User talk:TheEileen/Nov 2010
November 2010
17 Nov 2010
Updated the wiki front page on the 16th. Then updated the list on the 17th. Much movement, 10 projects moved up and two posted. Re-updated the wiki. I've been getting more into foofing and have been thinking about Ibsen again. I'm so happy to find my enthusiasm is returning. I love this place and these people, so it is very nice to come back and enjoy it here.
The weather is okay and my health is okay. Been walking with Frank nearly every day but not much else. Did do my exercises as regularly as possible. Three weeks in a row. Work is still fairly caught up and so motivating myself is actually the problem. I have two kinds of jobs. The mindless kind which require little thought to do as they are very "mechanical" and repetitive or the "this is a possible problem that may need solving", so to discover that fact I have to investigate the issue. This could take 15 minutes, this could take five hours. I do not know until I start. And then, after investigation, if I find it IS a problem, then I have to figure out how to solve it. This is VERY thought intensive with the added factor (difficult for me) that often I have to start the investigation by asking lots of questions and waiting for the answer and then formulating the next questions. And I can lose the thread, even with lots of notes, I can lose what was the purpose behind a question or even if I don't, my motivation to "fix this" can wane if more than a few days goes by. Or I get as annoyed as the people I annoy by asking several times. I have one issue that I send a reminder message on every three days. I've been doing it for two months. I get one dribble of information every couple of weeks or so. It's MADDENING. But, honestly, I understand why it's taking so long. The people I'm asking are having to do investigating themselves to figure it out and they all definitely have other projects that are more urgent than mine. So I'm the nudge. Oh joy.
04 Nov 2010
Updated the wiki and three projects posted. I will do the list this weekend likely. I have been caught up in real life things - the rally, the election, work, friends, etc. Nothing bad, thank the stars, but kept me busy and away. Also, much computer difficulty at home and work. Not really resolved and it is that which tests my patience mightily.
I did finally put up my drapes in my bedroom and it does make a difference. To the temperature (which is definitely not as chilly at night although they look unlovely. But they were cheap! And it was a saga in and of itself to get the hardware up. I'm so tired, I promised myself early bed (early-ish) to make up for four nights of up too late.
Weather "Indian" summer for three days. And that yoga and stretching on the 22nd did something to my back (likely because it had been so long) and thus I had to do specific stretches for a week to heal. I'm hesitant but know I need to do something. I am walking more, so that is good.
And now back to Eileen's Talk