Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The thing about working hard

The thing about working hard is that sometimes you feel like you'll never meet your deadline. You plunge ahead and everything feels like it takes twice as long as you think it should. You worry that Friday at 5 is going to mean that you're still working and will be through Monday morning--that stinks for a relaxing weekend filled with shopping and fun.

So, you plow ahead, trying to hold those anxiety bugs at bay, and then get ready for bed on Tuesday night and realize that you're 3/4 done with the project. Really. 3/4. And it's only Tuesday night, which means you can sleep in a little on Wednesday morning and enjoy a new pace of work because it's not going to make a difference if you finish Wednesday afternoon or Friday afternoon, so long as you're finished by Friday and now that seems entirely possible. And to top it all off you even get to add those neat little extras you wanted to do to make up for the fact that you're really really late turning in this report.

So, I'll continue working hard; I expect tonight will be another late night, but then I should be able to go shopping in Mobile on Sat. and then spend Sunday getting ready for our trip to SD. Aaah, to feel human again.

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