charming, if a little gauche

long weekending. i took thursday afternoon to go to a baseball game, and we had perfect weather. the weekend was a perfect mix of getting stuff done (some performance assessments, laundry, cleaning all of our remaining garbage out of the apartment) and doing stuff with friends.

it's going to really suck to go back to work tomorrow, especially because i owe a draft of a corrective action plan to a client. i cannot make myself start it, and no amount of bargaining or easing into it has worked. also, we have an on-site this week and i have lots of prep work to do to prepare - not sure how that's going to get done with all of my normal work.

good things though - foo fighters tomorrow night and hopefully hiring a cleaning person after they give me a quote tomorrow.

my company is selling, which unfortunately i am senior enough to know with certainty. i have been spending the past three months providing increasingly detailed, time-sensitive deliverables to support the sale process.

i was scheduled to be out this Thursday/Friday, so OFC my entire week and my ACTUAL work was thrown off course by a last minute request for a model, and then 20 page SCRIPT so the president of the company could present the model to the bankers and then the potential acquirers. i did get thank you texts, and people apparently liked it but JESUS CHRIST.

bids are due next week so...who knows?

i'm trying to be positive and focus on possible GOOD outcomes vs. horrible outcomes, but all my brain can think about is being laid off immediately (irrational, that would be really unusual).

what my brain ignores, and the evidence i will document here is that (1) i have PIUs and they will pay SOMETHING (what is hard right now is the range of outcomes is like $100k to much more than that but it's NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT); (2) i received a classic pre-acquisition promotion, so i feel set up positively, at least; and (3) this will be my 3rd acquisition with this dumb unicorn company and it has been hugely positive for me every time.

even if it ends badly, i am SO LUCKY truly SO lucky from a financial perspective and it's likely i'd get a package.

a really wonderful day eating and people watching at the ren faire with friends. it is out in the sticks, so you're walking on gravel and sweating and without cell service. tbh it felt much better than anything else i've done recently, so maybe need to start locking all internet-connected devices in a drawer in the evenings.

in the new house we're on the way to the faire, so people came over for brunch and to see the house. i really liked hosting (a surprise) and i really liked my mixed floral table settings. i want to continue finding random floral placemats from estate sales and doing mix & match. going for a super feminine, eclectic vibe because no man will ever live in this home.