Stress levels rising

[andrewducker]

I left work at 4pm so that I could be at home from 5-6 when the plumber came to fix the kludge he used to get our Dishwasher installed. He hasn't come now and it's quarter past 6.

Our buzzer doesn't work (the same people who are doing the dishwasher were supposed to quote today about the buzzer), so I've sat here by the window from 4:30-6pm, waiting for him to show up. I may have missed him when I popped to the toilet or the kitchen. Where I couldn't cook dinner, because Erin's moved the lighter so I can't get the grill started.

So I'm hungry, I have to leave now to get to Hugh's for 7:00 and Erin's phone hasn't been answering all evening, so I can't update her or ask her where the lighter is so I can make dinner.

I don't even want takeout - there's perfectly good sausages in the fridge, but I'm going to have to eat out tonight. I feel stressed to hell and back over this. I know it's silly, but I was finally getting somewhere at work at 4pm, but I left it so that I could housewatch for no reason. I have a meeting with my manager tomorrow over "contributions planning" at 9am, so I won't even get to get stuff working when I go in.

As you can tell, my brain isn't working very well at all.

And now I'm off to roleplay, where I shall try to destress and enjoy myself.

Gah.

Comments

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

Take a few deep meditative breaths and then call and yell at the plumber. That should fix you right up.

Don't you owe me an email, by the way?

*laugh*

Contribution planning

[allorin.livejournal.com]

.... is a breeze. V. boring, actually. Right now, we're not really expected to contribute much anyway - it'll become far more relevant six months down the line. 'Course, the emphasis put on it now depends very much on the manager.

It should just be a chat with your manager, where initially she'll discuss the type of work you are expected to get involved in initially, what you might expect to do in the short to medium term future (I was offered an immediate 'out' of AC to join the rest of my team on AQS proper, but the fact that I'm enjoying working with you persuaded me to hang with AC until we finish our transactions), and perhaps just touch on the role you could play in the team over the longer term (Analyst, coder (or Developer, in the parlance) or 'technician' (jack-of-all-trades?)). She will go into the types of competences measures by the work you are involved in, and what you're expected to show. Again, nothing much initially. Should all be grand anyway.

So, does "getting somewhere" mean you've got a screen running, or am I still waiting on your slow-raggedy-ass to catch up with me? ;+)