Time Off With a Twist

Monday April 4^th

I fell asleep last night with the horrible thought that even though I’d booked my leave for next week, K had left before it had been officially approved! Now, S was on leave as of Friday. So in effect, I’m acting for K, and now I need to approach J who is acting for S. There are so many people acting in roles at work, it’s more like a drama class than a work place! I hold on to the slim hope that K will return to work today.

But, that was not to be. Fortunately, I know J well enough to send him a panicked email. I was totally relieved when he rang to tell me that my leave was approved. The kicker came when he suggested that I would need to find a team member to step in for me while I was away next week.  Not as easy as it sounds.

I put out some feelers and waited…

By 4pm, it was time to shut down and dash off to the Centre for my session with V. I had lots to talk about tonight. First on my list? Last week’s role play at college. I figured counselling would be a pretty safe career choice, but finding out first hand that I could still come face to face with my personal phobia, had shaken me a little. Well, a lot.

It was good to talk to V about it. She offered some interesting insights. If I can get past the resistance that I have to getting more in touch with my intuition and my other senses, I can access information that can help my future clients. It’s fascinating to me that when she puts across how it will assist other people, I’m interested. Yet, when it’s just for my benefit, I hesitate.