The Day Spirals Downward...

[bjarvis]

Actually, my day started spiraling downward last evening. I was prepared to hand off my shift as Unix primary point-of-contact to the night shift when I learned that my nighttime counterpart would be in late because of a family emergency. I didn't think anything of it since problems rarely crop up until automatic reboots begin at midnight, but this time, I was blessed with a hard drive failure on a production server.

Again, this isn't a big deal since we have redundant disks. I could just log in, confirm the issue, set up a service call and get the disk replaced. Alas, scheduled maintenance at work shut off our VPN access so I had to telephone around to various offices to find someone I could walk through the required steps.

Eventually, all was resolved but it was very much past my usual late bedtime.

In the middle of it all, at least I had a chance to call my mom to wish her a happy 60th birthday.

I woke up this morning with a slight headache and nasal drip. By the time I got to the office, my eyes and neck began to hurt too. It appears I'm coming down with a cold. Yay.

I'm going to go across the street to the CVS to get a box of kleenex and any chemical combinations which can hold me together for the remainder of the day. Club night in Baltimore ce soir is looking very iffy.

Comments

[unzeugmatic.livejournal.com]

I gotta' say -- that's, like, the hottest icon on livejournal.

Just thought you'd want to know.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm feeling less than myself but your compliment does boost my mood a lot.

[excessor.livejournal.com]

It could also be that you've been very busy for a very long time and now, with the dances over with and the trailer sealed up, etc., your body is finally saying “Now we can have our cold.”

I hope you feel better soon.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Sort of like "scheduled maintenance/downtime"?

I'm mostly back to myself today; with a little luck, tomorrow will be what-passes-for-normal.