If previously I thought that my corporate life has rotated faster and very busy, well, apparently it was not fast enough nor it were busy enough.

Ever since our new boss joined us almost four weeks a go, my head has became my toes and my toes has became my head. She came and slammed me in. The good thing, she is a very energetic woman and this is very contagious. She seemed to radiate positive energy and energized me in every way. Her style is to solve as many issues as possible in the speed of lightning. I like it.

The bad thing is, my already stretched work hours are even more stretch now. If I used to work to 10 hours a day now I am stretched to 12 to 14 hours a day. Every day I came at 6:30 am and went home at 7 to 8 pm and no, this is not about me unable to managing my time, it is the load. The load is crazy and overwhelming, and yet is fun. There’s sense of accomplishment and self satisfaction when I end the day. But I missed seeing my kids in ‘alive’ condition (read: not sleeping). It made my weekend seemed so precious and I appreciate my time with my family more.

In the middle of this hustle and bustle, I and hubby managed to spend a night away from the kids to rejuvenate our selves. It’s been three days since last time I spoke to hubby (literally!) and I sent him a text message to ask him what is going on. He seemed so stressed out with his (also!) overwhelming job. So I asked him whether he has a hotel voucher, which he did. The next day we packed up and spent the Friday night together as a couple. We left the kids under my mother and brother’s supervision and had the time of our lives. Great! 

I also managed to go to Gresik again for one day. My boss and I went in the morning and left in the afternoon. Although we did not manage to go to the On Shore Production Facilities, it was a very productive trip indeed. We had good discussions with the field managers and get enough material to draft the new policy. Yet I was so exhausted and fell asleep on my way home. If the driver was not excellence, we would have lost on our way home

And the mother of all days was the past two days when the heavy run poured down Jakarta. Jakarta garbage clogged rivers has started to building up water beyond the normal level. That and the water from the mountain have effectively created one of the biggest floods for the past 5 years in Jakarta. If things were terrible on Friday, it gets worse on Saturday. And due to some people slow response, we were forced to take matters into our hands and evacuated our friends from their houses. I worked throughout Friday night and Saturday with my new energetic manager and dear old friend who had been nothing but great, pro active and helpful. We have managed to evacuate two families to the Hotel. One of them was young family with baby transported by rubber boat. Previously there were already three families also being evacuated. One of them was a family of expatriate saved by the marine’s boat.

Sunday afternoon seemed to be better. The sun started to shine and my phone has stopped ringing. I hope things will be just fine.