There are days…

Yawn… scratch…scratch…itch…scratch… Is it morning yet? What day is it??? I’ve lost track…

Well, yesterday (and this morning) turned into a 20 hour day, I’m “sleeping” right now to go back in at midnight (actually I’m washing clothes since I’m wearing the last pair of clean pants I have…) in three hours.

Some times I wonder if people do stuff just to get my goat… A sample from this morning- Airplane out doing stuff- supposed to be talking to boat A.

Boat A doesn’t answer, but they can talk to boat B, which comes up on chat and tells me the plane can’t raise boat A, can I get hold of them to come up…

So I call, they don’t answer, so I call boat C, which is also in the area. They answer, I ask them if they have heard from boat A? Why yes, we’re talking to them now.

Good, have them come up on their other radio and talk to the plane. They answer, yeah, we were just wondering why they were buzzing boat A… sigh…

Soooo, boat A finally calls back- Hey, are you talking to the plane?
No, why should I?
Ah… you’re in the way!
Huh, I’m not supposed to move for 9 hours…
No, you’re supposed to move NOW!
No I’m not…
Zulu time not local time you &*()_#%
Oh… Did we screw up?
Ah, yeah, kinda sorta… Are you talking to the plane?
Do I have to?
YES!

Sigh…

Plus they send data in, in scientific format, not the normal format… Have you ever tried to write a macro with no sleep? When trying to remember the actual math to do conversions? And then remembering how to actually implement it???

Trust me, that was NOT pretty…

Only 6 or is it 5 more days to go? Are we done yet? Why am I in this handbasket, and where are we going???

The bright spot in all this? Working with the young sailors and officers who really want to learn and are actually asking good questions and pushing the scientists and engineers for answers. They are also bitching, which means they’re happy 🙂

Comments

There are days… — 7 Comments

  1. sounds like my job, but i don’t get to travel … wanna swop? (and yes, you get to write macros too).

  2. I hear math and jargon….brain turns to mush and I drool.

    You could try that and see how they react. 🙂

  3. Julie- DON’T TEMPT ME!!!! 🙂

    RT- trust me, mine was already mush!

    Phlegmmy- Yes a whole bunch of good kids! And yes, I can say that since I’m an old fart 🙂

  4. Maybe you should just make a real low pass and drop a load of sonobouys on their deck—Just to get their attention first! Have a better day domani pisan! CIAO!

  5. Ev- If I’d been on the bird, that would have happened 🙂 It wouldn’t be the first time I moved somebody that way…