Impromptu four day weekend.

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.