I have no themes to my posts this week, so please bear with me. I'm usually more organized than this. This week is all about survival mode! I'm catching up at home & at work after having been at a four day all day work summit last week, which of course is part of work, but took me out of my day to day productivity. I'm jet lagged (although almost over that, hurrah), I have a team member leaving at the end of the week, another one going on PTO, a huge work project due this week, and I need to wrap a bunch of stuff up for my PTO that starts next Wednesday afternoon. So, just a bit to manage. ;-)
I did call around yesterday to try & sort out our solar production, and found out that our panels haven't been sending power to the grid consistently all year. So frustrated by this, as our solar company went out of business. We were previously sent monthly reports where we could track production. They went bankrupt a few years ago, and the reports stopped. We could then only track our production through the "true up" power bill at the end of each year. It was a bit higher last year (our true up is in February, and the panels stopped sending to the grid in October of 2024), but we chalked that up to increased prices & more usage. This year, I got the true up & it was crazy high - because it's our entire power usage for the year, and we are also paying $15/month to send power to the grid, which we are not doing. Anyway, because the company is bankrupt, we have to try to find a solar company that maintains these type of grids. Please wish me luck! As someone who hates waste of any kind, I'm very frustrated we didn't catch this earlier, and/or there is not better alerting. It took some effort on my part to track this down, so I suppose better late than never? I really hope there's an easy solution here.
I did go to my workout class yesterday, and sorted out dinner for tonight & last night (freezer leftovers), so that was progress. Still working on the library. For the Y, I don't want to sign up until next month, due to our travels, so I may put that one off a bit & focus on a solve for the solar panels instead.
Okay, on to today:
- Workout class (I'm on the wait list, so if not, find another workout)
- Meditate/language lesson
- Be incredibly productive at work
- Start getting items ready for packing (we leave in a week!)
- Track down my parents travel while we're in NZ, so we can coordinate with Sam for airport rides
- Decide on birthday gifts for Sam
What about you? What's on your list for today? Hope everyone is staying warm & having a productive & positive day.
I'm trying to be productive but that's relative to your days. I've deboned some chicken to make soup and a pot pie probably tomorrow or Friday as we must eat leftovers today and tomorrow for lunch. I should freeze a few portions for future really. I'm finally tackling my mound of laundry...it's been almost two weeks. When I say I don't need any new clothes, I really mean it!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could go two weeks without laundry! I'm impressed. I probably have a week of workout clothing, but Sam only has 3 days of work outfits, so that would fall apart quickly. I think he only did laundry a handful of times his first semester away, however. . . . *shivers* - HP
DeleteI just saw fish on sale so after work I am going to grab it and maybe some ice melter for the driveway, ugh!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the driveway! We are lucky not to have to worry about ice. - HP
DeleteI am not being productive at all and I need my butt kicked.
ReplyDeleteConsider yourself gently nudged in the right direction. ;-) - HP
DeleteI am spending intentional time being idle. I plan on watching a couple of episodes of Poldark tonight and sleeping peacefully...I even already had a nap today. Sometimes you just have to unplug from the world to recharge your batteries.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you - you absolutely do need those days sometimes. Hope you get to relax & recharge. - HP
DeleteKind of sort of productive here in a round about way. I seem to be falling behind on projects though.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Good luck getting things done, Jackie! - HP
DeleteI have regular court dockets including hearing on murder cases but that is normal for me. Not that it isn’t stressful but I have been doing this for almost 39 years so hope I have a routine by now….lol. I think we all just do the best we can at work and home. Stuff has gone sideways big time in all our lives occasionally. My assistant’s mom made soup and sent some to me and it was delicious! Otherwise just exercise, sleep, eat, work, rinse, repeat. Oh and the wig came in and looks…… funny. I suppose it will do in a pinch. Obviously I am not that concerned with my appearance at my age. My hair is mousy brown with gray and thin, in a short bob I cut myself because there is not much to cut, my face is wrinkled bc I loathe shots, I am barely within the normal weight for my height and age. So yeah the wig is fine I suppose. It does its job of covering my bald spots. I don’t know where I am going with this stream of consciousness thoughts except to say, we are all just living the best we can, although I could do better in not being in the “fluffy”
ReplyDeletecategory weight wise.. Cindy in the South
I am so impressed with you for navigating your work. I know for sure I'm not cut out for that kind of stress. Kudos to you. I'm heading towards wig territory. My mom started with one maybe late 50s, and having lupus made my hair fall out even more. I keep thinking I'll get a variety of them & make it fun - like bright blonde, maybe red & try them out for various events. In reality, I keep my hair pretty boring & assume a wig would be the same. Here's hoping you find a solution that works for you! - HP
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