I went out to lunch with a friend today and ate at a high-carb buffet. High carb meals always make me sleeeeeppppyyyyy…
Right after lunch, a co-worker “persuaded” me to sit in on a meeting that she was attending. This was a “high-level” meeting regarding the conversion of our accounting systems (which has to keep track of local agency transportation projects throughout the state of California) to a new one.
For me, it was really boring (since I have no experience in the multitude of accounting databases our department uses and because I had not attended the previous meeting). Combine this with the fact that I was really full and sleepy…. I definitely shut my eyes for about 5-10 seconds at a time on multiple occasions.
The meeting was supposed to last 1 hour, but it lasted 2 1/2 hours. Fortunately, about halfway through, I “recovered” and did not close my eyes again.
In my defense, if I had known I would be attending this meeting, I would not have eaten so much for lunch…
Filed under: Random, Work | Tagged: boring meetings, sleepy
You should have told one of your co-worker buddies to poke you in the ribs with a really sharp knife. That would have kept you awake.
You know me. Always trying to help.
Kelly, great advice as always!
Try a cup of tea in meeting like these. Just the right amount of caffeine.
That’s a good idea; unfortunately I didn’t have time to make one. Next time I’ll do that.