I really do - and I feel badly that I never have anything interesting to blog any more.

I could blog about the trip to Webstrainer but since the material was all protected under Non-Disclosure Agreements, I'd have to kill you.

My refusal to compromise said NDA by repeating all the sekrit things I learned along with my attempts to explain to NewerBoss Peter how I can't manage all the online marketing initiatives* (most of which he still has not defined for me) including the corporate relationships with the outside SEM and SEO agencies because I'm already doing more than a full-time job--well, let's say I'm not that popular with him at the moment.

My already full-time office workload of 25 accounts has expanded to 27 with at least two more on the near horizon.

I told Louie Louie two weeks ago that I needed to stop taking on new accounts for the next 30 days, to let me stabilize what I already have on my plate. He's added two accounts to the mix since then.

Sheesh.

There is only one of me.

On that same theme, there are a few things distracting me from getting Real Work done. A two-hour 'training' session (conference call) I should be scheduling for tomorrow The requirement that I help set up and host a meeting for the local chapter of Women In Businesses I Don't Care About next week. Preparing for a four-hour training session for new 'Nuts next month. Two new office mandates - one for a monthly "webinar" to discuss vague "topics of interest" and a second to start supporting the intranet user-to-user forums.

I'm thinking it's about time I set an exit date for this job.

Until the Corral came along, I was reasonably successful at fending off time-wasting distractions and responsibilities that took me away from doing my core work. Oh, sure, there were occasional failures, like my inability to get the 'NutNews off my desk in a permanent way, but for the most part I sat at my desk and did my job. Results kept improving and most people were pretty satisfied.

I'm having trouble with this new bunch, though. Since they work out of an office in CA, I can't get to them in the same way, to lay down my point of view. Turning down work your boss is pushing at you is, in my opinion, something much easier done in person. (As is explaining the true scope of the projects already living on your desk.)

At the same time, Webstrainer's continuing insistence on rolling out new stuff every two weeks means that my actual work is getting more complex all the time--needing more time and thought.

Between my boss's noticeable avoidance of me at the Conference, his snippy reception of the notes I wrote up and sent (by request) detailing the feedback I'd gotten from the 'Nuts et. al. at the conference, and his demand that I "add value" to what I already do for the company (as complained about in paragraph three above), and I'm really thinking it's time I started working out an exit strategy for myself.

Anyhow. Sorry I haven't been blogging.