guilty

at first i was feeling guilty for taking off a week to go to taiwan 2/25-3/6 because my manager asked if i could postpone it and i said no. (even though we hadn't bought the tickets yet, i guess i could have if i really wanted to...) anyways, so i think my manager has been having discussions with my 2nd line about my vacation, i dunno, but i guess they are just not very happy about me taking it. yes i do feel bad for leaving while we're still busy, but this is my mentality, i can't put my life on hold-- i mean, i've already been working overtime for the past year! and it's going to continue for the next couple of months!! and this weekend i'm working both saturday and sunday again. grr. i think it really is their own fault for not hiring enough people, i mean, if they want coverage on weekends, they can't expect only 2 people to cover the whole weekend! i mean, i'm ok with covering one day, but the other person on my team has kids so he always has an excuse, so i end up having to cover his day as well! UGH. i think i need to start having kids soon or something, i really need to come up with a good excuse as to why i can't work. i can't wait until my vacation!! i hate thinking, breathing, living work! it's too much!!

ok vent over. anyways, my mom bought the tickets to taiwan, so i'm going, so even if they ask me to postpone i'll just tell them no. i hope and pray they don't ask me to go to tucson again. i'm just glad that at least i've been able to alternate every two weeks going to Tucson with the teammate with kids, at least he was willing to go. this guy on another team, basically only has himself and my officemate (but since my officemate just had her baby, she won't travel) so he's going to be in tucson 6 weeks straight! at least he gets to fly home on weekends, but still, that's quite a long time!

i am not looking forward to the next month, i think basically all i'll be doing is work work and more work. about 60-70 hours a week. but at least i'll have my nice taiwan vacation to look forward to, it's what's keeping me sane! i hope i also find time to do schoolwork and plan the wedding! good thing i got most planning stuff done before jan. =P