Thursday, March 19, 2015

Conclusion

Oh stop. If you think that means I'm going away now, well you can just forget it.

As the post title indicates, I have arrived at a conclusion. Going to work makes my head hurt. It never used to do that. I used to like going to work. But I do not like it anymore. There are reasons for that which I could go on and on about, but now is not the time.

Yesterday when I arrived I was fine. As I sat here dealing with the daily issues, I gradually felt this dull ache creeping up the back of my head from my neck. After that, it went straight to the frontal lobe and throbbed for the remainder of the day. After my exit last night, I noticed on the drive home that my symptoms were disappearing. Leaving the work place was making me feel better. The headache was going away.

Now I suppose it could be environmental. We do work in close quarters in kind of a mini cube farm. Or it could be some pollutant in the air that I am unaware of. We are at an airport after all. And it could even be an issue with my neck. I do have a narrowing between the neck vertebrae and some arthritis. It's probably something an ergonomically correct chair could fix.

But the fact is that I am also sick of it. I really hate it. This is unfortunate since retirement is still a few years away. I need the health insurance until the nurturing hand of our government takes it over for me. Work has just become a stress inducing activity that I really no longer care about. Maybe I should just get out now before it kills me. There has to be a way to do that, maintain my healthcare insurance and move to something that will engage me in more positive ways.

I guess I can look for another job, but no one ever seems to want to hire a 50 something guy that knows a lot, but will be gone in a few years.

I do not know what the answer is. If I get it figured out, I will let you know. Right now I need some aspirin. I feel a headache coming on.