…Someone leaves a chocolate cigar on your desk and you have to run down the list to figure out who it’s from. Based on due dates, I was able to figure out who this one was from. In the coming months, it might be a little harder to work out.
I came to a stunning realization this morning. I didn’t sleep well last night (I’ve finally decided that my sleep problems all come from my sleep mask falling off in the middle of the night. I just might have to make myself a jumbo sized one). I was standing in the shower, feeling very very tired and thinking that it was probably going to be a long day and that I was going to have to push myself pretty hard to be productive. And then it hit me…
In the next few months, a good portion of our department will have small babies. The kind that cry a lot in the middle of the night and necessitate getting up to take care of them. I mean, you pretty much have to get up and attend to their needs if you don’t want Child Protective Services all over your ass. Which means that a good portion of our department will be coming in to work sleep deprived. We’re a cranky bunch to begin with. This could get… ummm… interesting.
Did I mention that they’ve slashed our coffee budget?
I should just start filming everyone. It could be a pretty kickass documentary. I could call it “When Nerds Attack!”
But, as one coworker pointed out, we’re also going to be a department of people who are very happy to be away from the crying and the spit-up and who will be glad for the opportunity to sit down. Also, to use the bathroom in piece. Sure, many of them might end up sleeping at their desks. But they’ll be happily sleeping.
Not that I would know anything about that.
(Sleeping! Not babies! No babies anytime soon! I swear!)
I solved my sleeping problems by turning a fan on at night. Turns out the ringing in my own ears was keeping me up at night.
Oh, and I agree, I think they will be happy to have some adult company, to be around people who don’t just think of them as a food source. People who really try to avoid ever thinking of them as a food source.