project positivity: day two
So Tuesday…work was kind of mixed; started out slow (though we accomplished a lot on the current “big” project) but wrapped up with a big rush of paperwork for a couple of hours, because somebody asked for something else on my resource request, so I had to fill out a bunch of new paperwork and charts.
I’m going to claim a cautious positive here, because I’ve spent enough time and effort documenting the need and making my case in all kinds of formats that in the end, if The Powers That Be™ decide to not give me what I’m asking for, it’s not because I didn’t go above and beyond in terms of making the case and documenting everything. I know that my program is not one of the wasteful ones (heck, I give budget back every year, and I’m still well under what I got approved for last year), and that’s gotta be enough.
Otherwise, I got a lot of positive feedback and messages of support from the folks out in social media land, which, believe me, means a lot. You guys rock. I also stayed off the news again (listened to a bunch of baroque harpsichord and The Badlees’ “The Ballad of Dick and Jane”), which honestly, has been a pretty good decision. I spent the evening playing around with musical stuff, and even went out of my comfort zone a bit and played around with some stuff I’d never managed to demo despite writing it years ago. I’m hoping it might find a home with one of the various projects I’ve the honor to be part of. That’s another win.
So, that’s where I stand today. I feel better than I did yesterday, which is progress. Now I’m going to settle down and take advantage of the quiet and read a bit before the house fills up again.
