I can’t sleep, probably because of the impending slicing and cauterizing. I’m happy I have acupuncture tomorrow. That should help me relax a little. This whole week has been stressful at work. I should have seen it coming, trying to balance 3 grant applications due within the next 2 months.
The one that is the hardest is of course not even a research grant. It’s a pain in the ass because it involves researching job training programs in an industry I know nothing about and the two people I’m working with are not at all organized. Over the past week, they have told me that I’m in charge of the grant (I’m not, I don’t know where they got this from), been asked questions that I have directly answered in emails, and after an afternoon meeting, I get a call the next morning asking if I’ve done my follow-up tasks already. I know this chick tries to be a suck up and texts the execs at 7am every morning with the agency’s financial updates but I am not researching this stuff at home. I will do it at work and have it ready by the time of the next meeting. Which is tomorrow, yay. And my cool intern is leaving this week and next month she will be replaced by a lame intern that smells like smoke.
My research grants are coming together a little better but I’m concerned we won’t have them done in time because my boss will be out right before one is due. The logical person would say “Just finish the proposal before she leaves.” But the logical person does not work at my agency.
So I’ve been stressed and bitchy but I have done some fun things this week. I saw a burlesque version of the Nutcracker. It was all sexy like and we had good seats and there were trapeze burlesque girls! Yay for pasties and swinging from silks.
My grandma gave me her Roomba (or knockoff version of a Roomba) because she says it scares the dog. I think she is just terrified of technology. That will help with what feels like neverending cleaning. How does a small apartment get dirty so fast?
And what the hell is with this new WordPress interface? I know you can’t see it unless you also have a WordPress blog but it sucks!