So sore...

This has been one of the longest weeks of work I have had as an adult...A little over a week ago one of my co-workers fell and broke her foot. Not good, but at least she doesn't need surgery. So the question becomes how does one person falling lead to a long week for me. Well here is how the story starts. There was a huge project at work that she was working on, and with her out for an undetermined amount of time there was a huge opening that needed to be filled. So my director talked to me and asked if I would be willing to step in and help. I said no problem. So the week started off slow, just gathering some information and writing up a document for the head of my company. I got all of that done and sent it out for a quick review before it was sent to the head of the company. No big deal huh, wrong we had to have public affairs review it as well as legal. Needless to say very few people met the established deadline and I was at work late that night. The next day same story, continued working on it, and had to stay late. Last night we finally thought we were getting somewhere and after a short 13 hours of work, I finally headed home. My head hurt, my back ached and my shoulders were stiff. But I felt like I had done a good job and had met the expectations of my director.
So I thought I would reward myself with a massage. Yea, sounds like a good idea right...wrong. I did the deep tissue, which is my usual and I think that it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. I don't think that I have had so many knots in my life!
At the end of the day, it was probably better to start working them out now...but needless to say my reward was not very relaxing! Maybe this will help me get that long anticipated ergonomic chair at work.