You know you're distracted when...

I have a lot to read and review at work today, graphics to make and a program to test. I'm the only one of a team of three developers here today as I have been for about a month now. one is on vacation with his wife in Greece on a long and well deserved cruise and the other is temporarily placed on another assignment at our corporate center--not a problem.

Only that when I get in, I'm overwhelmed with things to do and favors to comply with. I work with some really cool people so it doesn't bother me and I find the following comments humerous.

"Alex, I need that logo you guys did 5 years ago--please find it"

"Alex, can you please convert this PDF back into Word?" (It was never in Word nor is it text, it's a graphic)

"Why does it cost that much, can't you just hit the button that says convert?" (in reference to XML and other weird formats)

--and my favorite...

"Can you whip up this graphic when you get a chance?"--then they sit down next to you waiting for that chance, I guess I have a chance "NOW!?!"

"Sure!"--All the while I have my regular work to do, but I'm happy to do it all. This simple Blog entry is a way to relieve my frustration. The other way I relieve frustration is to actually relieve myself.

As I sit on the throne with a printout of some sort so I don't get bored. I start to read it and then realize...

"shit, am I in the ladies room?!?" I have to actually remember that I saw urinals on the way in, a huge dead cockroach in the corner next to some poison and heard the baritone fart symphony where the urinals are supposed to be and not little pink, flowery convenience vending machines that I assume all ladies' rooms have.

I don't make it a habbit of of accidentally entering the women's restroom and the confusion only lasts a second but no doubt, my sensetive masculine ego was involved in this rapid thought process.

I expect the day will stay this hectic--that's a good thing.

-out