good things

1.  P is alive.  This would not have been likely without interventions of surgery and chemotherapy.  We have paused chemotherapy for the last three weeks because he has seemed quite ill - but currently he is very happy.  The illness seems to have been related to pancreatitis and not the actually chemotherapy meds.  I am hopeful we can continue and finish the course of medication, and that it will do what it was meant to do.  Without the lung surgery he would already, most likely, have died.  I am trying to notice his presence in my world as much as I can, and cherish it.


2.  The local union was forced to hold its representative's meeting online.  Because it was online, more people attended than usual, and not just the old guard.  Because of that shift, a member was able to put forward a motion to move our AGM online (next month), and vote in our elected officers in that format.  Because the voting members were not just the usual cat ladies who normally attend union meetings, the motion passed.  This is a huge change for the union, and it will be difficult for them to close this door in the future now that it has been opened.


3..  Yesterday SO, my former counselling mentee, texted me to ask if there was a job opening in my department.  I told her that unfortunately there was not, because I would love to work with her.  She said she must have misunderstood something her administrator told her.  Today she texted again to tell me her administrator had confirmed there actually IS an opening in my department.  M IS LEAVING.  Her administrator knew something that I did not.

(Sadly, this position cannot go to SO anyway, because it will be scooped up by an internal transfer - which is fine because I like him too.)

But the headline here is that M IS LEAVING.  Unbelievable.  She has been there the longest of any of us, lounging on her laurels and doing fuck all for more than a decade, and I thought it would take some kind of miracle to get rid of her.  I have dedicated the last five years to demonstrating my disgust for her as openly as I could get away with.  And over time, N has also begun to demonstrate his disdain.  She hasn't really got a friend anywhere and maybe this finally struck home.  Or maybe HR has moved her against her will.

I don't give a rat's ass why she's leaving.  She's leaving.  She's leaving, she's leaving.  Dealing with her stupidity and laziness has been the worst part of my job for the last five years, and I could not be more overjoyed to hear she's leaving us.  She has been exhausting, infuriating, soul-sucking... I can't think of anyone that will miss her.  Sad for her.  Happy for me.


4.  Covid education is working for me.  I like working from home.  I am not lonely, I am not frustrated with my family, I am not unemployed.  In fact, my job is easier this way and taking up less of my time.  Obviously, this can change, but for now it's really good.  I am spending my time going for long walks, baking bread, snuggling pups, and reading.  I like this life very much.  I don't actually know how I will force myself to return to the old way when the time comes.



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