Resolution broken and changes
March 14th 2010 04:24
Well, I didn't keep that resolution very well. I would offer excuses but really, the only thing that got in the way was real life. Things changed rapidly for me in January. I ended up in the hospital with vertigo twice in the space of 10 days, the unexplained dizziness obviously has continued since the last time I posted about it. More tests, more confused looks by what are probably Sydney's best neurologists and ENT's and I still have no answers. Knock on wood, since the last incident, I have been feeling a bit better but the unbalanced feeling remains, often even when I am sitting still.
I have been prescribed Serc, half a tablet three times daily, now reduced to twice daily and I have been taking this without fail each day since it was prescribed to me in January. The neurologist doesn't actually seem to believe it works but told me I can continue taking it if it makes me feel better. Placebo effect or just his own opinion on the drug's effectiveness, I will continue taking it until my GP says otherwise.
Another huge change, I have now moved to the country, having taken up a position as a country lawyer as I like to call it. It's been a very good experience so far and I am gaining the necessary skills to make me more competitive in an area I have often regretted studying due to the lack of a suitable position after graduation. It's rather shocking to say it but now, years after graduating with a double degree in law and journalism, do I finally have a position I can call 'legal'. Not in private practice but in the public sector. The position was gotten exactly the way I have been saying the whole time I have worked in other fields due to no offers in the legal field that others get in...through connections. I didn't apply, it was offered to me and I am grateful for this chance to get my foot in the door.
The thing that has given me the most grief here is my fear of bugs/creepy crawlies and well, the country is full of them. My new co-workers/friends laugh and call me the city girl at every scream, all I can do is try to protect myself and not scream so much! The town I am based in is not too bad, it's larger than I had thought and has a lot to offer. When a country town has an airport and a cinema, it can't be all that bad! Add to that the experience I am getting working out here and it's been an interesting 2010 so far!
Another huge change, I have now moved to the country, having taken up a position as a country lawyer as I like to call it. It's been a very good experience so far and I am gaining the necessary skills to make me more competitive in an area I have often regretted studying due to the lack of a suitable position after graduation. It's rather shocking to say it but now, years after graduating with a double degree in law and journalism, do I finally have a position I can call 'legal'. Not in private practice but in the public sector. The position was gotten exactly the way I have been saying the whole time I have worked in other fields due to no offers in the legal field that others get in...through connections. I didn't apply, it was offered to me and I am grateful for this chance to get my foot in the door.
The thing that has given me the most grief here is my fear of bugs/creepy crawlies and well, the country is full of them. My new co-workers/friends laugh and call me the city girl at every scream, all I can do is try to protect myself and not scream so much! The town I am based in is not too bad, it's larger than I had thought and has a lot to offer. When a country town has an airport and a cinema, it can't be all that bad! Add to that the experience I am getting working out here and it's been an interesting 2010 so far!
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Comment by S.L.
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I'm not bug-crazy either, but my horses, goats and chickens seem to attract lots of them! It's the price one pays for getting out of the cities and back to nature. We have a lady-bug nest somewhere near my house and even during the winter there are lady-bugs indoors. In the spring, they all but cover some walls and windows!