Survivor: Todd Edition

I apologize for the dearth of posts lately. I have no excuse, other than the fact that I'm feeling over-worked, over-stressed, and under-motivated lately. I've taken to thinking of it as the Todd Edition of Survivor.

I'm not stranded on a tropical island with a bunch of beautiful people and I'm not really trying to out wit, out last, or out play anybody. Instead, I'm sitting in my cozy little corporate-cubicle home and trying to survive one of the periodic spikes in work load that come my way occasionally.

I'm not getting freaked out by weird critters scampering over my naked chest while I'm trying to sleep, but I am trying to survive the snakes in the grass who are only more than happy to pounce on any employees who let their guard down for a few minutes.

I'm not plotting who to vote off next, but I am watching my back.

I'm not worried about the next reward challenge because, well, we don't believe in rewards much around here.

I'm not stressing about how to get the immunity idol, but I am looking for ways to make myself invaluable to the rest of my tribe. Even though we don't have tribal councils, we do have these things called layoffs that are almost as bad.

As rough as it is at times like this, I'm not ready to get voted off my little corporate island. Give me a few more years and a few more dollars in the bank, and I may just vote myself off, though...