Saturday, February 23, 2008

The Devil Reads The Dawg Run

Remember how I was extolling the virtues of casual Friday followed by a rainy weekend of putzing around the house and possibly some reading time?

It's 4:23 am and I am posting this from my office . . .

Things went crazy at work yesterday afternoon.

The fax machine lit up and never stopped.

The e-mails exploded.

People were leaving voice mails while I was retrieving my voice mails.

At one point I was e-mailing one client while talking with a second client on the phone all while a third client sat patiently in front of my desk awaiting his turn.

It got to the point that I no longer had time to work, all I could do was print e-mails and sort faxes into the correct files and stack the files in my "to do" pile.

Then it got really busy.

I didn't have time to grab files anymore, all I could do is scribble on post-its and stack them on a corner of my desk . . .

Around 2pm, I realized my Saturday was being taken from me and it put me in a foul mood.

But when I stop and think about it, there are plenty of people in my industry who have been laid off and would jump at the chance to come into the office on a Saturday.

It's just hard to get excited about having a job at 4:23am on a Saturday . . .

Why 4:23 on a Saturday morning? BECAUSE I NEED A SATURDAY. I woke up at 3:30am and thought, just get in there, get it done and spend the afternoon doing what you want to . . .

I can't miss another day off - I think I would spontaneously combust . .

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