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l33tminion) wrote2018-03-05 09:35 pm
l33tminion) wrote2018-03-05 09:35 pm
Exhausting, But Good
Last weekend was pretty refreshing. Though I don't remember what I did last weekend. The weekend before was the weekend I collapsed from exhaustion and made Julie watch the kid while I took a long nap, I think, but that was a long weekend and I watched the kid during the day on Monday.
Anyways, I started out the week refreshed but things went downhill. Monday I was bright and chipper, Friday it was about time to lay me out on the slab and hope for a conveniently-timed bolt of lightning.
Did manage to get in a wonderful outing mid-week, though, meeting some Ingress friends at Mike's Pastry in the North End for a stroll around the neighborhood playing the game. (Ray and Jacob took a turn pushing the stroller for a while, and I was glad for the break.) We got there early enough to have supper at The Daily Catch beforehand, which was lovely.
My mom was in town this weekend, and it was great to see her. Erica really enjoyed the visit. Friday was quite a blustery day, my mom joined me for lunch at Google but dinner was packaged Indian food and rice at home. Saturday, we spent the afternoon at the Children's Museum then had dinner with Cousin Claude and Adam. Sunday, we went out to brunch at Loyal Nine with Cousin Amy, then the playground, and then the library (while the kid had a nap). A marching band was playing when we left the library, and we went to the (giant) Clover at the Harvard Science Center for supper before my mom headed off to the airport. (Clover is taking over!)
Performance review time has rolled around at work again, and while I usually get the tasks related to that done at the first opportunity, this week I was too busy with other work. So I wound up having to do quite a bit of work on that over the weekend. And it's been a bit intense this time. As a result, I was up late working and stressed out, and up early, too. Monday is here again, and I'm still pretty exhausted.
It's not that I'm doing badly at work, not at all. I was fairly productive this year and I'm really proud of the work I did. But I also feel like I was a bit all over the place, I don't know if the big picture is as in-focus for me as I'd like it to be. So this review has been time for introspection for me. Which is good.
Eristic improvements: Repeating longer phrases, counting to ten, forward jumping.
Anyways, I started out the week refreshed but things went downhill. Monday I was bright and chipper, Friday it was about time to lay me out on the slab and hope for a conveniently-timed bolt of lightning.
Did manage to get in a wonderful outing mid-week, though, meeting some Ingress friends at Mike's Pastry in the North End for a stroll around the neighborhood playing the game. (Ray and Jacob took a turn pushing the stroller for a while, and I was glad for the break.) We got there early enough to have supper at The Daily Catch beforehand, which was lovely.
My mom was in town this weekend, and it was great to see her. Erica really enjoyed the visit. Friday was quite a blustery day, my mom joined me for lunch at Google but dinner was packaged Indian food and rice at home. Saturday, we spent the afternoon at the Children's Museum then had dinner with Cousin Claude and Adam. Sunday, we went out to brunch at Loyal Nine with Cousin Amy, then the playground, and then the library (while the kid had a nap). A marching band was playing when we left the library, and we went to the (giant) Clover at the Harvard Science Center for supper before my mom headed off to the airport. (Clover is taking over!)
Performance review time has rolled around at work again, and while I usually get the tasks related to that done at the first opportunity, this week I was too busy with other work. So I wound up having to do quite a bit of work on that over the weekend. And it's been a bit intense this time. As a result, I was up late working and stressed out, and up early, too. Monday is here again, and I'm still pretty exhausted.
It's not that I'm doing badly at work, not at all. I was fairly productive this year and I'm really proud of the work I did. But I also feel like I was a bit all over the place, I don't know if the big picture is as in-focus for me as I'd like it to be. So this review has been time for introspection for me. Which is good.
Eristic improvements: Repeating longer phrases, counting to ten, forward jumping.