InsaneJournal

I'm not
dead yet...

This last few weeks has been hellish.  I'm ready for things to calm down and I'm definitely ready for Mercury to get its head back in front of its arse.  Aside from the issues with the house, I spent the month preparing for a major upgrade of DB2 into production.  Long hours, lots of planning, much grumbling... that sort of thing.  The first night, a Friday late into Saturday morning, took 2 hours longer than anticipated but we worked through the issues fairly easily.  The second night, a Sunday night into Monday morning, went about an hour long but again, we got the issues sorted relatively easily.  Monday was fairly quiet and generally a good day was had.

Then came Tuesday.

I started the day at 07:45 with a page out for problem A.  We sorted problem A and quickly found problem B.  I spent the next 13 hours on the phone, with my beloved Clue making sure I was fed and watered.  Wednesday was not much better, though I did at least make it into the office.  We spent most of the week gathering and submitting documentation to IBM for analysis.  Though I did have a 16:00 through 19:00 meeting, which was followed by a 13:00 - 15:00 the next day.  Additionally, on Thursday night we started the backout process which meant no bowling for me.

Friday I got home early enough that Clue and I had a lovely hike in the woods.  It was a real hike too, not much in the up and down sort of way but the trail was no walk in the park either.  That was a nice break and I needed that, especially since my boss called me on Friday evening with a completely new disaster.  That caused a 10:00 meeting the next morning, which meant I got to try and sleep in but oh yes, we have toddlers cats.  The call took longer than I would have cared for but was relatively painless... for me.  10:00 that night I was back on the phone for the backout processing.  Sunday evening I spent reading/editing doc to be ready for my 16:00 - 19:00 today.

I am taking Friday off damnit.  I also plan to screen calls.  I can be found Saturday but Friday is mine.  No work for me.

Anyway, the super suit is beginning to chafe.  I'm ready to take it off for bit.