I hate it when that happens...

I was working on my DTC story submission and decided a good way in that I didn't like how it was working out, so I've had to use it for parts. Hmm. Deadline is next weekend, so I still think I'm in with a reasonable chance of not getting hunted for sport...

In other news, we have plenty of white stuff and temperatures which might make the Canadians reading this back off for once with their whole thing about how they have real winters etc etc etc! Yes, it's been down to -17 at night although it seems to have eased up a little and we're at least seeing sunshine. At its worst we've had about 5 inches of snow here and I was heartened to see all the shops had run out of birdfood although I think one of the urban foxes has been helping himself to the fat-based element of what I've been putting out.

Still, I managed to get to work without major problems, as I live just by a main bus-route; the main issue tended to be dragging myself out of my nice warm bed in the first place!

As a relatively new manager, I seem to be coming across all sorts of issues for the first time and hope that I will feel much more ready for them next time around: this time it's the saga of K, who is excellent when she's on top of things but is currently off work with anxiety attacks and rabid insomnia. K is one of those people who takes everything personally and is also incredibly easily knocked in terms of her confidence, so the slightest inkling of her struggling with anything sees her plummet.

I'm currently dealing with the whole 'everyone in the team hates me because I'm off when I'm not really sick' and also 'when I come back to work, anything that's done to ease my transition back is going to make me feel like I can't do the job and you don't trust me any more' issues. *headdesk*