Getting stuff done
Mar. 13th, 2021 08:45 amA quieter week, workwise, but I did put a lot of energy into redrafting - and first drafting - the service definitions for the team. They are now with various people for review. And I also drafted the Big Report for Academic Board, which will need some tweaking next for the other Big Committee.
I also chatted to my former colleague who went to Glasgow. Amazing how quickly 5 years has gone by - and how much of each other's lives we've missed, even with both of us on facebook! Although, to be fair, neither of us posts THAT much. Anyway, after some ups and downs, it seems like the pandemic is doing them a good turn.
I found out another colleague is leaving - not someone I work closely with but someone who will leave a big hole and who would have been involved in a big project that's about to start. So, some headaches for the managers to decide how that might work. I suggested, off the top of my head, a secondment for someone on the functional side - which apparently our boss had also mooted. So, great minds thinking alike there, I think!
I managed to scramble story 57/70, although when it comes to editing time it's going to need a lot of work. Not the story itself, but the pacing.
Oh, and the object for last Sunday was a balloon, to remind us to make space for prayer. I actually pray a lot - the family would probably think I need to remember to make more space for them! But when I dug out my engagement ring I found an old pin of a dove, representing the Holy Spirit of course, which I THINK I bought at the Christian book shop and cafe I had a Saturday job at when I was 14 - 16. They sacked me for being pregnant but, you know, it was good times while it lasted. Anyway, prayer-time and Holy Spirit - they go together :D
And our home shop is about to arrive, so I'm going to head off. Catch you next week, DW!
I also chatted to my former colleague who went to Glasgow. Amazing how quickly 5 years has gone by - and how much of each other's lives we've missed, even with both of us on facebook! Although, to be fair, neither of us posts THAT much. Anyway, after some ups and downs, it seems like the pandemic is doing them a good turn.
I found out another colleague is leaving - not someone I work closely with but someone who will leave a big hole and who would have been involved in a big project that's about to start. So, some headaches for the managers to decide how that might work. I suggested, off the top of my head, a secondment for someone on the functional side - which apparently our boss had also mooted. So, great minds thinking alike there, I think!
I managed to scramble story 57/70, although when it comes to editing time it's going to need a lot of work. Not the story itself, but the pacing.
Oh, and the object for last Sunday was a balloon, to remind us to make space for prayer. I actually pray a lot - the family would probably think I need to remember to make more space for them! But when I dug out my engagement ring I found an old pin of a dove, representing the Holy Spirit of course, which I THINK I bought at the Christian book shop and cafe I had a Saturday job at when I was 14 - 16. They sacked me for being pregnant but, you know, it was good times while it lasted. Anyway, prayer-time and Holy Spirit - they go together :D
And our home shop is about to arrive, so I'm going to head off. Catch you next week, DW!