My temporary work project in is the last throes of existence. A week, maybe 8 or 9 days stand between me and unemployment. I have to say at this point I welcome the downtime. Just yesterday, in the push between us lemmings and our deadline, the project manager announced an increase in hours we're expected-slash-encouraged-slash-expected (his words, not mine) to work from a former nice round 75 hour workweek to a future 112 hour workweek starting tomorrow. 112 hours, you may ask, how is that possible? That, my friends, is 16 hour days, 8 days a week. Saturday, Sunday. Add to that a 2.5 hour commute and you'll see that it is not, in point of fact, possible. Not without unethically endangering those on the road with my in an early morning commute to DC. But I will do what I can. Last night, after not seeing my son for the last two days, I climbed into his tiny bed so I could at least spend 6 or 7 hours with him him whilst he slept. Desparate times call for desparate measures, I thought, as I whisper to him and myself "It's only one more week, it's only one more week."
But that's not an update at all, you might say, that's just a plea for pity! Well, perhaps. Here are some actual updates, then:
I met last night with some local bloggers! The Big, Blonde, Bad Bahu and Milwaukee Masala. Lovely, both of them. It reminded me how much I am missing out by being away from blog reading the past few weeks and months. There are so many of you whose blogs I truly, truly love and want to read all the time but haven't had a chance to. I will, though. Expect comments on weeks-old posts coming soon. And new blogs! Ones I don't even know about. I wish I had more time, people, I truly do.
As for my blog, I do sometimes slip away from my workstation to post something small. I'll continue to do that for the next week or so. I seriously think of three new ideas every day about my weird life. They're coming soon, to a computer near you, as soon as I get the chance.
Urdu class is going well too. I'm as eager as ever and my heart has stopped pounding during the last 30 minutes of class like it used to when I realized I was way out of my league. My reading is faster, and we've finally waded into some territory and vocabulary that I didn't already know. It's like the first few weeks everyone else was doing the whole curriculum and I was just focused on the script and reading/writing it. Now we're all on relatively equal footing. There are two other gori wives in my class as well. I invited them to yesterday's meetup but it was too short of a notice. Perhaps they'll come to the next one. We all had so much fun last night that we've pledged the next one will be soon.
Lastly, my own blog. I've heard from a friend who said that Disqus and/or word verification makes commenting difficult for some people, so I plan to change it. Does anyone feel the same way or have any other suggestions for me as far as blog management? Here are The Gori Wife Life, we appreciate your suggestions :)
But that's not an update at all, you might say, that's just a plea for pity! Well, perhaps. Here are some actual updates, then:
I met last night with some local bloggers! The Big, Blonde, Bad Bahu and Milwaukee Masala. Lovely, both of them. It reminded me how much I am missing out by being away from blog reading the past few weeks and months. There are so many of you whose blogs I truly, truly love and want to read all the time but haven't had a chance to. I will, though. Expect comments on weeks-old posts coming soon. And new blogs! Ones I don't even know about. I wish I had more time, people, I truly do.
As for my blog, I do sometimes slip away from my workstation to post something small. I'll continue to do that for the next week or so. I seriously think of three new ideas every day about my weird life. They're coming soon, to a computer near you, as soon as I get the chance.
Urdu class is going well too. I'm as eager as ever and my heart has stopped pounding during the last 30 minutes of class like it used to when I realized I was way out of my league. My reading is faster, and we've finally waded into some territory and vocabulary that I didn't already know. It's like the first few weeks everyone else was doing the whole curriculum and I was just focused on the script and reading/writing it. Now we're all on relatively equal footing. There are two other gori wives in my class as well. I invited them to yesterday's meetup but it was too short of a notice. Perhaps they'll come to the next one. We all had so much fun last night that we've pledged the next one will be soon.
Lastly, my own blog. I've heard from a friend who said that Disqus and/or word verification makes commenting difficult for some people, so I plan to change it. Does anyone feel the same way or have any other suggestions for me as far as blog management? Here are The Gori Wife Life, we appreciate your suggestions :)
