jay | rush, rush...

This week has been critical at work... final testing and integration before we ship to the Arctic, and a dry-run. We passed it successfully. And buying tools and supplies to be shipped up there next Tuesday along with the drill and electronics and an ATV.

Meanwhile... I have a group visiting today from JPL about the lunar mobility studies. And someone has tried to remove our automation software from the Mars Scout proposal, not getting that getting the drill stuck, ends the mission. Sigh. So I've been in several telecons over the past two days, trying to argue why we have to have something monitoring and controlling a drill, why it can't be done from Earth.

Meanwhile... given my sister-in-law's condition, I dropped off Pat Wednesday and she's in Atlanta until Sunday afternoon. So I'm also trying to be a single parent, leaving work to rush the kids to appointments and then rush back again.

Meanwhile... school ended Wednesday, so all 3 kids are home.

I'm just a bit stressed and frazzled and have only gotten to the gym once this week. Last night the kids and I were supposed to join

tenacious_snail for a poolside BBQ at her complex... we didn't arrive until 8pm (worked late, and getting the kids ready), dinner wound up by candlelight at 9:30pm and I didn't get in the pool until a brief soak at 10:30pm.

Today... I'm waiting for someone to call me back... just rushed through a lunch at Fresh Choice with

cyan_blue and the kids, she's taking them to see "Cars" this afternoon.