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So it is approaching 7:30 PM as I write this and I am still in the office. I have no idea when I'll be out of here because the process I am waiting on is still chugging away and I can't predict with any certainty when it will be done. Once it is complete, I have to do some additional maintenance on the database so that the review team - who keep checking in with me every 10 minutes or so - can begin their work. It is a frustrating experience for all of us.
I wish my job didn't consume my life so much. I enjoy my work - I really do. But it is truly becoming a 24/7 job and I don't like that. I realize that they don't pay people the kind of money I make without expecting a lot from them, but this is so all-consuming that I think it has crossed a line. I took last Wednesday off for Sarah's 16th birthday (which was really nice) so I had a 5 day weekend. Except I ended up working 2.5 days of the weekend. I worked all day on Friday. Seriously. I logged into the office at 7 AM sharp and I didn't get off until about 7:45 PM when David insisted we go to dinner. And then I logged back on for another 3 hours when we got back. I worked part of the day on Saturday and all of the day on Sunday. I was supposed to take Thursday off this week (ostensibly to recover from the Jethro Tull concert tomorrow night) but there is so much work to be done and my assistant is off on vacation this week, so I canceled the day.
Why am I blathering on about this? I'm not sure. I like my work. I like my salary. But I wish I could find a way to do this without it taking up so much of my time outside the office. I'd like to get to a place in my life where I could find more of a balance between my work and my personal time but these days that seems very distant. I'd love to get more help in the department but it took them ages to approve my having one full time assistant. They'd probably have a canary if I asked for a second person.
Gee, it's up to 90% now. How wonderful.
I wish my job didn't consume my life so much. I enjoy my work - I really do. But it is truly becoming a 24/7 job and I don't like that. I realize that they don't pay people the kind of money I make without expecting a lot from them, but this is so all-consuming that I think it has crossed a line. I took last Wednesday off for Sarah's 16th birthday (which was really nice) so I had a 5 day weekend. Except I ended up working 2.5 days of the weekend. I worked all day on Friday. Seriously. I logged into the office at 7 AM sharp and I didn't get off until about 7:45 PM when David insisted we go to dinner. And then I logged back on for another 3 hours when we got back. I worked part of the day on Saturday and all of the day on Sunday. I was supposed to take Thursday off this week (ostensibly to recover from the Jethro Tull concert tomorrow night) but there is so much work to be done and my assistant is off on vacation this week, so I canceled the day.
Why am I blathering on about this? I'm not sure. I like my work. I like my salary. But I wish I could find a way to do this without it taking up so much of my time outside the office. I'd like to get to a place in my life where I could find more of a balance between my work and my personal time but these days that seems very distant. I'd love to get more help in the department but it took them ages to approve my having one full time assistant. They'd probably have a canary if I asked for a second person.
Gee, it's up to 90% now. How wonderful.
