May. 6th, 2022

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I have tried a Bullet Journal rite of passage — breaking out a topic into a collection (okay, I did one for Christmas prep, but I still want to mention this one): "Wrap up [old team]." I'm technically thinking over my options over the weekend but odds are very high that I'll be moving to a new division in July, under my old supervisor (who has been promoted in the interim). It's stuff I know well and like, and a team that's maybe a bit bigger than what I was hoping for, but by all accounts I'll have good lieutenants. I hope it'll be a good fit and let me develop as a manager while knowing that the technical stuff is familiar enough that I'm not playing catch-up all the time.

I've been back at the office for a few weeks after isolating due to Elizabeth having COVID. Biking in is good for me, I think, and many lunch hours I go for a run in the neighbourhood. It's not a panacea — I can still get thrown by chaotic days or other stuff — but it does help my focus and productivity. There's a reorganization of everything coming, to clear out materials so that the agency can consolidate into fewer buildings, and I'm not quite sure how I'll be affected, being a mostly-onsite person. Also, who knows what a change of position will do or not do to where I sit now...

My shoulder has been acting up again — once from falling over in a broken chair, and yesterday a couple of times, one just wiping cat pee off the floor (boo) and then again just stretching wrong. Often it's more likely to pop out when I'm stressed, so I'll take that as a sign. For now, naproxen, taking it a little easier, trying not to be excessively cranky.

Last weekend I went to in-person union meetings for the first time since 2019. We were in a huge room and people were still being mostly careful. It was good to physically go somewhere (even if it was on the edge of the Convoy 2.0 zone) and be a union person for full days. Learned some useful stuff about family status accommodations and the union's next steps on COVID attestation grievances, too.

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