Goalposts

Today we had a meeting about how to set our goals for the coming year, which was a good thing as it seems to change every year. As we're encouraged to use AI, which is much better at corporate-speak than I am, I had it conjure up the appropriate gobbledygook to sound like what they want to hear, and I'm almost all done setting my goals, which amount to "get to know my new assignment and otherwise maintain my usual high standards." My commuting standard is anything but high, alas; once I found the secret escalator in Whole Foods that lets me out onto the corner of 10th Avenue and 31st Street, I decided to try taking the local bus to the express again, and to my detriment I found the same issue I'd had last week, only worse. The bus was SRO, and although I lucked out and got a seat after a few stops (being an Old has its advantages) I wound up having a very hefty woman plop herself next to me, and had great difficulty standing up again and trying to find purchase once we neared my stop. Fortunately the express bus was comfy, but it's just not worth it when I can take a subway from 34th to 231st in the same amount of time it took this evening's local bus to get from 31st to 72nd. We'll see how I am tomorrow, my hallux is not doing well...