Suckrivation

This has been a pretty aggrivating afternoon.

The morning was quiet; deceptively so. So much that, even by the time I left for lunch, I still felt like I was just waking up. There had been that little inter-personal interaction. It was awesome.

After I got back from lunch though, the sucky aggrivation (or, as I like to call it, ‘suckrivation’) commenced. Oh boy, did it commence.

It’s not so much that this afternoon I’ve dealt with a lot of people who can’t think for themselves. I’ve dealt with a lot of people who can, but choose not to. People who have been told the same thing a million times before. People who ask for advice, and then railroad right over me when I try to give it.

Suckrivation, your antidote involves angry music and an elliptical machine at the Y.

And later, beer.

Please???

You know what would be nice?

If the world could somehow know that yesterday I was on a plane twice as long as I was supposed to be and, as a result, go a pitiful amount of sleep last night. The world, knowing this, would be overwhelmed with compassion and just take it easy on me today.

No, I don’t think that’ll happen either. But it would be nice.

The plane home was supposed to leave at 5:45. I think we actually pushed back from the gate sometime after 6. Taxied a bit and then stopped. The pilot told us of the storms in Baltimore and that the airport was closed until further notice. We waited in the plane, on the ground for 2 hours.

Finally took off bounced our way to a wet and wild landing in the 11:30ish zone.

Went home, scarfed down a cheese pretzel and went to bed.

5 and a half hours of sleep later, my work week began.

Please world, just a day (or two) of low-stress, low-impact work?