What am I doing all day?

Yesterday in the office there was a long, long meeting (all day basically), and then I responded to a few messages on Slack afterwards, so I got to bed a bit late. I woke up fine, but still very tired. I found out the pair of jeans is also developing a hole in the crotch, much like the last 3 pairs. I step over my suitcase, which still contains all the laundry from my trip that ended almost a week ago, and manage to get ready in time, in my bathroom which I almost finished decorating a few days ago (and which is also very clean). I step over the toolbox that I used two days ago to install a shelf on the wall and get on my bike to leave.

The first thing is a meeting at work with my team, which is short and actually goes pretty well. The problematic employee isn't attending, so we move briskly, my late night chat means we might be adding another feature to the things my team does, and my team is basically happy about it because it means some of the work will be lass boring. I have a recurring call with a the GM of our APAC office right afterwards, where I tell him about some developments in yesterday's long meeting and a few small things, it also goes pretty painlessly. He used to be a bit difficult but I think I have successfully gotten him to trust in my abilities and he stopped micromanaging everything.

Then a one-hour talk with an employee about their salary, which ended up quite constructive and helpful, to be continued later. It was mostly me giving feedback on her work and her being eager to hear it and wanting to improve.

I went back to the university cafeteria for lunch where I haven't been for ages, and I appreciate the fact that my choices are always different but limited. It tasted fine and was reasonably priced too.

In the afternoon, a meeting with some of my "peers" on a subject that I a) don't know very much about (partially because I haven't been here very long but also partially because it doesn't affect me very much) and b) that I consequently don't really care about too much. One of my favorite "peers" is complicating the issue for what I'm sure is at least partially practical reasons, but also for political reasons and I could care less about it.

Had a longer meeting with him straight afterwards, where we talked about my difficult employee and he tried to advise, but he emphasized too much how it wasn't my fault - but he could solve the problem if I wanted him to. Not as encouraging a talk as I would have liked, especially since my boss moved our weekly talk one day ahead next week, and it will most likely include my probation period review. It sounds like he wants to give me extra time to address some issues that he has just heard about. Well, it is more likely nothing since he is actually very happy with me, but he has just requested feedback about me from a lot of people and I can't help but worry.

I cycle back home through the almost-dark, and decide not to leave the house anymore. I navigate the kitchen to make some toast and eat some dessert-adjacent things, but only barely clean up after myself and spend most of the evening in bed, making lists and looking at things for my apartment online but only buying a single thing for now.