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This past week...
Nov. 22nd, 2023 10:55 pmUgh - ten minutes sitting here trying to figure out how to start this. No idea why either - brain simply isn't cooperating.
Whatever.
Friday. Friday was another good day off. No chores this time - spent some time in the morning hanging my new dartboard in the basement, and spent the afternoon with friends. The weekend ended up being busy, with a few more things to do than normal (I made a lot of prepared meals for the freezer, etc) but having that relaxed day in there was a good offset. Curling, however, was a complete flop. I could make some semi-legitimate excuses, but really it was mostly me making very bad shots. Oh well, on to the next game I guess.
The weather has finally turned. Winds are up, temps are down, and the fall rains are here. Meaning, opportunities for getting outdoors at lunchtime are starting to dwindle, and I'll need to start thinking about what I can do with that time. It also means I'm finally going to have to turn on the furnace (up until now the fireplace has been more than sufficient).
Work got weird today (more so than usual). Because of the one person's resignation, there is a sudden flurry to try and retain the one remaining person from that department with any knowledge of how things work (they were previously told they would be let go at the end of December). That much wasn't the surprise - that came in the form of an impromptu meeting to spring on me the idea of having them get trained on the more basic functions of my department. Seems great on the surface, because I've been without any support this entire year, but there are so many unknowns about the whole thing. And even though I voiced everything I could think of as legitimate reasons to not rush into it, there's a very short timeline and nobody seemed all that interested in thinking things through. One person even admitted that it's very much a "ready, shoot, aim" kind of approach, and I'm seeing that more and more throughout the organization (and for the record, I'm the polar opposite of that). This is a brand new thing, so we'll see how it plays out.
And then there's the gremlins. Ugh, never mind. I thought I wanted to get into that, but no. Maybe in a separate post, I don't know. I'm tired. And I feel like I'm going to have some oddball discussions to deal with tomorrow, so I'm going to sleep. See you again soon.
Whatever.
Friday. Friday was another good day off. No chores this time - spent some time in the morning hanging my new dartboard in the basement, and spent the afternoon with friends. The weekend ended up being busy, with a few more things to do than normal (I made a lot of prepared meals for the freezer, etc) but having that relaxed day in there was a good offset. Curling, however, was a complete flop. I could make some semi-legitimate excuses, but really it was mostly me making very bad shots. Oh well, on to the next game I guess.
The weather has finally turned. Winds are up, temps are down, and the fall rains are here. Meaning, opportunities for getting outdoors at lunchtime are starting to dwindle, and I'll need to start thinking about what I can do with that time. It also means I'm finally going to have to turn on the furnace (up until now the fireplace has been more than sufficient).
Work got weird today (more so than usual). Because of the one person's resignation, there is a sudden flurry to try and retain the one remaining person from that department with any knowledge of how things work (they were previously told they would be let go at the end of December). That much wasn't the surprise - that came in the form of an impromptu meeting to spring on me the idea of having them get trained on the more basic functions of my department. Seems great on the surface, because I've been without any support this entire year, but there are so many unknowns about the whole thing. And even though I voiced everything I could think of as legitimate reasons to not rush into it, there's a very short timeline and nobody seemed all that interested in thinking things through. One person even admitted that it's very much a "ready, shoot, aim" kind of approach, and I'm seeing that more and more throughout the organization (and for the record, I'm the polar opposite of that). This is a brand new thing, so we'll see how it plays out.
