I seem to be in danger of becoming a Weekend Warrior when it comes to blogging. I just posted a new entry over at Spaceling Cafe. Now I guess it's time to update over here.

I've started a new project at work, which is fun, but it means that I'm going through the inevitable new project stage of feeling panicked. I've been through this enough times now that I recognize it and have strategies for dealing with it, but it doesn't stop it from happening. Every time I take on a new project, I spend a couple of days picking at it ineffectually while thinking, "Oh my gosh, I can't do this. There's too much. I don't know where to start. I don't know enough. I'm going to screw this up, and everyone's going to be disappointed in me. What do I do?"

And then, suddenly, I say to myself, "Look, girl, there is no more surefire way to screw this up than to spend all your time wittering about it. Is there some concrete reason why you can't do this? If so, you need to go to your manager and either get what you need or get off the project. If not, you need to get off your butt and start revising chapter 2."

And lo, I have revised Chapter 2, and it is not perfect, but it is better than it was before.

Maybe one of these days I'll get smart enough not to panic in the first place.

We had a little St. Patrick's Day party at work yesterday, complete with green beer and an Irish trivia quiz.

Today, we are celebrating Daniel's grandmother Doris's birthday! Wheeee!