Holding on

Been a looong week. Early mornings, late nights can take a toll on an old body after a while. Whenever I stay up too late, I can feel it in the joints. Started a number of years back in Army when we got tagged as staff duty officer for the battalion. That means you worked your normal day and then you got to be in charge of the battalion after hours. Typically you stayed up all night making rounds or playing nursemade for your company/battalion. I broke up more than a few fights and had to escort several innebriated guys back to their barracks. After being awake for ~24 hours straight, my knees were the first to complain. Of course, once you were relieved in the morning, you went back to your normal duty assignment. No rest for the weary.

Our system update is going well. We are ahead of schedule and things seem to be going as planned (and that scares me). Been working on the process since last week and have been keeping crazy hours. Last night we were supposed to finish up our vaidation process at 2200 hours, but I got my testing done early and was able to pack out at 1930. Today is the big push. We will try to play catch up with all of the transactions which could run into the wee hours of the morning. Hope to start this beast sometime on Thursday. Of course, then the real complaining starts. Got to hold another workshop today for people who missed my last sessions (translation: they were too busy to make my classes last time). I am sure that no matter how much lipstick I put on this new & enhanced system, people will still think it is a pig. (Resistance is futile).

Oh well, "You can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself." — Ricky Nelson