Alchemausterity II

savingholmes

Hope the call goes well.

It is really cold today. I had to put heating on as inside it dropped to 9 degrees

Karmacat

That was a long day!  Hope you thawed out nicely.  And I hope the Ukrainian family gets here soon.

Alchemilla

savingholmes said:

Hope the call goes well.

It is really cold today. I had to put heating on as inside it dropped to 9 degrees

Went to bed fully dressed! 

Karmacat said:

That was a long day!  Hope you thawed out nicely.  And I hope the Ukrainian family gets here soon.

They were lovely, they're sharing a hotel room with an unspecified number of people in Hungary.

Got the IT mostly sorted. I was a bit nonplussed when my manager said to take the time back next week, and the 24-7 ICT helpline folk were charming. Huge (great) culture shock!

Waiting to get my hair cut now, tardy hairdresser. DD2 at youth theatre. 

Hoping to finish off my study this afternoon and maybe fill in a visa form.

greenbee

Working IT kit is always a bonus. When I get round to mucking out my office I need to swap my docking station and see whether the new one is any better at remembering that it has a network port/USB ports/monitors connected. And then arrange for all the excess stuff to be collected (and the contents of my hard drive rescued, although frankly I've managed without the files for so long maybe it won't matter!). 

savingholmes

Fantastic that your new job sounds more supportive than the old one.

Alchemilla

I've just discovered they also offer five additional days leave if people are sponsoring Ukrainians.

I would like to set some intentions for my working week.

I'm planning this

Alarm at 6.30, up at 7
Walk dogs
School run
Start work by 9.15
Lunch break 3-4.15 (school run)
Work 4.15-6

Do one load of washing and 30 minutes in one room tidying/cleaning.

This is my plan until mid July, when DH should be able to do the last week of the school run. I'm hoping to then do compressed hours four days a week.

savingholmes

Sounds a brilliant organisation - and a good plan.

apple_muncher

That's a very late lunch! Says apple, whose stomach always takes precedence...😂

It is a solid, simple plan. Go for it!

greenbee

Good luck with your new work routine - you'll probably need the odd break before the school run, but most employers are flexible around things like that. Most people I work with have things like school pick-up/drop-off blocked in their diaries - sometimes they have to reorganise things for big meeting that can't be worked out round them, but it means people are aware. It also helps that members of the leadership team have these blocked in open calendars, so everyone else knows it's normal and expected. 

Obviously it doesn't stop the usual idiots booking over pre-existing meetings, out of office time without bothering to check... I have a pre-written passive-aggresive email with screenshots on how to check availability  

CCW007

Just read through your diary - used to read your diary years ago so great to catch up on your news.  Sorry to hear about DH's op and chemo.  Good luck on new job.  Subscribing!