Propping up a dodgy memory

Was very pleased today to receive a Riding for the Disabled (RDA) newsletter with some dates for the new term.

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I am very pleased to report that I managed to get to the stables today, by way of work for a couple of hours. It felt a bit cosplayish to dress horsey for the office, although being an engineering firm it's not especially corporate.

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My leading story is that I went to work this morning and managed a couple of hours of reading, planning, and outlining for the next section of work. This follows from yesterday's packaging and delivering of drafts for technical review, so I've had a sense of achievement to boot.

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One of them at least.

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Caffeine is my friend, until it isn't. Today it was my BFF. I did a good session at work (aided by a fairly ordinary but otherwise effective coffee that may or may not have been a single shot trad macchiato with cold milk and one sugar), then I got a niggly errand out of the way, did some ordinary shopping, a spot of research, and then had an *awesome* session at RDA.

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Today I went to work: Yay! And started documenting a disaster recovery process! I have a perfectly valid reason to write the words "Don't panic" in large friendly letters. Then this afternoon I went to the stables and managed to be useful and learn new things.

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Made it to the stables this afternoon for a conservative 1 hour session that didn't involve any heavy lifting, unless you count holding a quarter of a horse at a time. This time I left before I started to limp, but still felt I'd contributed something without wasting anyone's time, and yet learned things. Nice combo that.

zebra363 I was thinking of you today: I decreed it Hoof Day.

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I spent a couple of hours at the RDA today. I had a very helpful talk with the president, who told me ever so gently that everything works fine, and that it only takes a couple of weeks for new volunteers to get to know the horses, and that was OK. My experience last week (where there was a serious amount of confusion about who was who and what went where) was apparently unusual enough to warrant investigation, but otherwise I was encouraged to go with the flow. I learned more about the culture of the place, which is different to anything I've ever encountered before. My lessons in adaptation proceed, and today everything seemed more under control.

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I seemed to pack a lot into today, for which I'm pretty sure I'll be punished soon, but it included several varieties of good news. ( Tech, vet, med, hippo )

I am smashed and may fishinh thes posgt later.

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EDIT: No, I think I'll leave it exactly as written last night, if only to mark the terrifying realisation that I don't remember writing parts of it, and clearly I was in no state to perform even rudimentary editing.
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Today I progressed another micro-step on the RDA volunteer trail, and picked up an "Application for a Working With Children Check" form from the post office. I know it seems like I'm dragging my heels, but I've had to wait for term to start so it's been a slow-motion e-mail correspondence since the start of the year.

( I hate forms )