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October 05, 2005
getting back to real life
So at work, we released to production last Thursday night. What has changed since then?
Schedule-wise, a little. While I've been still getting out of the office late -- at least its been at 7 or 8pm since Monday (and even a few of those were due to non-work-related reasons). I'm also using the morning time to take care of things I wasn't able to get to during release-time.
Psychologically, its a big load off my back (and the entire workplace) Actually, its more the other way around -- because everyone in the workplace, the client, our consulting bosses, all feel better now that this is in production and nothing big has blown up (yet), the whole atmosphere is a lot more relaxed. I'm trying to take advantage of that while it lasts. And not in a kick my feet up veg out way. I need to be better and get all those things done that have been languishing since, well, really since Naomi was born.
There's still two rooms in the house, not including the garage, that are chock full of things that need to be cleaned and/or thrown away. The guest room in the back of the house became a dumping ground for all of the stuff that got moved out of the baby room, which used to be the library. Following me so far? :) I bought a bunch of additional bookshelves because the current set was getting maxed out, and they are still sitting in their boxes. Also got a bunch of old computers that at this point, I will not be rebuilding or repurposing, so those are going to need to go too. The home office is split between my junk and Jenn's junk, and we have to figure out the best way to organize that junk.
And then there is the garage.
While I managed to do a fair amount of work in the garage before baby got here, such as painting two of the walls and putting in shelving and cabinetry, there is WAY too much stuff in our garage. Unused refrigerators? We got 2 of 'em. Mattress? Yep. Desk bought but never built so still unopened in its box? Check. Antique sewing machine? Courtesy of my grandmother who has passed on, its here. The irony about that one, is I don't actually mind keeping it, but apparently, my grandmother's eldest daughter (otherwise known as my mom) put it up for claim to the rest of her siblings and they "fought" for it. My aunt, the victor, was supposed to pick it up. That was roughly 6 months ago. Ah well. We actually have a hard deadline to clear up some space because we're getting a new garage door put in and they're going to need some space to actually install the necessary equipment.
Am I going to get this all done in this little downtime cycle that's happening right now? Not likely. Not on top of what, for some reason, is an October that's booked every weekend. Part of it is us, finally holding our red egg party (3.5 months late), but there seems to be a whole bunch of good-bye parties, baby showers, birthdays, housewarmings, and just general gatherings that go through November. Funny how it always seems that way. All I can do is give it my best shot and not succumb to the usual temptations of vegging out on the new fall TV season or sitting in front of the computer, playing FPS or RTS games. Since I can't wait until the already booked weekend to do stuff, I'm going to have to use those gaps of time I can find right now, the ones I normally think, "I can goof off and catch up with home stuff over the weekend"
Wish me luck.
Posted by spoof747 at October 5, 2005 10:13 PM