A Diagnosis, A New Job and A Coincidence
It has been quite an exciting couple of weeks. I came back from Mayo with some news I didn’t want to hear, I started my new job, met some fun people and was interviewed by the local paper.
I came back from Mayo on July 2nd. My Crohn’s disease is back and of course I was classified with gluten intolerance. So, here I am back on strong drugs and a strict diet. I did my share of crying and dealing with angst over what I was going to tell my friends about going out for beer night. I absolutely refuse to talk about it with anyone other than Scott because I would rather just deal with it in my own personal way then having to sit there and field questions from my friends and then feel like they are making sacrifices hanging out with me. Right now I feel okay. I think the only thing that kills me is not being able to just pop in at a fast food place and order something. I have to plan all my meals and that is so not me.
I started my new job. Overall, I’m excited. This is a whole different ballgame for me. I went from a job I hated where I had too much on my plate and no one cared. To a place where I have a busy day but I’m not overwhelmed and that there is someone there who can help me when I need help. I’m doing really well at my job and I really think this job suits me. I like the people I work with and I think they like me.
Yesterday, I was interviewed by the local paper about the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. As a conservative, you really have to be on guard when being interviewed by a liberal newspaper like our local paper. But I muddled through it, carefully thinking about each of my answers before expressing them. I worried all day that they would take my words out of context. The story came out this afternoon and it’s not the quote I wanted and felt he purposely took the weakest quote he could but it was still pretty decent. The guy at work that trained me read the story and kind of snickered. Later on, he introduced me to a guy who also worked in our office and who made the opposing comment to the same reporter. What were the chances that the reporter would pick two people with opposite points of view that worked for the same company? I don’t think it will be a negative thing. I get the impression most people in the company are pretty middle of the road and maybe even lean to the right so I’m not really outnumbered.
