Calling it a wrap for another slow season
It's ironic that I never got around to really declaring the end of busy season - but I've had a pretty sweet month or so of low workloads.
Normally I could enjoy as much as three to five months of relatively slack, but through fault that is pretty much all my own, the break will technically be much shorter.
On the work side, I'm volunteering for two additional "busy seasons", perhaps to keep myself busy, but mainly because that's where the action is - so I can learn some new things and get some hours that count towards my CA designation.
So with my previous busy season stint working on a regular financial audit team over in late February, I find myself a week away from diving head first into the tax pool.
Tax season for individual returns wraps up by the end of April for Canadians, but I don't return to slacking about work - then my vacation starts.
So it's my 'fault' for going on vacation during our slow season, but it's also kind of me not to sit around the office when there's less work to go around.
But it's also to my advantage - not counting the good Workplace Karma - simply because May is part of the tourism 'shoulder' season, so I get a small benefit from savings on fares and accommodations compared to the peak summer rates.
So - work is coming back at me full-bore, but at least I'm not sitting around, waiting for something to happen. It's weird but true - at my job it's more fun when you're busy.