they're on their way home...

[jay]

I'm back from dropping sarahh, dawnd and my beloved patgreene at Sevilla train station. Returning here in time to help the rest of my team finish last-minute packing and then send them off... JO, DN are going overnight with SS to Faro, Portugal. So this morning I led and was part of a group of eight on a successful project -- now I'm figuratively here alone as a lab assistant/sysadmin for the next week. Lonely, now. Seeing Pat off was very hard... I wish we'd had more one-on-one time on this trip.

And I wish they'd all waved. And no cuddles or hugs for another 10 days or so. Being left is always harder, IMO, than leaving (wry grin). So I coped by getting a chocolate croissant, and driving back very fast (well, 170) with the CD player turned way up. :)

Anyway, back to work... I need to brush up on this years' core spectral analysis procedures and try to put the server in the local router's DMZ...

Oh, yeah, and I got barbered in Seville. (grin).



Pat, Dawn and Sarah in Seville station...

Comments

[geekchick]

If the rest of the team is leaving, why do you get to stay for another week and a half? I'm sure you must've mentioned it earlier, but I don't remember the details.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Because as little as my sysadmin skills are (compared to sarahh's, say) they're still more than anyone else left here. So I'm waiting to play tag-team with HC next week. And given my dual role on the science team, I'll shift gears and help process cores.

Although right now, "get to stay" is rather mixed... I'm a bit homesick.

[akienm.livejournal.com]

The joys of being the boss...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Being responsible, flexible, covering the gaps and never getting thanked ;). Yep...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Unless you care to, um, join me? (grin)