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      • BicycleBuck
        BicycleBuck @RamblinRover last edited by

        @ramblinrover

        FRIDAY!!!!

        This is an excellent Friday. Survive the day and then I get two weeks off!

        Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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        • Chariotoflove
          Chariotoflove @BicycleBuck last edited by

          @bicyclebuck said in FSF:

          @ramblinrover

          FRIDAY!!!!

          This is an excellent Friday. Survive the day and then I get two weeks off!

          Me too, and yet it will be a busy two weeks for me.

          Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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          • RamblinRover
            RamblinRover @Chariotoflove last edited by

            @chariotoflove I will not get two weeks off per se, because one of our customers is demented and wants to see something delivered (if not 100% installed) by end of year for financial reasons... so some of our people will be doing that on Monday-Wed, and I, as the one who designed a lot of things related to it will probably need to be on hand for it (installation/design support) all the way to the end of the day Wednesday.

            That being said, catch me being in the office on Thursday or Friday...

            Not sure what I'll be able to scavenge New Year's week, but it ain't going to be a full week neither.

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            • BicycleBuck
              BicycleBuck @RamblinRover last edited by

              @ramblinrover said in FSF:

              @chariotoflove I will not get two weeks off per se, because one of our customers is demented and wants to see something delivered (if not 100% installed) by end of year for financial reasons... so some of our people will be doing that on Monday-Wed, and I, as the one who designed a lot of things related to it will probably need to be on hand for it (installation/design support) all the way to the end of the day Wednesday.

              I can't count how many times I've had vacations ruined because of client demands.

              But I had a cathartic moment yesterday. I asked a client to get paperwork ready for a Jan. 5th meeting. They really, really want to get the project rolling as soon as possible and if they miss that meeting, it means another two-week delay. They pointed out that people would be taking vacation and they would have problems getting the required signatures. I said that I understand, but if they want to accelerate the timeline, this is what it will take.

              Evil grin.

              Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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              • RamblinRover
                RamblinRover @BicycleBuck last edited by

                @bicyclebuck At least I have the relief that The Project That Wouldn't Die (another project) will apparently be shipping whole to the customer soon and with no further nonsense or new parts required of me. Huzzah.

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                • Chariotoflove
                  Chariotoflove @RamblinRover last edited by

                  @ramblinrover said in FSF:

                  Not sure what I'll be able to scavenge New Year's week, but it ain't going to be a full week neither.

                  Our school is officially on break 12/23 to 1/4. That doesn't mean I am immune from work either, not even when I'm out of state. I'm always on call since it's my lab, and I have to be planning for startup when everyone returns. I guess what I'm saying is I can relate.

                  Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                  • BicycleBuck
                    BicycleBuck @Chariotoflove last edited by

                    @chariotoflove said in FSF:

                    @ramblinrover said in FSF:

                    Not sure what I'll be able to scavenge New Year's week, but it ain't going to be a full week neither.

                    Our school is officially on break 12/23 to 1/4. That doesn't mean I am immune from work either, not even when I'm out of state. I'm always on call since it's my lab, and I have to be planning for startup when everyone returns. I guess what I'm saying is I can relate.

                    When I was the lab manager, it fell to me to care for the animals over the holidays. I did get lucky one year and we had grad students who had to take care of their own animals, so we were able to work share the week of Christmas.

                    Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                    • RamblinRover
                      RamblinRover @Chariotoflove last edited by

                      @chariotoflove I'm sure you can also relate to being at work even when you're not at work. The number of times I've gone home late with a difficult design problem stewing in my mind all the way until next day is only exceeded by the number of times I've been at work late, getting some work done "at last" and on some level being afraid to go home for the risk of cutting off the flow. Or at work late, stone cold stupid and worn out, and not really able to conceptualize "I should really be leaving the building".

                      Workaholism. Feh.

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                      • Chariotoflove
                        Chariotoflove @BicycleBuck last edited by

                        @bicyclebuck said in FSF:

                        When I was the lab manager, it fell to me to care for the animals over the holidays. I did get lucky one year and we had grad students who had to take care of their own animals, so we were able to work share the week of Christmas.

                        Fortunately our animal unit has daily coverage over the break, so we don't have to care directly for them with the normal stuff. But I am occupied today in getting them tucked in. One of things I do over break is decide what experiments I want to set up for January. If I have the mice now, I can set up the breedings, and they will be already half to two thirds through pregnancy when I return.

                        Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                        • Chariotoflove
                          Chariotoflove @RamblinRover last edited by

                          @ramblinrover said in FSF:

                          @chariotoflove I'm sure you can also relate to being at work even when you're not at work. The number of times I've gone home late with a difficult design problem stewing in my mind all the way until next day is only exceeded by the number of times I've been at work late, getting some work done "at last" and on some level being afraid to go home for the risk of cutting off the flow. Or at work late, stone cold stupid and worn out, and not really able to conceptualize "I should really be leaving the building".

                          Workaholism. Feh.

                          Most of my work is thought work anymore, and that kind of thing keeps me up at night. Also, I used to go home way too late because I get on a roll after 5:00 most days, and I would end up leaving after 8 or 9. Not good for family life.

                          Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                          • BicycleBuck
                            BicycleBuck @Chariotoflove last edited by

                            @chariotoflove said in FSF:

                            @bicyclebuck said in FSF:

                            When I was the lab manager, it fell to me to care for the animals over the holidays. I did get lucky one year and we had grad students who had to take care of their own animals, so we were able to work share the week of Christmas.

                            Fortunately our animal unit has daily coverage over the break, so we don't have to care directly for them with the normal stuff. But I am occupied today in getting them tucked in. One of things I do over break is decide what experiments I want to set up for January. If I have the mice now, I can set up the breedings, and they will be already half to two thirds through pregnancy when I return.

                            Our animals were under alcohol consumption protocol, so the animal caretakers couldn't take care of the work. We had a breeding colony of ankylosin mice that they would care for in our absense.

                            Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                            • Chariotoflove
                              Chariotoflove @BicycleBuck last edited by

                              @bicyclebuck said in FSF:

                              Our animals were under alcohol consumption protocol, so the animal caretakers couldn't take care of the work.

                              Oh yeah, that would do it.

                              Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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