Groggy doesn’t even come close to the way I felt this morning when I collapsed out of bed and staggered to the bathroom for some much needed water. Essentially, within minutes of leaving the warmth of bed I began counting down to the weekend. It is not because of anything had gone wrong during this past week but because there was just a lot happening, a lot to try and get caught up on, and too little sleep.
By
the time I got to work this morning I had the opportunity to wake up a bit but
not enough. Being tired seems to be the greatest hindrance to productivity.
Well, at least for me. The strange part of it is that I am getting, on average,
more sleep than I was this time last year but with all the activities and
various projects I am drained quite a bit more.
The
odd thing now is that it seems as though everyone in the office is on the same
page. We all happened to have a bit of a tiring week and a few nights when we
all came in with a little less sleep than usual. We recognize this in one
another and while there are times when we all just collectively rest and chat
for a minute, most of the time we push through it and push one another to get
more and more things checked off the list.
By
the time we reached the midafternoon I was in auto pilot both in what I was
getting done on the computer and in my round trips to the kitchen and my usual
coffee routine. I honestly couldn’t tell you how many cups of coffee I went
through today but I know it was a lot more than usual. Not a record but above
normal.
Even
though at any given moment I would have said that the day was dragging, it was surprising
how quickly the end of the day came and how unprepared I was for its arrival.
With heavy feet and still stiff fingers I did my best to not hold everyone up
from getting out of the office but we were all pretty much on the same pace and
my labored routine fell right in the middle. We all made it to the end of the
day, and the conclusion of the week, a little more tired than usual but with
plenty of things accomplished and a weekend to look forward to, a weekend when
we need to rest as next week if going to be hectic.
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