Energy sucking Work or Relaxing Cottage

Sometimes you plod through the day working on each little project or problem and at the end of the day your tired but you've accomplished something. Other times you do the exact same thing and each project or problem leads into a new set of things that must get done somewhat immediately. Today was a mixture of both. I got work done but it didn't lessen the pile of work at all. When I got home all I wanted to do is sleep. There is one person that even when they are not at work they are draining my life force. It isn't that I dread dealing with this person it is just so tiring. Yes, there is a bit of burnout, yes there is the rut of dealing with the same problems. Solutions ... winning the lotto would help.

The Meeting

Imagine back to back meetings where you have only a small part in and you are working on your laptop and it's a Friday and you only had a cup of tea in the morning. Both meetings were interesting and I followed each without a problem, it was the project I was working on during the meeting. At one point I stared at the screen just thinking how I would work out the database. I must have had the blank chicken stare going on for quite a while, I wasn't listening to the meeting and there was the horrible moment that I could have drooled, had my mouth hanging and I wouldn't have noticed. Deep, Deep in thought ... or looking like a sleep deprived fool.

Windy at Redstone Lake

Trees that Fall

A quick trip to the cottage to see if there was any damage from the latest storm and a quick getaway from work. We had hot and buggy days. There is a huge amount of ticks, never saw a tick ever at the cottage and they were everywhere. The shower tent was crawling with the little bugs, thankfully only on the outside. All my homemade deer fly traps didn't work. I will devise an evil contraption that will not only attract but make those flying biting machines stick to it and die. I have the tools and they will die.

Flying a Kite