Too Many Hats
September 29, 2020
Hey y’all, how are you doing? I hope you guys are still pulling through and making it work. Here, where I am, the bad news is that cases are starting to rise again. The silver-lining is that it is manageable. Emergency services are not over exerted like they were back in March and April. So everyone, please keep yourselves safe, keep your loved ones safe, wear a mask when you go outside and keep your physical distances!
Today, I want to share with you some updates on what has been going on in my life. Sorry folks, no intriguing story this week. It is funny how the changes we do day by day seem almost insignificant, but when you look back on it or over a long period of time, it is surprising how far you have come. Something like that has happened to me.
When I took that break over the summer, my schedule was relatively free. Sure, I had a couple of things that were taking my time, but for the most part, I had a handle on it. But then, as summer was winding down, it was the perfect time to take up a certification course I was interested in. Back in my undergrad days, I had taken an online course, so how much more difficult could this be?
I was right, it was not too difficult. Weird, yes, and somewhat stressful, sure, but not difficult. Everything was going smoothly until my mother received a text from the Sunday School principal. Folks, let me tell you, it is never a good thing for me when people reach out to my mom. He wanted to know if I could teach a grade this year. Since Sunday School classes have gone virtual, like basically every other type of gathering, many of the older teachers backed off from teaching this year. Uncle originally asked my mom if she would do it, but my mom said she was unfamiliar with teaching virtually.
Now the thing is, I do not mind teaching Sunday School. In fact, I got the grade I previously taught, 9th grade. I am familiar with the material and it is actually an easy class to teach. But that means I have another hat to wear. While I may be the type of person who likes to keep themself busy, having too much on my plate means I will start to crash.
I knew I was in over my head when I received some good news last week. I was offered a position at a laboratory near my home. The work will be nothing like the stuff I have done before, but it is stuff I am familiar with. This was one of those long-shot applications, I am still kind of in disbelief that they hired me.
So when I am not working, studying, and prepping, I will be relearning and updating my knowledge base so I do not make a fool of myself at my new job. This is just one too many hats for me, and now something has to go. Unfortunately, that something is this little pet project of mine. Over the past week, I had been going back and forth on whether or not I should continue working on these blog posts. Sharing these stories definitely helped me out during these strange times we are going through. But I know myself, it will not fare well for me if I have too many things going on at the same time.
Therefore, I have come to a compromise with myself. I am not going to stop these posts completely, but I will be cutting back on their frequency. For the time being, I will be posting on the last Tuesday of the month (after today’s post, the next one will be on October 27). As the year comes to a conclusion, and I hopefully have a handle on the different hats I am wearing, I hope to increase my posts again. But for the time being, this will be the new schedule. In the meantime, you can catch up on all the previous forty-nine posts, that is right, this is post #50! So this is definitely not goodbye, I will see you all again next month. Until then, take care.
- Aemi
