One of my clients got pissed off at the slow pace of their projects, and decided to bring in a 3rd party "project partner". Tomorrow I'm having a "conversation" with Senior Leadership Team. I have a real bad feeling I'm about to be scapegoated for the failures of the project team because the project team manager is besties with my manager. I hate this feeling so fucking much.
I'm stoned, a little faint after changing the bandage (just a non-stick one held one with normal bandaids lol) so lying on the couch. I'm such a pussy when it comes to my own body - I can watch and even help with wounds, but when it's my wound... Ugh!
I guzzled the appropriate amount of water on Sunday and Monday, as my vein gushed a tad yesterday lol. First time 'round last year, the machine kept beeping because my pressure was low, because I didn't eat or drink enough.
This time, I filled that bag up quicksmart! Had a Nippy's Iced Coffee and some potato chips after. But yeah, now my elbow-pit is rather sore, I keep catastrophising and think it's still bleeding and I don't want to look, as it was when I changed the dressing yesterday (3 hours afterwards).
But! No complaints! Follow the directions and drink heaps of water!
Edit: actually, the only complaint is the bruise on my left middle finger from the haemoglobin test. I forget how much the tips of the fingers are used until one is sore ๐
Got off TAFE early today. Teacher had to pick up her kid from childcare cause they couldn't be arsed dealing with a three year old's tantrum. Some bullshit about the literal toddler posing a threat to other kids.
I was hoping to get more work done today. Guess I'm getting more units extended to next week.
Left my hat and water bottle at the office before field work and have been mega cranky and annoyed today. Not how I wanted my day to go at all, I was looking forward to field work. And the moving place I inquired with seems to have a non-working number, I missed their callback but when I call their number it keeps cutting off. Grrrrrrrrrrr. I am PEEVED!
Need to have a good shower and some feel good show for tonight.
E: I will say, going out has given me a lot more pep and energy in other ways now that I've hydrated and cooled off. I miss field work!!!! I need to make this more regular
I've started my shed cleanout. There is a lot of junk in there! And a lot of dirt โน๏ธ If anyone is in the market for a slightly rusty hand saw let me know, I seem to have lots of them! I'm not even sure why I have some of this stuff, I'm pretty sure someone has been sneaking in and stashing stuff when I'm not looking. Couldn't possibly have been me!
Traffic was awful heading to my social sports training tonight, but had fun once I finally got there. Hadnโt been for a few weeks. Thereโs just some days I need to be around a group of people. Made the drive worth it.
Starting piano / guitar lessons on Thursday. By that, I mean I am alternating between instruments until I pick one. Thinking of going with piano because I learnt it as a kid, but am considering guitar for something different, and also I wanna be a rockstar.
but had borrowed a car so was trying to do everything I needed a car for while I had it, so I'd gone to a library (that looked like a stereotypical posh US high school)... was cutting it fine and trying to fat-fingerly message my colleagues to please make me a coffee, but then just as I'm trying to drive off I find out the cat (I somehow own a skinny white one) has snuck into the car, and is now trying to escape... cue increasing panic as the wriggly thing keeps getting out (and some Indonesian kid passing by takes photos of it) and then runs all around the car once I've trapped it inside and I can't drive, and I see the "typing..." animation on the group chat and I realise it's time for everyone else to leave and I'm still not there...
... so I wake up groggily to check the time on the clock and FUCK it's 6:55am? I need to leave in ten!... only to grab my phone and see it's 6:05am... and here I am, adrenaline unnecessarily coursing through my system, resolutely staying in bed until i have to get up. ๐ฅฑ ๐ด
hubs has gone tomato mad, Idk what it is, something about the very Mediterranean house has woken the ancient genes. The terrace and the yard are slowly being overtaken with bushy bushy plants. The one by the front door is already 2m tall. I forsee a lot of canning in our future.
Listing things on Gumtree is definitely not working out - I have had less time wasting nonsense which I guess is a plus, but that's because I have had no enquiries at all (apart from the initial two scam messages which were so quick I presume were bots).
So I have this art project I'm doing. omg, all the skills I need to learn to get it done. I suppose I could go very low tech and just hand write everything but I don't think that will work. There's the art skills/hand skills, like painting , composition and calligraphy, and then there's all the tech/computer skills of making the project ( it's a book ) I find the tech skills the most frustrating.
So the executive dysfunction is a cause of my weird sleep; I forget to take my snri and I sleep in, but if I take it I wake up at 6ish naturally no matter how long I slept for.
I really gotta remember to take it every day and get to bed earlier ffs
It'll be a miracle today if I get any quiet time at work today.
On to my 4th coffee now, I could make it to 5 today the rate I'm going!
Looking forward to the end of the day and pondering if I should go get some more groceries or just go straight home and worry about it later in the week.
What's the best way to get white socks / clothes looking like new again? In hindsight, not the greatest idea to wear new white crew socks on a dusty hike. I soaked in Napisan for hours before washing but they still look dirty.