Bliss

Yeah, so having our own little hot tub on the back patio is bliss.

Truly.

SO worth the expense.

Dave's son has a new girlfriend.  We've thought he'd met "the one" once before, but this time, it seems different.

They came over last night, and we sat in the tub together for almost 2 hours, until the heating unit couldn't keep up, and the cool October wind drove us inside.

Last night was only our second chance to use the tub, because Friday night was in the 30's and raining.  In the 30's would have been fine, but not with the rain pissing down.

Our other, and smallest home improvement project with this loan was to replace the bathroom sink.

The one that was put in here when the house was renovated was fine, but the bathroom is pretty small, and the old sink sort of stuck out, so that you were afraid you might hit your jaw on it when you go to sit on the toilet!
Especially if any alcohol use had been a part of your day.

SO...Dave picked out a nice little sink with a vanity that matches the medicine cabinet and the little cabinet up over the toilet, and he changed it out himself with no complications.

The bathroom does seem roomier now, and less dangerous.

Plus?  My bathroom cleaning products are not sitting out on the floor next to the toilet anymore.  I can put them away!

In other news, things have improved ever so slightly in my desk situation at work.

My boss found me a chair that isn't broken, and that raises up high enough for me to have less arm pain.  It's designed to raise up, and even has a built on ring around the bottom for my feet to rest on.

She had one of the desk construction crew try to fit on a keyboard tray that was in storage at the office, but it was WAY too big for my tiny spot.  However, the highchair effect is helping somewhat.

Also, the panel of my desk that was damaged was replaced last week when the crew was there.

But still no storage cabinets, and even though they installed the decorative glass panels on EVERYONE else's desks last week, mine did not come in.

That's because my desk is too small, and the glass now has to be "special" ordered.  Same reason I don't have cabinets yet.

What I don't get is that, while CLEARLY, one of these desks is not like the others, this fact has escaped the planners/installers, and oh gosh, we don't have anything THAT size....  really?

You didn't know months ago, when you drew the plans, that the very last desk built was going to be tiny?

Anyway, all of this was what caused my boss to finally notice that my desk REALLY IS the smallest....how could a simple keyboard tray be TOO BIG?  And how come the cabinets are still not here, and where's your glass??

Not that I give a shit about useless, expensive glass panels-- the money for which COULD have been spent on, oh, you know, a drawer or something.

These units have no drawers.  All they have is the overhead storage cabinets.

ANYWAY...the job itself continues to seem to be going really well.  My project management skills have been put to the test, and I have passed, so far.  It's been a challenge, but that's way better than being bored.

I'm also learning a lot about certain processes.

The position of manager has been created and someone hired for it, but I am the only staff person NOT reporting to the new manager.

My boss said that is because she needs me to work more closely and directly with her in future, and she needed EVERYONE ELSE to be out of her hair.  Her exact words.

I wonder what that means, though.  Being groomed for an assistant position or something?  Or perhaps this is a test project, and I am going to be made full time project manager if all goes well...which it seems to be doing?
I understand project managers make real money.

Not holding my breath, but it seems positive.  It's clear that I am going to be doing SOMETHING different from everyone else, if I won't climb the same reporting chain as everyone else.


Okay, off to roast the chicken that I was supposed to cook yesterday, but that didn't thaw in time.