The Month of Hell is Over

Sorry it’s been such a rough month folks. Between Supervisor and Manager being on vacation and winding up working 10 – 12 hours a day covering some of the different things at work while they were out I didn’t have much time to post blogs, commentary – or even have much fun.
I will say that now that everyone (almost) is back in the office I might be able to catch a few breaths and start to live life for life’s sake instead of for work.
In one week (the most brutal of them all this month) – I had:
2 Powerpoint presentations (I built them and gave them)
2 team meetings (not my own – where I do a presentation q/a session to other groups)
and a Developer conference presentation (for an hour).
In between doing my normal job, learning all the new features coming out, handling escelations to that would normally go to the sup/ manager – and making sure everything was co-ordinated – I thought that was impressive.
Amazingly, my pup was good the entire time (yes, I gave him an extra bone) didn’t tear anything up – didn’t even get into anything (curiousity killed the cat but the dog just slept on the couch I guess) and was my little hero through all of it. Especially when, upon coming home after a long day, I’d flop on the couch and fall asleep – some nights with no dinner because I was so mentally exhausted.
Yeah… I’m glad it’s over. I spent this weekend relaxing, sleeping, and figuring out the pattern for crocheting slippers.
On a side note – I did make one trek with Micha last month to Rostock. I got to see the Hanse Sail 2008 – which is a parade of some 200 tall ships (clipper ships, whaling ships, and transport ships) and a race between them out on the high seas. You know me – and all the pictures. Here’s a few of the best.

Aphrodite
The Aphrodite.
Thalassa's Mermaid
Thalissa’s Mermaid Figurehead
King of the seas Closeup

Mercea’s “King of the Seas” figurehead


Catching some Wind
Catching Some Wind


Ship's Rigging
Stad Amsterdam’s Railing and Rigging

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It had to come to an end sometime…..

And today is just as good as any – especially since I don’t have to work. It means that I won’t bike today, and will have to take the bus to run a few errands. Oh, and it means putting on more clothing, and carrying protection.

What am I talking about? Why RAIN of course. After a month and a week without it, having beautiful blue skies, about 70-80 degrees and me being able to ride my bicycle to and from work every day without a cloud in the sky….

Last night, I woke up and had to get out a blanket because the temperature dipped down into the 40s. Within an hour, I heard thunder … and then … rain. It’s been raining ever since.

Granted, we need it, and yes, we really do (everything’s that beautiful desert gold and dust covered), but I will be ready for the sun to be back tomorrow. So, while I’ll try to avoid my rendition of “the sun’ll come out tomorrow” (mostly because I have to work and the weather forecast says 60% chance of rain on Saturday) for all of our sakes, I’ll stay inside, take the bus to do grocery shopping, and hopefully avoid catching a summer cold. (Those are the worst.)

Otherwise, Let it Rain today – Let it Rain Tomorrow, and then after that, Dear Lord, let us have sun once again – and a SUMMER that we didn’t get last year…..

(So much for my picnic at the beach today….)

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