Seven-day work week!

"No days off - I am a workaholic."

Wale, American rapper (born 1984)

"I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful"

- Keke Palmer, actress

“I don’t think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.”

- Sebastian Coe, British politician (born 1965)

"I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career."

- Ken Livingstone, British politician (born 1945)

“I’m not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.”

- Gavin Rossdale , English musician (born 1965)

This has been a seven-day work week for me! 'Emergent' and 'urgent' tasks always tend to come on Friday evenings. I thought everything was over when I left office at 7:30 pm yesterday. Another emergency announced itself at 10 pm in the night! When I entered the ramparts of my office today, I felt like a 'doctor on call', just in time to save lives!

I did something which I have not done for a long time in my life - pack lunch for myself! I have made stuff for others and packed boxes, but for me, I think this should be after quite some time. If I remember correctly, I haven't brought a tiffin box for myself to office since 2001 when I was a Company Secretary in Kothari Petrochemicals Limited, Madras!

Well, there is always a redux, isn't it!

The plus point of coming to office on holidays is that apart from the relaxed atmosphere, there is silence. Productivity is up if there is no noise. You can actually hear the sound of silence on a Sunday! However, the flip side is that it can actually get eerie after a point of time!

There is virtually no activity outside. Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC in short) being a central business district, 

- teems with life from Mondays to Fridays, 

- shows mild signs of life on Saturdays (till afternoons), 

- but is completely dead on Sundays! 

Even the security staff in office are down - perhaps by 60%? Or is it 80%? The rare honk of a car, a taxi, and the sound of that one auto passing through the road - that's it! A few birds flying around for company! I feel like Will Smith in 'I am Legend' (2007) - the last man on earth! 

Hello, I am alone here! Can someone say a 'hi' to me? Please?

I only have music for company. I hope I get to leave before the sun goes down in the horizon - a night alone could be ever eerier!

Thankfully, email and internet are on - generally a shutdown is scheduled on weekends. Small mercies!

60 plus hours this week in office! And this is at the back of my head - tomorrow is Monday! I might as well doze off in office than go home just to take bath and change my clothes!

Sigh!

Am I burnt out? Perhaps not yet! Bring on Monday!