Blurred Thought

Just another long day at the office.

Yesterday started just fine. I woke up at around 7:45am. My son woke only minutes later, all wet (what’s up Huggies? Your “new system” suck!). I went to work, late, as usual lately (though there is no real late or early where I’m employed, there is only work and lots of it). As soon as I got to my desk, I remembered what was bugging me going up the elevator. Milk. I forgot to buy milk. Luckily my co-worker, who I share a room with, did not. We had coffee and ate all through the day. It’s the Jewish holyday Hanukah and the office is full of sweets. Strangely at around 2:00pm I was hungry as if I didn’t munch all day.

So things went just as they did at any other day. Until 4pm. At 4pm I got a message that something was wrong with the last patch of our system (yes, I’m in the IT industry). Some recently made changes affected my part of the system and I had to fix it ASAP. This usually means “it should have been done yesterday”. No one could find out the problem at 9am, they had to wait to 4pm for that, damnit. In any case, I started the mini project on the spot only to find another issue three hours later. Though things progressed pretty nicely, I decided to order in dinner at around 9pm as I was putting the finishing touches and getting ready for some quick testing. At quarter to 11 the delivery guy arrived (one hour later than he was suppose to), just as I was getting ready to leave. Great, thanks a lot. I picked up the dinner (Pad Thai – Yummy) and went home with it. At least I’ll eat it at the comfort of my own home.

Hours later when I was under the blankets on the edge of falling asleep, I remembered I forgot to add some crucial part to my fix. Not that I forgot to fix it, I just forgot to move this specific file to the right place. I ran to my computer and sent a quick e-mail to let the guys know about it and help them find the right file.

Just another long day at the office.

posted by TheBlurredOne at 2:13 PM