new job eve
I announce my new job to my work group tomorrow at 10am, via Teams. I also drafted an email for my Boss to send to the division afterward. It was weird acting like normal with everybody today when I know this is coming tomorrow. But I'll remain as Acting Supervisor until my replacement is found, and who knows how long that will take. I will actually be amused if nobody qualified applies.
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Most of the time with my supervisor job I feel like I have too much to do in a normal 40-hour work week so I'm constantly engaging in triage, what do I have to get done before quitting time, what do I have to do so I can use leave, what do I need to do over the weekend, and so on. It's a constant juggle to squeeze in exercise, chores, and socializing during the workweek. My social life has contracted over the past year+ from work stress.
But today around 4pm I hit a rare air pocket -- I was suddenly caught up -- -- there was nothing I HAD to do next -- -- -- huh -- well, there's this long-term project that I could look at, I guess, so I did that for an hour.
If this persists I'll ask for a new case to work on. I'll open the spigot until I feel like I have too much to do again.
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T & B were overjoyed to see the eclipse totality today after a cloudy start to their day somewhere in Texas. They never did tell me where they were staying (though now T claims he sent me the reservation, but it doesn't pop up anywhere when I search my emails or texts). All I know is they flew to Dallas and then drove to a house with a yard and a hot tub. It was apparently private enough that B felt comfortable hanging out naked in the yard during the eclipse, for which I have pics.
It seems that T's mood improved during the course of their stay. He switched his flight to return to BWI four hours earlier, which I cannot pick him up from, because I'd have to cancel a work meeting and my massage appointment. B is flying directly to NYC for a work thing instead of coming back here.
Before he left, T was in a bad mood and I'd suggested that if he needed time to himself, there's always the condo for me. But we hadn't worked out any plans for this week. I do need to get my haircut at Noon on Saturday, so it would make sense for me to spend at least one night at the condo before or after the haircut. But T is driving away on Sunday morning, so ... but then Moose asked me if I wanted to see a ballgame on Saturday night ... but I'd need to see what T's mood is like when he returns tomorrow. If he wants time to himself, fine, if he wants to hang out, fine.
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I should run 6 miles first thing in the morning, after stretching and a pre-run breakfast. I'm a little worried about it, because I haven't run that far in a while. But I ran 5 miles twice, and then I ran a split 3x2. My body should be ready. We'll see.
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I don't think I want to open Frostpunk tonight, I need to get to bed early so I can run early, and there's too much going on in that game right now. I'm just tired after a Maids Day and commute. I had my leftovers, now a cat is resting on my chest, and I'll probably get ready for bed soon. Tomorrow is a big day.
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Most of the time with my supervisor job I feel like I have too much to do in a normal 40-hour work week so I'm constantly engaging in triage, what do I have to get done before quitting time, what do I have to do so I can use leave, what do I need to do over the weekend, and so on. It's a constant juggle to squeeze in exercise, chores, and socializing during the workweek. My social life has contracted over the past year+ from work stress.
But today around 4pm I hit a rare air pocket -- I was suddenly caught up -- -- there was nothing I HAD to do next -- -- -- huh -- well, there's this long-term project that I could look at, I guess, so I did that for an hour.
If this persists I'll ask for a new case to work on. I'll open the spigot until I feel like I have too much to do again.
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T & B were overjoyed to see the eclipse totality today after a cloudy start to their day somewhere in Texas. They never did tell me where they were staying (though now T claims he sent me the reservation, but it doesn't pop up anywhere when I search my emails or texts). All I know is they flew to Dallas and then drove to a house with a yard and a hot tub. It was apparently private enough that B felt comfortable hanging out naked in the yard during the eclipse, for which I have pics.
It seems that T's mood improved during the course of their stay. He switched his flight to return to BWI four hours earlier, which I cannot pick him up from, because I'd have to cancel a work meeting and my massage appointment. B is flying directly to NYC for a work thing instead of coming back here.
Before he left, T was in a bad mood and I'd suggested that if he needed time to himself, there's always the condo for me. But we hadn't worked out any plans for this week. I do need to get my haircut at Noon on Saturday, so it would make sense for me to spend at least one night at the condo before or after the haircut. But T is driving away on Sunday morning, so ... but then Moose asked me if I wanted to see a ballgame on Saturday night ... but I'd need to see what T's mood is like when he returns tomorrow. If he wants time to himself, fine, if he wants to hang out, fine.
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I should run 6 miles first thing in the morning, after stretching and a pre-run breakfast. I'm a little worried about it, because I haven't run that far in a while. But I ran 5 miles twice, and then I ran a split 3x2. My body should be ready. We'll see.
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I don't think I want to open Frostpunk tonight, I need to get to bed early so I can run early, and there's too much going on in that game right now. I'm just tired after a Maids Day and commute. I had my leftovers, now a cat is resting on my chest, and I'll probably get ready for bed soon. Tomorrow is a big day.