didja ever...

just sit and watch
as yer life slowly
careens
outta control?

so
because one of my colleagues at work
announcing that she was pregnant
and leaving on Mat leave in June
and my eye surgery in June
we hired a new lady for the interim
and then because of the way the chips fell
over the summer
we didn't really get much down time
before our big ramp up
this fall

and then part of the ramp up
became a 10 mth contract
that caused us to hire a contract person
and while the growth is amazing
and exciting
there's now 2 new people in the office
that don't know where things are
or how we do stuff...

one hugely smart and detail oriented
one that can stuff envelopes like a machine

today one of them called me
"the keeper of the knowledge"
and told me "without you
we'd be screwed"

so I'm trying to get
all the summer work done
that didn't get done in the summer
still....

I have to run labels
for a 6000 calendar mail out
address and return
and of course
before you can run labels
you have to compile lists
to make the labels out of

I have to run content labels
for all our 270+ courses
I have to book the marquee for every course
a mth at a time
and of course
before you can run labels
you have to compile lists
to make the labels out of

I have to enter every course at least once
in the staff news letter
if not more than once

each one of these jobs require
inputting each item separately
in more than one place

and in the case of the labels
in requires some serious
finger action in addition
to the files or envelopes eh?

and the new calendar is so popular
that the phone is ringing off the hook
so there's never one job
that you get to do
from start to finish
without interruption

there's simply more paperwork to do
than hours in the day

and just to add insult to injury
I've just been picked
for jury duty
on a 10 day criminal trial
starting on the 27th

so I have to set up the rooms
for all courses
happening between now
and the middle of Nov
in advance
and because of some changes
being made to the rooms
I have to rearrange
all of the scheduled rooms
between now and the middle of Nov
before I go

yup....
all of this must be done
prior to my leaving for court
the morning of the 27th

I was in court for the jury picking
yesterday...so this is a 4 day week

this coming weekend is Thanksgiving
here in Canada
so next week
will also be a 4 day week

and today the boss announced
that I had to move my Dr's appt
on the 26th
cos she's hiring a temp
for me to train that day
to answer the phone while I'm gone!

at this rate
I'll be in the office nightly till midnight

and then comes our busy season

Gak!

I don't know whether to laugh
or cry....