Have you read Clockwork Angel yet? I like it.
Today’s Exploit:
This week was the week from hell.
Monday: Start new run. This should be smooth sailing because we’re using fancy-schmancy tools.
Tuesday: Tool fails, but the help desk and manager are desperate to make it work. Try random, pointless modifications for 3.16 hours. Aand we have no backup tools.
Tuesday Night: Backup arrives 5.3 hours after they told us it should 11pm. Race to program and pick up new arrival.
Wednesday: Yay, the tool is working, and I’m giddy from lack of sleep. Just for good measure I get an infection that makes doing anything and nothing hurt. Spend 3 hours in the emergency room because the doctor is busy. Then he prescribes pain pills I said I didn’t want and some antibiotic after beating me up.
Wednesday Night: Arrive back at the rig to discover tool problems again. The DD thinks he’s the king of the world, and the manager tells me to change the sensor again. You know how that story ends.
Thursday: Things are working, but loopy from lack of sleep.
Friday: Hospital calls and says that antibiotic isn’t going to work, you have to get a new one.
Friday Night/Early Saturday: We finished drilling! PS You get to stay up late changing the tool again. And that gunk in your eye? It’s not just sleep, or lack thereof. It’s probably pinkeye. Hehe.
Saturday: Also, the pharmacy’s closed so no one can tell you what kind of eyedrops you should get. And your eye is going to insist on feeling like a gargoyle is using it as a stress ball.
On the plus side, I did get to sleep for a few hours while they tripping back in.
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