Friday open thread: changes

[dolorosa_12]

This is the final of my planned Friday open threads — I decided to do these as a trial run for the whole month of August, and gauge interest. From my perspective, people seem to have enjoyed them, so I would like to hear from you in the comments if you would like me to continue to do these in an ongoing way.

In addition, I have a prompting question, brought to you by the fact that I had my first day back in the library since mid-March this week. So my question is: what changed for you this week? It can be a big change, or a small change, as long as it's some kind of change.

You know about my change — so what are yours?

Comments

[dolorosa_12]

I'm glad you like the open threads. I like making them, but sometimes it's an effort to come up with the prompts, which is why I wanted to check before continuing.

That definitely feels like a week of changes for you. Autumn is definitely more of a cooking time than the heat of summer — there were some days where all I wanted to eat was gelato and watermelon, that's for sure. Most of my favourite things to cook involve slowly roasting them in the oven, which is much more suited to autumnal temperatures.

I'm kind of in the same place as you in terms of a return to the office. As I said in my previous post, I was meant to go in as a one-off to teach a class that no one else was able to teach, but I have otherwise no official date to return. But I can sense that it's on the horizon, and all the various meetings and HR forms have escalated in response.

It definitely sounds like a changey week for you, and feeling tired is very understandable!