Newsroom

If you haven't discovered the HBO series "Newsroom", check it out.  Awesome TV....really, truly.  Awesome like West Wing was awesome.  Love it and get sad when the most recent episode is over - it's that good.  Watch it!!

Does it count if I add things I'm doing to my 'to do' list as they come across my desk to be done?  Nothing I accomplished today was actually on my one page single space list of things to do but I did get a lot done.  So I started adding what I was doing to the list for the satisfaction (and hopefully momentum) of actually crossing things off the list vs. just adding.  Guess they count 'cuz they were (lots) of things that needed to be done - I just didn't realize they would become a 'NOW' item until they splatted on my desk.  Construction projects do that - a lot of 'splatting' of things that require decisions or actions, etc. .  Busy Monday but not the things I thought I would be doing.

A co-worker returned from close to three weeks off today.  Ahhh...I remember those days....the one week break I had this summer is the shortest break I've had in any summer I've been in this job and it's starting to show.  I never had enough time off to really 'let go' of work.  One week doesn't do that.  Two sort of does.  Three is pretty darn close to perfect.  I am trying to wedge in another week or two off this fall but I don't know when that will happen.  But I'm sure going to try.  I need to disconnect.

Our new finance system came up on 7/5 and so far, we are all systems full speed ahead.  Sure, it takes us all three times longer to do the simplest thing because it's all new and we don't know this system as well as the last...but we're managing.  That's a great thing and I am really relieved.  Now we just have to have the first round of paychecks go as smoothly.  Keep your fingers crossed!

Time to do some stuff around the house.  J. is making massive headway around here.  We are culling away and every time we toss something in recycling or trash or a Goodwill bin, I think 'one less thing for the eventual dumpster of the stuff our kids won't want'.

That's what age does for you - gets you to lessen the dumpster load.  :-)