Working 14 hour shifts two days in a row can start to do weird things to you.

I just slept for 12 hours straight, and can’t decide if I feel better or worse for it yet. I think my head feels better from just knowing that I’ve decided not to go into work at all today, even though I’m still a tad stressed about knowing there is still so much to be done. Things will just have to be done piecemeal at this point. I can’t keep doing work days where I’m there from sun-up to sun-up.

To my credit, I’ve done the nearly impossible. I’ve configured a directory server for nearly 2,000 users with an attached file storage server all using virtual hardware and also fully deployed about 100 workstation images and fully tested and confirmed it all works. In about a week. And that’s even dealing with crappy Windows software on the workstations, which I now loathe more than ever. I get more and more jealous of Shawn and his Mac workstations. He’s been working with software called radmind to seamlessly deploy software updates to all his systems and bring them up to the same spec. I think I’m going to tell Jim we’re getting only Mac workstations from now on.

Enough work drivel though. At least now I feel somewhat safe about getting back on a regular schedule. This means absolutely no working this weekend. Which means I’m very much looking forward to playing World of Warcraft with my close friends again. It’s one of the few times I have a chance to really enjoy myself lately.

Though I do hope to get out and do a few more things in the coming months. I still have photos from a semi-recent camping trip that need to be developed. And I have a trip to Australia in a couple months coming up.

Work may suck, but there’s a lot to look forward to.