i should be doing something else

but i'm not.
i should be doing a reconcile against one of our client accounts, but it took them 2 weeks to get the file right so if i do it now it wont be very useful. and they're supposed to send another reconcile file in 2 weeks so why not just wait. i'm half way to the next one.

i could be working on this new letter we need for a client, but an attorney needs to approve the language so why put a lot of time into the set up when it's probably going to change anyway because when you're paid by the minute you feel compelled to give some advice to make some change to justify that exorbitant rate.

i ought to be working on this new web-based application i'm supposed to make design changes to for our new business but the end users want me to just suck everything out of their brains and magically make it appear into a finished report format for the clients without anyone having to input anything.

but worst of all, any or all of these things would require time to actually concentrate and dig in but too many other little things keep getting thrown at me. and i feel unappreciated. i just got the email to ask me what day would i prefer we have our monthly "employee appreciation" pizza luncheon next week. this feels to me more like the "here, we will feed you pizza one day a month so we can be crappy to you for the rest of the month" day.

ah, the return of the poison.