Finally spring temperatures are more appropriate

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I knew that March will be stressful: classes are starting again, and we have many deadlines at work. I've been assigned "my" first clients, it's going well so far (two of them told my boss that they're happy with my work) but it does mean that suddenly I'm responsible for meeting deadlines and I'm still very slow with everything because so much is still new and the month is short… But I'll manage somehow. The classes will be a lot of work, but also interesting. I just need to make sure to sleep enough. (And maybe I should be more diligent about actually taking my prescribed iron and vitamin D supplements, ahem.)
I'm glad that DD's mom has been staying with us to help DD while she can still do so little, that's helpful.

This week was very busy already, but mostly in a good way. On Monday I went to a concert of Bach's Matthäuspassion, and on Wednesday to an accordion+cello concert. On Tuesday after choir practice our piano accompanist, who it turns out is an actual Beethoven scholar, held a very interesting short lecture on Beethoven's time in Bonn, and afterwards we had a buffet. Yesterday a friend, who I managed to get into TMA, came to visit, and we listened to the last nine episodes of season 4 and I could watch his reactions, that was fun.
Today after work I went to the university to get some of the reading material to prepare for Monday's lectures, which I should be reading now but my brain already shut down for the day. Maybe I'll actually manage to go to bed early! …maybe.

Comments

[yhlee]

Good luck with work &c.!

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Thanks :)

[michelel72]

Sleep is key. Best of luck with that and work -- and to DD for continued recovery.

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Thank you :) I got 8+ hours yesterday and already want to take another nap, maaybe I had a slight deficit.

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Gratuliere zu den ersten eigenen Klienten! Gute Selbstorganisation ist das A und O in der Branche, aber das brauche ich dir eh nicht zu sagen. ;) Mit der Zeit bekommt man dann ein Gefühl dafür, welche Dinge wie viel Zeit brauchen und was man eher "eyeballen" kann. Ich mag diese Selbständigkeit bei der Arbeitsplanung total. <3

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Das wird schön, wenn ich's besser abschätzen kann! Momentan muss ich raten, bei so gut wie jedem neuen Klienten taucht was anderes auf was ich noch nicht kenn und neu recherchieren muss und ich weiß nie wie lang's dauern wird. Aber zumindest lerne ich viel! Und bis jetzt hatte ich Glück und nur nette Klienten erwischt.