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Finding peace
Jan. 23rd, 2024 09:23 pmMy colleague returned from 'extended' paternity leave today and greeted me with a hug! Which was lovely and unexpected. He's been on my mind so much; I guess I've been on his. Still not sure what triggered the extension but he's back and looking really well <3
I have other colleagues going through various types of shit, too. In fact, everyone has SOMETHING they're dealing with, right?
Ran evening prayer as usual tonight. Started a bit late because we had a bit of a 'how was your day' chat. Our team vicar had the kind of random day I think only a vicar can have. It's one of the secondary reasons I noped out of pursuing ordination, if I'm honest. The school visit in the afternoon sounds like it could have been fun but getting requests for blessings out of the blue, whilst dealing with HR issues and pastoral care matters for the Parish - AND managing a home and family - feels like too many plates to keep spinning! I have a friend (who I haven't contacted in a while - I should drop them an email...) who would say that's what they're paid for, but this is the team vicar not the team rector; in the vacancy they're having to manage everything.
In positive news, we do now have the go-ahead to recruit a new rector. But that's a whole Thing in itself!
The vicar and I also had a catch up outside the prayer meeting and I was able to talk through my concerns for my 'sidekick' and I feel I understand where they're at a bit better than I did. And I'll drop them an email in a week or so, too.
This week I have three project board meetings at work - all on different days, thankfully. The first of them was today - it was scheduled for an hour and was over in 15 minutes! We're moving from an hour every fortnight with RAID meetings in between to half-an-hour every month including the RAID, because we're at that stage of the project. The new system is in and working, access to the old one is restricted to a handful of people and we're now planning its formal decommissioning. We're actually shutting something down! Not quite a first but it's certainly notable. ChatGPT and I got the minutes turned around in our usual speedy fashion :)
RAID Logs (we actually call them RAPIDS - risks, assumptions, principles, issues and dependencies) are one of my favourite things about my job. I enjoy making order out of chaos, hence my liking for process maps, templates and role descriptors. Pinning down risks and issues means we're keeping a weather eye out for the chaos that might be heading our way :D Well, if it's an issue, it's already landed, of course - but then we find a way for resolving it. The PM for today's project board asked me about possible items for the log regarding the decommissioning of the system and I was able to give some sensible answers. My knowledge and understanding of this area has kind of snuck up on me but I'm feeling more and more at home with this stuff.
Which reminds me - I need to tidy up the RAPID Log for that project following the meeting...
Another storm is currently blowing through the city. It caught me unawares on the way home and my umbrella took the brunt of it. I've had a recommendation to try Collar & Cuffs for a proper wind-proof one. So, that's another job for tomorrow.
OK, enough rambling. Good night, DW!
I have other colleagues going through various types of shit, too. In fact, everyone has SOMETHING they're dealing with, right?
Ran evening prayer as usual tonight. Started a bit late because we had a bit of a 'how was your day' chat. Our team vicar had the kind of random day I think only a vicar can have. It's one of the secondary reasons I noped out of pursuing ordination, if I'm honest. The school visit in the afternoon sounds like it could have been fun but getting requests for blessings out of the blue, whilst dealing with HR issues and pastoral care matters for the Parish - AND managing a home and family - feels like too many plates to keep spinning! I have a friend (who I haven't contacted in a while - I should drop them an email...) who would say that's what they're paid for, but this is the team vicar not the team rector; in the vacancy they're having to manage everything.
In positive news, we do now have the go-ahead to recruit a new rector. But that's a whole Thing in itself!
The vicar and I also had a catch up outside the prayer meeting and I was able to talk through my concerns for my 'sidekick' and I feel I understand where they're at a bit better than I did. And I'll drop them an email in a week or so, too.
This week I have three project board meetings at work - all on different days, thankfully. The first of them was today - it was scheduled for an hour and was over in 15 minutes! We're moving from an hour every fortnight with RAID meetings in between to half-an-hour every month including the RAID, because we're at that stage of the project. The new system is in and working, access to the old one is restricted to a handful of people and we're now planning its formal decommissioning. We're actually shutting something down! Not quite a first but it's certainly notable. ChatGPT and I got the minutes turned around in our usual speedy fashion :)
RAID Logs (we actually call them RAPIDS - risks, assumptions, principles, issues and dependencies) are one of my favourite things about my job. I enjoy making order out of chaos, hence my liking for process maps, templates and role descriptors. Pinning down risks and issues means we're keeping a weather eye out for the chaos that might be heading our way :D Well, if it's an issue, it's already landed, of course - but then we find a way for resolving it. The PM for today's project board asked me about possible items for the log regarding the decommissioning of the system and I was able to give some sensible answers. My knowledge and understanding of this area has kind of snuck up on me but I'm feeling more and more at home with this stuff.
Which reminds me - I need to tidy up the RAPID Log for that project following the meeting...
Another storm is currently blowing through the city. It caught me unawares on the way home and my umbrella took the brunt of it. I've had a recommendation to try Collar & Cuffs for a proper wind-proof one. So, that's another job for tomorrow.
OK, enough rambling. Good night, DW!
