Without fail

It happens every time without fail.  A holiday is coming up, a vacation or even just a couple of days off and bam, work explodes.  Things could be painfully slow and it just explodes right before I am about to take a few days off.  Every time.  And then I end up not being able to take the days off.  Mostly because I feel guilty - so I think this is my problem and not because work makes me feel that way.  I work while on vacation or I work from wherever I am.  Work has been crazy out of control for like three weeks.  I have been so far behind and finally, finally by Friday of this week I felt on top of things and like I am almost caught up.  This is the first weekend in a long time that I haven't felt like I needed to work, at least a little.  And I am really looking forward to having a few days off.

I am going to Vermont for the Thanksgiving holiday with my dad to see my brother and his family.  I am taking the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving off.  Or so I thought.  That was the plan.  Until I volunteered to work on Tuesday while I travel (that part is my own fault - why do I do that?).  But Wednesday was definitely going to be a day off and I am definitely not working over the holiday weekend.  Absolutely not.

And then the partner told me there is a project and the deadline is threatening my holiday.  But I am not letting it happen, not this time.

And, because I am caught up and because the partner is out Monday through Wednesday of next week, I decided I would leave at 4:30 on Tuesday so I could go climb before everyone else gets there and try to get to my old sticking point.  Just to have a chance to climb without everyone watching me.  I feel self conscious about my climbing for some reason.  Well I checked my email last night because my blackberry just would not stop going off.  Of course, there is an emergency due Tuesday.  Ugh.

Did I say I was going to be less negative?  Maybe later.