Good news. Bad news.
Good news: It's official. My "temporary-no more than three months-we promise" assignment of managing two branches will finally end after 4+ months (not too far behind, for government work) on October 22nd. I'll be back to managing just my branch.
Bad news: If the mayor passes his "Plan A" budget (which is not the most likely thing) I'll be leading a "crew" that floats between three branches while another crew works opposite us.
I'm really good at my job. I'm fairly good at these other things, but I promise I'm awesome if I was allowed to do just my job for a while.