It has been insanely busy at work this week, so I wasn’t sure I’d have 13 things for Thursday 13, but I do.
1. Part of why work has been so busy is that there have been some changes. I’m working with some people I haven’t worked with before. I’m an assistant, so I’m always working with someone else on almost everything I do. So, I was a little nervous about working with different people.
When you’re an assistant, the people you assist can be the difference between loving your job or hating your job.
I had a meeting with my boss and one of the people I’ll be working with now, and I think we’ll work well together. I had a one-on-one meeting with another person I’ll be working with now, and I’m pretty excited about some of the projects I’ll get to work on with them. I think we’ll work well together.
The rest of the year is likely to be super
busy, but knowing that I’ll work well with at least some of the people is a huge
relief.
2. Mortimer
was not the least bit concerned about my job stress. Doesn’t he look so relaxed?
3. The free-range
chickens have still been coming over for their snacks.
4. The
chickens next door arrived in two batches.
The original chickens have been there almost a year and the new chickens
have only been there a few months. The
original chickens are the ones who run up to meet me for food. The new chickens are starting to do that, too. All of the gray chickens, except the front
right one, are the new chickens. It
looks like they’ve caught on that I’m the snack lady.
5. The smallest
of the new chickens still hangs back some, but I’m determined to win her
over.
6. Feeding time is always a little bit chaotic in our house. Most of the cats are on different foods. ALL of the cats are positive that the other cats get better food, so there’s a lot of trying to eat each other’s food. Charlie and Howard took it to a new level this week.
I’m not sure if Howard went under Charlie,
if Charlie went over Howard, or if it was a joint effort. I feel like they deserve major points for
their efforts to eat each other’s food here.
7. We’ve
had some slightly cooler weather this week; 70s and 80s, which has been a welcome
change, but not cold enough to hurt the plants.
I don’t know what these pink flowers are (GrandDaddy (Nick’s
grandfather) gave them to me for Mother’s Day), but I think they’re pretty, and
I’m happy they’re still doing well.
8. The
hydrangea is still doing well.
9. The
roses aren’t in full bloom anymore, but we still have some roses to enjoy.
10. The
marigold is still doing well.
11. I’ve realized
that it’s time to work on getting the freezers at least a little bit cleaned
out. Thanksgiving isn’t that far away,
and we’ll need the freezer space for when turkeys go on sale.
12. Right
now, both freezers are pretty jam-packed, and I’m not entirely sure what’s in
them.
13. I thought taking and sharing pictures of them might help hold me accountable and get me to focus on working through what’s in there.
So, here they are in their horribly unorganized state. (I promise we don’t actually live entirely on junk food/convenience food; it just seems like those things work their way to the top whenever we dig something else out).
Hopefully, there will be a future Thursday 13 about the progress I’ve made in cleaning out the freezers.
How has your week been?
