Apparently no matter how many times I tell myself that going out to warm up my car at 7:48 is early enough, it never is. It probably would be enough time if I scraped my windows rather than letting them completely defrost while I sit inside and stay warm, but my coat, while fabulous, is not all that warm. There’s no way that I’m going to freeze off my rear scraping off some frost when I can sit in the warmth and not have my teeth chatter.
So, I arrived early at the office, hung up my coat on the back of the door and started my computer. I waited for my email to load and realized that I had a whopping 4 emails, all of which were junk. So, at 8:08 am (after getting a cup of tea and returning to my computer) I realized that I have absolutely nothing to do today. I watched a two hour key note speaker at a conference that I wasn’t attending and while slightly interesting it didn’t really have anything to do with my job function. It’s going to be a long day.
Most people are probably thinking that I’m nuts. They would kill to have a breeze of a day like I am having. I say to the HA! And I say it sarcastically and with derision. There is a difference between an easy day and an empty day. An easy day means you have enough work to fill your time, but there is no rush so you can complete it at your own pace. An empty day means you have to fill your 8 hours will mindless dribble.
BUT WAIT! I have just received an instant message from a coworker. I have been invited to assist with inventory. Counting endless vials from the freezers, burning myself on dry ice (yes, it’s so cold you can literally burn your skin), and looking like a great white snow beast in a lab coat are not my ideas of a good time. However, in the face of the abyss that stretches out before me without it I find myself looking forward to freezer burn and snow beastyness.
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