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2nd week back. Lots of progress.
Feb. 13th, 2022 11:28 pmMy 2nd week back at work went way, way better than my first. I forgot to plan lunches and then had lunch-ordering mishaps twice, but aside from that: the thing doesn't feel foreign anymore, and I got a lot done and felt actual enthusiasm about the overall position. I created my first popular meme since the return. I also worked on re-hiring another old teammate, and got my part-time letter officially signed! As of Friday I had signed it, but now my director has too. So it's happening!!! Four-day weeks begin officially on Mar 7, but I might make them start sooner by using vacation days. I've done some tracking out of when I can get a grip on my new take-home pay and, since Zillian pays in arrears it's going to be quite a few weeks.
This week I paid particular attention to how I felt on Thursday night, asking myself "how would this level of frazzle and being amped up feel, if I were heading into a 3-day weekend with it?" And the answer came back fine, it'd be fine. Then I did Friday and it felt kind of too much, but still much improved week-over-week.
I reinstated my old system of using post-it notes to track ongoing personal projects -- which for the last couple of years I've limited to six -- and there are too many, so I've refrained from starting books and probably will for the next couple of weeks.
I had extra time at home this weekend, and I put it to pretty good use doing taxes and designing/sewing the mask part of my circus costume. The mask matches the rest of my costume, fitting over a KN-95 and extending back to points over my ears, and I'm pretty happy with what I have but might try one more size variant while the sewing machine's still out. Taxes fill me with rage at the strange corner of contract law that is marriage, and the IRS's notions of how that should all play out (if we do "married filing separately" it costs us about $10K more than doing a joint return, whyyyyyy).
What else? Covid rates are already nosing at the line back from Critical to High; I spent two more hours on practice/choreo for my act; and I finally ordered the Psylo leggings I've been eyeing (foolproof trick: go look at Demobaza for a while and come back. Look, suddenly Psylo is cheap!)
I've been dreaming about Nala and it's been really lovely to see her.
Sleeptime... maybe she'll visit again.
This week I paid particular attention to how I felt on Thursday night, asking myself "how would this level of frazzle and being amped up feel, if I were heading into a 3-day weekend with it?" And the answer came back fine, it'd be fine. Then I did Friday and it felt kind of too much, but still much improved week-over-week.
I reinstated my old system of using post-it notes to track ongoing personal projects -- which for the last couple of years I've limited to six -- and there are too many, so I've refrained from starting books and probably will for the next couple of weeks.
I had extra time at home this weekend, and I put it to pretty good use doing taxes and designing/sewing the mask part of my circus costume. The mask matches the rest of my costume, fitting over a KN-95 and extending back to points over my ears, and I'm pretty happy with what I have but might try one more size variant while the sewing machine's still out. Taxes fill me with rage at the strange corner of contract law that is marriage, and the IRS's notions of how that should all play out (if we do "married filing separately" it costs us about $10K more than doing a joint return, whyyyyyy).
What else? Covid rates are already nosing at the line back from Critical to High; I spent two more hours on practice/choreo for my act; and I finally ordered the Psylo leggings I've been eyeing (foolproof trick: go look at Demobaza for a while and come back. Look, suddenly Psylo is cheap!)
I've been dreaming about Nala and it's been really lovely to see her.
Sleeptime... maybe she'll visit again.
