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There have been some major upheavals at 5 Elsie Street aka Wood End. They have not been publicized but they have been seriously affecting my mood and my sense of security. Things are finally calming down and I feel like I'm regaining my footing, but it has been very stressful.

This highlights the other thing that I have not talked about: how much it took to become this vulnerable again. I was getting into a very dark place living alone and making a choice to look for multi-adult living situations came out of realizing that it was not sustainable for me.

Had you asked me four years ago though, I would not have chosen to become the newbie in an existing family structure. It took time to realize that finding/creating a new family was needed.

All that aside, I continue to be extremely grateful to Roo and her adults. Despite all the stress, this has been a mental step up and I am in a better spot emotionally and mentally than I was a year ago.

Roo seems to be accepting me as one of her adults and that is both extremely satisfying and OMG ADORABLE at times.

Both my Manager and my Team Lead have accepted other positions within the company.

The new Team Lead took over on March 31 and he seems to be doing pretty well. He's a bit more laid back than the previous and that is a good thing.

I got taken to task for my "absences" and told that I should just take a full day off for appointments that are going to take more than 1.5 hours.

This is pretty problematic given the last medical update and the fact that I'm on pretty low PTO due to the illness at the beginning of the year.

We still don't have a replacement for my manager so she has been working 2 jobs effectively since the beginning of March.

I am finally in the new position that I was supposed to transition to last fall.

I am enjoying it but it has been a major adjustment to how I work--with deadlines in terms of days rather than weeks or months.

And BTW it's April. Aries birthday was on the 14th, my father on the 12th and mine on the 23rd. Lots of landmines.

Topped off with your basic spring cold with an extra side of cough. *rolls eyes* Oh well.

So I just noticed that the only thing I've been writing lately about is the auction. Well, lots of other stuff have been going on too.

My birthday:

drwex took me out to dinner on my actual birthday. It was a very good evening. :-)

Dinner and Dancing: At Asgard and then at HEROES 80's was an absolute blast and I was really grateful to everyone who made it out.

There have been several hangouts, get togethers and social time... I am feeling on a definite upswing in that way right now and I will take it as long as it lasts!

The Fashion Show on Wednesday was a lot of fun but not really my thing. It took a bit to articulate to myself what was off for me, but I finally figured it out... I may put that in its own post.

cathijosephine asked to host some people at my place afterwards and that worked out really nicely.

I'm still reading from book to book to book but that has slowed down a little bit because I've been a lot more active in the evenings the last 2 weeks.

The exercise has been going really well but the weight loss has not. I will probably talk about that more on my weight filter--it's more than a bit frustrating.

There is a longer work post in the mix as well, but the Reader's Digest version is: My manager is changing departments, the new woman taking her place was hand picked by her and so far seems OK, there is a large reorg going on in the group as the result of several changes like this and I am wary about the whole thing but trying to be positive.

So there really has been a lot going on... Home and Work

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