Life in IT

Some days you’re sitting here and everything’s working well, no one really is hitting you up with requests and you’re almost, dare I say it, a little bored. Other days, well, many things don’t work and everyone needs something from you now, and you just don’t see how you can possibly get to everything. Needless to say, every day since coming back from vacation (including last Sunday, and this past Friday night!) has been in the latter group.

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