teensy tiny bit cranky today

I’ve got a yoga class that I go to in downtown Oakland every now and again, and I guess I’ve been going more often than not, because today when I realized that I couldn’t go, and in fact, had to stay in the office to wait for my boss to work on something so that I could send it out, my zen got all fucked up, and I got downright cranky.  It’s bad enough that I don’t like my work (and while there’s sure to be more on this subject in the future, deep down, the truth is that I really don’t like the basic function of my job, so there’s no helping it at all, other than finding a new one, which I’m working on) but when work activities encroach on my me time, I get kinda…well, livid.  And it’s been happening an awful lot lately–starting last week with an all day off site meeting, punctuated by a bunch of ad hoc phone meetings taken from starbucks and benches on san francisco street corners which lasted until 7 pm, when I was finally able to go home and get something to eat.  Next day, more of the same, and on sunday, SUNDAY, people, I received a number of frantic emails and phone calls asking me to stand by to work on something once something else was finalized–at freakin’ midnight.  Even if I liked my job, I would find that request out of line.

However, since I’m trying to slack quietly, without alerting my boss (beyond the constant stream of “appointments” I have to keep telling him I have, when I’m really going to job interviews) I have not complained.  In addition, I’ve cut back on my alcohol consumption, which was threatening to become rather serious and no longer fun and/or healthy in any way, shape or form–so I have a bunch of extra time at night where I’m wide awake, sober, and free to reflect on how much it sucks that I have to go to work the next day.  In response I’ve been sleeping a lot more.  Still not quite fun and/or healthly, but better than getting sloshed.

 So, I’m soliciting suggestions (again, this would be better if I had readers, but that will come eventually).  What do you do to a) erase the bitter memory of your work day every evening/weekend, b) keep yourself sane while working at one job and trying to find another, c) stay sober AND happy?

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