divine angst

I know I said I was going to have to lay off the slacking, but I just can’t get motivated. Things are so crazy—my office is going to reorganize right before I leave, which has created a sort of unsettled environment around here. (The reorg is a good reorg, but you know how people get when they discover their bosses will be different people than they’ve been used to working with.)

So I’ve been party planning instead. I just finished an Evite for our going-away party. Why do Evites take so long to craft? I nitpicked over the language, then over the guest list (you know, the “so-and-so doesn’t speak to such-and-such, can we invite both of them?” kind of thing), then over the design. And then I had to come up with clever poll questions to ask…it took a lot of time! And now that it’s out, I get to start thinking about food—I’ll make a brisket, and maybe some brats, and I might try that recipe for homemade veggie burgers…Sure the party’s not for three and a half weeks. It’s still got to be perfect! I haven’t planned a party in so long. I forget how much fun it is.

Update: Oh, shucks. I just found out from my boss that Project #3 is not going to get finished. We were hoping to have it reviewed so I could make any necessary revisions before I left, but the person who needs to review it is on vacation until the day AFTER I leave. Darn, darn, darn.

(This actually is a good thing; I was starting to get a little nervous about doing a good job on all three projects with such limited time. Now I can at least make sure that the troublesome project I am currently struggling with is in as good shape as I can get it before I go.)