Sleep all...sleep all day!!!

Okay, so I had been hibernating for almost a week already. Surprisingly, I couldn’t exactly remember the times (though few) that I browsed other people’s personal spaces because, as always, I had been swamped with several projects and meetings in the office. For the past month, I guess my job has overstretched me, as I needed to assume multiple roles again in the close out of my work transition and in the initial phases of a major undertaking.

I didn’t go to work Monday when I had to work Sunday evening till Monday morning on some budget forecasts. This is how work has affected my weekends and worse, my sleeping patterns. I couldn’t doze off to dream land earlier than 2 AM, or if I could, I’d wake up probably after nearly a complete REM cycle (which is in about 3 hours). The nature of my job is really stressful (and I’ve started feeding myself with issues all day) but I feel lucky that we can follow flexible work schedule to compensate unpaid overtime work and to catch up on hours lost for slumber.

I was tremendously busy that I almost forgot it was Valentine’s Week. But I realized that it’s a lucky thing to be oblivious of such an overly commercialized occasion especially when I didn’t have a lover to spend it with. It was bizarre that I was devoid of any overly sentimental feeling of yearning to be with someone when in the recent years I’d get too mushy with “what might have been” thoughts. I’ve grown insensitive (on this aspect) over the past couple years, I suppose. Oh, well, I was just content to have spent Valentine’s Day with very close and just-as-happy-to-be-single workmates in a cherished treat of smoothies, crepes, and a lot of “uproarious” laughs. =)

Wednesday and Thursday, I attended a number of meetings again. I had to sneak out in between breakout sessions so I could quickly respond to flaming emails. I had no other choice but work my butt off through the night. Wednesday was the hardest when after working for days on one of the many budget forecast, I accidentally deleted a tab on my workbook and I couldn’t work my brains out to undoing the changes. It seriously cost me two hours of rework, which was simply MADNESS! I was so frustrated that at midnight, I nearly pounded my computer with my Avaya handset. I went out of the office to let off steam and then went back to my desk and worked on the file about ten minutes after. Riding on a cab at 3 am following that wearisome incident, I realized I have above average anger management skills.

Friday was strategic planning session day at Canyon Woods in Tagaytay. It has always been good to plan for the year out of office. This lets everyone think clearly of the challenges of the past year and chart the year better with well-thought strategies. Everything Tagaytay is so reviving. It was my first time to stay at Canyon Woods and the sights and sounds of nature were PRICELESS!up:gucci bags