The COVID-19 Diary: Thursday 30 April

The software deploy this morning went fine. We had to make some changes to our app to support some changes another app was making. We probably spent more time updating the team that manages the other app than we did on making the changes. That’s okay. I’d rather spend time reassuring them that everything will be fine than explaining to them why something went wrong.

In my job everything seems to build up to Thursdays. We usually deploy software on Thursdays because it gives us Friday to troubleshoot any problems. No one wants to work the weekend if they can help it. But as a result by Thursday evening I’m pretty drained. Fridays are usually quiet. I have a couple of meetings tomorrow morning and I have to post a status report on an internal web site. No one will read it because our project status is green, but if I didn’t post it, or posted it with an amber or red status I’d get all kinds of attention. Fortunately we’re green.

I’m not complaining. Quiet Fridays can start to feel like three day weekends when you work from home. But Thursday evenings are usually pretty low energy. Eat some leftovers for dinner and do something relatively mindless.

But enough about my week. Stay healthy and safe.

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