The problem with deadlines is that there are times they just cant be met, I am facing a similar predicament, to save my self from sure annihilation, I have been avoiding my boss like plague, but as I write this ( I know I would be better off just working on that darn deadline.. but I cant its just an utter brain dead job), she lurks around looking for prey to feed on, to put it mildly she floats elegantly like a dark cloud of death. Lord save my soul.