Rest

Gun’s Quote-of-the-Week:

“Everything needs a break.”

-Toba Beta

It was a cruel hoax.

Sitting at my computer on Friday afternoon, talking with technical support, I simply was beside myself. There I was, having worked like a dog all week long to get a project out at the end of the week, only to find out that I had somehow, someway, forgotten to click on save inside the spreadsheet that contained my lighting calculations for the project. It was 4:45 and it was time to go home to my parents for the weekend to visit with them and get a much-needed haircut. Instead, I was staring the reality of having to work the weekend right in the face. I had promised to have the project out before I left the office. Reality was that technical support couldn’t undo accidentally clicking “No” when asked to save a file.

My head fell into my hands. My stomach sank. So much hard work. The lump in my throat swelled. So many late nights. For what?

My boss walked by my desk as he was heading out the door and had asked me what I was doing this weekend. I told him that I guessed I was coming in to the office. He knew I had been there all night long trying to get stuff out the door. He knew I was tired. He knew I didn’t want to come in.

“I’ll make this easy on you,” he said. “If I catch you in the office this weekend, you’re fired.”

Well, that did make it easier.

The fact of the matter is I went to bed on Friday night at 10:30 (after watching Ferris State beat Notre Dame, no less!!) like a little boy, woke up on Saturday morning at 7:30 like somebody twice my age, then took a nap for three and half hours on Saturday after my dodgeball game that we won. That’s 3 ½ hours!!

I fell asleep immediately on Saturday night and woke up early enough on Sunday to go to the gym. It was refreshing to lift weights after taking a week off because I couldn’t get to bed before midnight all week long for one reason or another.

Sometimes you just have to recharge, and my juice was gone after the last couple of weeks. Hopefully I’ll be topping the tank off after this weekend when I get back from my trip to Michigan. It’s time to catch up with and share life with my close friends again.

This is the tough part of the year, as I had mentioned in my last Gun’s Quote. Make sure you recharge. You’re not very useful to anybody when you’re drained.

…and that’s why it’s a Gun’s Quote!