one, lonely donkey chewing on an electric fence

Basically, there's stuff moving around at work that might give me some development/work diversity opportunities. It's a natural flow from one to the other, but I don't know that I can really grapple with it/attempt to take on said new responsibilities right now. (Surgery + recovery, etc.) Still, it's nice to have an area that I could stand up and go "Yo, this needs doing and I have the skills, maybe let's have me move into this role."

In other news, my FMLA paperwork adventure (can I ever have a clam one of these?) continues apace. Luckily, my HR people know what's up and my surgery is super straight forward, and it's been flagged with them as a "I am waiting for paperwork, sorry it is late, here is why it's kind of late" and a priority for rubber stamping. Basically, everyone who's ever worked with me for more than a month knows and realizes I'm painfully meticulous with rule following and a huge goody two-shoes. Still, paperwork stresses me the fuck out.

I have, however, gotten most stuff in order. I need to buy a few small things and pack my bag, but I've organized the hotel stay (close to the hospital and less stress overall for transit to/from, post-op), pre-paid some bills, and printed out all my instructions.

I've also been cleared by my doctor for surgery. Which, there was a minorly hilarious mix-up with my lab work. I went to get it done last Saturday, but there was a mix up on what type of labs I needed (I needed pre-op non-fasting labs, they assumed I needed my fasting labs done), so when I walked into my appt yesterday, my doc was freaking out re: my results. Mind, I'd had breakfast the morning of the lab tests (Non! FASTING!), but when I noted that, the doc basically went "Oh, thank god. Also, great labs for having eaten an hour before!" *confetti emoji*

But! All my paperwork has been submitted! Now I just need to wait for approval. Fingers crossed, y'all.