a break, my kingdom for a break!

the last two weeks have been really tough, you can tell from the infrequency of posting.. days have melded into nights and back into days again, and when i am not slogging away at work i'm either eating or asleep! i haven't been the best company either for that period, as many of you who have tried to talk to me will testify.

if it sounds like i am complaining then i am really not, though my weary bones will scream otherwise. work is alternately fulfilling and frustrating, satisfying yet exhausting. it's always good to see little things you do make a positive difference, and at the same time it hurts when changes you try to make are received with a derisive snort not because they aren't good but because they are different from the old-school methods that people have become used to.

i have my 3-month review coming up, and it's a shot in the arm when the Plant Manager takes a couple of minutes during a management meeting to say a few words about your work. the plans we have to improve the production are good, but things were bound to get worse before they got better. right now we're pretty much hitting rock-bottom in that slump, the super-hot weather, extra-high demand for our products, temperamental machines and frazzled nerves have ensured that this low is a pretty bad low. i've already hit 60+ hours at work this week, and am yet to go in for at least another 10 this weekend - damn i wish i was getting paid overtime!

no promises about more regular blogging yet, who knows what this coming week will bring.. but you can do me a huge favor - go out there and buy more cold drinks.. Pepsi, Aquafina, Mountain Dew, Tropicana, Sierra Mist, Schweppes, Lipton, Crush, Brisk, Flavorsplash, Sparkling or whatever - you will make me work harder, but make me a tad bit richer too at the same time! ;-)