Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

I lost all 3 Campines over the fence ~
& all 3 put themselves back again
Ha'penny has taught them well!

That was great! It's like I was hanging out drinking a cup of tea watching all the ladies. Very nice. That lavender is a little bossy!

 

[BY Bob]

Maybe a bit of cracked corn? It's supposed to be a *hot* food & good just before bed during the colder months ~ or so I've read.

I use corn at bedtime on cold nights. It is a high calorie/energy food. I gave mine some tonight in fact.

 

[BY Bob]

It's been a while but the sunrises are back!
This morning's.

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It spreads right round the bay.
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Beautiful

 

[Ribh]

She really looks like an eagle in that pose. Intimidating!

That's funny. She's actually a real little scaredy cat.

 

[Ribh]

That was great! It's like I was hanging out drinking a cup of tea watching all the ladies. Very nice. That lavender is a little bossy!

She is. It's funny because she's very much a middle order girl but because she's so big she can occasionally throw her weight around to her advantage. I've got 3 that like to punch above their weight. Lavender is one. Suyin is another. Mhari looks like being my 3rd.

 

[BY Bob]

A friend of mine teaches primary school with lots of children whose parents were migrants. So the children speak their parents' first language at home, and my friend's work focusses on the children learning English. She's been doing zoom sessions with the few children whose families have one computer and it's kept in the living room. So she's doing reading lessons with the child with the whole family in the background in their jammies, respecting social distancing, staying comfy, listening to the lesson like it's tv So cute!

We had someone's husband walk through in the background of a company video meeting. Not unusual except he was in his underwear at the time!

 

[BY Bob]

I understand. We're in a crunch right now but it will pass. For now we have to persist otherwise who will do what we do? It can't be learned overnight, in a week, or even in a year. I know someone whose training was 8 years of tertiary education and then 20 years on the job in a very specialised niche - if that person quits now, a whole bunch of things will fail and the public will be worse off. I'm sure you're in much the same position.

Thst is part of the problem. I have over 30 years experience in a specialized field. No one else comes close. But I am only one person. I am holding the pieces together right now. Most people are just doing what they have always done, except from home. All the extra stuff that needs to be done to keep things going now has fallen to me.

I had been balancing pretty well but 17 new projects fell on me on Thursday. While I was on 6 straight hours of conference calls where I advanced none of my existing projects.

The problem is that all things I warned needed fixed or we would be in trouble come crisis time, now need fixed since it is crisis time. Since I was the one that pointed them out over the years, they now expect that I have the all answers and so they are all now my problems.

I'm sorry to dump this on your thread @Ribh but it feels better to have vented. In forgiveness, I offer this photo of Miss Patsy.

 

[MaryJanet]

Thst is part of the problem. I have over 30 years experience in a specialized field. No one else comes close. But I am only one person. I am holding the pieces together right now. Most people are just doing what they have always done, except from home. All the extra stuff that needs to be done to keep things going now has fallen to me.

I had been balancing pretty well but 17 new projects fell on me on Thursday. While I was on 6 straight hours of conference calls where I advanced none of my existing projects.

The problem is that all things I warned needed fixed or we would be in trouble come crisis time, now need fixed since it is crisis time. Since I was the one that pointed them out over the years, they now expect that I have the all answers and so they are all now my problems.

I'm sorry to dump this on your thread @Ribh but it feels better to have vented. In forgiveness, I offer this photo of Miss Patsy.
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Is there a way to spell this out to your colleagues?

 

[Ribh]

Thst is part of the problem. I have over 30 years experience in a specialized field. No one else comes close. But I am only one person. I am holding the pieces together right now. Most people are just doing what they have always done, except from home. All the extra stuff that needs to be done to keep things going now has fallen to me.

I had been balancing pretty well but 17 new projects fell on me on Thursday. While I was on 6 straight hours of conference calls where I advanced none of my existing projects.

The problem is that all things I warned needed fixed or we would be in trouble come crisis time, now need fixed since it is crisis time. Since I was the one that pointed them out over the years, they now expect that I have the all answers and so they are all now my problems.

I'm sorry to dump this on your thread @Ribh but it feels better to have vented. In forgiveness, I offer this photo of Miss Patsy.
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All good Bob. You are doing it tough. We all need to vent sometimes ~ & what are friends for? Gorgeous pic!

 

[BY Bob]

Is there a way to spell this out to your colleagues?

My boss and I had a very frank call this evening. I took a half day monday morning, because I can't give up an entire day. He's going to try and get me some resources to assist. We shall see on Monday afternoon.