Heatwave!

30 degrizzles Celsius. Might not sound bad to some, but in New Zealand, that roasts you. I'm sporting sunburn on my noggin from 30 minutes in the sun yesterday. My application to wear shorts to the office, is still pending.

Work is.. Fuckin' wild. This week alone there's been hospitalizations, Covid cases, full blown fights between departments. AND YET. The new staff are amazing. One woman arrived from Germany late last year, applied and got the job, and she's just thrown herself into everything. Figures it all out. The staff love her already. Making me feel far better about my own job, having awesome people to look after.

As an update: I did just get into a shouting match with a lecturer, who is super stressed but also just said the wrong fuckin' thing to me. One of my staff supports him directly, and was admitted to hospital yesterday. Now having an operation, so it's obviously urgent. But still.. He said.. "You need to do better."

Ohhh my dude, I am not getting into a pissing contest with an academic. If you disappear? The program continues with another academic in your place. If I disappear? 6 departments, of 12, go tits up and fly blind for half a year trying to figure out how everything worked. It's like fucking with the people who handle your food. You just don't do it.

He sent me an email an hour later apologizing. So that's nice. Still, I'm wary of him now.