When it rains...

.... it pours.

Both literally and figuratively. I cannot remember ever seeing this much rain in May and June. It seriously depresses me and makes it difficult to get out of bed in the morning becuase it is still so dark outside.

Figuratively, I am suddenly in a torrential downpour at work, after months of being slow and waiting around. I think I've sent and received about 100 emails since 8:30 (since I got in an hour late due to the paragraph above). I am so much happier at work when I have a deadline - not a screaming-impossible-to-accomplish deadline - but something keeping me motivated. The days fly by and I actually enjoy my job. I never thought I was a deadline-oriented person, but working on the type of projects I have for the past seven years has really made me into that. If I don't have a deadline breathing down my neck at work, I will browse the internets, organize my email, catch up on random stuff until suddenly, BAM!, I have made my own deadline with my procrastination.

And this actually could not have come at a better time. I am ready for some OT, have no problem putting some decent overtime in between now and September to pay for that Mexico trip and the Canon camera I would dearly love to have before we go!