Another week, another funeral...
Nov. 17th, 2023 10:41 pmThe GP arranged for a phlebotomy nurse to come to the house, which is much more convenient than having to travel out to one of the various sites around the city. We missed them twice but finally the stars aligned on Monday. Now we have to book a telephone consultation with the GP to discuss the results. That's a job for Monday.
Tuesday was my turn to go to the nurse for a woman-only thing. When I got there, the nurse told me I wasn't due until 2025 - according to the computer. However, she rang the lab who confirmed I was due this year. Apparently, it's every 3 years up to 50, then every 5. At my last test, I was 49 - so probably could have left it but while I was there, it was sensible to get it done. I also discovered the GP had the wrong phone number for me, so I got that updated, too.
Daughter and grandson #2 came to visit that afternoon. Grandson crawled right over to me when I came in the room and gave me a kiss unprompted <3 I so hope this relationship blossoms into turning him into a gaming/Whovian/Trekkie geek :D
The only person who had been at my church longer than me passed a couple of weeks ago, leaving me as officially the oldest inhabitant - in a manner of speaking. Her funeral was on Wednesday. It's amazing what you find out about a person at their funeral!
I also had a 1:1 where I shared an alternate risk log that I'd got from an article someone had sent me. I'd developed some scoring criteria and assessed our current 'live' projects against it. The riskiest came out as the riskiest! But it's interesting to see it laid out like that. It was well-received by my line manager, who could see how we can use it. Next job is to share it with some other senior bods and let them rip the scoring apart :D Must remember not to be precious about it...
Thursday, I finally made it into the office, but it was generally very quiet. I had a meeting with my fellow PSOs and a PM who is based in another team. We recognise the lack of political will to create a central PMO but want to push forward with creating our own shared process and docs. I've shared all of the crap I've developed over the years and suggested we start with the processes. Everyone now has the chance to look at my process and think about how theirs maps to it - or doesn't. We can then try to create a single process we can all follow. Or not :D :D
Today we had the best ever meeting of the university's prioritisation group. We talked money!!! We tried that about 7? 8? years ago and the then VC almost had a heart attack and refused to talk about projects for about a year >D But we are in a very different world, now. Tracking the overall spend on projects is also part of my new role, so its something I'm taking a more active interest in.
Husband's constant glucose monitor is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, I don't have to do a blood test 4 times a day, and we can track his glucose levels throughout the day. On the other hand, we can see when he's really low - which is a good thing because we want to keep him healthy but when it's in the middle of the night and his glucose level brings itself up naturally by morning, we would have been in blissful ignorance before. However, it's mostly a good thing because we've brought his insulin dose down quite a bit based on the very low readings.
The First Doctor's first series continues to be shaky. I suppose people really had nothing to compare it to at the time, certainly in terms of costumes and special effects. But watching one of the actors struggling with a 'heavy' stone made of polystyrene was painful. But I'm sticking with it. It was pioneering television in its day, and the fact that we're about to get the Fourteenth Doctor starring in a 3-part 60th Anniversary Special is an amazing thing.
Looking forward to a quiet weekend.
Tuesday was my turn to go to the nurse for a woman-only thing. When I got there, the nurse told me I wasn't due until 2025 - according to the computer. However, she rang the lab who confirmed I was due this year. Apparently, it's every 3 years up to 50, then every 5. At my last test, I was 49 - so probably could have left it but while I was there, it was sensible to get it done. I also discovered the GP had the wrong phone number for me, so I got that updated, too.
Daughter and grandson #2 came to visit that afternoon. Grandson crawled right over to me when I came in the room and gave me a kiss unprompted <3 I so hope this relationship blossoms into turning him into a gaming/Whovian/Trekkie geek :D
The only person who had been at my church longer than me passed a couple of weeks ago, leaving me as officially the oldest inhabitant - in a manner of speaking. Her funeral was on Wednesday. It's amazing what you find out about a person at their funeral!
I also had a 1:1 where I shared an alternate risk log that I'd got from an article someone had sent me. I'd developed some scoring criteria and assessed our current 'live' projects against it. The riskiest came out as the riskiest! But it's interesting to see it laid out like that. It was well-received by my line manager, who could see how we can use it. Next job is to share it with some other senior bods and let them rip the scoring apart :D Must remember not to be precious about it...
Thursday, I finally made it into the office, but it was generally very quiet. I had a meeting with my fellow PSOs and a PM who is based in another team. We recognise the lack of political will to create a central PMO but want to push forward with creating our own shared process and docs. I've shared all of the crap I've developed over the years and suggested we start with the processes. Everyone now has the chance to look at my process and think about how theirs maps to it - or doesn't. We can then try to create a single process we can all follow. Or not :D :D
Today we had the best ever meeting of the university's prioritisation group. We talked money!!! We tried that about 7? 8? years ago and the then VC almost had a heart attack and refused to talk about projects for about a year >D But we are in a very different world, now. Tracking the overall spend on projects is also part of my new role, so its something I'm taking a more active interest in.
Husband's constant glucose monitor is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, I don't have to do a blood test 4 times a day, and we can track his glucose levels throughout the day. On the other hand, we can see when he's really low - which is a good thing because we want to keep him healthy but when it's in the middle of the night and his glucose level brings itself up naturally by morning, we would have been in blissful ignorance before. However, it's mostly a good thing because we've brought his insulin dose down quite a bit based on the very low readings.
The First Doctor's first series continues to be shaky. I suppose people really had nothing to compare it to at the time, certainly in terms of costumes and special effects. But watching one of the actors struggling with a 'heavy' stone made of polystyrene was painful. But I'm sticking with it. It was pioneering television in its day, and the fact that we're about to get the Fourteenth Doctor starring in a 3-part 60th Anniversary Special is an amazing thing.
Looking forward to a quiet weekend.