I woke up Thursday morning not really wanting to go in to work. I know that is how most people feel on any given morning before going in, but on Thursday it was a stronger feeling than usual. I really just needed and extended weekend, but I wasn't going to do anything about it, because I would rather save up my vacation days for this Summer.
I pulled in to the office parking lot at about 9:30 am to the scene of everyone standing outside the building and watching as fire fighters went in and came out of the building. I initially thought there was a minor issue like a small fire or something like that.
I parked my car and found a few of my friends in the crowd and asked what was going on. It turned out that a water main had broken underneath the building and to make it worse, the water had cracked the walls and had done enough damage for the fire marshall to declare the building unsafe until further notice.
We were informed of this and sent home to wait to hear when we can get back in the building. I got the phone call from a co-worker letting me know that we couldn't get back in until 10:30 am Monday morning. I really do feel bad for my boss, because I am sure this was a major stress and I also am dreading the fact that they may have us make up the time lost, but I will say that having Thursday and Friday off on such a short notice was a great surprize and I definitely made the best of the time.
It still amazes me how fast a weekend can blow by even when it's an extra long one. Oh well, I just hope it doesn't smell like moldy, wet furnature when I get in to work in the morning.
Monday, April 21, 2008
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Impromptu four day weekend. |
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Lookin' for inspiration. |
For the past couple of weeks I have been tormented with a lack of creativity when it comes to my personal non-paying artwork. I"m pretty sure it stems from working all day and then coming home and doing freelance. I definitely have been burning myself out lately. I'm not complaining, because I enjoy the extra cashola, I just need to figure out some way to free my mind from this creative block, so I can do more comics and animations for my personal projects.
A nice relaxer this weekend will be seeing Bill Cosby live in Wendover, NV with the wifey and a couple of our good friends. I am taking Friday and Monday off of work, so this week I will be celebrating Thursday eve instead of Friday eve. Two four day weeks and a four day weekend sounds like a great way to unwind to me.
Oh yeah, also I found out that our Shitzu, Walter is ticklish and he hates it! All I have to do is tickle him just under his back legs and he freaks out at me and tries to bite. I tried it on Jake too, but he just looked at me like he didn't know what I was doing and was wondering why. I promised not to tickle Walter anymore, but damn it was funny.
