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Oct. 24th, 2017 12:35 pmI think I'm getting better, slowly. Yesterday everything I ate tasted funny and I couldn't keep my mind off my sinuses. Today things taste better (although muted) and my sinuses only intervene when I'm not thinking about anything else. If I feel the same amount of better tomorrow that I felt this morning, I might be able to sing at rehearsal tomorrow night. I have to go to rehearsal regardless of whether I sing, because I'm now the Official Attendance Person.
There's one great big work-related thing I'm trying not to think about. Harvard says I can't officially supervise anyone if I'm an hourly employee myself, so my boss is trying to get me promoted again. I'm not sure I want to get promoted again, because it means I have to fill out a very long form that consists entirely of blowing my own horn. It gave me a good case of impostor syndrome last time I did it (last year), and here I am doing it again. It would be easier if I could point to things I have done, because the self-study was a massive accomplishment, but this form cares about extra things I am currently doing, or am projected to be doing. I'm not sure what's "extra" when I have an "other duties as necessary" clause. I should maybe sit down and make myself a map.
Come to think of it, I should think about Big Things I Want and when they might happen. I want scuba certification next summer, before which I want to lose weight again so as to fit in a wetsuit better. Question is, do I get the whole certification in Boston and then go to the Caribbean, or do I do everything but the certification in Boston and then get certified in the Caribbean? And I'm also starting to think about going on a photo safari in Africa someday in the next couple of years. And there's still South America I haven't been to, besides.
I keep thinking I want to take my best and/or favorite photo from everywhere I've been and have them printed. Too bad at least a couple of them are blurry and I don't have the skill to correct them. I know I need a Photoshop expert, for which I suspect I need a fairly large budget. Oh well, add it to the List...
There's one great big work-related thing I'm trying not to think about. Harvard says I can't officially supervise anyone if I'm an hourly employee myself, so my boss is trying to get me promoted again. I'm not sure I want to get promoted again, because it means I have to fill out a very long form that consists entirely of blowing my own horn. It gave me a good case of impostor syndrome last time I did it (last year), and here I am doing it again. It would be easier if I could point to things I have done, because the self-study was a massive accomplishment, but this form cares about extra things I am currently doing, or am projected to be doing. I'm not sure what's "extra" when I have an "other duties as necessary" clause. I should maybe sit down and make myself a map.
Come to think of it, I should think about Big Things I Want and when they might happen. I want scuba certification next summer, before which I want to lose weight again so as to fit in a wetsuit better. Question is, do I get the whole certification in Boston and then go to the Caribbean, or do I do everything but the certification in Boston and then get certified in the Caribbean? And I'm also starting to think about going on a photo safari in Africa someday in the next couple of years. And there's still South America I haven't been to, besides.
I keep thinking I want to take my best and/or favorite photo from everywhere I've been and have them printed. Too bad at least a couple of them are blurry and I don't have the skill to correct them. I know I need a Photoshop expert, for which I suspect I need a fairly large budget. Oh well, add it to the List...
