of ironies

feeling extremely exhausted and quite thankful for the long weekend around the corner. it's the only thing that keeps me going this week. yet at the same time, there is just so so so so so much to be done that four days this week is just not sufficient. but i know my limits and i know that i am reaching them very soon. how ironic.

actually, i just want to say that i really do not envy the job of an auditor. today at lunch, i gave this really pained smile to one of the auditors. pained because i felt like i could not genuinely smile, knowing that i have been mean and difficult in the recent past. pained because i felt a twinge of sympathy. after all, we are just doing our jobs and they theirs.

but it really really irks me that there are already a gazillion and one things to do, that were due yesterday mind you, and then it just adds on to the piling work, which you know has no value add to you anyway. and you just get really frustrated because as much as you can hinder the process, you can't stop them from doing their job. since effectively, you're paying for it anyway. so ironic.

some time back, someone said, 'cutting the nose to spite the face'. not the first time i've heard of this proverb. but my colleagues burst out laughing on hearing it. so we ended up spending the next 5 minutes of the meeting wiki-ing for the origin behind the saying - which i must say was quite a disappointing and uninteresting origin. essentially it means that you shouldn't do something hurtful just to prove your point, and end up hurting yourself. seems ironic.

oh well. such is life.