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[0 weeks] Yearning for the trivial
Friday did get painful, but the time passed and I finally get to resign. I've written up a short document for my manager, with my preferred succession plan and various end date options etc, and updated my own document of email drafts to send. I hope he lets me announce right away, but understand he'll likely want to think through some options of his own regarding the succession plan so that we can announce that to folks at the same time. So that will be anti-climactic. Honestly, having teams that I care about is such a pain.
Money is also a pain: but I confirmed that last Friday's paycheck did all the right things regarding retirement accounts, and filled out the form to quit the union. I got my tax refund, too, and it actually scared me since I thought it might be a stock sale for an unexpected amount. Nope, just the IRS.
And I continue, ironically, to not want all this big stuff happening! Not in my life, not in the federal government, just... not. I would really like to be embracing the trivial, like finding a version of my 10-year-old favorite Athleta hoodie on eBay but lined with plush on the inside, OMG. So cheap, but feels so luxe. I'd forgotten, if I ever knew, that this variant even existed in that long-ago year when the hoodies were perfect for me. So in the spirit of more little things:
I have more Thoughts but I am Falling Asleep, so you can't have them yet.
Money is also a pain: but I confirmed that last Friday's paycheck did all the right things regarding retirement accounts, and filled out the form to quit the union. I got my tax refund, too, and it actually scared me since I thought it might be a stock sale for an unexpected amount. Nope, just the IRS.
And I continue, ironically, to not want all this big stuff happening! Not in my life, not in the federal government, just... not. I would really like to be embracing the trivial, like finding a version of my 10-year-old favorite Athleta hoodie on eBay but lined with plush on the inside, OMG. So cheap, but feels so luxe. I'd forgotten, if I ever knew, that this variant even existed in that long-ago year when the hoodies were perfect for me. So in the spirit of more little things:
- This week's fun little web game was https://bracket.city which has a new puzzle up daily.
- Started to get better at hand-to-hand on Monday, again; we found a progression that works.
- I downloaded all my Kindle books, on whatever the last day was when Amazon allowed it, and I'm not sure I needed to bother since I only read in the Kindle app anyway but it totally reminded me of interesting books I'd forgotten were in there.
- I wanted to fix the rattling bathroom fan, and I was worried I was procrastinating on my workout so I set a timer for five lousy minutes and told myself I was only allowed to investigate for that long. The rattle turned out to be coming from the cover, so I had it quiet well before the timer went off by just stuffing two cotton balls between that and the ceiling. Kind of gratifying and horrifying all at once. We'd been putting up with the rattle for quite a while.
I have more Thoughts but I am Falling Asleep, so you can't have them yet.