Nisi's Castle

One day, I'll learn my lesson. I won't look at a crochet project and assume it'll be quick to finish because it's small. I'll remember before I begin that sometimes small means fiddly and tedious, especially when there are color changes involved.

That day is not today but, y'know. One day.

Anyhow, only mostly got one plush done for Christmas but it's cute enough already that I'm pretty okay with it. I'm less okay with it when I remember the layabout procrastinating I did in between working on it but such is life. Heck, even if I only finish one plush a day, I'll still be done in plenty of time. Just gotta keep on it.

OKAY, SO.

THE WEEKEND!

Gonna have a better weekend than the last one was, I am, I am. I've got a book to finish reading tonight, then I'm going to bed. Gonna get a good! night's! sleep! Gonna wake up bright! and! early! And then I'm gonna get! stuff! done!!

CAN I GET AN AMEN!!?

I'm not sure what exactly is going on at work but they're going to be restructuring us. What all that entails remains to be seen but I was told today to prepare myself to be moved back over to the main building.

When that'll happen is also unclear. I was just told to get my things together and tidy up the office as needed whenever I have time. You guys may remember from previous posts that I'm not exactly swimming in free time these days. At least things have been pretty consistently calmed down this week, enough that I may just be able to catch enough time between caseloads tomorrow to get everything done.

Honestly, there's not a whole lot I need to do. Break down a few boxes, sweep my desk stuff into my cabinet drawers... Some minor clutter has been sitting about the unused desks in the office because it's out of my way and I don't care about it but I'm technically responsible for it, so that'll need dealt with. I'm supposed to email the tech support and equipment lady about any computers and such that are being left behind. Other than that, I should be good to go.

I can't say I'm looking forward to it. Granted, some things I'll miss would've been lost if they'd decided to get me a new officemate anyway. But this'll also mean fewer trips between buildings, which is a welcome enough change in wet and cold weather, I guess, but a bummer overall. It won't be as efficient to get my cases or to have any problems with them taken care of. Everyone is packed like sardines over there as it is and I constantly hear coughing and sniffling and no one masks. I'll probably have to learn how to accession the new client specimens, for in case I run out of my own work to do now that it's slowing down. Which isn't the worst, of course, but still not something I want to do. The lab ladies let me know when the client staff have had lunch catered, so I can go and snitch leftovers before they get thrown away in a fridge clean-out, so I'll miss that, lol.

One thing I really need to ask about is my schedule. I didn't think about it but I wonder if, because of the main building's locking up procedures, I'll have to leave at the same time as everyone else...

I think work is finally slowing down. I came into small numbers today and I'm expecting even smaller number tomorrow. If this continues, I may be able to get fully caught up by the end of the week!

And, yeah, I know, I said I wasn't going to stress about catching up. I'm not, really. It's just that with Christmas and New Year's coming up, I'd like to not have to worry about how much is being left on my table during the days I'll have off.

I can squash my OCD tendencies pretty well when it comes to important stuff-- by which I mostly mean work stuff. It makes the back of my brain itch something fierce but I kinda have to accept that things cannot be Proper and Correct in those instances, y'know? Patients need to be helped and I need to not lose my job.

Then there are also occasions where the issues present themselves in personal matters where someone is counting on me for something, so I have that external pressure at my back.

And then. There are the instances where it's just me. And it's not that I can never squeak myself by, right, but omg it's like walking through tar to even consider it. I have an Ed, Edd n Eddy fic I finished years ago sitting in drafts right now. You know why? Because all the other fics I've been working on from then to now have been for Transformers and I Simply Cannot post a single EEnE fic in the middle of an otherwise uninterrupted line of Transformers fics. It doesn't Go There, you see. Heck, I am right now trying to make myself post a Transfomers fic but my mind recoils because it's the wrong kind of Transformers. The "wrong" continuity, the "wrong" characters.

I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH THIS DOES NOT MATTER.

But even knowing that it doesn't matter doesn't make it any easier, because of frikkin course it doesn't :/

Made the mistake of getting all comfy and cozy before I remembered I need to make those marshmallows my HR lady ordered. Getting up to do it now or else I'll need to wake up super early and I'm not doing that, lol. At least I made sure already to have everything I need readily available. Just gotta walk into the kitchen and get it done now.

I still haven't decided what I should charge... Eh, I'll talk myself through it as I work on them, I guess. At least she's the type to encourage fair pricing for homemade goods, so I don't think I have to worry about being undercut.

Let me get this straight... The next few days, it's going to be cold enough to snow. But it's not going to snow.

What a waste of freezing temps :/