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Going to my happy place
It’s been a long day. 2 days. 3 days … week. We’re doing A LOT of work this week and, unfortunately, we’ve got some dependencies on new circuits being delivered for new/enhanced services to our Baltimore office. Nothing seems to go well on this trip, and we’ve been running into issues at every turn.
But a few minutes ago I was able to go to my “happy place” because of an email I got … announcing I could check in for my flight home tomorrow evening.
From here on out, no matter what happens, I’ve got my ticket outta here – literally. 😀
Dead man walking
It’s my last day on the job today; I start at Microsoft on Monday. The atypical part of the story is, though, that I’m traveling this week and look to be putting in about 80 hours on the clock. Usually folks check out at the end of their stay … I guess I’m still emotionally invested in making this place successful.
I’m super-tired today, having pulled a couple of 18 hour days and a 12 hour travel day since Tuesday. Today looks like more of the same (guessing 15+ hours).
As I was walking out to our rental car from the hotel this morning I turned to my good friend and boss Brian and said, “dead man walking.” Oh how true on at least a couple different levels.
Looking forward to starting my new adventure next week at the same time. A couple days of official orientation, and then some settling in, etc. I’m really jumping off a cliff with this change in my career, and that’s both exciting and scary at the same time. Here’s hoping I remembered the parachute!
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