My brain...
Happiness is...
- the house to myself for a bit
- having people at work who want to see me get on and want to help me... LOTS!
- having the writing bug ('though it might get difficult to appease it when I'm back to academia)
- kisses
So, when I got back in on Tuesday, there was an e-mail from JB asking me to get my arse over to her new office. I went over but only grabbed a quick word with her, so went back today for a fuller discussion. Now, we'd discussed how much she wants me involved in the Campus project but I hadn't quite appreciated the level of commitment she needs. Not that this is a problem - she has Mark's full support (don't know what Brenda is going to make of it...) and I have wanted to be involved since the project was first discussed last summer. My new role actually raises my usefulness to the project, too; it also increases the workload, but hey *shrug*
After all, as Mark pointed out today, I work best when I'm busy. However, there's busy and there's overstretched. Given the amount of work I've been trying to get done but haven't been able to due to other people dragging their feet but now needs to be done, I'm on the verge of overstretched. I just need to take a deep breath, dive in, and enjoy the ride, I think.
There is also a hugely exciting possibility on the horizon but I don't want to talk about it and jinx it. But it could be huge...
The upshot is that when I was bored at work and wanting something exciting to come my way, part of me thinks I should have kept my mouth shut! But that's the boring, stuck-in-the-mud, risk-averse bit of me. The bit that loves anything new and shiny and wants to find out what it's all about is very, very bouncy. There was a bit of a stutter to the bounce on Tuesday but we're back to bouncy, now - well, half-bounce while I take stock of exactly what is needed. I can then develop my plan of attack *grins*
In other news, I've posted Chapter 9 of 'Holding...'. Go to fanfiction.net and read it! I'm really, really enjoying writing this, so much so that Chapter 10 is already begging to be written. I should be able to get that done before I disappear under a combination of work and study. And then Chapter 11 will probably have to wait a while.
I'm approaching the end of Prince of Persia after getting horribly stuck in a puzzle and having to look up the solution on gamefaqs.com. Now I'm running into really strong sand creatures that my sword dispatches too well for me to use the Dagger - darn.
And my husband is a wonderful kisser ;)
Well, bye for now, LJ!
- the house to myself for a bit
- having people at work who want to see me get on and want to help me... LOTS!
- having the writing bug ('though it might get difficult to appease it when I'm back to academia)
- kisses
So, when I got back in on Tuesday, there was an e-mail from JB asking me to get my arse over to her new office. I went over but only grabbed a quick word with her, so went back today for a fuller discussion. Now, we'd discussed how much she wants me involved in the Campus project but I hadn't quite appreciated the level of commitment she needs. Not that this is a problem - she has Mark's full support (don't know what Brenda is going to make of it...) and I have wanted to be involved since the project was first discussed last summer. My new role actually raises my usefulness to the project, too; it also increases the workload, but hey *shrug*
After all, as Mark pointed out today, I work best when I'm busy. However, there's busy and there's overstretched. Given the amount of work I've been trying to get done but haven't been able to due to other people dragging their feet but now needs to be done, I'm on the verge of overstretched. I just need to take a deep breath, dive in, and enjoy the ride, I think.
There is also a hugely exciting possibility on the horizon but I don't want to talk about it and jinx it. But it could be huge...
The upshot is that when I was bored at work and wanting something exciting to come my way, part of me thinks I should have kept my mouth shut! But that's the boring, stuck-in-the-mud, risk-averse bit of me. The bit that loves anything new and shiny and wants to find out what it's all about is very, very bouncy. There was a bit of a stutter to the bounce on Tuesday but we're back to bouncy, now - well, half-bounce while I take stock of exactly what is needed. I can then develop my plan of attack *grins*
In other news, I've posted Chapter 9 of 'Holding...'. Go to fanfiction.net and read it! I'm really, really enjoying writing this, so much so that Chapter 10 is already begging to be written. I should be able to get that done before I disappear under a combination of work and study. And then Chapter 11 will probably have to wait a while.
I'm approaching the end of Prince of Persia after getting horribly stuck in a puzzle and having to look up the solution on gamefaqs.com. Now I'm running into really strong sand creatures that my sword dispatches too well for me to use the Dagger - darn.
And my husband is a wonderful kisser ;)
Well, bye for now, LJ!