It's official. Well, all I had to do was donate and tell them I qualified. Which I do, in my small way. My only new responsibility is to keep a shallow dish of water for butterflies to puddle and bees to drink. This space is home to carpenter bees and birds. There is shelter and food and water.
There is also a pumpkin growing where I intended there to be mostly potatoes. Yes, I did put a pumpkin seed in there, so it's not a complete surprize, but I was hoping for both.
The work is still interesting, and I feel I'm doing some good for a vulnerable population. Also, lots of great stories. It's nice to have a job that isn't trying to kill me. Pays adequately, and I can take time off pretty much at my own discretion. Which for me often means going home a bit early rather than taking a week off. Last week was lovely, between the holiday and med school graduation, I worked two days. There was bugger all to do on Monday, so I put in 3 hours and came home.
Yes, I have a headset. I try to use it most of the time, makes it easier to work the software and type.
Focused on what I can do.
4 comments:
The wildlife habitat sign is a brilliant idea.
Good to hear that work is ticking along nicely. Less stress is good
Really great concept, wildlife habitat. So congratulations! You'd be surprised by just how many different plants, birds, mammals and insects you actually have living and visiting. We only see the obvious in our gardens with our human eye.
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It's been good hearing - from both of my attending surgeons, that my first year was more difficult than it should have been, due to the hand fellows being jerks. Next year, it should be a bit more smooth, since they are planning on starting them out with a bit more training and a lecture, and I'll know what I'm doing. This year's pair really took advantage of my inexperience. I didn't know better, and just kept going.
Sabine,
I really do have a habitat here, and I've done everything I can, bit by bit, to make it more livable. Small creatures, and myriad tiny ones. Ten years of invitations. Imagine how much fungi!
Congrats on the designation! I remember reading about putting rocks into a water dish for bees so they have places to stand and won't drown.
Sustainable work conditions are shockingly hard to find. Glad you have that now. I hope to find that in my next position.
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