Well, this is certainly a first. I normally make it a policy to leave this place alone when I'm at work, aside from occassionally checking into the little discussion chatter under an alter ego. For obvious reasons, typing long protracted ramblings probably wouldn't be the best for productivity. :)

But today, being Saturday, and given that every fiber in my being is screaming, "I'm not supposed to be here now. I'm not supposed to be here now!" I figure what the hell.

Walked in this morning around a quarter after nine. Welcome to the land of those who all wish they were just about anywhere else! Oh, nobody's saying anything, and there have been some attempts to try to bring spirits up. But it's pretty obvious. This is not a very happy village right now. I can say with a high degree of certainty that this will be the last time in a long time that I get conned into this sort of thing.

If the people planning the schedules for these things can't come up with realistic timelines, well, I don't want to be an asshole, but... It shouldn't be my problem. (I know, scheduling anything remotely realistic for a software project is generally doomed to failure, but still... Somebody else's mistake shouldn't be my problem!)

I suppose I'm at least twice as annoyed as I normally would be, because late last night, it was announced that the rest of the family is going into the mountains today, where, among a picnic, maybe hike, and other things, bouncing is going to experiment with his new camera. That so figures. Being the last minute planners that we are in this family, of course this was just hatched on Friday evening, so there would have been no way of knowing about it earlier in the week.

When I heard about that last night, I was seriously considering backing out on this whole mess. I figured that since I had already said I'd be here, I didn't want to break an agreement. Now that I'm here, I wish I had. Oh well. Live and learn.

I wonder what would happen if I just stand up right now, not saying a word, walk out the door, and drive away. Wonder how I'd be greeted on Monday. lol. Heck, they might not have left the house yet. I might still be able to catch them. Tempting.

God, this sucks. Like I said, I won't be conned nearly so easily next time. This place is pretty nice as a day job, but on a day like this, it just blows. To hell with being a team player.

Over and out.