fine whine

I returned to work today, earlier than I had originally planned to do so because I can’t count and Jessica didn’t want me home if I weren’t getting paid. My plan was to return next Wednesday, but these things happen. Some people were surprised to see me and all of them seemed happy to see a couple new baby pictures (I had, of course, sent a good number of them from the hospital lobby). I got through much of the day just talking about the delivery and what the first week of a new baby is like.

Which is not to say that I was neglecting my work. As they weren’t planning for me to return for another week, my team didn’t have all that much that I could really do. Moreover we’re in something of a holding pattern at the moment, as some of our people are overseas doing last-minute (and after-the-last-minute) approvals and changes, and there isn’t much we can do here in the home office until they return anyway.

So I ended up cleaning and organizing and telling people baby stories. All in all, the only measurable* thing I did today was answer emails, and even then, I only sent two.

And after I sent it (to people not in our Exchange system, so I couldn’t recall it), I realized that one of them was from last week, and had already been answered at least once.

But at least I got paid, or rather, will be, at the end of this week or the next.

* I.e. trackable by my manager, or more specifically, a deliverable.