Jigsaw Puzzles, Chess & Cheap Red Wine
Work is like a giant jigsaw puzzle or global chess game - recruiting, training, host and running limited support services without dropping the ball(s) and not drowning my sorrows in too much Chilean red wine ! Having a master plan (that everyone agree with - oh the pain), moving resources around the board (world), keeping the game from stalling, knowing when to move forward, defend or retreat has been good blood free fun - so far :-)
For those who climb, it's starting to feel like being 3-4m runout with the last piece of protection being a 'psycho' nut in soft sandstone with the multiple cruxs til ya clip the rap chain - but it's only grade 15, right....well in your limit but things are a little shaky and last nights red wine starting to ooze from sweaty torn finger tips..........reminiscing about Blue Mountains climbing. Maybe we'll re-live those fun days on Czech sandstone in the summer just to see if the feeling still holds true.
12 people for March, 20 by end of April. If all goes to plan 30 by end of July and running our 12 hour shift - looking forward to that like a whole in the head.
The team gets a taste of late night work on Good Friday - while you Aussies scoff hoards of Easter eggs we'll be working our arses off. Covering all the other locations who celebrate Easter except the Americas. We start at 12am CET on the 25th of March and end at 2pm CET, then New York takes over. Lucky me, I've drawn the short straw and will start at 12am aswell - bugger. At least we still have a long weekend as Czech Republic celebrates Easter Monday. We'll get the bastards back when our Czech national holidays kick in.
So, some of you may receive a phone call from a bloodshot Aussie during your day off..........be kind.
M
For those who climb, it's starting to feel like being 3-4m runout with the last piece of protection being a 'psycho' nut in soft sandstone with the multiple cruxs til ya clip the rap chain - but it's only grade 15, right....well in your limit but things are a little shaky and last nights red wine starting to ooze from sweaty torn finger tips..........reminiscing about Blue Mountains climbing. Maybe we'll re-live those fun days on Czech sandstone in the summer just to see if the feeling still holds true.
12 people for March, 20 by end of April. If all goes to plan 30 by end of July and running our 12 hour shift - looking forward to that like a whole in the head.
The team gets a taste of late night work on Good Friday - while you Aussies scoff hoards of Easter eggs we'll be working our arses off. Covering all the other locations who celebrate Easter except the Americas. We start at 12am CET on the 25th of March and end at 2pm CET, then New York takes over. Lucky me, I've drawn the short straw and will start at 12am aswell - bugger. At least we still have a long weekend as Czech Republic celebrates Easter Monday. We'll get the bastards back when our Czech national holidays kick in.
So, some of you may receive a phone call from a bloodshot Aussie during your day off..........be kind.
M
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