05.03.06
Equilibrium
Some days, everything goes wrong.
Last Thursday was like that. I had a tough day at work with a client who keeps ignoring our recommendations and instead just dictates what the site architecture should be like, what the navigation should look like, and where the content will come from. I feel like a clerk taking notes while others are making decisions and I have to regularly calm down by reminding myself that they are still paying me for my expertise which they aren’t using, but, well, that’s their problem. I also started on another project with a great team, but, boy, they are whipping my butt in shape. This is going to be one intense project. I’m facing a night of work to prepare for two important meetings tomorrow. I have to struggle to find a place to pump. The video room which is my pumping room is being used for (what do you know) a video project so I have to go pump in the upstairs restrooms, 8 floors away, yay! But the cherry on top of the cake is when Bronya calls after I pick up Evelyne, to tell me that she has just opened her mail to find a convocation for jury duty for the next day at 10am. Great. Welcome to child care hell. I arrange with Bronya to eventually have her look after Evie in the afternoon, I call Tryntje as a backup, arrange for my first meeting to be over the phone… Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhh, so much stress in one evening.
And then there are some days when the stars align and everything goes as it should. I knew that my Friday would have to be scheduled very tightly if I wanted it to work. And, oh miracle, everything worked perfectly well! Evelyne took a 2h45 min nap in the morning (first ever I think!), woke up just as my call was finishing and just in time for her feeding before I dropped her at Bronya’s, who escaped jury duty, so icould drive to Fluid, found a parking spot near Fluid’s offices (!), then rescheduled the doctor’s appointment next week, found another spot near AKQA (!), met all the people I had to meet, and made it back to Bronya’s in time.
It’s all a question of balance. But if feels like walking on a thin rope sometimes!