Craziness

I haven't been doing anything around the house this week, because our bi-annual disaster had to strike at work.

Almost every year someone quits in the weeks or months before my Pennsic vacation. This has happened so many times as to have become an office joke. Well, ha, ha. It wouldn't be so bad if this were a normal vacation, where I really only needed to throw some stuff in a suitcase a night or two before leaving.

But it's not like that. Since most of the people who read this blog go to Pennsic, you know exactly what I'm talking about, so I won't bother with the gory details. Suffice it to say that getting ready for Pennsic is a lot more work than any 'normal' vacation, and most of it doesn't get done till just now, in the weeks prior to going.

So, just now, suddenly I have to work over during the week, and work on the weekends, to deal with both the daily work of my former co-worker that she's not there to do, and the enormous backlog of work she left, since she was weeks behind when she decided to quit.

It's beyond frustrating.

For quite awhile I wasn't sure I was going to get to go to Pennsic, at least not to camp. I thought I was going to have to daytrip, or something. But just a couple days ago I got some information on a very pampering 'doggie hotel' where I might feel comfortable leaving Tyler. If so, then I could actually go out and stay.

But to make that happen, I have to have time to go check the place out, and then do everything I'd need to get ready to go - something I'm not getting with all this overtime at work.

Well, anyway ... whine for breakfast isn't so palatable. The point is, I haven't had time to work on any of the projects I wanted to do, or do anything more around the house. And don't know when I will.

I'm hoping to at least get the mold carved, and cast the bardic coins, because Robin wanted them for Pennsic, and this weekend would be about the last time I'd have to do that. So hopefully, I can get that done on Sunday.