Wow! It's been a few weeks since I posted anything. Life has been really busy to say the least. A lot has been happening.Last Sunday I felt a little bit wicked going to see the musical Wicked at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake. It wasn't my first choice to go on a Sunday night and especially not on Easter Sunday. However, after waiting in line for nearly 7 hours to get tickets and being told that's all that was left I decided that Broadway could be uplifting. The show was amazing! It was my second time seeing it, my first was about 2 years ago in New York. I hope to see it again soon. Until then I enjoy listening to the soundtrack. I'm also looking forward to the movie of Wicked that is supposedly going to be released sometime in 2010.
The last few weeks have also brought some major changes at work. As of this last week I'm now part of a new team and my job classification has changed. My new supervisor explained to me that I am a dislocated worker. Basically, the eligibility services I've been a part of for the last 2 years have lost some of it's funding and was over staffed by 60 employees statewide. On the flip side, the employment counseling side had extra funding. So to compensate my job title has been reclassified to employment counselor much to my dislike. That's what I did 2 years ago before being forced to trade to the eligibility side of things. I wish they could make up their minds! It's a challenge every day for me to try to reduce stress and control my frustrations. I'm grateful to still have a job...I guess. I think it's time for me to branch out. I've been looking at other job possibilities. I'm ready for some positive change in my life.
A new venture I've started in the last few weeks is running. Thanks to the encouragement of my roommate I've been training to run my first 5K race. It's coming up this Saturday. I hope I'm ready! I've been sick the last 2 days and that has slowed down my training schedule. I hope I can rebound quickly this week. I discovered how running really is an amazing stress reliever. Boy do I need that in my life right now!
