Day 3: frazzled and thankful

This one's gonna have to be short.  Must get to Norm's.  Those beers aren't gonna drink themselves.  

Today, I'm just feeling tired and worn out!  You would think that with all these days not working, I'd be well-rested, the house would be spotless, I'd have followed up on all leads, I'd be exercising and on my way to losing those unwanted pounds....but it's not at all like that.  

I've hardly watched tv or sat around the house at all.  I'm constantly doing something, but it seems like the list of stuff to do just gets longer.  I'm not sleeping enough and I've got this weird light-headed feeling all day.  

I think I can chalk it up to being overwhelmed by all I have to do.  I feel like I'm spending a ton of time on facebook to "network", but I've got a long list of stuff that the networking has panned out and I need to follow up on.  My resume is complete and has been sent to a few people, but I look at it and worry that it's not good enough.  

But even with this overwhelmed feeling, I'm also in sort of this giddy anxious state.  I'm used to anxiety that is not "giddy" in any way, so this is new.  I think it's due to being blasted with this enormous gush of love and caring from people from every strata of my social circle.  I'm astonished by the outpouring of help and leads and kind emails from people I don't even know extremely well, and just general support from friends as far away as Japan and South Korea.  It's astoundingly wonderful and is buoying my spirits to the point that I feel really good right now.  I know reality will have me crashing down to earth soon enough, but for now, I feel pretty optimistic and even excited for what the future may hold.  

I'm so fortunate to have so many wonderful friends, family members, neighbors, acquaintances, former co-workers going back to the 90s, former classmates going back to high school, childhood friends....it's all just amazing and humbling.  It feels like a thousand hands supporting your weight, keeping you hoisted above a roiling sea.  And I am so, so very thankful for it.