TGIF
What a hellish week this has been. Work is killing me! Last week was so nice, because (of course) we had the Thanksgiving holiday, and because we had shifted to developing a new set of tests for which we had 3 days per test (a very comfortable pace). This week started well, I hung back at my parents' house through Monday and decided to drive back on Tuesday afternoon, and make up the work that evening. Tuesday morning is when the shit hit the fan.
Basically, the customer totally changed the blueprint for the test, which was specific down to the individual skills being assessed. I had completed 2 out of 4 tests, but after this change I had to go back and make heavy modifications to those 2. Also, part of the freak-out factor led my boss to pull the deadline UP effectively turning up the pace from 1 test per 3 days to 1 test per day. And by "day" I mean like 10-12 hours.
Oh yeah, and my partner was on vacation all week and I got really sick (food poisoning?) yesterday. So, this has turned out to be an extremely stressful week. I'm feeling better now, and I've accomplished a lot of work despite the setbacks, so I think I will survive. Unfortunately I had to cancel Tuesday night spinning class, Thursday night bowling, and my eye doctor appointment on Thursday. I'm going to get ahead on work this weekend, though, and do all of these things next week.
Hope everyone out there is having a better week! I did get a little bit of my Christmas shopping done and got a great deal on a gift using my employee discount, so I'm psyched about that. I'm hoping to get more shopping done this weekend.
Basically, the customer totally changed the blueprint for the test, which was specific down to the individual skills being assessed. I had completed 2 out of 4 tests, but after this change I had to go back and make heavy modifications to those 2. Also, part of the freak-out factor led my boss to pull the deadline UP effectively turning up the pace from 1 test per 3 days to 1 test per day. And by "day" I mean like 10-12 hours.
Oh yeah, and my partner was on vacation all week and I got really sick (food poisoning?) yesterday. So, this has turned out to be an extremely stressful week. I'm feeling better now, and I've accomplished a lot of work despite the setbacks, so I think I will survive. Unfortunately I had to cancel Tuesday night spinning class, Thursday night bowling, and my eye doctor appointment on Thursday. I'm going to get ahead on work this weekend, though, and do all of these things next week.
Hope everyone out there is having a better week! I did get a little bit of my Christmas shopping done and got a great deal on a gift using my employee discount, so I'm psyched about that. I'm hoping to get more shopping done this weekend.