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Monday time! The alarm went off way too early for me. I went to bed at a reasonable time, but damn, I didn't want to get up. But alas, money is more important to me than sleeping til 8.
Yesterday was a quiet day. My boss was off for Father's day, so my Teams was mostly quiet aside from trouble shooting a few things for coworkers. I am the answer bot for many of them--about various things, not just pending returns. I don't mind helping people out, but as usual, I wish I got paid to do it.
In other things I'm not paid for, I have locked down the powerpoint, I think. I'll do one more pass through it tomorrow I think, and get my boss to look at both it and my notes. I redid a slide twice yesterday, and if I keep poking at it, I'm going to go insane. My notes are another thing entirely, and I'll probably continue to add onto them as the week goes on.
I'm pretty sure I pissed people off, giving them the rundown of how the meeting was structured, but oh well. I'm sure they feel like I'm taking over, which to be fair, I am. Our manager put me in charge, and I'm going to do the job he asked me to. Also, the idea behind the meeting was mine, so I have a clear idea in my head of how I want things to go. The idea is that I introduce the meeting, go through the first few slides, then hand it off to the first presenter. When they're done, I pull it back in for the "Did you know?" slide, and provide a transition between sections, then introduce the next presenter. And so on. At the end, I have a couple of wrap up slides to narrate, and then I ask if he has questions and thank him. I have a feeling that in my coworker's eyes that I have graduated to "this bitch." But dammit, we're going to have our boss' boss and the dude who's the deputy manager of the contact center. I don't want us to look like idiots. I don't want to look like an idiot.
After work yesterdaypoisontaster ran a lovely D&D game. It was in the spirit of Studio Ghibli, and was very sweet. There was combat, but not overmuch, and riddles and a gentle story about wanting good things so much that you forget others needs. I very much enjoyed it, even if I am utter trash at riddles.
I feel mildly bad that my sister had Dad duty so much during her days off, but then I realize that we have him the rest of the time, especially Jess, so I don't feel so bad. She might get woken up once or twice a night, but we're on duty from 6am-8pm every day. Three hours here and there is a small price to pay.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself ready for work. Everyone have a great Monday. Also, happy Juneteenth!
Monday time! The alarm went off way too early for me. I went to bed at a reasonable time, but damn, I didn't want to get up. But alas, money is more important to me than sleeping til 8.
Yesterday was a quiet day. My boss was off for Father's day, so my Teams was mostly quiet aside from trouble shooting a few things for coworkers. I am the answer bot for many of them--about various things, not just pending returns. I don't mind helping people out, but as usual, I wish I got paid to do it.
In other things I'm not paid for, I have locked down the powerpoint, I think. I'll do one more pass through it tomorrow I think, and get my boss to look at both it and my notes. I redid a slide twice yesterday, and if I keep poking at it, I'm going to go insane. My notes are another thing entirely, and I'll probably continue to add onto them as the week goes on.
I'm pretty sure I pissed people off, giving them the rundown of how the meeting was structured, but oh well. I'm sure they feel like I'm taking over, which to be fair, I am. Our manager put me in charge, and I'm going to do the job he asked me to. Also, the idea behind the meeting was mine, so I have a clear idea in my head of how I want things to go. The idea is that I introduce the meeting, go through the first few slides, then hand it off to the first presenter. When they're done, I pull it back in for the "Did you know?" slide, and provide a transition between sections, then introduce the next presenter. And so on. At the end, I have a couple of wrap up slides to narrate, and then I ask if he has questions and thank him. I have a feeling that in my coworker's eyes that I have graduated to "this bitch." But dammit, we're going to have our boss' boss and the dude who's the deputy manager of the contact center. I don't want us to look like idiots. I don't want to look like an idiot.
After work yesterday
poisontaster ran a lovely D&D game. It was in the spirit of Studio Ghibli, and was very sweet. There was combat, but not overmuch, and riddles and a gentle story about wanting good things so much that you forget others needs. I very much enjoyed it, even if I am utter trash at riddles. I feel mildly bad that my sister had Dad duty so much during her days off, but then I realize that we have him the rest of the time, especially Jess, so I don't feel so bad. She might get woken up once or twice a night, but we're on duty from 6am-8pm every day. Three hours here and there is a small price to pay.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself ready for work. Everyone have a great Monday. Also, happy Juneteenth!
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Date: 2023-06-19 04:55 pm (UTC)