IT Work on the Weekends

As most IT Professionals know, there is no rest for the wicked. One of the things I like and, at the same time hate, about being in IT is knowing that I alone am responsible for all of the issues, projects and preventative maintenance of the facilities under my care.

 This weekend we are doing a server rack move from a floor rack to a wall-mounted rack high above the floor. I guess Koreans (my employer) don't like to see much on the floor, but, in their defense, it does already look better. I was here until about 11:30 pm last night until we finally the move completed and the network back up. A 17 hour day yesterday and a projected 12 hour day today.

Today will be another long day of running cable drops to our control room to expand capability for future equipment. 

Having very little sleep and a pregnant wife home alone, I can't wait for this to be done and I can get home and relax for the remainder of the weekend.

Here's hoping that we all do what we love, even when we don't love it all the time.

Dawg

Moving

I find, as I get older, that moving becomes less stressful and more painful. I have moved so may times in my 42 years that while moving sucks and is not fun I feel that I have a pretty good handle on the process and the mental checklist of remembering certain things like transferring utilities and such. While all of that is well and good, I hurt, physically, more than ever. I guess that the many years of martial arts and physical labor (Mobile Auto Detailing for many years, pulling network cable, gym workouts, etc...) have finally caught up with me as has my aging structure.

Having said all of that, moving from a small house to a large house is definitely worth it. When I have my son every other weekend we have six people in the house and 1100 square feet was not cutting it. The new house is 3000 square feet and it is just right and everyone will have their own space if they need it.

All in all it was a good move and I should have the office set up soon so I can get back to writing.

If anyone is interested in checking out my writing portfolio, you can visit Writing.Com.