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threadwalkerWork is THAT stressful right now.
Instead of food, I keep chanting that my weigh-in w/ WW is today. And I keep reminding myself I need to be able to swim 2100 yards continuously, then bike 18-ish miles and then run 4 miles.. without passing out... without hurting myself ... faster than my boss... in less than 4 months!!! Pizza is not the path of triathalon success.
Recipe:
Create a deadline of 1/22/08
Have a project that habitually misses deadlines
Overwhelm one QA (that's R) so that the other QA (that's me) has to cover him on all the short term deadline stuff.
Give your QA rep (that's me) 4 ft of paper work that needs to be triple cross-referenced and verified within its own structure to make sure all the interlacing supporting documents are correct. Cut the regular 3-day review time down to less than 8 hrs.
Schedule 40+ more hours of work to do in the same week.
Require everyone to come in on Sunday.
Add a Production Staff that has waited to the last minute to fix multiple issues that is generating NEW unforseen work.
Production Staff and Engineering Staff and Maintenance staff scramble to do all the stuff they put off and they are inexperienced at the documentation, so they need QA back up to coach, help generate, and approve their documentation (that's me again)
Start calling your QA rep every 10 minutes for every single question that pops into your head (that's my phone) because you don't know how to do all this last minute paperwork.
Results:
One very tense and grumpy QA person. I stopped answering my phone after I'd put in my 8.5 hrs yesterday.
One of the more mature maintenance guys had the insight to say, "Gee, now we'll get to see what you're like when you're totally stressed out. Will it be scary?"
Me, inside voice: SCARY? ARE YOU KIDDING? HELL YEAH! GIVE ME PIZZA OR DIE!
Me, Outside voice: I'll probably politely ask you to leave my office so I can continue working. I'm not a yeller, don't worry.
Me, inside voice: I YELL! HEAR ME! FEED ME WARM BROWNIES!
Him: Gee, that's not so bad. Maybe I'll just avoid you.
Me, inside voice: And LOTS AND LOTS OF DIET COKE WITH LIME
Me, outside voice: No worries. We're under a lot of pressure, so if it's something that can wait, let's put it aside.
Him: (chuckle) Well, a lot of stuff has piled up and needs to be done now.
Me, inside voice: AND I'M LOCKING MY DOOR SO I DON'T HAVE TO SHARE. AND PLAYING "GODSMACK" AND "VAN HALEN" REALLY REALLY LOUD
Me, outside voice: mmm. Speaking of deadlines, I need to get back to it.
Me, inside voice: Where's my comfort food? And who's going to review all this paperwork while I'm eating pizza? I hope you don't expect me to eat and review at the same time. That would harsh my buzz.
I need the clean-up squad from Monster's Inc to follow me around and keep me from hopping in my car and fleeing to the pizza hot spot on University. And then the bakery at the Emeryville market that has the bestest brownies. Besides the self-sabotage at work, I'd pass out from carb-overload and hate myself afterwards...
the weigh-in is at 11, the weigh-in is at 11...
Edit: had my weigh-in. Back below my target weight and feeling very "unstoppable". Food cravings have been banished by the feelings that come with successfully executing a plan and having good results.
Instead of food, I keep chanting that my weigh-in w/ WW is today. And I keep reminding myself I need to be able to swim 2100 yards continuously, then bike 18-ish miles and then run 4 miles.. without passing out... without hurting myself ... faster than my boss... in less than 4 months!!! Pizza is not the path of triathalon success.
Recipe:
Create a deadline of 1/22/08
Have a project that habitually misses deadlines
Overwhelm one QA (that's R) so that the other QA (that's me) has to cover him on all the short term deadline stuff.
Give your QA rep (that's me) 4 ft of paper work that needs to be triple cross-referenced and verified within its own structure to make sure all the interlacing supporting documents are correct. Cut the regular 3-day review time down to less than 8 hrs.
Schedule 40+ more hours of work to do in the same week.
Require everyone to come in on Sunday.
Add a Production Staff that has waited to the last minute to fix multiple issues that is generating NEW unforseen work.
Production Staff and Engineering Staff and Maintenance staff scramble to do all the stuff they put off and they are inexperienced at the documentation, so they need QA back up to coach, help generate, and approve their documentation (that's me again)
Start calling your QA rep every 10 minutes for every single question that pops into your head (that's my phone) because you don't know how to do all this last minute paperwork.
Results:
One very tense and grumpy QA person. I stopped answering my phone after I'd put in my 8.5 hrs yesterday.
One of the more mature maintenance guys had the insight to say, "Gee, now we'll get to see what you're like when you're totally stressed out. Will it be scary?"
Me, inside voice: SCARY? ARE YOU KIDDING? HELL YEAH! GIVE ME PIZZA OR DIE!
Me, Outside voice: I'll probably politely ask you to leave my office so I can continue working. I'm not a yeller, don't worry.
Me, inside voice: I YELL! HEAR ME! FEED ME WARM BROWNIES!
Him: Gee, that's not so bad. Maybe I'll just avoid you.
Me, inside voice: And LOTS AND LOTS OF DIET COKE WITH LIME
Me, outside voice: No worries. We're under a lot of pressure, so if it's something that can wait, let's put it aside.
Him: (chuckle) Well, a lot of stuff has piled up and needs to be done now.
Me, inside voice: AND I'M LOCKING MY DOOR SO I DON'T HAVE TO SHARE. AND PLAYING "GODSMACK" AND "VAN HALEN" REALLY REALLY LOUD
Me, outside voice: mmm. Speaking of deadlines, I need to get back to it.
Me, inside voice: Where's my comfort food? And who's going to review all this paperwork while I'm eating pizza? I hope you don't expect me to eat and review at the same time. That would harsh my buzz.
I need the clean-up squad from Monster's Inc to follow me around and keep me from hopping in my car and fleeing to the pizza hot spot on University. And then the bakery at the Emeryville market that has the bestest brownies. Besides the self-sabotage at work, I'd pass out from carb-overload and hate myself afterwards...
the weigh-in is at 11, the weigh-in is at 11...
Edit: had my weigh-in. Back below my target weight and feeling very "unstoppable". Food cravings have been banished by the feelings that come with successfully executing a plan and having good results.
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Date: 2008-01-16 05:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-16 06:41 pm (UTC)I was thinking that after working out tonight, I'd set up a footbath for myself and play the saved CSI that I missed last week. Kind of pamper my poor footies that have to do all this running and biking while giving my brain some down time...
IF only I could get a massage, too... yum.
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Date: 2008-01-16 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-16 06:42 pm (UTC)Oh ugh! I might not be able to leave site as this special hell drags on through the end of the week
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Date: 2008-01-16 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-16 08:33 pm (UTC)Yay for healthy eating! Yay for healthy living! Boo for unhealthy cravings!