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Posted Oct. 10, 2021, 10:03 a.m. by Lieutenant Drake Marshall (Surgical Chief/ Emergency Medicine) (Sage Pennington)

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Drake laughed. “Therapist, Physician, in these these careers you’re always on call just a little bit.” He looked out the window for a second. “Maybe I’ll actually take my annual leave next year and celebrate.” Drake returned to the conversation at hand. “Did you do anything special to celebrate 20?”

-Drake Marshall

“Not exactly. But then again it’s come with a major promotion and career change, so you could say I’m constantly in the process of evaluating where I’m at right now. I’m still settling into the role I think,” Dira said with a pensive smile. “But leave is good, use it. Sometimes we need space away from our everyday routine to see what is and isn’t working in our lives. And you might have the right idea too. Maybe I should do something more specific to celebrate,” she said with a shrug.

Commander Myqian, XO

Drake returned the shrug. “I’ve heard from people far more mentally healthy than myself that marking milestones is satisfying. You know I wouldn’t even begin to know where to go or what to do with leave? I usually just take a week on the ship when someone tells me I have to, and nothing special happens.”

-Drake Marshall

“Maybe it’s a chance next time to try something new. But there’s also nothing wrong with having some quiet downtime. Our work can be busy enough that it’s not necessary to fill up your time off with ding stuff if you don’t want to. Prioritizing and appreciating rest can go a long way to preventing burnout.”

Commander Myqian, XO

“Well that’s news to me. Rest is foreign, my body treats it as a pathogen.” Drake chuckled. “You know, it’s easy to say we’re overworked, we have too much pressure on us in Starfleet Medical, maybe the fleet in general. But, I don’t know about you,” he looked out the window “I wouldn’t be anywhere else.”

-Drake Marshall

She had waited a long time for her life to come into better focus. In some respects, Dira knew that the day Paige died, she had shifted towards maintaining the status quo (after leaving the USS Eldridge of course) . She had coasted along doing the work she was good at because to think of more, dream of more was to also dream of a life that didn’t include Paige and for a very long time it was an unbearable idea, even if she couldn’t see he situation for what it was: unhealthy coping.

For a moment, Dira enjoyed the silence and let it be what it was before she replied, her voice pensive. “I think I am exactly where I need to be, even if at times it is uncomfortable. I’ve taken a huge risk, moving away from patient care into leadership, and I do believe that I need to give myself time to adjust and let things settle in, find my footing and also allow myself the room to make mistakes and learn exactly who I am as a leader.”

Commander Myqian, XO

“It seems like you’re doing a fine job so far. But it makes sense it’s an adjustment. With a long career in one field, all your training there, it follows that there’s trepidation while you’re figuring out the new role. I don’t know if it’s true, but I’ve always thought that trained counselors have a slight advantage headed into command. Knowing how to speak diplomatically, but clearly. Working with people from all over a ship… Again no idea if it’s actually true, just a hunch.”

-Drake Marshall

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