<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27483768</id><updated>2025-03-11T01:47:00.654-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oceanaria (a blog by Krista)</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oceanaria.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27483768/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oceanaria.blogspot.com/'/><author><name>Krista</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00054969184897847865</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27483768.post-2076579537589600911</id><published>2021-02-17T22:55:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2021-02-17T23:01:36.144-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A blog by Krista.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I have been working from home for almost a year now and I can say that, without a doubt that I love it. Not driving around wasting time at the drivethru, spilling coffee all over myself.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And that&#39;s a problem. I might love it too much.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am very blessed to still be working, I&#39;m not here to complain about it. I&#39;m industrious, I love working and being focused on a task. There are very little distractions at home which makes it easier to get in to my work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0.2px;&quot;&gt;And that&#39;s a problem. I might love it too much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are supposed to be social beings, yet here I am, overly comfortable in my corner in the office, wearing soft clothes with socks. I&#39;ve never been a dressy lady, even when I was coming and going from the office, but now I&#39;ve hit a whole new level of being sans-style.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&#39;m also worried that I don&#39;t know how to&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;talk to people.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How exactly do we talk about life now? All I am about now is work, my kid&#39;s current obsession with Sonic the Hedgehog, and how many dishes I can wash during my work breaks. What do people talk about?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our feelings? The pandemic? These unprecedented times?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&#39;ve become perfectly fine with being the most boring person on this entire planet of Earth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0.2px;&quot;&gt;But that&#39;s another problem. I am not really fine with it at all. I&#39;ll be the first person to tell you that if you are struggling with sadness and mental health to reach out. But that&#39;s not for me, I&#39;m not sick. I&#39;m just boring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Writing certainly helps, when I&#39;m awake at night with the comforting glow of Netflix, rewatching Parks and Rec, listening to my cat howling downstairs for treats and wondering how I could be any less boring.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It&#39;s nice to write, even if I&#39;m boring.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oceanaria.blogspot.com/feeds/2076579537589600911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oceanaria.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-blog-by-krista.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27483768/posts/default/2076579537589600911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27483768/posts/default/2076579537589600911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oceanaria.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-blog-by-krista.html' title='A blog by Krista.'/><author><name>Krista</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00054969184897847865</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bl8vYrlyV6_YE8XaEXm9y9FhGPlfz-5cTQqtjMFmF89k116lkcQa09GyfhoWFQc3O90whoQdeIKYJszpbtc55EZerLPercTV9dULoHWVZZsr21eDP0PVl5k9KHsSUPM81GrS/s72-c/1613620497544861-0.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>