pants are the answer
Well, that was quite a trip, little one.
It’s a strange situation, to be sure. When you have felt a little life growing, stretching and kicking, you come to depend on it. And when it’s growing in the belly of someone who lays next to you at night, you come to depend on them, you ride their emotional train. Every time they exclaim about a big kick, you get a little warm feeling.
And when they say they have felt nothing for 2 days, you panic.
I am ashamed to admit it, but there were times when I seriously doubted whether he had the franks to pull it off. I was happy to be wrong. Despite some terrible weather and a severe lack of employment, Mr K organised a fantastic party for the lovely Crump.
Weel done, sir. Well done indeed.
Friday 24th – 8:20pm – Thai Tables Restaurant, waiting for main course. Trouble with analyser interface, ditch dinner, go home, dial in, call lab, advise shutdown + restart PC. Called back in 10 minutes ‘I shut down the PC, and now that screen has gone black’…… No further comment….
Saturday 25th 3:30pm – Sever storm, power surges, interface controllers die. Dial in, restart.
Sunday 2th 1:07am – ‘Lab system not connecting, please respond’. Paged to a phone number that isn’t manned on weekends. Twice. At an external lab that has problems with bad weather due to microwave connection.
Sunday 27th 4:30pm – Transaction processor down. Problem: The Canadian
Sunday 27th 5:15pm – Requests not downloading to analysers. Problem: The Canadian
Sunday 27th 6:00pm – Specimens locking and hanging screens. Problem: probably the Canadian
Sunday 27th 6:15pm – More locking. Problem: User error, unlock these yrself.
Yay for on-call!!
