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Work Headache
May. 30th, 2006 11:04 pmI think most people have some annoying health issue that flairs up more often than the others. For me, it's headaches. I don't know what kind of headaches they are; they sound like cute little mini-versions of migraines. They're on one side of the head, they pulsate, they make me want to squint, and they make me not want anything tight around my neck. However, they do not leave me groaning in a tiny ball of pain, they do not temporarily blind me, they don't make me actually throw up, nothing crazy like that. And most importantly, ibuprofen works on them.
I have tried to figure out what causes my headaches so I can do more prevention. Various theories have included not having eat in too long, not drinking enough, and feeling stressed. I experienced all these situations regularly during my vacation (driving in unknown, hilly places is stressful to me), but had only one minor headache the whole ten days.
My very first day back at work I got a whopper, at least a two-dose headache (so far).
See, it's getting to be time for our annual evaluations, and it's been made clear that my lack of progress in getting training modules online doesn't look good. I have a lot of very good excuses for this lack of progress, but I still felt the need to churn some things out. Right after I caught up with my e-mails. Re-recorded my outgoing phone message. Caught up on course schedule updates. Gave advice to various people.
People would e-mail me or come by, and I would be thinking, "I don't have time for another one of your interesting articles," or "If the problem is already solved, then don't waste my time explaining in detail how it was solved," or "Green" (how was my trip). I like socializing as much as the next guy, and it's very important for continuing to appear open to questions and for saving other people's sanity, but, arrg! Pressure! Ugh.
I have tried to figure out what causes my headaches so I can do more prevention. Various theories have included not having eat in too long, not drinking enough, and feeling stressed. I experienced all these situations regularly during my vacation (driving in unknown, hilly places is stressful to me), but had only one minor headache the whole ten days.
My very first day back at work I got a whopper, at least a two-dose headache (so far).
See, it's getting to be time for our annual evaluations, and it's been made clear that my lack of progress in getting training modules online doesn't look good. I have a lot of very good excuses for this lack of progress, but I still felt the need to churn some things out. Right after I caught up with my e-mails. Re-recorded my outgoing phone message. Caught up on course schedule updates. Gave advice to various people.
People would e-mail me or come by, and I would be thinking, "I don't have time for another one of your interesting articles," or "If the problem is already solved, then don't waste my time explaining in detail how it was solved," or "Green" (how was my trip). I like socializing as much as the next guy, and it's very important for continuing to appear open to questions and for saving other people's sanity, but, arrg! Pressure! Ugh.