The last two weeks has been a push for the big deadline. I ended up working the last 12 days straight. And not just 8 hour days, we're talking 10-12 hour days. Last weekend I worked Saturday and Sunday well into the evenings.
Actually during all this time I was actually having a bit of fun with the work because the team I'm working with is fantastic. We call ourselves 'Estrogen Row' because we are all women and we sit in a 'row' at work. When we were working on the weekend we were dancing around the office to Chromeo.
At one point I made the mistake of glancing at the architect's redlines that he left on his desk. I had a mini meltdown. But the team was right there to bring me back.
When my alarm went off on Monday morning I thought "Thank God it's Friday."
Um, yeah. That should have been a clue.
Yesterday I went in to work and crashed. I found myself sitting at my desk several times during the day choking back tears. I had one more deadline to hit and I managed it but I was a mess at the end of the day and broke down.
So today is a Mental Health Day. I've got Chromeo blasting in this room, Sense & Sensibility playing in the living room, Ziggy is doing his thing right now (see this post) and I can't believe how much I need this.
On the other hand there is a part of me that is disappointed I couldn't achieve the 13 day stretch.
5 comments:
Wow! That's so cool that you are designing a high school. I hope you guys are making sure that there are no hidden alcoves where kids can cause trouble undetected. ;)
Insane that you worked so many days in a row. Hope you enjoy your well-deserved mental health day!
And fun cartoon!
13 days in a row wouldn't have been an impressive record anyway, especially if you were super high strung because of it. Better to do 12 days and then take a much-deserved Mental Health Day. I fully support it!
Awhh little buddy!! I can't even believe you made it to day 12 - you should be proud of that! I would have gone completely nuts!
Hope your mental health day was very relaxing and restful!
I'm going to make macaroni and cheese tonight! I think I'm 12 years old.
That sucks! I hope you enjoyed your day off.
Oh, and Cuba looks like fun. I would stay away from that couple in the picture though, they look sketch-tastic.
hey, sorry I could not be there to help, you know I am there in spirit.....but then again, being a man, the estrogen row thing would be a little hard on me.
AG.
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