It's getting harder and harder to come back to Houston on Sunday. At first, it was very much stress related. We are VERY busy and quite frankly, understaffed. So the pressure is ON. I realized this past week that I really have to let a lot of the work related stress go if I am going to survive until the end of the summer. Being here has put some things into perspective for me like what my top priorities are.
#1 Priority (family)
Dallas is home. It might be different if I had my "family" with me but I really do breathe a little deeper when I drive in to Dallas specifically. Houston has great food and lots of stuff to do, but I HATE the humidity (and my hair does too!) and I hate the driving here. I feel scared for my life at least 3 times a day and I literally live five minutes away from work. Dallas is home and it's really not an option for me to move away permanently anytime in the near future. 3 months is way too long to be away from these guys.
Several people at work have questioned how I can drive back and forth on the weekends so often and really why wouldn't you when somebody makes you breakfast like this....
But for real, being at home recharges me and the drive is still worth it to me. It definitely isn't easy. It is physically exhausting, but right now I have to make the choice between physical exhaustion and mental exhaustion. I will admit that Sunday afternoons/evenings are not always pretty. I threw a pretty major fit last weekend ( If I was five, it would have included flailing limbs on the floor. Okay, it almost did include that and I'm weeks away from twenty-five. oops.) I think it was just pretty overwhelming to realize that I am only halfway done. I LOVE my clients here but I am ready to get home for good and back to my life. Right now, it feels like I am at work summer camp. ( I never did real summer camp as a child so I should have known better).
Is it August 31st yet?
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