Dancing Engineer. Fierce Woman.
You’re only a day away.
Theoretically.
There are SO MANY THINGS to write about from the past FOUR WEEKS.
No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
I went to the Grace Hopper Celebration and OpenStack Summit and had the FLU FROM HELL and recovered on Lanzarote.
The other day at Toastmasters Groningen, a few members of our club went over to Stenden Toastmasters in Leeuwarden and ‘captured’ the Explorer’s Cup.
This MASSIVE TROPHY is a Dutch only initiative to encourage members of clubs to visit other clubs and participate in the meetings. In order to ‘capture’ it, you have to take at least two members of your club to the club that currently has the cup and one member must be a speaker and one member must be an evaluator and the third can optionally have a role, but it isn’t necessary for the cup.
I fell asleep writing that paragraph.
I have absolutely no explanation why I’m over the moon that our club captured this thing, except that I thought it was a cool enough item that I put it in my presidential vision.
there are so many things i could write about today.
1. i’m feeling so much better.
and that all by itself is a good thing. so much better, in fact, (or maybe because?) that i went to try to trade in my american drivers’ license for a dutch one which is something you can only do if you (OR YOUR SPOUSE) have the thirty percent rule. we didn’t find out that spouse clause until i got my own ruling which clearly stated, in english, that my spouse is qualified as well, which landed the partner a right solid dutch scolding from yours truly who could’ve nabbed a dutch drivers license under his thirty percent rule received FIVE YEARS AGO. i only recently (a year ago) nabbed my own ruling, but all’s well that ends well, right?so i tried to go today (there’s SO MUCH PAPERWORK involved, like all government things) and i was still missing a piece (passport photo) and an appointment or you can go without an appointment tuesday through friday afternoon. as today was monday, i was shit out of luck. so i went to get a passport photo and make an appointment. in reality, i’m just going to show up tomorrow afternoon. for my lunch.
cause that’s one hell of productive lunch.
(OR I GET MY HAPPY BUTT ONLINE AND MAKE THE DAMN APPOINTMENT FOR WEDNESDAY AT LUNCH, FINE.)
Continue reading “Week Five :: 08 sep :: Dessert and Coffee Celebration and Debriefing”
Yesterday I wrote a vague passive aggressive post on here and immediately regretted it.
But like most things, I want to sleep on decisions before I take action, so I slept.
And I felt the same today as I did yesterday when it was published.
But then there’s the matter of how.
Just rip it down without explanation?
Edit it and leave an explanation the next day?
Cause I’m posting every day. But also I want to remember this. This feeling right now. Of not wanting it there. Because that’s not who I want to be.
If you’ve been reading this blog for any stretch of time, especially this week, you may have noticed that I’m working some shit out.
Like ya do.
I [redacted] the rest of this post cause of reasons.
Like I do.
I saw Ghostbusters this past weekend and added yet another strong amazing female character to the list of People I Want To Be When I Grow Up.
Jillian Holtzman, Ghostbusters
There are SO MANY REASONS I am nuts about this character. I’m gonna start with she has a PhD and builds AMAZING THINGS. So you know she’s #BRILLIANT. And the things she makes? And then her hair? And then her wardrobe including those yellow glasses? And then her attitude? And then her LINES? And then when she pulls out the pistols and kills EVERYTHING?
Go watch the movie. Drool a lot.
Want to be her.
I’m seriously considering going blonde.
Definitely getting a pair of those glasses.
As I mentioned before, I’m addressing the rumination issue by writing every day on 750words.com and addressing the recovery issue by playing SuperBetter.
One of the first steps is to read about self acceptance because it’s easier to notice and be empathetic towards the suffering of others, but hard as HELL to do the same for ourselves.
Damnit.
Or “Step One – Self Care”
I recently announced that I’m going to come out of the PTSD closet this Wednesday at Toastmasters Groningen for the capstone project of Toastmasters Competent Communication track.
If you’re in the Groningen area 18 May 2016 around 19:15, we’re meeting at the Launch Cafe. Come on by.
Wednesday 18may, I'm giving my CL capstone project with @Toastmasters #Groningen titled "Frozen in PTSD: Can't Just 'Let It Go'" #breathe
— K Rain Leander (@rainsdance) May 13, 2016
At PyCon Sweden I saw @aspleenic give a lightning talk about MH Prompt:
Prompt is simply a means of encouraging a conversation about mental health at tech conferences and meetups.
MIND. BLOWN.
This is something I still have percolating in the back of my brain that bubbles to the foreground every few weeks. Along with the STEM podcast, long term career goals, and several other projects that I want more time to focus on this, that, and the other.
Y’know, in my copious spare time.
But in the meantime, if you also want to start your own percolations and you can get to Groningen the weekend of Friday, May 20, 2016 at 6:00 PM – Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 9:30 PM (CEST) for StartUp Weekend Groningen Music & Sound Edition.
Continue reading “There Is No Try, There Is Only Project DO”
Today is Django Girls Groningen and I can’t believe this is happening!
If you couldn’t make it today, be sure to sign up for the waiting list because people who can’t make it / are on the waiting list NOW receive priority to the next event.
Do it.
DO IT NOW.