hey it's September already!
How'd that happen??
I mean nothing much has changed. Work continues we've only replaced one of my admins so far. Another starts next week and we are definitely going to be making sure to stick to the probation period so we don't end up with the issues we had with our last round. If she fits and she's good we'll keep her. If she's not well find another location for her. We obviously have the goal that I should be able to get on with anyone as I'm a supervisor, but we also want to make sure we have people who understand sometimes we're all a little snappish.
My boss has put his foot down about making sure I go home on time instead of racking up OT. Mostly because of my health - he knows if I overwork my migraines are gonna get worse again and so will my anxiety and overstimulation. Good news is that we've actually been able to get floats in to help out which means I have less to make sure they get done which makes it easier to go home on time.
My review went well. Some areas of course that need shoring up but I'll get there. Mostly it's about a) getting a clear outline of my responsibilities especially from management and b) my own work on interpersonal communication and such. For the b part I've actually been doing better because of some of my Jewish studies (I follow a few groups/rabbis that take the frame work of commandments and mitzvahs into a usable guide of how we live in society and how to do better with each other). There are a few things through work that I can use; hopefully I get more people trained and I can do those soon.
My manager and I are gonna work together to see what we can do for outlining my responsibilities and what leadership needs from my position and hopefully it'll also help the rest of the office not to look to me for anything outside my scope. Not that I don't often have the answers but I shouldn't be providing support sometimes.
Also non clinical staff at my job have unionized! I won't get the usual raise that comes with review time but that's because we're in contract negotiations and status quo. Given that the nurses got a raise with their contract negotiations, we should as well.
In non work stuff:
No house yet. We did the close so that's at least all set and the town we'll be moving to has their records locked to registered town users so that's some good news for safety for us both. The close should mean the house is ordered, but who knows how long that'll take.
I'm of two minds about it - on the one hand money. My sister just got into a job where she'll be training for clinical roles and responsibilities so she got a pay cut even though it'll pay off in the future. It does mean however that we are strapped for cash after the closing and her pay cut. We'll need to come up with $2000 for the lot deposit and then however much for the moving truck and help (my knees definitely cannot manage moving boxes down the stairs - they aren't stable enough right now, all hyper mobile). And since I closed this year I can claim the house on my taxes next year. So time would mean more money for those things.
On the other hand, not moving means that in November when we have the mortgage payments kick in we won't have too much post bills and such for groceries and cat supplies (and getting rid of the cats is a hard no).
Another factor in all this is that the apartment we're in just keeps getting worse. The roof is finally not leaking near as we can tell, but now I don't have electricity in my bedroom or half the bathroom. This started back in June and so far we're waiting for an electrician to show up (which given that the state keeps flooding necessitating repair work...)
I am very tired of housing things right now.
Health things I'm good. Well as much as they can be. No more kidney stones so far. My big one is chilling in my kidneys not near the exit so it gets to hang with me forever. I am on a low oxalate diet to see if that'll prevent more from forming plus drinking all the fucking water.
Flip side of that is it excludes some of the higher iron foods and my iron is low. My doctor agreed to refer me to a hematologist given my blood levels plus some weird fam medical history (my sister had heart problems when she wasn't getting her period; stopped birth control, started getting her period again, and doesn't need her heart med) and even though i am producing a lot of blood i am low in iron.
So now I'm looking at the info sheets for iron and kidney stones and what my body will let me eat (allergies or ya know texture issues like hummus) and just wanting to give up on food altogether. Plus riding the edge of my history of eating disorder. It's fine. I'm not producing more kidney stones and I'm drinking more liquid and my migraines are better. So could be worse.
Anyway there's all that jazz. Could be worse.
Cats are good. They had their annual back in August and they're healthy. Got their shots including a distemper - we may live on the third floor but we have mice apparently. I caught one and threw it outside, but the second one my cat Daeglan caught and dismembered it for me to find. I thought at first he had pooped around it to like hide it or something, but then I went to do the clean up and uh no that was...yeah. I love that he's a great hunter, but my dude that is not necessary.
I haven't been doing a lot of crafts lately, but I have been reading books. Sorta slacked on the weekly Torah portions, but I caught up so there's that. Slowly getting back into my yoga routine and trying to meditate again. Weather cooled out and we upped my insomnia med so I'm sleeping which means I have some energy on the weekends now for actually cooking meals instead of oh guess it's chicken nuggets again.
And I'm slowly getting to a place where I am taking care of things in the house again instead of basic cleanings every week. Cleaning the oven. Deep scrubbing the shower stall. Today I conditioned the wooden kitchen things and took apart a pan that well. All I can say is that it's something I didn't think about and now I have energy I'm like nope that getting a deep clean. At least it wasn't any build up on the part I put the food on.
