Catch-up Wednesday

So it's the middle of the week and usually I'm dropping Johnnie off at school and then I would go home and focus on whatever meetings were happening today. Yesterday I did a whole bunch of steps BEFORE i even had breakfast, as if it were a mini-Monday if you will. I had been getting into the habit of setting my day during that time, using the walk as if it were a meditation session. Today it was actually noticeably warmer even as early as the Johnnie drop-off. Not lost on me was that this was my last day of drop-off this week since Johnnie has no school tomorrow for Veteran's Day. Not lost on me was that I had to think of something for us to do so he doesn't get too bored spending the day with me while I worked. That being the case, I also did note that this week was already far less hectic than last week when I had to be somewhere every single day and early too. This week was supposed to have been my catch-up week as well. What did I need to catch up on? Everything other than work was what. For one thing I wanted to get a haircut this past weekend but it never happened because Johnnie and I got caught up with Lisa's birthday. There was always something. And then this weekend Silvia is flying in and so you already know you're going to get caught up in something for the next 10 days or so afterwards. And then there is Thanksgiving week after that. If I was going to get caught up this was the week. And so I had to start with said haircut. I actually thought I was going to do it yesterday but I got caught up with these little tasks that somehow added up to quite a bit. Funny since I am running 3 departments you can't really say I'm never busy anymore. I mean I could simply focus on any one project from any one of the departments, if not all and that would be excuse enough to have lots to do. But in my mind, my teams are stable. Are they behind? Some.

But then again there's always something to be behind on, it just depends on who is paying attention and what the powers that be decide is important in the moment. Example: today I had a meeting with the Sharepoint folks... a project that had been going on for months now. But I can't really push Barbara on this now could I? That I had the meeting is proof enough that I am inching forward. So for me I still have to work on not reacting so quickly and negatively whenever I get something from Eloisa or Barbara. I have to remind myself they TOO are in react mode usually and that I have to be confident that my systems are set up adequately simply to catch whatever isn't being done and to focus on that when someone notices. Secret to success LOL LOL. And so it was that after lunch, right around 1 PM I headed off to Supercuts to get my haircut. I didn't think it was going to be busy, since it was mid-week and all. I still had to wait some. The other thing that occupied my mind this afternoon was that I had sent out golf tee time invites for Harbor this weekend and Daniel and Chris both declined. Man, the energy of keeping up a foursome is really high and I won't lie it is disappointing that I can't get a foursome going anymore. And that's ok. Can't really blame the other guys. I guess I have to simply start to get used to playing with just Scott and I, and eventually just myself. Until I find a new group to hook up with. I told everyone that declined that it was cool of course. And I didn't share my disappointment and that is ok too. And so per Wednesday routine, I had the Data Team meeting, which took all of 15 minutes. Shilpa was at the Operations Meeting yesterday and I hoped she noticed that every statistic, every number that was presented came from a dashboard the Data Team had done. Yes we are very much in good shape there. I had the Sharepoint Meeting and then I met with Rody, the new Director of Development regarding the UDS report and THAT took all of 15 minutes too. See? Everything is under control. By mid-afternoon it had gotten really warm, as in 80s warm. What? Low 80s in mid-November? Fancy that. I picked up Johnnie as per usual and we immediately headed off to Panda Express Westwood. We're starting to eat in again and despite the new mandate that you have to show proof of vaccination whenever you do anything indoors in a public venue, I didn't care. I had my digital vaccine card after all and I proudly brandish it around too. And then when we got home Johnnie was gushing all over how excited he was that we're going to the zoo tomorrow. Wait what? The zoo? Did I tell him we were going to the zoo? Or was that something he told his mom. No matter. The zoo is just fine just as long as we don't leave before lunch since I had the bulk of my meetings tomorrow morning. It's all good. And so it was that we went home and Johnnie started writing and drawing about all the animals he was going to see tomorrow. If he's already that excited, then the zoo it is! I am excited now too!