Aug 20 2008
Short Break
I’ve been meaning to post this, but I’ve been drowning in work. I’m talking 14 hour days kind of drowning. Drinking out of a fire hose kind of drowning. Reduce the pregnant lady to tears and tantrums kind of drowning.
I’m second-in-command to a team of six at work. My boss’s wife just had her baby on Saturday, so he’s been out all week. Another one of our employees had his last day on Friday and his replacement is still waiting on her security clearance and can’t start for (probably) about six more weeks. Another of the employees just started on Monday, so she can’t really do much. That means that the work of six people is now effectively being done by three people.
On top of that, it’s one of the busiest weeks for our team since we started working for this particular client. I have 17 (not an exaggeration) written products due by Friday, which would typically take six people about three weeks. Yeah.
I’m going to take the rest of the week off from Semi-Charmed Wife, which I’ve never done before. Wish me luck & keep me in your thoughts! I’ll see you on Monday…
Good luck…remember to take a breather every once in a while to try and keep your sanity … even if it is to get up from your desk and take a 10 minute walk outside your office.
~K
Best of luck! We’ll all be here when you return
Oh, Lord! I was wondering what was going on with the lack of posting this week. Sorry to hear about all that…how stressful!
oh dear! i was starting to wonder where you’d gone…and now i know…you’re in work hell! don’t you just love it when life throws a monkey wrench at you? hang in there…and take kel’s advice about taking a break every once in awhile. you might not think you can afford to take 10 minutes away from work but you’ll be glad you did! i’m thinking about ya
Smart move! Good luck with getting through this week!
sorry to hear you are having a rough one… totally understand… I very recently moved out of a job that was awful that way - long, long, long hours and high stress…
Sending you peace and blessings…
J/
um, yeah - that’s too much work. I mean, I tend to accomplish far more when I’m busy versus slow on assignments, but 17 written products in a week is crazy! Wishing you lots of luck!
we’re just happy youre ok!
hope your weekend went well and you got some rest!