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Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Workbits

WE DID IT!!! IT’S FINISHED! ONE HOUR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE!

I am just now printing out the 222-page draft grant attachment to our organizational tax return, the fruits of our labors over the last 6 months.

Three or four of us have been working like the dickens all month (and I’ve been slaving since January) to do the final compliance review on the 432 grant files that require special documentation for the IRS. That’s roughly 430 more than I look at in any given week, so you can imagine how I felt about taking it on after we laid off the position last year that used to do it. That would be the position I created 6 years ago because it was getting to be a full-time job for at least half the year.

This year, it wasn’t a full-time job for half the year; it was a 175%-time job for two months. You may have heard.

Last Fall, as head of the department I was Russian-volunteered passed the baton, and with not a little revamping of the database and some serious freaking training for the rest of the folks touching the data, we managed to shave six months off the process. Yes, I’m tooting my own fucking horn; you would too. Believe me.

OK, now I am going to pack my little report lovingly into a 3-ring binder, drive over to HQ, slow down to 30 mph, and hurl that puppy out my car window. And then I’ll go back to my office and phone my boss to let him know it’s done.