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I didn't post an update last night as I was too wiped out from the day. But markvd and I did safely return home from our work trip to Cleveland yesterday. We got in sometime around 6:45pm last night, were picked up with my truck courtesy of lady_curmudgeon and had dinner. While we were at the restaurant work called. What a shock.

Today I'm back in the saddle at the office, trying to catch up on 8 days worth of work.

We're back at the hotel. There's no fridge in either of our rooms so our celebratory Blue Moons are being served over ice from the ice machine. In plastic cups.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Stop judging me!

Our access runs out in 15 minutes. We aren't "done" by any means but we have enough of the core infrastructure configured that we can go home tomorrow and do the follow-up work from remote.

I, for one, am more than ready to go home after seven straight days like this. All that's left to do is pack up the truck, go back to the hotel, sleep, pack our clothes tomorrow after we get up and then we hit the road.

There's nothing quite like an electrical brown-out when you're in the colocation facility at 2220 hours to add a sense of excitement to your day. And to see how well your new facility provider has trained their staff for emergencies like this.

Fourteen hour day today.

Yesterday was 12.5 hours in the new datacenter, today was 13.3 hours. On the plus side we got BGP running, networks routing, the VPN established and the IP phones working - all courtesy of a box that's classified by Juniper (the manufacturer) as a "SOHO" class device. My appreciation of their gear continues to grow.

We have had Steak 'n' Shake for dinner two nights in a row with no signs of that changing. Why? Well, its a 24-hour restaurant, so it's about the only place open when we finally call it quits for the night.

I forgot to write about our dining experience on Sunday - truly the stuff of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares." I will try to write it up later this week, but for now I am planning to go get some sleep in preparation for tomorrow's (today's) next round of festivities.

For this morning, I present G/B/D...

Good: The continental breakfast at the hotel we're in has a make-your-own waffle maker. They are tasty and this concept is badass.

Bad: I lacerated the back of my skull when I was shaving this morning. Ow, dammit.

Different: Having Tia from housekeeping knock on my room's door when I'm in the bathroom. Errrr...