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15 hours...
Oct. 20th, 2008 10:55 pmI started working this morning at 7:30 am, and we just finished reviewing tomorrow's slides a few minutes ago. I feel as if I have been ridden hard and am standing around, dripping, waiting to be put away. I am not a particularly happy camper.
It's not that I object to intense periods of focused work, but I'm starting to again experience this "your every waking moment shall be spent working or in group activities" mode that started to wear thin last week in Ukraine. I had been planning to walk to a local supermarket to buy some victuals this evening, but that didn't happen. As I am living in a suite-style hotel with no in-house restaurant, having food around is going to be important, eventually. Had it not been for a kind invitation this evening for our work group to join one of the Russian delegation for quick a "home-cooked" meal, I'd be feeling pretty hungry right now (though admittedly, not in any danger of becoming malnourished over the short term).
I'm gratified to see that I survived the fourth week of LJ Idol, but wonder (a) what the surprise promised for later this week might be (I guess that's why it's described as a "surprise"), and (b) whether I'll have any personal time at all to write anything for this week's installment or do anything else, for that matter.
I should probably get to bed immediately. Interpreting a technical meeting is exhausting by itself. Doing that and then putting in another 7 hours of work immediately afterward is really exhausting. There are splinter meetings promised for tomorrow, which will mean fewer rest periods, which merely exacerbate the situation.
Cheers...
It's not that I object to intense periods of focused work, but I'm starting to again experience this "your every waking moment shall be spent working or in group activities" mode that started to wear thin last week in Ukraine. I had been planning to walk to a local supermarket to buy some victuals this evening, but that didn't happen. As I am living in a suite-style hotel with no in-house restaurant, having food around is going to be important, eventually. Had it not been for a kind invitation this evening for our work group to join one of the Russian delegation for quick a "home-cooked" meal, I'd be feeling pretty hungry right now (though admittedly, not in any danger of becoming malnourished over the short term).
I'm gratified to see that I survived the fourth week of LJ Idol, but wonder (a) what the surprise promised for later this week might be (I guess that's why it's described as a "surprise"), and (b) whether I'll have any personal time at all to write anything for this week's installment or do anything else, for that matter.
I should probably get to bed immediately. Interpreting a technical meeting is exhausting by itself. Doing that and then putting in another 7 hours of work immediately afterward is really exhausting. There are splinter meetings promised for tomorrow, which will mean fewer rest periods, which merely exacerbate the situation.
Cheers...
