I am due to be away from work on holiday next week because it is the school October week. Months ago we planned to actually take the time off and go down to the Lake District to see my brother and his family who moved there not long ago. It seemed like a really good idea. Husband has to go to Geneva for a couple of days for a conference (he's so jetset and glamourous) but he can fly out of a local airport and then come back and join us. Sounds good, yes?
The problem of course is that now I am a day or two away from the week off and I have more work to do than I would realistically be able to manage even if I was here all next week. Result is you are stressed to the nines before you go on holiday and you return to an office where you can't actually see the desk for the work which has piled up in your absence. Which stresses you all over again.
It's partly my own fault: I have to leave the office at 5pm to get home for the kids. I could, theoretically, organise childcare or a nanny so I could work late but I don't want to do that. I am not knocking those who have such arrangements (I'm a lawyer so goodness knows, I know plenty of people who have to do that) but my own personal choice was that once I had kids, I wanted to be home for them in the evenings and at weekends. Which means trying to squeeze a full-time job into 9 to 5. It's a tight squeeze.
Well having read that back to myself, I can almost smell the self-pity dripping off it! Sorry, internet, I am just letting off steam. I know I am fortunate to have a job and a healthy family. I will go on holiday, we'll have a lovely time and I'll manage the work somehow. But if you happen to be a client of mine reading this? Sorry! I'll get back to you as soon as I can, honest!
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ReplyDeletei call it venting... you have you sometimes, or you just explode. I don't want to see anyone or explode, or hear about it happening either!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I just finished reading a series of books by Diana Gabaldon.. (the first one was OUtlander, if you've ever heard of it.)and am suddenly in love with all things scottish. so glad to have found your blog!
i meant you have to sometimes... not you have you. my typing isn't working this morning
ReplyDeleteI don't think you sounded self-pitying at all. Maybe that's because I feel your pain. I am an engineer that works at minimum 40 hours a week. I do this on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday while my kids are with my mom, and whatever time I can squeeze in the rest of the days of the week. I am a morning person, so I find working at 5 am helps. My office is also in my attic, so that helps as well. Try to relax and have fun on holiday, if you can!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cookie decorating tips. I have green and red icing, but thought that would only work for Christmas. Now I know better.
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