Finally - A Respite from Work...well, sort of

Today was my last day at the office until May 30! I guess it would be more appropriate to say my last 'regular' day, since I do need to go in at least once over the next couple of weeks to reboot some servers. It was a very busy, but fruitful week. I got a lot done. And I much prefer those weeks when I feel like I've actually accomplished something at the end of them. There are so many weeks when I feel like I've done little more than spin my wheels.

I got four projects done just today. I closed out four Change Requests with the help of one of the Java developers. These had a lot of database-related changes. I've started scripting more out now that I've had the PL/SQL class. It really does make things so much easier...and I'm getting consistent results across all the environments. That has always been a sticking point for me.

I still need to come up with a better process for refreshing environments. Folks on one of the Oracle lists insists that I should look at refreshing with RMAN. Seems complicated. I mean, the import/export method takes a while, and I do have some clean up afterwards, but I really understand what is happening and that is a comfort zone for me. But it's been a time of expanding horizons lately, so it's worth looking into.

When I left this morning, I was a little fuzzy. Stayed up too late again last night, so 5:40 came early...and I missed the snooze button. So, when I startled myself at 6:14, I had to scramble. There wasn't any way I was going to make it out by my usual 6:30. But I actually got to the office building only three minutes late. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my badge so I couldn't get in the garage. Parking is a CF around our building so I ended up over a block away in an area that seems seedy at best. Luckily, Ken was able to bring my badge down to my office AND take Miss Moo and I out to lunch. It turned out to be a not so bad day after all.

I've let it be known that I'm available by cell phone while in Oracle training, so it will be interesting if I get any calls.

Miss Moo has a bad rash tonight so we're doing our first night without diapers. She's just in regular underwear. We'll see how it goes. Ken is convinced that we will be called into her room at 2:00 am to clean out her bed. She's actually gone all night many times without wetting, but she has to sit on a toilet right away or there's hell to pay. I think she might do it, although I won't be surprised if she does call. I actually hope she does call out rather than sleeping on a wet spot all night. I put some cream on the rash, but it made it burn, poor thing. She was UNhappy. I got it cleaned off and put some Vaseline (c) on the affected area. Hopefully she'll be better by morning.