Revived

I think I made a few break throughs with the paper . . . but I’ll talk about that later. I’ve got about 15 minutes to kill before I have to get ready for work. :P

I talked to my head manager on Saturday about the possibility of leaving – how much notice I needed to give if I was going to quit. He said that they much rather keep me as an employee than lose me and were open to working out a roster that suited me, whether that be giving me annual once a week (so I only work 2 instead of 3 days a week) or combining annual leave with unpaid leave (I pretty much killed my annual leave when I went on holidays in the summer) so I can have a month off when things get really hectic. I am thinking I will probably opt for that . . . my manager said that as long as I’m open and honest with them about my needs they could help figure out something workable for me. I really appreciate this.

Another good thing was that I actually stuck to my resolution to make Sunday a rest day. Even though it was only but a handful of hours in around the things that happen on Sunday I felt refreshed to have that time. I noticed I had to consciously block thoughts of my animation and paper constantly . . . I didn’t realize it consumed me so much. I’m going to try and give myself these few hours every week . . . it gives me something to look forward to and hopefully makes me less restless during the rest of the week.

This afternoon I have to prepare for the Honours Meeting tomorrow. I mean to present an animatic (with line tests dropped in + some sort of dud soundtrack to imply what I hope to have in the finished version), background sketches, timeline progress/adjustments and comments on work practice plans and possible needs for story revisions.