Man, I'm glad yesterday is done.

We only had one document to deliver yesterday. Just one.

Shouldn't have been a problem. Except that I didn't get it until almost noon, and I had a conference call on my schedule which would eat up most of my afternoon.

So between 11:45 and 1, I had to review a 100-page document. With a fine tooth comb, because my boss has been jumping up and down and screaming about errors slipping through to the customer.

And this was a brand new template for this type of document. I found something like fifteen errors. In case you're wondering, that's a lot. Because I generally lump all grammar errors together as one, for counting purposes. Just for example. So I don't mean that I found fifteen typos. I mean I found fifteen different kinds of errors. Most of them repeated a few times.

The form I use only has ten lines on it. I had to add more (it's a spreadsheet) to fit everything I had to record. A more usual defect count for a document of that size would be 2-3 errors.

By the time I got off my conference call, they still hadn't finished making all the fixes I'd asked for. I wound up working a little late, just to double-check.

(And the document still didn't get delivered. I found out this morning that it's still on the manager's desk. So I'll review it again today after he's done. Just to be completely certain.)

I don't usually look forward to exercise. I don't usually look forward to sweat.

But yesterday it felt like all the nitpicky stupid shit in my office was suffocating me, trying to seep in through my pores and paralyze my muscles. I was not only ready but eager for my Jazzercise class.

I pushed hard. Every step I took was a step away from work. Every beat of music drowned out some excuse or rationalization. Every drop of sweat was stupid shit leaving my body again.

I ache today, but not as much as I expected to.

Next week is supposed to be quiet and calm. Our customers are all taking long weekends, and so are lots of us. I'll be here Monday and almost nothing at all is going to happen.

I can't wait.

--Liz