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This week was slightly less frenetic, so I was less exhausted at the end of each day.  I'm also trying out a 'get to sleep really quickly' method - basically, clear your mind, relax each part of your body, and drift off.  It's especially helpful when I wake up in the middle of the night.

Had a REALLY frustrating time with Finance people.  Part of my role (although it's NOWHERE in my new JD) is to look after the uni's enterprise architecture.  It kind of fits with my skill set because it's about being organised but it's really a historic thing that I've never been able to hand off to someone else.  Anyway, the CIO wants us to understand the costs associated with the myriad systems the university uses, so I started with the Finance Partner for IT who sent me a spreadsheet with a certain number of systems on it but had to point me towards other Finance Partners because some systems are paid for through other budgets.

One told me they didn't know the cost and I'd have to speak to another person.  You're the Finance person and... you don't know... the cost...?  But, OK, I'll ask this other person.  Said person came back with, 'I'm new to this role; I suggest you speak to the Finance Person.'  O_o  They copied Finance Person into the email who responded with, 'Rosa is trying to find out about the costs for System X, which we usually pay £Y for.'

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That was the information I asked you for two days ago.  Why didn't you just tell me that, THEN?!?!  I emailed back something neutral, thanking them for the information (although that WAS NOT what I was thinking of saying!) - and they came back with, 'Glad we got there in the end.'.

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I can't even...

But today is Saturday!  It's time for shopping and cleaning and gaming, oh my!  And, possibly, online safeguarding training - oh what joy...
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So one of my roles at church is 'Parish Safeguarding Officer'.  I do an OK job with it, but I've really let it slide during the pandemic.  And safeguarding is important all of the time.  I'm definitely the 'admin arm' of our set-up but I struggled to find motivation to write a role descriptor in the summer.  I am also currently doing it on my own because our new PSO's referees aren't sending the bloody references through!  And I want to have a chat with them about how we manage stuff in the future - but I can't until they're actually in post *sigh*

I had a training session the other night that got me fired up for it again, though.  There are lots of holes in our current processes and some stuff I can do whilst waiting for my colleague to 'on-board' - like making sure our policy is up-to-date.  We also need to go through quite a few things with the church council - I'm making a list!

All of this is getting in the way of me planning for Nano.  I know what I want to do but it is going to take some working out - and it's already 9 October!  Maybe it'll just end up being a Pantser Nano!

I've just finished reading a book written by a friend (Sadie's Story by Sandra Dears, available on Amazon) that was published by a 'proper' publisher (unlike my own The Curse of Mannerley Manor that was self-published through Lulu) but it hasn't made me rush to try them (Blossom Spring Publishing).  There was zero proof-reading - it felt very much like a first draft that had gone straight to print.  My main bugbear was the terrible, terrible punctuation errors - missing speech marks and too many commas.  And she had completely ignored the maxim 'show don't tell'.  Which would work with some stories - but not this one!  I did cry towards the end, though, so it wasn't completely unreadable :D  And I am thinking about it, wondering how Sadie's life continues.

And now I really need to get on with the day.  See you next week, DW!

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