in case you thought i died...oh if only. and i may have a few days ago, but am too busy to lie still properly. here's the shorthand...big girl job: 2 departments...already strugglingly understaffed with 6 people...my dept down to 3 people, another has 4. shorter version - me & 1 other person trying all week to keep up with the work from BOTH depts. yes. i have taken 175 calls to date, according to the clicker counter thingie. and that does count the 4 i hung up on because they were settling in for a long chit chat. sorry. i just.couldn't.take.anymore. i answered your question 4 FOUR times. on tuesday i left early-ish with chest pains. stress, as it turns out. go figure. was it tuesday? anyway. last night i got home at 7:45pm and went straight to bed, having almost fallen asleep at the wheel on the way home. so - that's where i've been. sorry nothing pithy or deep....just day-to-day kicking my ass right now. and i get to work on a database project most of sunday. i am earning kharmic points by showing up. i'm not certain how many miles on my kharma card, but lets hope LOTS after this week or buddha's got some 'splaining to do to me, and he should be very afraid. zzzzL.