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quick RL update
Sep. 17th, 2008 10:50 pmSo, last Saturday it rained. And rained. And rained. And then rained some more. And by Sunday there were flooded streets (including some major roads) all over Chicago. Which, of course, entailed some necessary detours and basically insane traffic chaos in every direction. I went to see my parents on Sunday afternoon, and when I came back, nearly every street in my area was blocked off by the police. I almost drove back the 42 miles to my parents' house to spend the night, since the possibility of finding a legal parking spot within walking distance of my building seemed like way too much to hope for. Finally I 'got lucky', but by then it was almost midnight, and the whole situation made me very tense - so of course I didn't get much sleep that night. Not a good start to the week. *sigh*
Also, my internet connection went dead for about three days. It only came back last night, so I'm still playing catch-up on email, flist and such (I was able to check my email at work, but I didn't even try to access LJ or open some 'more interesting' attachments due to complete lack of privacy at my cubicle ;).
In addition to this, work is crazy busy right now - I am being trained in YET ANOTHER new section of our products, as well as doing about five different 'urgent' projects at the same time (just trying to decide what to do first is becoming a challenge, lol). It's going to be like this at least till the end of September - and then, after I get back from my early October vacation, it's gonna be crazy again for the next 2-3 weeks or so. After that it may slow down a bit, but it's really not a given, since all the people who have been laid off will be actually leaving, so all the work they are doing right now will fall on the rest of us who stay. Btw, I'll be working 5 hours this coming Saturday. And I already feel as tired as I usually do on Fridays. So... forgive me if my posts in the near future are either non-existant or decidedly uninspiring.;) I'm just trying to stay afloat, so to speak (I know, bad joke, considering the fact that some people's houses were actually flooded... but somehow I find dark, morbid humor particularly appealing at the moment :|).
Also, my internet connection went dead for about three days. It only came back last night, so I'm still playing catch-up on email, flist and such (I was able to check my email at work, but I didn't even try to access LJ or open some 'more interesting' attachments due to complete lack of privacy at my cubicle ;).
In addition to this, work is crazy busy right now - I am being trained in YET ANOTHER new section of our products, as well as doing about five different 'urgent' projects at the same time (just trying to decide what to do first is becoming a challenge, lol). It's going to be like this at least till the end of September - and then, after I get back from my early October vacation, it's gonna be crazy again for the next 2-3 weeks or so. After that it may slow down a bit, but it's really not a given, since all the people who have been laid off will be actually leaving, so all the work they are doing right now will fall on the rest of us who stay. Btw, I'll be working 5 hours this coming Saturday. And I already feel as tired as I usually do on Fridays. So... forgive me if my posts in the near future are either non-existant or decidedly uninspiring.;) I'm just trying to stay afloat, so to speak (I know, bad joke, considering the fact that some people's houses were actually flooded... but somehow I find dark, morbid humor particularly appealing at the moment :|).
