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I was nearly having to cancel my weekend away, as we have a system going live in work. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a problem, but the other two people who could support it had already booked time off, so that left only me. This would be a major pain, since I already had flights booked, but I guess at least partly mr own fault for not booking the time off far enough in advance.
This would be particularly annoying since chances are nothing would happen at all.
However, I was granted a respite, not because of any pity for me, but because the powers that be don't want to pay for a load of people on weekend overtime. So they've moved it forward to Thursday night, which allows me to depart on Friday.
But now I'm seriously considering spending Thursday night in the office. I'm going out for a few drinks after work anyway, and if I stayed out till ten or eleven, it would be 12.30 to 1:30 before I get home. If anything did happen, the only was back into the office would be to get a taxi, which would take another hour or so, which might not leave enough time to fix it and make my 6:45am flight. And nothing goes wrong i'd still have to leave Drogheda before 5am to get to the airport (and disturb the sleep of a kindly soul for a lift).
The alternative of coming back to the office where I can keep an eye on the system, and maybe catch a couple of hours sleep if things are quiet. That way if there was a problem, I'm on hand to deploy a quick fix. All being well, I can get the airport express bus and be out to the airport in 30 minutes or less.
I shall pack tonight anyway, and may well take my weekend bag with me in the morning.
This would be particularly annoying since chances are nothing would happen at all.
However, I was granted a respite, not because of any pity for me, but because the powers that be don't want to pay for a load of people on weekend overtime. So they've moved it forward to Thursday night, which allows me to depart on Friday.
But now I'm seriously considering spending Thursday night in the office. I'm going out for a few drinks after work anyway, and if I stayed out till ten or eleven, it would be 12.30 to 1:30 before I get home. If anything did happen, the only was back into the office would be to get a taxi, which would take another hour or so, which might not leave enough time to fix it and make my 6:45am flight. And nothing goes wrong i'd still have to leave Drogheda before 5am to get to the airport (and disturb the sleep of a kindly soul for a lift).
The alternative of coming back to the office where I can keep an eye on the system, and maybe catch a couple of hours sleep if things are quiet. That way if there was a problem, I'm on hand to deploy a quick fix. All being well, I can get the airport express bus and be out to the airport in 30 minutes or less.
I shall pack tonight anyway, and may well take my weekend bag with me in the morning.
