I'm in the Clouds

So this t-shirt was my attire yesterday, as I went into work.  Yes, it was a Saturday, but system upgrades / conversions / whatever you call 'em have to happen on weekends.  And for us, on a weekend that lines up with a 3 day weekend near or including a month end.  Very specific, but very important.

While the 4th is on Thursday, we planned (and planned and planned - for over 3 years) for the end of this June.  We can use the 4th as a workday to get caught up just in case - our drop-dead deadline to get caught up is really next Friday night. 

So we started Thursday the 27th at 3pm.  Friday was uneventful - we were on schedule, actually about 2 hours ahead.  On Saturday I was contacted at 5.30 in the morning with an issue.  Got that figured out and we lost the 2 hours we were ahead, but that was still OK.  Rearranged a few tasks to see how things were - no big deal.  By 4pm we were back on track and in good shape.

This morning's call showed that we are now 6 hours ahead.  Things are going well.  One more critical process is running as I type this and then we will check one last thing.  If things are fine, which they should be, as we double check things as we go, then we will get ready for business as usual tomorrow, but in the cloud version of the system.

So yep, clouds are the theme of the weekend.  We are moving to the latest version of our system, which is now in the cloud.  While some things look different, the system functions the same way and some annoying 'features' of the old version are now better in the new version. 

So it's been a good weekend, and thankfully I didn't have to fight. 

And So It Begins...

Yes, that is an episode name in Babylon 5, a show that I love.  But neither here nor there, it is truly my status.

Today is the first day of PTO, which is the new term for what is called VACATION!  So exciting!  Vacation!  The trip is planned, the travelers are assembled, the car was sent for servicing, a baby Instant Pot was purchased.  We are raring to go!

And then comes illness.  Ted started on Sunday and I am running about 36 hours behind him.  Thankfully, I don't sound as bad as he did a few days ago, but it's unpleasant.  My sleep is horribly interrupted.  Anyway, Renee got him to Urgent Care / Prompt Care / Whatever You Call It, and he got diagnosed with a sinus infection.  Better living through chemistry.

Our trip is a road trip, and after we got all the places figured out and the general timeline, it was time to book hotels and he sounded horrible, so I didn't bother.  A few events require tickets and we hadn't handled that yet either.  Just as well - our lack of detailed planning has resulted in a flexible leave time.  Things has been edited, we will wing it more than we like, but certainly no more than we have in the past, and we will be off.

So today we rest.  I will work from home for a bit, we will pack, I will knit (OMG am I behind for Camp Loopy), I will process the CSA from Farmer Henry so  that we eat it today for our meals and/or it gets put up for winter, and the Jetta will get its stupid, expensive part.  Yes even the Jetta went down, days after the final payment on it was made.  The A/C wasn't working, and well, it is a road trip and it is summer.

Estimated departure:  tomorrow morning, after Ft. Jesse Cafe.

Well, Hello There!

I know none of you can see this because it's from behind the scenes, but hello from my new-to-me laptop.

About a year ago, I was time-sharing my laptop with my DD.  She had it most of the time and was gaming on it.  She killed it; it wasn't that kind of laptop.  She burned it out. 

So a replacement was purchased, but it was for her and at a gaming level.  She will take it to college.

Meanwhile, I haven't had a device of my own for a year.  I had just moved to a work laptop when this incident happened, so I figured I would cope.  But it is still life without access to your own laptop at any time, which is really nice.

Fast forward to the end of the school year, and since we chose to rent a device for the 4 years of high school (many advantages), the device was wiped and available to us once she graduated.  She went and picked it up today, the first day of availability.  It took us a bit, but we got the free copy of Windows 10 installed (she did it - I suck), I got Chrome installed and here we are. 

I am back!  With a (smallish) real screen!  And a (tiny) keyboard! 

So now I can blog again with regularity, instead of trying to cope around everyone else.