Hard to believe it’s been a week or so since the last entry. Despite the best intentions, life just happens.

I learned something about working weekends. Avoid them. Let me repeat that; it’s important. The first rule of the good life club: weekends are for relaxing, not the job.

Last week a disaster prompted emergency action, this round was by choice. I had looked forward to this particular Saturday for more than three months, because it meant a hands on network upgrade — a pink elephant among system admins. I always heard about techs who swapped out the old and busted gear for the new hotness, but ’twas never me. Today it was.

On the plus side, the Team Eagle Eye edits are coming along. Some sessions go very well, I emerge from the office with 1-2 brand new pages to replace cut material. Good days. Other sessions feel more like running in place, the changes are subtle. And that realization is biggest reward so far, that no matter how long this process takes, the advances are tangible. They feel real, even if I’m one of the few that see them right now.