Workin' for a livin'

Yep, it's crunch time again. I have a hard deadline coming up at work that I'm working my butt off to meet. Today I was mildly irked because I was informed we had a 5 pm meeting. Um yeah, that's great, but I usually work 7:30 to 4:15 and had planned on leaving around my normal time. It was a bit of a misunderstanding, really. Our part-time system administrator filling in while we look for a full-time one wanted to go over a few things with us in a quick meeting and didn't realize I work such early hours. We've done this a few times in the past, but usually have gotten a heads up a couple days in advance.

Now I say mildly irked because like I said, he just didn't know my hours. He also has a separate full time job and is doing this as a favor to our boss, who he knows quite well. He can't get there earlier than 5. Not only that, but my boss made it pretty clear that with the short notice, he'd understand completely if I had to skip the meeting. Regardless, I felt somewhat obligated, as it was fairly important subject matter, and I wanted to participate.

Totally making up for the late meeting, I found out tonight that our deadline has been pushed back by at least a week. So that eases the pressure...somewhat. I still plan on keeping my head down and plowing ahead at the same pace, just in case I run into issues. And my boss gave me $125 in Buca gift cards tonight! How kick ass is that! He'd offered dinner to whoever could answer a question in a meeting a couple weeks ago, and I knew the answer. I had totally forgotten about it, so it was quite a nice surprise. I didn't expect it to be for so much, either.