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Oct. 24th, 2013 08:40 amFourth day back at work. Hasn't been too bad though I'm yawning a lot by the evening. The harder part is getting used to this office chair, egonomic though it is, is not the same as the one i've been sitting in at home and also, sitting at the desk all day, both being a bit of a strain on my back even with standing up and stretching. It's getting better though. Just an adjustment.
It's nice to see everyone again but also a lot of change has taken place with reorgs and new incident tracking software to grapple with. My section is in transit to another group but they have no manager yet so my old manager is still my manager until such time. I have 16 vacation days to try to use up before the end of the year because they prefer we don't carry our limit of 5 over but unless there's a very good reason why not, our contract says we can. However, I've worked out to take a lot of Fridays off, a couple other days in November around the time our Corrie event night takes place, and some time over Christmas. I'll be on call one of the days but the 27th of Dec, a Friday after Christmas is not going to likely be any problems. Any requests can wait until Monday. I'll carry over a few days but use two straight away the couple of days after New Year's. It's all good.
Yes, our group is putting on a Corrie actor event on Nov. 12 so I'm volunteering that night as well as staying in the hotel overnight as it is a lot more convenient than trying to get back home late at night. Taking the next day off as well. If there are any Corrie watchers, the actor is Marc Bayliss who plays Carla's brother Rob Donovan. One of our committee members met up with him in Manchester last month and said he's going to be a great guest and called him "delightful". I figure it doesn't matter if it's someone that has only been on the show a short time, they still have good stories to tell about the show and the backstage life! I'll get to shake hands and have him sign my book and get a photo as well.
Speaking of books, here's a few more read.... Though I was off for 2 months, I didn't get nearly as much read as I thought I would. Out of my usual reading routine i suppose and was only reading in bed at night instead of taking advantage of the daytime as well. Now i'm back to work, I read on the commute both ways and at lunch as well as at night.
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It's nice to see everyone again but also a lot of change has taken place with reorgs and new incident tracking software to grapple with. My section is in transit to another group but they have no manager yet so my old manager is still my manager until such time. I have 16 vacation days to try to use up before the end of the year because they prefer we don't carry our limit of 5 over but unless there's a very good reason why not, our contract says we can. However, I've worked out to take a lot of Fridays off, a couple other days in November around the time our Corrie event night takes place, and some time over Christmas. I'll be on call one of the days but the 27th of Dec, a Friday after Christmas is not going to likely be any problems. Any requests can wait until Monday. I'll carry over a few days but use two straight away the couple of days after New Year's. It's all good.
Yes, our group is putting on a Corrie actor event on Nov. 12 so I'm volunteering that night as well as staying in the hotel overnight as it is a lot more convenient than trying to get back home late at night. Taking the next day off as well. If there are any Corrie watchers, the actor is Marc Bayliss who plays Carla's brother Rob Donovan. One of our committee members met up with him in Manchester last month and said he's going to be a great guest and called him "delightful". I figure it doesn't matter if it's someone that has only been on the show a short time, they still have good stories to tell about the show and the backstage life! I'll get to shake hands and have him sign my book and get a photo as well.
Speaking of books, here's a few more read.... Though I was off for 2 months, I didn't get nearly as much read as I thought I would. Out of my usual reading routine i suppose and was only reading in bed at night instead of taking advantage of the daytime as well. Now i'm back to work, I read on the commute both ways and at lunch as well as at night.
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