The Week That Was Too Short
This last week, the kids were gone. ALL gone. Amazingly, some came back on Monday for god knows what reason, but it was really kind of quiet. Too quiet to be honest. I wish there was a little noise. Alas, there was none. And to top it off, it's mad raining. Oh and every sound I did hear, I swear I was going to freak out.
I packed up my stuff on Monday and moved to another office, where there were at least two people there at all times. Nice, huh?
So in that office I go, and to my sweet surprise, some of my colleagues, like myself, were bored and wound up congregating in my "office" with me. That office wound up being my colleague's conference room, so now instead of three bored people, there were now five. Today there were six. Ha. The fun never ends.
I don't know what it is, but people like to drop in my office and shoot the shit. It's fun. Nine times out of ten, we're having work-related discussions, so it's not all bad, but there are those, so, what are you crocheting today conversations that are humorous. I want to tell you, despite having shacked up in new digs and hanging out with the homies, I was very productive. Seriously.
You see, I love work, I really do, it's self-defining, gratifying you name it. It's also nice to see things you want to work on get DONE. You know what I mean, right? So I had a few major projects to do: letters of recommendation, drafting a new faculty brochure, redoing the entire website, etc. That's a lot. Stuff I can't even fathom getting done if the kids are around. I wanted to knock stuff out of the way because like most people, I like to have fun. I have time to accommodate my colleagues' drop-in consultations (sometimes I think people take me to lunch because I'm the Oracle or something but yes pass the ketchup) that way. When idle, make the best of the time that you do have so that you can be absolutely productive.
I'd hate a job where I sat on my ass. life is too short to have a big ass anyway. I like to hammer out projects, think outside the goddamn box, and have a fresh perspective on life. It's an absolute necessity for me to be on top of my game. I can't rest. It's a must do in a can do world. God i sound like a management book, but I hope you understand.
Yes there are days when all I want to do is chat with my friends. But I feel much better at it when I don't have to worry about that project that is staring me in the face, you know? But in the next week I'm taking some personal time. I'm going to try and get some of my quality time in with friends, esp. those I never see. So G, I'm coming out to see you! No, jk, i'll wait until it's warmer ;-)
Onto other things...all the Christmas cards went out. I'm chewing my nails because I feel like I've left some people out. That's bound to happen, isn't it? Crap. I always forget people at the last minute so I feel like putz because I forgot. Damn on me. I also got most of the presents that I think I need to get. I need to get one more for pops and I'm all good. God, what to get the guy who literally has everything. LITERALLY. it's mind-boggling.
Tomorrow, now that I think of it, starts the holiday party rounds we have to do. four in four days. it's amazing, isn't it? But good to spend time with family, and it's wonderful to be able to connect with people I haven't seen. I'll be giving you all more quality time in the next few days, I hope. Take care and if I don't see ya, Happy Holidays.
Voodoo