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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