Today was a particularly long day.  Yesterday’s work found me feeling as if my brain had been twisted into a pretzel shape.  Today was much better, but I wound up doing several extra hours of data gathering.  Fortunately, the data is now gathered, and I just have to figure out how to display it in pretty Excel charts on clear, concise, wowing PowerPoint slides.   I am neither a PowerPoint whiz, nor an Excel data-convert-it-to-a-chart gal, so I’m not so thrilled.  On the brighter side, someone sent me a set of slides around mid-afternoon with charts already perfect for slight modification that will do what I need to do by Friday — get a suitable sample to my boss, so I can can go home on leave without that task hanging over my head.  When I get back, I’ll be able to do any sprucing up he needs in time for him to use them for a meeting he has set up.