What is it about June that makes it such a crazy time for a lot of people? Why, out of all the months, June? As I have mentioned in Junes past, it's a mentally (& sometimes physically) exhausting time to work in this office.

Just like an entry I made last year I have left here every night this week just drained. Also like last year, we have much excess in the way of money to spend. Our Purchasing Dept has been working like crazy to place orders with vendors who can guarantee shipment by June 27th. And of course each of those orders gets distributed to one of us in Accounts Payable.

Today was the close of a funding account we get twice a year, ETF. Oh yes, the dreaded ETF. When I arrived this morning I had 3 orders that had been received, but did not have invoices for/invoices were incorrect. After many, many phone calls, I received the final invoice at 4:15. Talk about getting down to the wire!

I wish I could say that's the end of the stress, but I've still got 2 more weeks of following up on orders to ensure we process as many payments as possible before June 29.

I will definitely be ready for a vacation in July!