Trope

How is it April 8^th already?

Yet again, Life is proving to me that the time of year I most enjoy is the one that will fly by most quickly.

Maybe it’s my fault. I expect this to happen and so it does. Time is just doing what Time does; it’s my perception of its passing that alters as the months progress.

Anyway, one has covered this topic on a frequent basis and I imagine we’re all bored of it now, so let’s discuss other things.

 

Work is very busy, and I still feel as if I am learning the basics, so the reality of the position is sinking in and the stress levels are starting to rise. Again – it’s my perception and my reactions that are causing this, rather than anything specific to the job. But there’s lots happening, and we’re still all getting used to a new management structure and divvying out who is responsible for what exactly, so even the guys and gals with experience are finding it unusually unusual.

Basically, it’s all hands to the pumps and all noses to the grindstone as we get ready to start receiving our first visitors of 2021. Our ‘permanent’ residents will start drifting back in from Monday, and we’re allowed to have ‘same household’ bubbles visit for ‘self-contained’ holidays. This means we’ve had to adapt some of our services, sites and provisions to make sure we meet all the regulations and guidance while being allowed to accommodate people, which has been hard for me, because I didn’t even know the old system, so I don’t even know what we’re adapting. But that’s been helping in a way (Gavin says) because it means I’ve given it all a fresh eye and made some good suggestions, rather than being weighed down by previous experience and a certain, entrenched way of doing things. Which is (Gavin says) exactly why I was hired.

 

By the way – 2500-ish blogs posted over 14 years, and I think today was the first time I’ve used the phrase “Divvying up” on this blogsite.

Marvellous.

RC 8-4-21