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Dec. 26th, 2012 06:57 pmI have earned Dr Who tonight. I have a (really bad) first draft of one of the troubling items for December, and have finished the whole of another whacking big task. That's one item I had to do this month done entirely and another with only three hours work attached. Plus an Aurealis book read and another begun. If I can only do another book review tonight and maybe finish a second Aurealis book, I shall be a lot less worried about the next week.
My brain fog disappeared for much of the day - and oh, what a difference that makes!
Mind you, my sink is still a mess. That drain is perfect then it gets imperfect again with no warning. It's nothing I do, either. It's a mystery. Still, I'm one and a half tasks down today, which is a Very Good Thing.
My worry-of-the-day is that people are making assumptions about me having time out in January and February and are landing work on me without checking (those of you who ask are entirely different - no worries there!). If this keeps on happening then a busy two months is going to turn into a nightmare one.
I think the only thing I can do from here on in is to say things like "I know you need this done, but you'll just have to wait until late February. If you need me before then, you possibly could have checked earlier." It's quite possible that the two lots of paid work won't come through in January and I'll have time for more unpaid work, but I find it concerning that people assume that I can do their voluntary work during my normal work day simply because *they're* on holiday.
I had two sensible requests in the last two days (ie the friends asked me if I could do stuff and were willing to wait for a time that suited me) and two big assumptions ("You are doing this by within these dates, for everyone else is."). I have taken all of this on board and will do it, but have reached my limit. Everyone other bit of work for January must have pay attached, must help me towards a uni job, or must be accompanied by a polite request and very persuasive reasons.
My brain fog disappeared for much of the day - and oh, what a difference that makes!
Mind you, my sink is still a mess. That drain is perfect then it gets imperfect again with no warning. It's nothing I do, either. It's a mystery. Still, I'm one and a half tasks down today, which is a Very Good Thing.
My worry-of-the-day is that people are making assumptions about me having time out in January and February and are landing work on me without checking (those of you who ask are entirely different - no worries there!). If this keeps on happening then a busy two months is going to turn into a nightmare one.
I think the only thing I can do from here on in is to say things like "I know you need this done, but you'll just have to wait until late February. If you need me before then, you possibly could have checked earlier." It's quite possible that the two lots of paid work won't come through in January and I'll have time for more unpaid work, but I find it concerning that people assume that I can do their voluntary work during my normal work day simply because *they're* on holiday.
I had two sensible requests in the last two days (ie the friends asked me if I could do stuff and were willing to wait for a time that suited me) and two big assumptions ("You are doing this by within these dates, for everyone else is."). I have taken all of this on board and will do it, but have reached my limit. Everyone other bit of work for January must have pay attached, must help me towards a uni job, or must be accompanied by a polite request and very persuasive reasons.