Where Have You Been?
Posted on November 27, 2002 by Christine | 1 Comment
So, it’s 9pm on the night before Thanksgiving, and what am I doing? Why, I’m taking a break from work! *sigh* What a day it has been! I knew when I left the office at 8:30 last night that it was going to be a long day. My boss was nice enough to let me come in at 10am since I had stayed late, which allowed me to relax – sort of – before coming in to the office. My first phone call from a client was at 8:30 this morning, and he wasn’t too happy about things that were completely out of my control. Can’t say I blame him, but there also was nothing I could do. Talked to the boss at 9 as I went to the bagel shop. Mmmm… bagels. Got to the office at 10 and started to work on the content that needs to get on a site that is launching on Monday afternoon.
Maybe now is a good time to note that while I can code HTML with the best of them (I hand code using Notepad most of the time), my job is a Project Manager. I don’t code for a living, it’s not what brings home the bacon. But it’s the day before Thanksgiving, and all of the Designers are on vacation. The work had to get done, and I was the only person available that was volunteering to do it.
After working through lunch, I was pretty run down by the time 5pm rolled around. I sent out the last critical client e-mails and then I asked if I could finish up from home. Now I’m working off of a 20 page fax and making these revisions so that they are in place before the next round comes in on Friday. Yes, you got that right – I’ll be working Friday too. Like I said … it has to get done, and someone has to do it. I’ve been told they will make it up to me with alternate time off, and with the holidays coming up it would be nice to do some shopping when it’s not a madhouse out there. Plus I can work on Friday from home. So it all works out in the end.
The only thing that got me through the day? I wore my purple outfit to work. What makes that so special? Well, if it wasn’t such a nice fabric I would wear it for pajamas! Ahhhh… nothing like getting away with wearing something as cozy as jammies at work!
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Hi! I'm Christine. Wife to Mike. Mom of Jason. Owned by 4 cats. Houston & Destination Wedding Photographer & owner of Hot Mama Boudoir. Blogger since 2000. Living in Houston, Texas since 1985. Living in a 1920 Bungalow in the Heights since 2011.
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January 29th, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
I love your blog! Cracks me up! I found it rather by accident, but just wanted to let you know, someone’s here reading and relating hehe .