For most of the last 4 weeks from Monday to Thursday I’ve been working from 0900 to about 2030 as the company works towards an immovable mid-May deadline. They’ve treated us to free takeaways, pizza or oriental from various places but I’ve not had much of a life outside of work during the week.
It’s been a very intense period and for the most part time has flown but being effectively banned from taking vacation before this project goes out, and with it having been so long since I went on holiday, my nerves are starting to get frayed.
On the weekends I don’t feel like doing anything because I’m so tired of it all, but I force myself to at least stick to a routine and try to get out and about. Thankfully there’s been a few people I’ve met who are like shining beacons and they’ve made things more bearable and fun.
The end is at least in sight now and I’ve been told by a colleague who’s worked there for 9 years that only 3 whole weeks have passed in all his time when he had to work outside of office hours of 0900 to 1730 so I’m hoping things will improve soon. I remind myself that it’s not so bad because at least now I can take comfort that I’m getting paid far more than I really need every month.
