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sospan_fach) wrote2008-01-02 07:49 pm
sospan_fach) wrote2008-01-02 07:49 pm
And another new year...oh, bloody marvellous.
New Year's resolutions:
- Post to journal more often. Endeavour to avoid making these a rant every time.
- Leave feedback on others' offerings far more promptly, not in large clumps every six weeks.
- Stop the excuses already and finish all those half-done fic and art projects. Also, acknowledge self's limitations with paints. My clothing, carpet and cat will all thank me for the latter.
- Participate in the discussions on Holmesslash. Nobody will eat me if I say something stupid.
- Learn to drive and get the car moving. Attractive eco-garden-sculpture as an ancient VW Golf covered by Triffid-esque weeds in one's back yard is, it would be nice not to have to manhandle three rucksacks, a tent,. a sword and a musket onto public transport for fifteen battle events a year.
-Win the Booker Prize. (Well, a woman can dream...)
-Beg/cajole/plead/blackmail/threaten/work self onto PhD course somewhere.
- Find new job.
Work was a nightmare today. Serious illness of a colleague means I am now required to cover by trying to jam 150% of the average full-time workload into average full-time hours, which ain't working. (Feel guilty even moaning about this because of poor colleague and what she's going through... :-S) Boss is also taking on a ton of extra stuff, so it's not only me...but I haven't been instructed in what to do for half of it, and spent a good few hours attempting to work out the Byzantine accounting lists of proofs and proofreaders today. Also, some of it involves calculating readers' wages. Argh! That is not an area where errors can be made. I may have to insist on all that work being triple-checked for a week or so.
Also, just found out that the logistical reorganisation elsewhere in the building means the colleague who will be moving into the back office of our dept. is none other than the same guy I (unofficially) chewed out over sending Islamophobic emails. This should be interesting. [rollseyes] I'm just hoping he keeps his mouth shut.
On a brighter note (in accordance with aforementioned resolutions ;-) )...Mr. Wolfie is now home from yonder Scotland (hurrah!), and the cat and I had a marvellous half-hour of fun with a cardboard box and a fluffy snake tonight. And 'My Dearest Holmes' is winging its way to me from the online Waterstones even as I type. Published slash, yay! XD
Oh, and opening the post at work today, it turned out that my rights contacts at Headline publishers had sent me a little box of chocolates for Christmas. That was rather brilliant. :-) Please purchase Headline books; if their profits increase nicely this year, it might be an even bigger box next January. ;-) They made a perfectly good breakfast, and I'm just finishing off the last one now. Yum.
A very happy new year to all, and best wishes for a lovely 2008!
ETA, as threatened...
<----- Me. In pretty C19th uniform. Lookin' grim an' soldierlike.
- Leave feedback on others' offerings far more promptly, not in large clumps every six weeks.
- Stop the excuses already and finish all those half-done fic and art projects. Also, acknowledge self's limitations with paints. My clothing, carpet and cat will all thank me for the latter.
- Participate in the discussions on Holmesslash. Nobody will eat me if I say something stupid.
- Learn to drive and get the car moving. Attractive eco-garden-sculpture as an ancient VW Golf covered by Triffid-esque weeds in one's back yard is, it would be nice not to have to manhandle three rucksacks, a tent,. a sword and a musket onto public transport for fifteen battle events a year.
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- Find new job.
Work was a nightmare today. Serious illness of a colleague means I am now required to cover by trying to jam 150% of the average full-time workload into average full-time hours, which ain't working. (Feel guilty even moaning about this because of poor colleague and what she's going through... :-S) Boss is also taking on a ton of extra stuff, so it's not only me...but I haven't been instructed in what to do for half of it, and spent a good few hours attempting to work out the Byzantine accounting lists of proofs and proofreaders today. Also, some of it involves calculating readers' wages. Argh! That is not an area where errors can be made. I may have to insist on all that work being triple-checked for a week or so.
Also, just found out that the logistical reorganisation elsewhere in the building means the colleague who will be moving into the back office of our dept. is none other than the same guy I (unofficially) chewed out over sending Islamophobic emails. This should be interesting. [rollseyes] I'm just hoping he keeps his mouth shut.
On a brighter note (in accordance with aforementioned resolutions ;-) )...Mr. Wolfie is now home from yonder Scotland (hurrah!), and the cat and I had a marvellous half-hour of fun with a cardboard box and a fluffy snake tonight. And 'My Dearest Holmes' is winging its way to me from the online Waterstones even as I type. Published slash, yay! XD
Oh, and opening the post at work today, it turned out that my rights contacts at Headline publishers had sent me a little box of chocolates for Christmas. That was rather brilliant. :-) Please purchase Headline books; if their profits increase nicely this year, it might be an even bigger box next January. ;-) They made a perfectly good breakfast, and I'm just finishing off the last one now. Yum.
A very happy new year to all, and best wishes for a lovely 2008!
ETA, as threatened...
<----- Me. In pretty C19th uniform. Lookin' grim an' soldierlike.