At work:
- Evaluation support – working session with the team, designing the interview questions to use with members of the steering group, and the workshop questions to use in an online session. It’s with a Uni network so these need to go to ethics approval before we can progress.
- Local democracy gathering – ongoing light touch planning and discussions.
- Not quite work but sort of work in non-exec role – board meeting this week.
Deliverables this week:
- Catchment partnership project – facilitated the second meeting of the partnership, and it went super well, I’m happy that the group is gelling and making fast progress. Have come out with notes and captures to draft a Terms of Reference document, and we’ve already booked the first of the regularly scheduled meetings.
- “Managing change” session for social and community leaders – finalised the detailed session plan, and made the slides and handouts for the client to sign off. Feedback was “the slides and the content are absolutely stellar, both visually and content wise”, which is lovely, I worked hard on them and I’m rather pleased with them myself. 😸
Development this week:
- Co-design of a strategic plan – I did quite in-depth mapping and planning for my proposal, which has been accepted!
At home:
- Returned from France late Tuesday night – mum’s recovery from her cataract operation has been very good, she’s had hardly any pain and I’m well impressed. I accompanied her to her follow-up appointment Tuesday morning and the surgeon is happy with her progress. Then I had 2x (yes TWO) bahn mi that day, one for lunch with mum and one for dinner at the airport, because, well, bahn mi. 🙌
- Picked up my new glasses this week and I now have 2 pairs, one precious expensive one that sits on my desk for computer work and doesn’t leave the office in case I lose them, drop them or sit on them. And one additional pair for taking out and about, for when I need to read menus and small things, which I took out on their first outing on Friday and immediately dropped on the floor. 👀
- Voting day Thursday! (Momentous Senedd election.) Results day Friday, spent the afternoon obsessively refreshing the results and analysis page. That was a big source of anxiety and distraction this week. 😅
- Welsh class yay! Also, managed to do 3 pilates this week despite being away because I went to an extra session on Sunday. Also went for a swim on Sunday, the sea was very choppy but it was good to be back in the water and see everyone in the group. 🌊
- Looking to add some cardio workouts on the days in between pilates, been googling local gyms. (I do better with *going* somewhere for it, and instructions and accountability.) So … watch this space I guess. 💪
My favourite librarian brought me back a tiny axolotl from his trip to Mexico!