This. This is what infuriates me.

I don't mind the work. I mind the panicked oh-shit-this-appeared-from-nowhere-and-it's-due-now-and-there's-no-one-but-YOU-to-do-it-so-cancel-your-life-and-fix-it. This is the down-side of being a "department" of one contract employee. This brings me great anger.