It's always a mystery to me how life can be hot or cold. Busy or boring. Things seem to swing from one extreme to the next. This week has kept me moving. I've managed to get some important things on the move, which usually means some other things take a back seat.
New Job
Next week, I might have a new job that allows me to work from home. It's not a big change. I've been somewhat working from home for the last couple of years doing gigs. But this is a job job in which I need to work so many hours a week. It's not a 100% thing until I clock in next week. I had to buy a Windows 11 computer for the job. Tomorrow, I will perform a test to check if it meets the minimum specs. And hopefully they don't back out before the training starts.
Car Repairs
I got some collision repair started on my car. We're down to one car in our household at the moment. We can manage, more or less, with one car. I have a Honda scooter that I use to putter around town for errands. Fortunately, it's no longer 1000F in Texas. I can tolerate 90 degree weather rather well.
Family Errands
As the stay-at-home person, it falls on me to do certain things, like make supper and wash dishes. I don't know who made that rule. I'm going to talk to management. Of course, there are Dad things, like after school pickups and grocery runs.
Side Gigs
I have some other things I do for money. We're in a holding pattern on that. Big job. But we're waiting on some things. With the new job, I don't know how I'll be able to juggle both.
Python Learning
It has been a couple of days since my last lesson. I need to get back to that. I'll carve out some time tomorrow evening.
Financials
The beginning of the month always comes with bills to pay. I need to make sure to square those away to avoid late payments.
Catching Up On To Dos
I recently started using Asana to track stuff I need to do. It's a bit annoying that Asana does a fair job of task tracking and scheduling. Like everybody, I have way more to do than I have time to do it. But at least I'm aware of what needs doing and can prioritize.
I'm not complaining. I'm just surprised that everything got bunched up this week. I have one more day, Friday, to go. I'm expecting Friday to be exciting too.
Same. All of the sudden everyone wants everything right now. So, I recently spoke with a client on podcast projects about moving their release date to the weekend. It was funny because the other party is just as busy as I am during the week and a weekend release was welcome news to them as well. And here I thought they might be resistant to doing something different. Nope. They welcomed it. Just goes to show that it doesn't hurt to ask or talk through challenges with the folks you're working with on projects.
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Right. Sometimes the conversations in our head are way off from how the conversation actually goes.
There is ups and downs in everyone's life. It seems you have passing a busy week but you have handle it nicely. Good luck for you with the new job and whatever there is good ahead.
Thank you. I appreciate your well wishes.
May you also find blessings in the days ahead.
Well, I guess sometimes it can feel like 1000. I think you meant 100. However, I got a good laugh with that as I know what you mean.
When we lived in the Dallas area, we would have 100 degree days in long streaks. Here, on the coast, while it usually isn't that hot, it sure is humid, and that makes it very uncomfortable! We aren't far from Houston, but Houston is quite a bit hotter than us, because they are a little bit inland.
I've heard someone say, "Houston is 50 miles away from the Gulf, but 12 miles away from the sun."
By the way, I used Asana for years. It was the main way to keep everyone doing projects with me knowing what their assignments were. Now that I don't have people working with me on those projects anymore (that client retired), I haven't used it. But I consider it a very useful tool.
Actually, I toned it down. I usually say 5000F. I like being absurd to make a point.
I'd never heard that about Houston. Makes sense.