Busy

It's been a busy week, mostly for me, and mostly at work. My department is tangentally affected by the H1N1 flu virus, but we are running around, making sure that we're on top of things. There's a lot of coordination with other departments, making sure our messaging matches others', behind the scenes kind of work that never really shows, unless, of course, things go wrong. Meanwhile, we continue our every day business, but without the boss around, since he's in meetings and ensuring that everything on the urgent file is dealt with. So I've had a lot to do, keeping everything running, as it were.

It's great fun, in a way, coordinating everyone, seeing to the little details that would otherwise be overlooked, finding 10 precious minutes with my boss to go over the important things that need to be looked at and the less important things that can be deferred, delayed or passed along. But it's not so much fun when it means that I don't see my kids until 6:30 or 7 in the evening - or worse, not at all before they go to bed.

I'm looking forward to quieter times at work. Perhaps in a month or two...