Coming up for Air

The past 2 months have been crazy, to say the least.

Mostly work.

Actually, it's pretty much all work stuff.

The amount of work my department has is staggering.

When I started, I was considered a "team member"

Several months ago, I was asked to lead the department.

I said "yes" of course, and then had one direct report.

We were a department of two.

It was great. We are cut from the same cloth and have similar personalities. We're loud, we're blunt and we get shit done.

And then we got busier.

And busier.

And busier.

And then we found out my direct report is pregnant (yay!) but omg.

We hired two project managers to help out.

And then another.

And we were still drowning.

I just recently hired a senior person to take over some of the workload.

I was also told by my boss "maybe it's time you start thinking about transitioning the day-to-day stuff and do more oversight" - which is GREAT. But, I'm also a control freak and have a hard time letting go of stuff.

But, working until 11pm at night almost every night for the past 8 weeks is also not sustainable.

I'm grumpy.

A lot.

I'm stressed.

I'm in pain.

However, the next few weeks don't look like they will be as insane as the last couple of months.

My new hire starts in a couple of weeks and I think that will be a huge help.

I hope this means I can come up for air a bit.

My blogging has taken a back seat purely due to the fact that the time I used to spend drafting blogs is now spent doing actual work.

But, I promise, I'm coming back! Just hang in there.