the busy season dance

Only one thing that would have me here at the computer in my cube at work before 8 on a Saturday morning: Busy Season! Yes, those special few months for anyone who works with accountants that start busy and then just spiral the hell out of control from there.

Not that it's all bad. I do like the drive in. Not the waking up and stuff, but once I'm awake and on my way, it's so nice to drive to work in relative peace. Very few cars on the road before 8 on a Saturday morning. Almost feels like it's 2 or 3 a.m., until I get to Keystone. Then it picks up, but just a bit. Although today the cops were acting like it was their busy season. I go to turn on Keystone and off to my left (south) a cop has someone pulled over, lights twirling. I go to Einstein's and get my bagel, graciously accepting the condolences of the employees and customers who are not used to seeing me bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (yeah, right) that early on a Saturday. Leave Einstein's and go to turn onto Keystone again from the other direction, and just to the north is another car pulled over. All this before 8 on a Saturday morning? What the hell are people doing? That's just a bad place in general. There's a McDonald's, Steak N Shake, Burger King, all kinds of restaurants with breakfast--and there's always cop cars sitting in the parking lots. Not that I think they leap from their seats and rush to their cars when they see someone speeding by, but they are seriously in the area.

Another thing about busy season is that, since the people in my department (admin) switch Saturdays (until late February, when it's all hands on deck all the time), I can play my radio louder. Right now I'm listening to LA Woman on Q95. Fun Saturday morning song. Drove in to the Allman Brothers' Midnight Rider. That song will make you feel like the only person alive in the world this early in the morning when it's still dark out and everyone else is asleep.

This busy season should be extra interesting, since this year I'll be juggling the increasing responsibilities of my derby league on top of the extra work here. Hopefully I can channel that stress onto the track and really take some skaters out when our season starts in March.

But anyway, it's 8:04. I should probably start working.