Did you hear a shriek of glee around 3:45 Central time yesterday afternoon? If so, that was me. That is what time I finally finished my last soul-sucking proposal of doom and handed it over to my supervisor. Then I did a happy dance. But in all honesty, finishing the last one was kind of anticlimactic. These proposals had been draining my will to live for the last few weeks, so really, I kind of expected more fanfare. Like fireworks. Or a parade!!
Anyway – as anyone who talks to me daily is aware – these last few weeks have been Not Good. I have been That Woman That Cries At Work (once in front of the CEO, no less) at least four times, I fantasized multiple times about just leaving my desk and never coming back (and if we could afford it I totally would have), I came to work early every day, worked through lunch and stayed late. I went to work last Saturday. I snapped at coworkers who dared ask me about anything unrelated to the Proposals of Doom (but in my defense, old guy, I had told you the previous two days that I did not have time to look at your stupid thing with no firm deadline. Seriously, LEAVE ME ALONE).
At home I yelled at my husband, had no patience with my kids, and basically was just no fun to be around at all. Miss T caught a cold, so her sleep was for shit. N caught a stomach bug, so he couldn’t help me with her at night so then MY sleep was for shit. AND THEN, I caught a stomach bug. No, really! But I had to go to work because I was so overwhelmed I felt like I was never going to finish. And to top it all off, I couldn’t even have a glass of wine to unwind in the evenings because it made me feel like I was going to puke.
But! I DID finish, and I feel like a tremendously horrible burden has been lifted off my shoulders. Because it HAS, and it is GLORIOUS.
All that to say, obviously I haven’t been inclined to write lately (and you should probably be glad because it would have sounded something like I HATE LIFE AND I HATE YOU TOO) but now I am done and in a much better mood than I have been in quite a while. So I am back! Just as soon as I get a handle on our laundry situation, that is. YIKES.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
welcome back and congrats on the big finish
Glad you’re back and finished with the proposals of doom!! Do something to celebrate tonight!!
Congrats on finishing up your projects at work. Maybe a good glass of wine, or whole bottle, will make it all just a memory!!
Yay for being back! I love it when a big project ends.
Oh, man. Proposals are the WORST. I remember being super crabby at work because people would keep making last-minute changes as I was printing them out, or I could never get answers from people and I’d work 10 hours straight with no breaks and UGH.