...and it just keeps coming

it finally hit me today that this job never ends! all the jobs i've ever had have had distinct starting and ending points. a couple examples: when i counseled at a summer camp for inner city kids, i spent three weeks with the kids and then it was over. the kids got in the vans and went home. when i worked at the front desk of english hall, i worked for the year, and then i moved out because school (and the job) was over for the summer. but with this publications job, the work never ends. when i leave at the end of this summer, the workload will continue just like it always has (my boss will just have more work to do!). that's the nature of working in a publications department. we have a weekly newsletter that we put out. we have a specific schedule we have to follow (update information, add new graphics, contact people, rework layout, send out first draft, edit, package, send to printer, distribute). this is a long process. i work on the focus most on friday and monday... then tuesday, at noon, we send it out to staff for corrections, suggestions, and edits, and then on wednesday afternoon, we send it to the printer. we just sent it to the printer yesterday afternoon (wednesday)... and today, as i sat down to start working on the focus for next week, it hit me. i ALWAYS have something to do at this job. and there will always be something for me to do. if i'm not working on the focus, i'm updating church materials or printing off labels or making copies or... something. it's a department that cannot take a break. (which is good, don't get me wrong! i guess that just finally hit me today...)