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Out of my hands

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One of the parts of my job is handling database server replacements. Specifically, when a computer gets old we move the databases to new hardware. The trick is to do this without a lot of interference with the users’ work. So these events are scheduled for the weekends. Sunday is preferred because full backups are made of every database on Saturday night, so we have protection in case of failure. A lot planning and prep work has to be done in advance, much of which involves people in other areas in the organization.

One of these events is scheduled for this Sunday. However, there are two remaining tasks that have to be accomplished today, neither of which I can do myself. The people responsible for them are not in my area, and do not report to my supervisor or his manager (that manager). Apparently they do not share the sense of urgency I feel.

If we cannot do it this weekend, we will have to do it some other weekend soon–management does not want this to drag on. It has already been postponed once. That means

I have been exchanging e-mails about one of these issues, and am now in the middle of an IM session on the other. No idea if this will work, and nothing I can do.

Breakdowns

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A major project at work is falling apart.  One small, but absolutely critical, piece cannot be made to work.  I was fighting this all afternoon, fiddling with computer configurations and exchanging e-mails and phone calls with co-workers.  The project is already running late.  If it gets postponed again one or both of my October weekends with

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 will be in jeopardy.

In the middle of this comes an e-mail informing me of a new family problem, asking me to make some inquiries.  After doing so and communicating the results (interleaving all of this personal business with my work crisis) I learn this will cost us over $800.

And J has found another way to mismanage his affairs.  It is particularly  Irritating because it is a new manifestation of something we thought we had beaten.

Worn out

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Rather less going on then usual. colgaffneyis has no shows in September, so there is not the rush to get ready for the next event. Gaeltacht Minnesota is in the middle of a three week break. All this is just as well. The continual threatening atmosphere at work is wearing me down. Furthermore, allergies have been interfering with my sleep. They are hitting me much harder than in the past several summers. There are several projects I want to work on at home, but it is hard to find the energy to proceed with them.