Stress

I have learned (yet again) this past week that stress can manifest itself in different ways for different people.  For me, no matter how hard I try to sleep when I'm stressed, sleep will either elude me or if I do sleep it's not restful sleep.  I knew I was stressed this past week at work but didn't realize just how stressed I was until my Mom told me today that she could feel my stress through the phone...  Sorry, Mom...

I think one of the things that I need to do is find a way to squeeze working out into my busy schedule.  My thought in doing this is two-fold -- 1.  I think it might help make me more tired and I'll sleep each night and 2.  I tend to de-stress some when I'm working out.  Because my day-to-day can be pretty hectic, all I want to do is sit when I come home at the end of the day (and that is on the days that I don't have something going on after work).  What I need to do is start looking at my schedule and streamlining it where I can.  We'll see how that goes for me...

This past week at work I was given the opportunity to go to a facilitator training and then use that knowledge to train the staff at our quarterly staff meeting.  The topic was an uncomfortable one yet we all made it through the training (it was on the topic of sexual assault prevention and response).  The other person trained to facilitate was my boss and we presented the training together.  When we gave the training, there was a counselor present who said we did a very good job in working with one another throughout the training.  When I went through my training, the boss of my boss was there and she congratulated me on this opportunity.  I hope I don't let the boss or upper management down...
  Another aspect in which I hope I don't let people down is this next week I have to give two other training presentations and it's been several months since I've had to present the information.  I'm sure my co-trainer and I will do just fine - I think I'm just getting butterflies.  Just got to breathe it out...

On Wednesday I got a phone call from a dancer who had a show yesterday about 45 minutes from here.  She called me because one of her dancers cancelled and she thought of me as a possible replacement.  I was very honored that she thought of me.  When I was messing around with my make up, I tried some new things that I really liked (and am looking forward to using those techniques again).  During my dance, I tried some things that I learned from the sword workshop I attended when I was home that was given by a martial artist.  It was an amazing workshop and I was glad I was successful at the new techniques/tricks.  I look forward to performing them again -- I'll actually have the opportunity again in a couple of weeks because she invited me back.

Even though I have a very busy week ahead of me, I'm really hoping that it's not as stressful as this past week has been.  Or if it is stressful, I hope that I can find a way to handle it better than I have (I don't want to pass stress along to someone else - especially through the phone - again).  I know that I didn't write too much this week, dear readers, but I think I need to sign off this for tonight, turn off the technology and do something to relax before bed in the hope I sleep tonight.  I wish you all opportunities to let your freak flags fly this week and that stress doesn't find it's way to overwhelm you!