Hellday

That’s how The Socialist refers to Tuesdays … at least how he refers to them during the current semester. Tuesday is the only day he’s teaching an evening class this semester, making it the longest day of his week.

Today I’m inclined to agree with him.

-I’ve forgotten my employee ID/pass and my keys, making it necessary to get clearance whenever I want to enter most parts of the building. I need to do that a LOT.

-I’ve found out about an audit that is going to happen some time between now and the end of September on an area that’s never been audited before. The person who normally oversees these things is out on maternity leave, so they’ve dumped part of the preparation work onto me. Granted, it has to do with the part of the operation that I have oversight on anyhow, but it’s still a daunting task. I found out about this 8:30 this morning. I arranged a ten o’clock meeting with the head of another department to find out where we’ll need to work in order to come into compliance with the audit’s requirements. I then printed off copies of the audit highlights to take with me to the meeting.

-While walking over to the department office to pick up the stuff I’d printed, I stopped long enough to chat with a couple of co-workers. It was in this way that I found out that I’m being tapped to serve on a biosecurity committee being formed by our company. First meeting is today, 11:00 to 12:00. Can we say “no time to prepare” in unison, people? I’m hoping that the biosecurity meetings I’ve been attending for the last year will help me out on this one. Perhaps some of the things I’d been hoping to accomplish will finally find fruition.

-While returning to my office, I passed through one of the rooms that I do periodic checks in. There was a back-up in things that needed either my or a governement official’s approval to move on. I lost half an hour there, getting things sorted out and cleaned up.

-I returned to my office, half an hour late for taking my nine o’clock meds. I had to take them with no water, because I haven’t got my ID badge to get me into the kitchen area across the way that has potable water.

Yup. “Hellday” just about encompasses my feelings about the day so far.