The Corporate Event...Prepare for Ranting!

Today and yesterday have sucked.

We all know I try to never let work seep into the rest of my life, I think I do a pretty good job separating the two...and I'm trying to even blog less about work...even while I am at work. However, work has penetrated the rest of my life the last two days, so a guy has to write about it then...right?

Yesterday, my work was a sponsor at a golf tournament. Going to a golf tournament and being outside all day SOUNDS great. It wasn't. First off, I had to be up at 5:15 a.m. I'm assuming everyone who reads this tome knows something about me, and you likely know that I don't get up at that hour. Ever. I'm more likely to GO TO bed at 5am then wake up for the day then. So, we are already off to a terrible start. I had to pick up ice and breakfast foods, and there was a mammoth line at Super America, and it made me late to the golf course. I got there, set my stuff up and then sat there. I literally sat on a chair, on hole 10, for three hours, just waiting, with nothing to do. The worst part is there was there was a lot I COULD be doing, but it had to wait. I was supposed to greet each golfer that came to our sponsored hole, tell them about our company and invite them to participate in our raffle. The golfers came sporadically, sometimes 20 minutes would go by with no one at the hole, so I just sat there. When they did come, they didn't care about learning about our company, and I can't blame them. Every time I talked to them I wanted to tell them that I didn't care either.

After the tournament ended, I had to run to the lunch, make sure our presentation was ready, and then run to my car, and make up gift bags (crappy branded merchandise!) for the raffle winners. I sat, cramped in my car, throwing things into gift bags. I ran back for the awards ceremony to present the bags, that no one would ever want, even for free, to the "lucky" winners.

I also got rained on. Awesome.

The event ended at 4. I was already exhausted, but I had to go back to the office and prepare for today's activities and finally got to leave at 5:15.

I went home and tried getting ready to rock with Judging Ronald at practice, but I actually just fell asleep. It wasn't planned. I just passed out on the couch like I had just downed a bottle of Vodka. I was late for practice.

Today, we had a client visit to do on-site interviews of potential consultants. (Note: I just used business jargon in a blog, and it wasn't intentional. Ugh) I had to do similar preparations, including making sure everyone was comfortable, greeting people when they came, and trying to keep all of the things flowing smoothly. How can I make sure things are running smoothly, if I'm not even running smoothly? It doesn't help that having clients here makes everyone in the office on edge. Edgy passive aggressive conversation is the worst.

So, now I am tired, edgy, stressed and confused. I didn't even get to go on lunch. Thankfully at least today I could hop on Gmail and get some relief from friends. So, if I talked to you today, thanks. You helped me maintain my sanity. Whatever of it there is left!

It's okay. The long weekend is just around the corner filled with JR rocking (Friday, 9:30 at Blackdawg in Burnsville! Come!), disc golf slinging, cabin events, and awesome people. At least Monday things will be back to normal at work: Boring, ridiculious, and draining, but at least it won't be stressful.

Thanks for letting me vent. I don't blame you if you didn't read all that!

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