Swamped

Writing this up over my lunch break. A lunch break which is without soup, as someone decided to microwave a wooden bowl until it achieved its flashpoint. The wall behind the microwave in our company's lunch room is black. As if the microwave belched flame - which it did.

Now, you may notice the title up above is "Swamped". I'm not referring to my nether regions (it's a weekday, so I made it into the shower this morning), but my current state. See, we have a big customer coming in for seminars all week, and I have to give presentations. Presentations which should have been prepared sometime last week. Presentations which I am currently working on.
I told myself on Friday that I NEEDED to get into the office over the weekend.

it didn't happen.

Instead, I chose the obvious choice of lying around reading and watching movies. So we reap what we sow.

However, not only do I have to deal with these lovely seminars, but I also have to make sure I am prepared for next weekend when I will be visiting the always wonderful west coast. I fly into SF on Sunday morning, work ridiculous hours all week, then fly down to LA, to hop on a plane and head to Hong Kong, followed by Beijing. Now, all of this is incredibly exciting, but also incredibly stressful. I'm kind of losing it. I am trying to injest oatmeal on a regular basis, as that is supposed to keep cholesteral down, and I just feel like I need that. The ticker is being pressed a bit hard.

But, still, Beijing. Work or no work, I will make my way to the Great Wall. Visiting a real-live opium den is optional, the Great Wall is not. Also, I'd love to see the terra-cotta warriors, but I have no idea where that is. My mind rationalizes like this: The terra-cotta warriors are in China, i will be in China, therefore I can see them. Funny, but last time I checked, that's one big land mass. Maybe if this was Rhode Island it would be feasable, but in this case my logic is faulty.

And that's never happened before.