Today was, of course, fine. I knew it would be, but even being safe in the knowledge that everything is almost certainly all going to be fine, one can still feel anxiety and unease about familiar situations. And that's what I was feeling.
Thankfully, I had a good time. It was good to meet some people I've only ever seen on Teams calls before, and good to meet people I've only ever talked to via email. I even did a presentation and the Big Head Boss Man commented how impressed he was with what I prepared, so that's nice. At 40 years of age, it still feels good when someone who is "above" you in the hierarchy praises you.
Anyway, I'm absolutely exhausted right now after a long day of having to be sociable followed by a really long drive home. Thankfully (for the sake of my own tiredness, not because I don't want to do it again!) I'm not expected to go into the office all that often — it's likely going to be once every 6-8 weeks or so, which is absolutely fine by me. I think I've more than proven that I can be trusted to work on things independently at home — and getting together with people today helped established some things I can do together with my colleagues, too.
All in all, a big success, then. Now I'm going to go and fall asleep. Hope you had a pleasant Tuesday!
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