A couple of years ago, back when I tried to live a corporate life, a coworker and I were discussing how works slows down to a trickle in December. Basically, people are only thinking about the holidays, and it seems that they really don’t give a hoot about work for an entire month. (Has this been your experience, too?)
I asked him what he had been up to lately, workwise, and he said to me, “Oh, I’ve just been pushing commas around.” I thought this was the perfect way to explain the utter boredom that can come from a cubical existence and the need to at least make it look like you’re busy.
As a freelancer, I have a lot fewer opportunities to use “pushing commas around,” but I try to work it in when I can.
Do you use any idioms to explain that December workplace boredom? I would love you hear them!
Grammar Party 
December, to me, is BLOG MORE month because fewer people are looking over my shoulder.
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And by that, I mean, I blog more. Not expecting you to push it into overdrive on my account!
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I’m looking forward to your overabundance of blogs this month! Good luck.
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Your wish is my command:
http://fyeahandroidtomato.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/how-i-left-and-came-back-to-at-fandom/
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Ah, December. 3 weeks of holiday, one week of easing back into teaching a new semester.
By the way, Erin, I linked you on my latest post here: http://boggletondrive.com/2011/12/06/accept-vs-except/
Cheers!
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Thanks so much! And congratulations on all of the success you’ve received lately. You deserve it.
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