Settled In

I alternate between wanting it to be January already, and wanting this semi-slow period to last as long as possible. December has lowered expectations of the federal workplace, as many people have to go on a loooooong vacation to purge themselves of leave which they've allowed to over-accumulate during the year.

Got the letter from Discover Card™ yesterday confirming the rate reduction. Score.

Swam half an hour this morning. 50s, 100s, 50s, as per the last work out. Still need more sleep, but that's unlikely until Thursday evening. Birthday dinner for a friend yesterday, GLAA tonight, dinner for a friend tomorrow. Whee! Busy social life this week. And I wonder why I never seem to have time to work in weight workouts. :-/

Remembered to bring in the herbal tea and clementines today. I have a plethora of fruit on my desk (two green apples, 2 clementines), now the question is how much of it I'll eat. The apples are holdovers, though I did devour the two leftover bananas yesterday.

Okay, time to dive into projects and try to get one or more off my desk today.

And the money kept rolling in...

Well, the projects kept rolling in, at least.

Seems we have some woman who doesn't think she has to follow the rules and get concurrences on things before she signs agreements with outside parties. I say let her hang (and pay the money owed out of her own pocket), but kinder heads than mine are prevailing, so we're figuring out how to fix it. And evidently this isn't the first time she's pulled this, which says to me that someone needs to yank her authority, both the real and the perceived...