I remember a time...

...when weekends were pretty much my own little private refuge from the work week. No more! Now, working for some length of time on Sundays is pretty much a given. Came in this morning at 8 and expected to be outta here by 4pm. Working in Information Technology means that nothing is a given, so here I am at my desk at 4:43p waiting for the vendor's tech support folks to figure out why things are not working as advertised. To make matters worse, I rode my bike in this morning, but am probably going to need to bum a ride off of one of my coworkers, since riding after dark is not advisable on some of the roads I traverse to get here. I am VERY grateful for the job that I have and the creature comforts it has afforded me, but after 20 years in this biz, I'm just tired of having to schedule my off hours around the demands of the office. It has only gotten worse in the past year. That's why I have exactly 271 days left in Cubicle 13.