One Month. One Man. Some Madness. Utter Exhaustion.

Where to begin? The last many weeks are one long blur.

Basically, for the last four weeks straight, I've worked. Including weekends. Most recently having spent from 0800 Thursday to 0700 Monday on a marathon storage administration session. Gack.

I can't even remember the exact order in which some of the craziness has happened, so really I'm just going to skip around...

Weekend From Hell. That's really the only words I have for one of the weekends. After a long work week (without a weekend prior), Smacky and I decided to spend some alone-time together...so we went to see 300. What we saw of the movie was fricking amazing...but about an hour into the show...well, to put it succinctly, there was a medical emergency. We're not certain if the guy survived...my guess is that he didn't. But seeing that eight feet from you shakes you up more than a little. So we wound up at Rich O's with a couple co-workers of mine...to drown the horrific experience with lots of beer.

Fine, I thought. One horrific experience...no big deal. I'll just work my 9PM to 9AM shift on Saturday/Sunday, and go home and recuperate. No such luck. What was supposed to be between an eight to twelve hour maintenance outage turned into a NINETEEN hour maintenance-turned-recovery session. Luckily, the outage was not related to my work that night, but recovery none the less... I had to have Smacky come get me from the Park and drive me home...I wouldn't have made it on my own. Weekend From Hell...gack!

Nothing has been repaired at the house in ages...tons of work to do, and no time at home to do it. My goal is to finish one little project per weekend from here on out...we'll see if I can stick to that.

I've not been able to meet with the cabinet maker, so the whole kitchen renovation is on hold. Which is super frustrating since I'm dying to get the new appliances and cabinets. Particularly since we have the money...it's just a matter of me having enough free time to actually get the plan made and get going with it. GRRR.

Our taxes aren't done. Didn't even have all the paperwork until after this four-weeks of hell on earth began. Got to get to it. Must get our return...help pay off the kitchen renovation loan...

Every recent weekend has been destroyed either by midnight change work, or by four days straight of mucking with storage. I feel like I haven't seen Smacky in weeks, even though I've been home every night. And a regular sleep schedule?! Forget about it.

Not that all of it has been horrible...there have been nice moments. Recup-ing at Rich O's over beer with co-workers was nice. And we have had time to watch a couple more Riff Trax. We've spent a little time with friends. Smacky has spent some time at health and well-being fairs lately, what with our working at creating a small geek and all. Smacky's concert was fricking amazing. So while there has been nice bits, I'm more than ready for the four-week long work-week to end. Blah.