10.17.07
Life in the Fast Lane
This feels like one of the first times I have been able to sit down and do something other than work in the past ten days. I seem to eat, sleep, and live work these days. Not that I don’t enjoy what I do because I thrive in this environment and welcome new challenges but occasionally one realizes one’s humanity and the limitations of that reality.
This past Friday my company had a team meeting that lasted all day and into the evening. I had been preparing for this “off-site” as we call it, for nearly a week and even with over 8 hours together we still didn’t cover everything on the agenda. We certainly came close but so much was left uncommunicated that I felt frustrated by the end.
Then this week has been running from one meeting/event to another and trying to cram projects in-between. I had an article presentation this afternoon worth a considerable portion of my grade that I prepared for last night at about 10pm. After class I dashed back to work and wrote up a paper analysis for a meeting at 5pm and then I get to dive back into homework tonight as I have another presentation tomorrow afternoon that I have not done the work for yet.
If I can just make it to Friday I think I will have survived. It’s Bryan birthday, we’re going out for sushi and seafood with his parents, and I can sleep in (a little). Plus, I get to give him his iPhone that he’s been pinning for over the past three weeks. (You ask why this isn’t a secret? Let me tell you, that’s a whole other story…)
