My Apologies

"Woke up, got outta bed, dragged a comb across my head.
Made my way downstairs and drank a cup, looking up i noticed i was late. "

Most music is about love..finding it, losing it, making it. But theres also allot of decent music about working. Finding jobs, losing jobs, workin for the weekend, how working sucks...those have been my songs lately.

The normal product life cycle for the product I am involved with is 12-24 months from kick off to hand off. 6 weeks ago i was “fortunate” enough to pick up a new project that has a 3 month life cycle. Needless to say, it's been a bit of a scramble. 12 hr days, Saturdays, Sundays...the concept of a five day week is gone. I thought Europeans were ahead of America with their 5 weeks of vacation and 35 hr work weeks. Part of me wants to take it as a compliment.

Manager 1 “We've got to deliver this project in 3 months, who should we give it to?”

Manager 2 “3 months? Wow. I wouldn't wanna wanna do it. How about project manager #1?”

Manager 1 “Naw, he's got a family. What about that American guy?”

Manager 2 “Brilliant!”

The truth is i take it as a compliment. If they gave it to me then it means they have confidence that i can deliver on time. Right? Well, that's what i tell myself anyway. God I'm stupid. But its not all wasted effort. All of my extra hrs are paid 50% as extra vacation 50% as money. I'm working on around 50 days of vacation right now. Was that a tear that just hit your keyboard?

Anyways, the reason i bring this up is that i feel like I've neglected my poor blog as of late. But things should be slowing down soon. I'm heading stateside next Sunday to wrap up another project so things ought to cool off a bit after that. Oh and during my visit i should be able to swing through NY for a few days to drive my cars. I mean see my family.

Cheers!