I've been at my current job since the end of July, and I thought I was doing really well, especially after a rocky start and a mid-September performance documentation email from my boss. Since then, I've handled five separate projects without a repeat of any of my initial shortcomings, working very independently while updating my boss and communicating steadily with her.

About two weeks ago, my boss let me know her mother in law was dying and she'd be having some availability issues as a result. I kept working on my projects.

On Monday, she told me that she'd be assigning me another project this week. I submitted one of my projects, and our client gave my other project a three week extension. She passed supervision of this project to another manager and I've been keeping that manager informed of my progress and plans.

Of course, I'm still keeping my direct supervisor in the loop and I've been messaging her with brief updates.…