I'm hoping that I can still keep up some kind of consistency with tagging in the evenings/weekends, at least here at the end of summer

but even though there's usually not many overtime days (thank the gods it's not like prior company where I'd have 1-2 months of mandatory OT) it still tends to be a pretty major mental drain when it's busy, unless I get lucky with a smooth day

I just know how the past couple years have been, so. figured I'd toss a warning out :/

if I'm really lucky there won't be any home/family issues adding to things like last year - or I guess I should say not to the extent of last year, there's kind of consistently stress even when I do my best to ignore it

mostly I'm just going to try my best to avoid or at least delay falling into the busy season/burnout cycle of: wake up, work, maybe have dinner, maybe put on a mindless stream for an hour to try and chill, go to bed, rinse and repeat -.-

thinking I might pin this since it's probably more useful /relevant to most than my occasional meme top levels

and today managed to be the perfect example of the day starting fine-to-good, and by 3pm I'm wanting to cry and/or scream in frustration and impatiently waiting to quickly log off at 4pm sharp

:c

/holds

Clasps your hands in the mines of the work/veg cycle...

hate these days of spending the morning catching up just to end up behind again because of a mountain of new stuff

and that I'm already having to restrain the urge to just go crawl in bed after work and skip dinner even though I've barely eaten today

I'd say I want it to be October already but that's just for the weather. our busiest weeks are forecast for right around my birthday -.-

please do eat at least

it's coming up on the end of Sept and work volume has been much lighter the last couple weeks than I expected (granted busy season light, not off-season light)

don't get me wrong, it's been a nice break from August, but in a way it's making me worry more about how insane October might be. which I really hope it isn't but I'm trying to brace for it

the current inventory issues with Big Name Vendor also have me concerned for next month and Nov, given the amount of business we usually do leading up to the holidays and how many people want their shit before the holidays

said vendor is notorious for shipments not arriving on time but I've been watching the dates on some stuff get pushed back week after week. stuff that was originally supposed to be in stock the first week of Sept now might arrive mid-Oct

I'm glad I'm not in supply chain but it sucks trying to explain to the average Jane/Joe coach that yes I understand you want X product and it's going to be required but I can't wave a wand and make Vendor suddenly have stock

at this point the only thing I'm looking forward to next month is whenever my Q3 bonus hits because things are a little tighter than I'd like

sigh. I really thought it'd be work getting in the way of my writing this fall and not mostly at-home aggravations. work I can get some distance from

though I am glad for this month not being insanely busy because the backlog of college and uni stuff is ridiculous and I dread whenever I get assigned one of those currently. that dept has got to clean their shit up. taking weeks just to send back the initial email is nuts and I wouldn't be surprised if some sales reps are losing business

at this point I think I have more that are waiting on a response than I do active assignments, which feels bizarre

monthly team meeting today and they're still expecting Oct to be busy, ugh, and blackout overtime week will likely be the week of my bday, double ugh