Small steppy is better than no steppy and all that.
I mean nothing much has changed. Work continues we've only replaced one of my admins so far. Another starts next week and we are definitely going to be making sure to stick to the probation period so we don't end up with the issues we had with our last round. If she fits and she's good we'll keep her. If she's not well find another location for her. We obviously have the goal that I should be able to get on with anyone as I'm a supervisor, but we also want to make sure we have people who understand sometimes we're all a little snappish.
My boss has put his foot down about making sure I go home on time instead of racking up OT. Mostly because of my health - he knows if I overwork my migraines are gonna get worse again and so will my anxiety and overstimulation. Good news is that we've actually been able to get floats in to help out which means I have less to make sure they get done which makes it easier to go home on time.
My review went well. Some areas of course that need shoring up but I'll get there. Mostly it's about a) getting a clear outline of my responsibilities especially from management and b) my own work on interpersonal communication and such. For the b part I've actually been doing better because of some of my Jewish studies (I follow a few groups/rabbis that take the frame work of commandments and mitzvahs into a usable guide of how we live in society and how to do better with each other). There are a few things through work that I can use; hopefully I get more people trained and I can do those soon.
My manager and I are gonna work together to see what we can do for outlining my responsibilities and what leadership needs from my position and hopefully it'll also help the rest of the office not to look to me for anything outside my scope. Not that I don't often have the answers but I shouldn't be providing support sometimes.
Also non clinical staff at my job have unionized! I won't get the usual raise that comes with review time but that's because we're in contract negotiations and status quo. Given that the nurses got a raise with their contract negotiations, we should as well.
In non work stuff:
No house yet. We did the close so that's at least all set and the town we'll be moving to has their records locked to registered town users so that's some good news for safety for us both. The close should mean the house is ordered, but who knows how long that'll take.
I'm of two minds about it - on the one hand money. My sister just got into a job where she'll be training for clinical roles and responsibilities so she got a pay cut even though it'll pay off in the future. It does mean however that we are strapped for cash after the closing and her pay cut. We'll need to come up with $2000 for the lot deposit and then however much for the moving truck and help (my knees definitely cannot manage moving boxes down the stairs - they aren't stable enough right now, all hyper mobile). And since I closed this year I can claim the house on my taxes next year. So time would mean more money for those things.
On the other hand, not moving means that in November when we have the mortgage payments kick in we won't have too much post bills and such for groceries and cat supplies (and getting rid of the cats is a hard no).
Another factor in all this is that the apartment we're in just keeps getting worse. The roof is finally not leaking near as we can tell, but now I don't have electricity in my bedroom or half the bathroom. This started back in June and so far we're waiting for an electrician to show up (which given that the state keeps flooding necessitating repair work...)
I am very tired of housing things right now.
Health things I'm good. Well as much as they can be. No more kidney stones so far. My big one is chilling in my kidneys not near the exit so it gets to hang with me forever. I am on a low oxalate diet to see if that'll prevent more from forming plus drinking all the fucking water.
Flip side of that is it excludes some of the higher iron foods and my iron is low. My doctor agreed to refer me to a hematologist given my blood levels plus some weird fam medical history (my sister had heart problems when she wasn't getting her period; stopped birth control, started getting her period again, and doesn't need her heart med) and even though i am producing a lot of blood i am low in iron.
So now I'm looking at the info sheets for iron and kidney stones and what my body will let me eat (allergies or ya know texture issues like hummus) and just wanting to give up on food altogether. Plus riding the edge of my history of eating disorder. It's fine. I'm not producing more kidney stones and I'm drinking more liquid and my migraines are better. So could be worse.
Anyway there's all that jazz. Could be worse.
Cats are good. They had their annual back in August and they're healthy. Got their shots including a distemper - we may live on the third floor but we have mice apparently. I caught one and threw it outside, but the second one my cat Daeglan caught and dismembered it for me to find. I thought at first he had pooped around it to like hide it or something, but then I went to do the clean up and uh no that was...yeah. I love that he's a great hunter, but my dude that is not necessary.
I haven't been doing a lot of crafts lately, but I have been reading books. Sorta slacked on the weekly Torah portions, but I caught up so there's that. Slowly getting back into my yoga routine and trying to meditate again. Weather cooled out and we upped my insomnia med so I'm sleeping which means I have some energy on the weekends now for actually cooking meals instead of oh guess it's chicken nuggets again.
And I'm slowly getting to a place where I am taking care of things in the house again instead of basic cleanings every week. Cleaning the oven. Deep scrubbing the shower stall. Today I conditioned the wooden kitchen things and took apart a pan that well. All I can say is that it's something I didn't think about and now I have energy I'm like nope that getting a deep clean. At least it wasn't any build up on the part I put the food on.
Small steppy is better than no steppy and all that.