Fair enough, I certainly wouldn't want to in that situation either. 

networkn: I am very sorry to hear that. I wish I had a solution.

I have found during my darkest times, breaking my dark moments into smaller chunks can help make it a little more bearable. Do you have something you can use to distract yourself? I must admit I spent a lot of time playing computer games in the last 6 months.

I am also sorry to hear it Mike. You are a bright spot here and I enjoy your thoughtful posts. You sort of act like a Geekzone conscience. Your friends and family are there for you. Take what strength you can from them. For what it's worth, you have my very best wishes. Feel free to PM me if you ever want to.

Rikkitic:

I am also sorry to hear it Mike. You are a bright spot here and I enjoy your thoughtful posts. You sort of act like a Geekzone conscience. Your friends and family are there for you. Take what strength you can from them. For what it's worth, you have my very best wishes. Feel free to PM me if you ever want to.

 

 

 

Ge0rge: Take care Mike, this too will pass.

Ake Ake Kia Kaha

Hoping to hear back about a job opportunity I emailed about on a whim and got an interview for without even actually properly applying for it. Given we are selling our house and navigating the offer process on what I hope is our next one, I want to get all this upheaval out of the way in one go so we can have a period of  calm to enjoy things once they're sorted.

Starting to appreciate that just because I can get up every day and go to work and keep slogging away while we deal with one thing after another, that doesn't mean it's actually good for me or the right thing for my mental health, career or my family.

GV27:

 

Hoping to hear back about a job opportunity I emailed about on a whim and got an interview for without even actually properly applying for it. Given we are selling our house and navigating the offer process on what I hope is our next one, I want to get all this upheaval out of the way in one go so we can have a period of  calm to enjoy things once they're sorted.

 

Starting to appreciate that just because I can get up every day and go to work and keep slogging away while we deal with one thing after another, that doesn't mean it's actually good for me or the right thing for my mental health, career or my family.

 

Best thing I ever did was move on from a fairly well-paid, but ultimately terrible job. 2.5 years of my life, with the most stress I have ever endured feels like a distant memory now. 

I have a great boss, his boss is great and the culture of my current workplace is one of "people first". I earn a significant amount less, but it doesn't stress us out. 

Good luck with the house(s) and job. 

MikeB4:

Ge0rge: Take care Mike, this too will pass.

Ake Ake Kia Kaha

Thank you for that, I really appreciate it. I try to think it will pass but options now are only about symptom treatment and pain management. There is no cure.

I don't want to use the phrase this week but there really isn't a better one: when it rains it pours.

- Got asked back for a 2nd interview, had that this week. 

- We got an offer on the house after the first open home. They came up to a really great number with minimal conditions so the move is on by the look of it.

- The house didn't sustain any damage in the winds. The repairs and tidy-ups we did (Saturday night on the roof checking gutters) meant we had no water-related issues.

Handle9: Things are a grind at the moment.

Miss 11 hasn’t been able to go to school for a couple of weeks with migraine type symptoms. Medication is helping a bit but she’s really fatigued and it’s difficult watching her struggle. She had an MRI yesterday so we’ll see if that shows anything.

My wife also missed out on a promotion at work this week and had a job offer fell through yesterday.

It’ll get better and work out but I’m looking forward to this week being over.