In which no one is surprised

[mousme]

I know, we are all shocked, SHOCKED that I didn't get to the rest of the recycling this morning.

My alarm went off, and the only, all-consuming thought in my brain was "UGH."

I have, in the past, managed on occasion to get the recycling out by getting up earlier on recycling day. This hasn't been the case for the past few weeks, but it's not a 100% failure rate as a rule. I won't say the success rate is great, either.

I am struggling at work with getting my employee evaluations finished. I should probably try to drill down into my thought process about why I'm resisting it so much (although I got two of them almost completely done today). I know that I struggle with finding "original" wording when writing them, rather than just using the terms already supplied in the definitions of the competencies. Ultimately, I don't think anyone aside from me cares, but for some reason it feels lazy of me to not to use phrasing that I cam up with on my own. That being said, if it's blocking me from providing evaluations that my employees need, then I need to find a ladder and get over myself.

Also I think I dropped a couple of the plates I was trying to keep spinning, and now I will have to deal with the broken crockery. Bleh.

I am looking forward to my week off. I really want to make sure I am productive during that week, though, because Friday and Saturday is when the professional organizers are coming, and I want to make sure that we're not distracted by the rest of the house being a fucking disaster zone. I want to maximise the amount of time they have there so we're not "wasting" it on decluttering silly things that are easy for me to get rid of.

One of my employees mentioned she's a member of a "buy nothing" Facebook group and that's how she got rid of a bunch of stuff. Since I've been sitting on a big pile of stuff to donate with nowhere to actually donate it (thanks, COVID 19), this sounds like the perfect opportunity for me to give all of that away and clear some space in my home. I am pretty psyched, although I haven't yet received official approval to join the group. My experience with these things tells me it will likely take at least a day, if not more, before I get approved.

I have a therapy appointment this coming Friday, so I think I'll ask to focus on strategies to make my week off as "successful" as possible. We shall see.