It's Like NASA Sometimes

Right now, today, tonight, this moment - this  is the last night of a product I've been the support manager on for .... 11 years. It's crazy! I can't believe we are retiring this. Years in the building and planning, my work son and I have been the best besties. My manager has been an amazing colleague and support. 

Someone said something in passing (and this someone has not been part and parcel to all the work we've done) that he heard a "rumor" that our launch was going to get scrapped. He posted it  in Slack and no one replied. 

I direct messaged him, cause to be honest this was a surprise to me, whatever the rumor was that he heard, and I asked him what was going on.

"I'm not sure! I just heard something in a meeting! So I thought I'd go into the slack channel and ask" was the basic vibe. 

So there I am, at 11am, slightly panicked. We already moved the launch back once from May to June, I cannot disappoint the masses. WE cannot disappoint the masses. 

Thankfully my boss knew exactly what he was talking about. He allayed the fears, and I immediately felt calm again. I felt like NASA folks must feel when everything is so close to coming together and there's a thunderstorm coming. Something you can't control. Something that grinds it all to a stop. Would it be a 24 hour stoppage? We've been in a code freeze all day so the team can prepare migration. 

My boss is sending out an all points communication at 11pm (soon) and I'm wondering if he needs me to proof it. He hasn't messaged me, I'm online. He can see me. So he will tag me in if he needs. 

Once that note goes out it is "Pencils Down" for all the users of the product. And we anticipate the "all clear" to get into the new product will go out by 10am. 

Wish our team luck, would ya?

I didn't sleep much last night. Couldn't fall asleep, couldn't stay asleep. My handyman called me at 7:45am (ugh) to say he'd come by this afternoon and then did not. I didn't reach out and bother him. I worked until after 6, almost 7. Doug took Toffee for a walk and when they got back I realized I should have gone with them. So I took her on another walk. Cut a corner, missed 1 mile. Doh.

Tonight I am hoping for better rest. I took some Zquill, I put the biofreeze on all the sore spots (I ran yesterday and today after a week of NO running so. Ouch). 

If I wake up at some ungodly hour, I'll go downstairs and pick up the laptop. I'll even shower first seeing as I didn't take the time to do that today. 

Let's Go. 

And here's a "What Toffee Thinks of Soccer" picture for ya. Digits below. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  15 min on the treadmill, 1.06 mi. 24 min walk with Toffee, .96 mi. 10k+ by bedtime

blood glucose:

8am: 175
4:45pm: 125
10:30pm: 158

food & meds:

8am: jardiance + phentermine
11am: small bowl of mac & cheese w/hamburger
12:30pm: 2 pieces of multigrain bread toasted with pb & no sugar j; met+glip
6pm: white wine; kielbasa, pierogis
7:30pm: met+glip