I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive…

(credits link)

So um yeah… I was off work on vacation again last week (I’m actually starting to get tired of these darn mandatory vacations, interspersed with absolute-Hell-on-wheels of being the single and only guy at work while I AM here covering for my other co-worker. Totally understand he’s feeling the same frustration, too while I’m sitting at home.

Work is busy, we are missing our SLAs (service level agreements) which in part is almost a good thing since it shows we just can. not. do. it. with such a limited staffing here. Still, the customers get understandably irritated when it takes us three days to fix one of their problems, instead of the usual ‘few hours’. So there’s that hanging over us, and while understandable, that does not equal “acceptable” in the upper brass eyes. Other sites are struggling too, so the atmosphere here at work is to jump and cringe whenever the phone rings. Argh!
So, while I should probably have a Autumnal Equinox post up here, it doesn’t exist. I have not mused constructively in the past month at all really, (outside of stress-induced rantingn and escapist online game-playing).

I’m doing science, and I’m still alive.

That’s what I’m thankful for right now…..that, and October is almost here, bringing a return to sanity and sleep, and all that fun normal daily schedule stuff.

Still alive.
Still alive.

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