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December 01, 2005
crabby crabberson
if i were wealthy to the point that i did not have to work, i wonder if i would be able to get all the sleep i ever wanted, and stay home and do what i pleased on days when i feel crabby? or would i just have a different set of obligations that would force me into the company of others on days when, really, no one should have to be around me?
i am, yes, crabby today.
the core issue is probably sleep. the alarm has been set an hour early all week, to catch rides to work, to get the cat to the vet, and this morning i was going to get out to the B100 pump and fill up, but my alarm went off for forty-five minutes before i achieved consciousness, so that did not actually happen.
an exacerbating circumstance is the replacement of my PC at work today. i did get a better PC, one that is faster, has more memory, and won't explode (the old one was yanked due to a recall), but much of my environment has to be restored by hand, by me, which takes time and causes aggravation. i am also oncall, but fortunately things are quiet today.
in the month of november, i was oncall 16 days out of 30, including the outage weekend. given that i am not and have never been a systems administrator, this is somewhat extraordinary. i went through two pagers this month: one i accidentally laundered, and one i left in the car while it was in the shop. both the data center and the people who provide us with pagers know me now, which is embarassing.
if i were not oncall this week, i'd be taking tomorrow off. this year i have half my vacation time allotment left to carry over to next year.
Posted by lisa at December 01, 2005 01:07 PM
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everyone deserves crabby time once in a while. hope you get some rest and some time to indulge yourself! when I'm cranky I like to settle in with a blankie and a stack of DVDs and some hot cocoa.
Posted by: Sarah on December 1, 2005 11:35 PM
i woke up this morning feeling very strange-- dizzy, lightheaded, tired-- but not at all queasy, in fact i made and ate my normal hearty breakfast.
joe had kindly offered to cover oncall for me, so i decided to stay home today. is it a vacation day? is it a sick day? only time will tell for certain.
i refuse to believe that i could be sick yet again this year, so i bet if i take a nap, i'll feel great. heh.
Posted by: lisa on December 2, 2005 09:55 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.