Well, I'm on holiday to use up my remaining days and not have to get paid out. They extended the deadline due to COVID and all of us being out of the office since the middle of March. That means I had the option to take this last week and a bit instead of getting paid out. In some ways, it's good because the taxes they take on getting paid out are crazy compared to what I would get just taking the holidays but there was no way I could have fit the time in in the original deadline of April 30th had stood. The other side to that is that it's like bonus cash that I can put towards debt and so that is not happening.
Not much is on the agenda for this week off. I have a book that the library says I can schedule a pickup for. That is new as the library is still not open and they haven't been doing this before. I guess the employees have gone back to work but they are not allowing the public in a normal way as before. The girls are in their last week of schoolwork being sent home from school so I'll be making sure they do that work as well. They are excited to almost be done but I'm sad it's over. I've enjoyed teaching them, even though there have been days where it's a struggle to get them to stay focused.
I'm going to be struggling to not be all over my work email this week. I can't seem to let go and just let everyone else deal with things. I know that I should learn to be less involved but this project is my baby and I must know everything that goes on :) I'm hoping that there just won't be many emails and then I won't feel like I'm missing things. I also am waiting to see if there is any fallback from the email I sent late on Friday that expressed my frustration with some things. It was sent to a few people and then I was told that maybe I should have been more careful in case it ended up being forwarded and then I might look bad. I didn't think about that part, I just went with the fact that I told the people I thought could do something about it and hope they keep the email internal while sharing the sentiment expressed.
I should also spend some time this week clearing more things out. I got a good start the other week and sold some stuff on Kijiji. It's always a boost to do more when things go out of the house. Even if I don't sell them, just to donate them to the thrift store and get them out of the way is good too. I never do garage sales because I hate the haggling and they are so much work and you still need to haul it all away at the end anyways. I know you can make some money but unless you have some big-ticket items it's not worth it to me. Besides even if I wanted to, there are no garage sales allowed right now, banned by the city.
It's a nice day today so maybe I'll do some reading outside while the girls play and then I can say I spent time out of the house and off the computer.
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