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As you may or may not be able to see in my title, my work is slowly seeping into my playtime. For almost 2 weeks now, my "supervisor" was traveling abroad (He's back now though). As a direct result, my immediate workload increased slightly, but the decisions I made were more difficult due to the uncertainty of not having a more knowledgeable person to check with. But as an indirect result, I found myself working in the evenings because that's when my supervisor would be sending emails.

My two projects right now are pretty intense right now. Unfortunately, I cannot go into details because of some papers I signed, but there's a lot of big, important, difficult, messy, engineer-y, and ugly stuff going on. It's a headache trying to sort through all the goings-ons not just in my office, but on the other side of the globe while I'm asleep.

To help facilitate all the teams, international companies utilize some magic tricks - such as the conference call. With my supervisor out of the country and my China team pretty powerless, I've had to learn to work with entire teams over the phone at 8 in the evenings. Definitely a hassle - adding to my workload and just overall taking away from my chillaxing utility.

BUT - there is a bright side. I see myself growing more confident, more knowledgeable, and more comfortable in the environment. I am also realizing that in order to make your company competitive, you have to be a more competitive engineer. And there'll have to be sacrifices like working a bit late. (Ahhh, Formula, you've taught me so much!) So far, I am not entirely dissatisfied with my balance, as I've been having fun when I'm not working. But that doesn't mean I don't wish I was still in school sleeping late, waking late, and being late.