Burning Out

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Normally, the week between Smithmas and New Years Day is a slow one in my industry. In fact, many companies just like the one I work for are shut down the last half of December. One year, at a now-defunct firm where I used to work, on the 20th of December, the boss handed out $4000 bonus checks and told everyone to go home until the 15th of January.

This year, everything seems to be out of whack. I've just logged my second fourteen hour day in a row. Nevertheless, the whiteboard I use to keep track of my active projects keeps filling up.

Oh yeah, and there was no golf tournament-sized check waiting for me when I got in this morning before the sun was up either.

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