And life is good.
Up until that moment I had a head ache that was verging on full mental explosion. I go that email and it was all clear to me that there are more important things than what goes on at work. And life is good.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Incredible Tuesday...
Work was somewhat good today. In spite of the usual mini-crisis that occurred I did get some good news which set the day off to a right start. My first email of the day told me that we would not have to undergo another audit in this first quarter as was expected previously. I did a happy dance for that one. The last round of audits did not go well and now we can concentrate on getting some of internal QI issues up to date and then from there we can face whatever audits may come our way later on.
I also had two new employees start today. This tops my "little" unit off at 27 people! I supervised only 6 people just two years ago so this growth spurt has been unbelievable. We have had our share of growing pains and will still have for some time. We're slated to hire three new case managers yet bringing my grand total to 30! I never thought this agency would ever grow so much so quickly nor did I ever think I would be at the helm of all of this. Extraordinary!
So far 2009 looks to be a good year. We aren't getting hurt too badly by the bad economy. We seem to be the only place in town still hiring AND able to give raises when merited. So I feel blessed on the work front.
I feel blessed on the personal life front too. I am surrounded by good friends, family and, of course, the love of my life, Alexander. I can't complain too much really. This is going to be the year that things really start happening and I'm excited!
I also had two new employees start today. This tops my "little" unit off at 27 people! I supervised only 6 people just two years ago so this growth spurt has been unbelievable. We have had our share of growing pains and will still have for some time. We're slated to hire three new case managers yet bringing my grand total to 30! I never thought this agency would ever grow so much so quickly nor did I ever think I would be at the helm of all of this. Extraordinary!
So far 2009 looks to be a good year. We aren't getting hurt too badly by the bad economy. We seem to be the only place in town still hiring AND able to give raises when merited. So I feel blessed on the work front.
I feel blessed on the personal life front too. I am surrounded by good friends, family and, of course, the love of my life, Alexander. I can't complain too much really. This is going to be the year that things really start happening and I'm excited!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Sibs, kitties, and other updates...
I realized I haven't update on how my sibs are! They're both home. My brother is doing very well. They put a screen - for lack of a better technical term - in his artery to prevent any clot particles from moving on. The clot itself has broken up nicely and he's really okay. My sister is also home but she will have to go back in two weeks and will, possibly, have surgery to repair the leaky valve in her heart. All of this is the long term affects of having had rheumatic surgery many, many years ago. But she's doing well too so we're optimistic about it.
As for the kitties...Arnie has returned to his previously kitten like energy which means, basically, I get little sleep. He tromps around all night and his favorite tromping spot is on top of me in the bed. I thought that closing the door would stop this but the little shit has learned to open it. Seriously, I watched him to this...paws on the door knob, lean his full 10 lbs on the door and slide one paw down to turn the knob. One click of the latch and he's in....with Brigette...on me...tromping. Sheesh! I can't be mad though. He's healthy and I was very worried about him when he wasn't so I let him tromp a while before I shoo him away.
As for me, I've spent an enormous amount of time researching immigration law in order to assist in getting Alex here. The US Immigration site is very helpful and clear which made that part quite easy. Now I'm starting to gather information on our eventual move back to Sweden - the long term plan - and I'm finding that it's very difficult to decipher the information from the Swedish Immigration site. I've found some interesting expat sites that have some helpful info on them but I think my next step is to write to the Swedish embassy to see if they have some informational brochures or fact sheets that would help. It may seem counterproductive to research both plans at once but the fact it to get anything approved by either government can take months, even years, so we want to know what we're up against and be prepared. we've decided to enlist the aid of an Immigration Attorney just to make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed. Everything I've read says that even one simple missed field in a form can put your application on the dead pile right away. It makes me wonder how those immigrants with no English speaking skills can do this at all!!
As for the kitties...Arnie has returned to his previously kitten like energy which means, basically, I get little sleep. He tromps around all night and his favorite tromping spot is on top of me in the bed. I thought that closing the door would stop this but the little shit has learned to open it. Seriously, I watched him to this...paws on the door knob, lean his full 10 lbs on the door and slide one paw down to turn the knob. One click of the latch and he's in....with Brigette...on me...tromping. Sheesh! I can't be mad though. He's healthy and I was very worried about him when he wasn't so I let him tromp a while before I shoo him away.
As for me, I've spent an enormous amount of time researching immigration law in order to assist in getting Alex here. The US Immigration site is very helpful and clear which made that part quite easy. Now I'm starting to gather information on our eventual move back to Sweden - the long term plan - and I'm finding that it's very difficult to decipher the information from the Swedish Immigration site. I've found some interesting expat sites that have some helpful info on them but I think my next step is to write to the Swedish embassy to see if they have some informational brochures or fact sheets that would help. It may seem counterproductive to research both plans at once but the fact it to get anything approved by either government can take months, even years, so we want to know what we're up against and be prepared. we've decided to enlist the aid of an Immigration Attorney just to make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed. Everything I've read says that even one simple missed field in a form can put your application on the dead pile right away. It makes me wonder how those immigrants with no English speaking skills can do this at all!!
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