Overwork

“I already contacted the venue to confirm the latest sequence for the event and the VIP guests have been confirmed. Later in the afternoon, I will meet with the vendor that will handle the decorations for a final run through check,” I smoothly presented my plan of the day to my other team members. 

“Sounds good. I’ll leave that in your capable hands,” the team lead said as we gathered our things before leaving the meeting room. 

I headed back to my desk and started working on the first task on my to-do list right away. I called the venue and talked them through the sequence referencing the materials that I had emailed to them earlier. Unfortunately, the regular representative of the venue had called in sick today, so I had to work with her substitute which made the call longer than usual. 

By the time the call had ended it was way past lunch time. I won’t have time to grab lunch if I wanted to make it on time to