a day in the life of

my 'normal' day is waking up at 5:30am to my lovely cat licking my ears.
i then try, very unsuccessfully, to sleep for another hour.
it never works.
i finally drag my sorry, tired butt out of bed and get in the shower.
less than an hour later i am in the hotel trying to put some new fire out.
today, it was scheduling rooms.
after over an hour of firefighting, i turn my computer on to find at least two unopened 'urgent' emails from my boss.
i begin on the brand new set of 'to-do's' while continuously being interupted by the telephone or my lovely employees.
i try to take a break from my to-do list and find more fires, usually larger than the early morning ones.
today it was a massive flood, thanks roto rooter.
i spend the next five hours in emergency mode and completely loose track of my to-do list.
i leave sometime around 6pm when i think the swing shift dude can handle it and after he has smoked three cigarettes, at the correct intervals.
i go home and try not to cry myself to sleep.
this is what i do every day.
e v e r y s i n g l e d a y .
i am going on vacation in one week.
i hope i don't die before i get to go.