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Jul. 17th, 2023 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamsrundeepThis week is a "no way out but through" week. I am booked to the gills. Straight through every day, no lunches, right through Friday. Looking at my calendar makes me breathless this week.
That's what happens when you step away for three days the prior week.
But also, that's what happens when you forget to go out and block some downtime/think time ahead of the weeks like this. I learned last Friday and went out ahead for the next month and blocked some hours for work and downtime because I cannot do the actual work I do while juggling meetings. There are 14 meetings on my calendar today. In an 8-ish-hour work day. I'm triple booked in my 3-4 o'clock hour. Karen extended my check-in this week to an hour for my Mid Year review ... which means I'm going to be 15-20 minutes late for my hair appointment. I need to text my stylist to ask her whether or not she'd rather I just reschedule.
I also, stupidly, told Nicole I could take the car by Kia today for them to look at the mirror. She was stressed about all she had on her plate today. Taking Brenner to swimming, they want to go to Lowes to get paint once the comforters are delivered, they have a movie party at 3PM today, She was going to to try to squeeze in some work, I think?
I thought I had 40 minutes at lunch time today (and could be late to my 12:40), but it turns out I'm booked straight through AND I'm double booked for my team meeting with my PEER team meeting and GAH. What the actual fuck, here?
I'm just going to breathe. This is fine. It will all get done. Not Kia. Not today. But tomorrow. And that will be fine.
I did have such a nice weekend overall. Started Eleanor's birth announcement stitching project and that's been a delight. Started Thistlefoot and am already pleasantly surprised (usually I am intrigued by Baba Yaga stories at the start and then remember I don't like them - but this one started off in New Orleans with Isaac Yaga ... so I have high hopes this will be different and entertaining!), and spent a lot of time with the kids/Nicole.
I have a travel bug, though. I want to have an adventure *badly*. I don't know how much of that is "run away from work" and how much of that is truly ready for adventure - but also, watching facebook people take these big vacations to far-off places makes me want to wander, too. I love the inspiration and to follow their adventures. It's a great turn from envy that I felt during the pandemic. Or, that envy mixed with "what they hell are they thinking?" I'd rather be inspired by people's travel any day.
Okay. Gotta get started. Deep. Breath.
(This is also going to be a challenging week because I am on rest from running. Sheesh. I hope I find another way to manage this and my shin splint gets better soon!)
That's what happens when you step away for three days the prior week.
But also, that's what happens when you forget to go out and block some downtime/think time ahead of the weeks like this. I learned last Friday and went out ahead for the next month and blocked some hours for work and downtime because I cannot do the actual work I do while juggling meetings. There are 14 meetings on my calendar today. In an 8-ish-hour work day. I'm triple booked in my 3-4 o'clock hour. Karen extended my check-in this week to an hour for my Mid Year review ... which means I'm going to be 15-20 minutes late for my hair appointment. I need to text my stylist to ask her whether or not she'd rather I just reschedule.
I also, stupidly, told Nicole I could take the car by Kia today for them to look at the mirror. She was stressed about all she had on her plate today. Taking Brenner to swimming, they want to go to Lowes to get paint once the comforters are delivered, they have a movie party at 3PM today, She was going to to try to squeeze in some work, I think?
I thought I had 40 minutes at lunch time today (and could be late to my 12:40), but it turns out I'm booked straight through AND I'm double booked for my team meeting with my PEER team meeting and GAH. What the actual fuck, here?
I'm just going to breathe. This is fine. It will all get done. Not Kia. Not today. But tomorrow. And that will be fine.
I did have such a nice weekend overall. Started Eleanor's birth announcement stitching project and that's been a delight. Started Thistlefoot and am already pleasantly surprised (usually I am intrigued by Baba Yaga stories at the start and then remember I don't like them - but this one started off in New Orleans with Isaac Yaga ... so I have high hopes this will be different and entertaining!), and spent a lot of time with the kids/Nicole.
I have a travel bug, though. I want to have an adventure *badly*. I don't know how much of that is "run away from work" and how much of that is truly ready for adventure - but also, watching facebook people take these big vacations to far-off places makes me want to wander, too. I love the inspiration and to follow their adventures. It's a great turn from envy that I felt during the pandemic. Or, that envy mixed with "what they hell are they thinking?" I'd rather be inspired by people's travel any day.
Okay. Gotta get started. Deep. Breath.
(This is also going to be a challenging week because I am on rest from running. Sheesh. I hope I find another way to manage this and my shin splint gets better soon!)
