Running On Empty

By the time I got home tonight, I was running on empty, not only in my van but my body as well. Today at 9am I was hit with a problem at work that prevented us from entering orders for revenue and it is coming on the end of the quarter. If there is one thing that gets the executives really excited it is when you mess with end of the quarter revenue. I worked on this problem from 9am until 4:10pm none stop. At 4:15 I left for the day telling everyone I was going to lunch. Yep I worked right through lunch, as I said I was running on empty.

With my van there is this little red light that comes on and a warning bell that rings every so often if you choose to ignore it. I myself try not to travel too far when that little bell rings the first time. I still haven’t quite figured how far I can stretch it on this vehicle. There is one thing that I have only done once in the 35 years I have been driving, is run out of gas on the side of the road and hopefully in the next 35 years it won’t happen again.

Now for my physical body there are many indicators that I my tank is running low, hunger pangs, getting a little low on energy and becoming irritable. Too bad I don’t pay as much attention to those indicators as well as I do in my body. More than once I have ‘run out of gas’ and it is not a pretty sight.

I came home to a nice dinner and will get good nights sleep and have the tank filled and ready for tomorrow.