Well, at least things got better today. Mainly because I got some stuff taken care of that I needed to.
I know it's not really all that crazy or exciting. But it made me feel better. Which is good.
Oh yeah, it's going to be one of those weekends. I'm currently in the office working. Whoo. And I just found out that some jackass killed one of my perf runs because he thought he was supposed to have this box. Stellar. Of course, I'm supposed to have it. But I think the guy in charge of keeping track of all of this screwed up and double booked the boxes. NICE! So yeah, I'm not in the fun position of being behind because some guy didn't think to ask me about using the box before kicking me off. BAH!!!!
Wow, for a week that has been pretty stressful, things have flown by very quickly. Wednesday is over with. I've already worked out and climbed once. It's been a week since Nicole left for Europe. Wow, this is definitely surprising.
I think I'm most in shock due to the speed of things. I just kind of realized when and where I am. I figured this week would drag on, but it's not.
No, that's not quite true. This work week has gone by quickly. With all of the stress and pressure of what's going on (we're nearing the end of the release), I'm beginning to feel the crunch. I definitely see myself in the office on Sunday. I'd say Saturday, but I have errands I must run. Next week is going to be tough. I need to get stuff ready now and begin pacing myself as not to burn out. Scheduling myself wisely is going to be uber-important. I need to make time for sleep and working out. I won't be able to climb, most likely, but if I'm diligent, I can get some decent sleep and get to the gym in the mornings.
Outside of work, things have been mixed. Moments of life moving quickly, and moments not. I find the slow moments are when I'm not keeping myself occupied. The instant I'm not working out, or climbing, or working on my website, I'm actually a bit down. The key is keeping my mind occupied and not on thinking about Nicole. Whenever I think about her, I just feel so sad because I miss her. And I wish I could get a hold of her.
Sigh…
Part of me wants to say that everything is fine. But I really can't say that. While things are moving fast, I'm still really stressed out. I find myself counting down to the 24th with both dread, fear, excitement, and joy. It is simultaneous the day I am dreading most due to the sign off, but it is the day I'm looking forward to because of the impending sign-off and the beginnings of my vacation.
In a way, this feels like how things were last December. I have a crap-ton going on. The release. Moving. Updating my website. The start of stuff for Sakura-con. I got an email about working PAX. I just have a lot of stuff going on. A lot of planning that needs to be done. A lot of work that needs to get done. Plus I still have to pack and get ready for this trip. God. I'm ready for next week to be done with. I really am.
God, today has just been nuts. I'm glad it's almost over. I don't think I could handle much more. It was just…blarg. But then things got better. So it was less blarg.
Started off the day with a doctors appointment about my knees. So far, the doctor can't tell if it's anything bad yet, so I've been given some anti-inflamatories and told to give it some time. If they make things better, I have a problem (my knees should not be inflamed). It's also possible that I just need to get my knees used to more high impact things again. Too early to tell at this point.
Then it was in to work, where my lead told me my review wasn't exactly in the style he wanted it in. So I got to spend this afternoon at home working on it. I hate this process. I really do. But we have to do it. On the plus side, whenever I'm charged with writing documents, I'm allowed to come home and write it since I write better and faster away from the office.
Of course, I discovered this because my blood sugar dropped and I was becoming a jerk at work. I needed to work from home because I was feeling like crap. Oh, I forgot to mention that. I felt like crap for most of the day. Just in a really deep funk.
Nicole called me today, and even though it was the first time we'd talked since she left, I wasn't in a mood to be talking. Yay for stress and just being generally in a bad mood.
I came back from work and waited for traffic to die down so I could get to the store and pick up my meds plus some cereal. I got back and went back to work on my website. Aside from hearing that Nicole was ok, this was the best thing about my day. I made things a lot faster for some pages, and I've figured out how I'm going to make RSS work. So yeah. That made me feel better. Well, that and watching some anime while I worked.
Blarg. I'm glad today is almost over. It's pretty much sucked as a whole. Hopefully tomorrow will suck less.
Some quick status updates into what is happening in the world of Stan.
First off, the site re-factoring is going along very nicely. I'm actually surprised at how much progress is being made. I think I've figured out a bunch of ways to speed things up. It's hard to say, though since my test server is right here next to me. Although the page feels lighter. Then again, all it's doing is spitting out html with no graphics.
I was really expecting this to take a long time. I had figured that just getting the code into reasonable shape would take me more than a month. But after 2 weeks, I'm getting to the point where most of the code that needs cleaning has been scrubbed, and that which hasn't will be soon. I'm feeling that the a time will be nearing when I will begin adding new code to the site. Plus I have to update the static content of the site. The “About Me” and “Resume” sections need updating. Badly. The about me is more than a year out of date. The computers page is entirely wrong at this point. And my CV. Well…that hasn't been updated since 2003. Yeah…time to fix that stuff.
In other news, the house hunt seems to be going well. H and I are going to get the ball rolling in terms of going after a house we want to rent. Hopefully we'll get it and everything will work out. If we get it, I'll post pics of it. H and I really like the house, and we have approval from the boys in Ann Arbor about it.
Alright, time for bed. I have a doctors appointment about me knees in the morning. Oh joy.
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