I do love my job.....but
....and maybe this isn't a but.
I was rushed into a meeting yesterday with the Assistant Deputy Minister at 1pm. I was told I was responsible for a rush Breifing Note and letter that was due to the ADM by 12pm today. Draft is then due to my ED by 430pm yesterday. The briefing note and letter would not save any babies from dying and I failed to understand why it had to be done NOW NOW! I fully appreciate everything needs a due date, but a 3.5 hour turn around time is a little ridiculous unless we are saving babies.
But I prevailed. I submitted the briefing note and letter to my ED by 430pm. Best of all, it hasn't been bounced back to me yet. I understand that there are still a few hours before its due to the ADM (and then DM and Minister). But I feel good that it will stay out there in the world and will not be returned for further drafting and editing.
My treat for this rush project was dinner made for me by my boyfriend. And boy oh boy, it was delicious. Whole wheat pasta with a spinach, pepper, garlic and mexican salami sauce. I was drooling. It was followed by cheesecake. Now, this could have been a wonderfully romantic dinner. But romance does not come natively to either him nor I (no matter how much I wish it did). So while wine and pasta and chocolate could have made for a wonderfully romantic night, it ended up in front of the tv with both of us drinking a bottle of wine. All the elements of romance were there, but after a bottle of wine, I'm lucky I can stand and honestly, so was he.
But it was exactly what I needed after my saving babies afternoon.
I was rushed into a meeting yesterday with the Assistant Deputy Minister at 1pm. I was told I was responsible for a rush Breifing Note and letter that was due to the ADM by 12pm today. Draft is then due to my ED by 430pm yesterday. The briefing note and letter would not save any babies from dying and I failed to understand why it had to be done NOW NOW! I fully appreciate everything needs a due date, but a 3.5 hour turn around time is a little ridiculous unless we are saving babies.
But I prevailed. I submitted the briefing note and letter to my ED by 430pm. Best of all, it hasn't been bounced back to me yet. I understand that there are still a few hours before its due to the ADM (and then DM and Minister). But I feel good that it will stay out there in the world and will not be returned for further drafting and editing.
My treat for this rush project was dinner made for me by my boyfriend. And boy oh boy, it was delicious. Whole wheat pasta with a spinach, pepper, garlic and mexican salami sauce. I was drooling. It was followed by cheesecake. Now, this could have been a wonderfully romantic dinner. But romance does not come natively to either him nor I (no matter how much I wish it did). So while wine and pasta and chocolate could have made for a wonderfully romantic night, it ended up in front of the tv with both of us drinking a bottle of wine. All the elements of romance were there, but after a bottle of wine, I'm lucky I can stand and honestly, so was he.
But it was exactly what I needed after my saving babies afternoon.
