Is it Friday yet? As I mentioned Monday it was a very hectic day with things going downhill late in the afternoon with an unexpected job that needed completed by noon on Tuesday morning.
Well, the best laid plans of mice and men fell apart from then on. I went in early to try and get things finished by 10:15 when I needed to pick up my folks to take them to a meeting. The plan had been to drop them off, come home for lunch (they were not too far from here), pick them up, take them home, and return to work. I did not get finished with my noon deadline stuff before 10:15 so I left work, picked them up, went back to work, finished the job, came home for lunch then went back to pick them up, took them home, and back to work again.
While driving down the road for my second return to work I realized I had forgotten my gym bag that morning. Had I realized earlier I could have taken it when I came home for lunch. So, instead I stayed half an hour late last night to take care of yet another fire that needed put out and to make up some of my time.
This morning I cleared the decks of all recent jobs that needed completed before starting back on my big project. I was close to getting stage one of that finished late this afternoon when yet another “take care of this” came up. I closed up shop at my usual 5pm and called it a day. At this point, tomorrow promises to be a continuation of the previous three days. But, hey, that’s what goes with the territory when you have a great job!