You guys. I’m back in the office and the shit is hitting the fan like I knew it would.
I have to come up with a new line of product by Friday!!! But not before I get 10,396,332 things done before then. Boss is leaving for China over the weekend so that he can do the stuff that I used to do when I’d go to China, plus he’ll try to do the work of about 5 other people. If I worked ANYWHERE else, this would not be the case. I’d be heading over to China as well to do my own damn job.
So he’s doing what he always does when he tries to do all of our jobs - he’s throwing us all into a tailspin of getting shit ready for him…including agendas of meetings that we’ll never attend! And then he’ll change everything while he’s over there and make us have to figure it out from afar. This will take 10x longer to untangle than just going over ourselves. He’s doing this to Best Bud as well.
WTF.
And speaking of WTF, this project of mine (TLIC - the line that I created) has sent my contact in China who does the manufacturing into a nervous breakdown! He’s stopped answering emails and we just found out he’s been out of the office for days! This was while I was on vacation, of course, but I don’t know if he’s coming back! What a disaster.
Meanwhile, as I sit at my desk and seethe, I realize that the sparkle of my vacation is going to fade really fast and I want to write it down so I can re-live it. I’ve suddenly discovered that’s why I love to journal…to process everything that I do!
I want to keep that sparkle!
If only.
I drove to work again with my top down and the music blasting and I got that rush again. I realize that life is not necessarily supposed to be a non-stop high (and truth be told, my vacation was not completely a non-stop high), but MAN, does that stuff feel sparkly!
I guess what I’m saying is that right now feels like I’m going from the highest of the highs to a deep low and the pendulum is swinging out of control. At least it does today.
I suppose that’s what coming back from vacation is about…switching from manic to depressed? It shouldn’t be this way.
Wow. I wrote the above yesterday and hit a button and thought I lost it. But there it is! I was coming back on to say that I can’t concentrate on work…I’m still just buzzing with excitement from the vacation.
But I have to concentrate! There is so much to be done. I’ll get back at it as soon as I’m done with this entry.
Boss is still on a rampage, and we’re all just getting stuff done as we can do it. I’ll get my stuff done before he goes - it’s all coming together piece by piece. As long as I can take tiny micro-breaks to fantasize about things…the sparkle!
As part of the story I’m going to tell about my trip, there’s someone special out there who I’m texting. It’s crazy to think about a long-distance relationship, but it’s also fun to think about!
More to come, but I gotta get stuff taken care of.
xox,
GS
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