bad alpha tester

Believe it or not, it's easier to post replies on the support forum with a raging migraine than it is to play alpha tester.

Why? Because I can almost post on the forum without thinking. Trying to figure out - and break - a system that (while based on MT) is still new territory requires a level of thinking that this 4 day migraine just won't permit me.

Like Kristine mentioned, there's a lot going on for us. Forum, Alpha, Plugin Manager. Add to that the emails (some extremely nasty!) I'm getting from users, my own neglected site, and the also-neglected-by-me Virtual Venus, and it's probably easy to see why the only thing I've really managed to do over the past 4 days is forum support.

Scary when something like that becomes a no-brainer, isn't it??

The only thing I've managed to do to stem the tide is let my PM Inbox on the forum fill up, so I don't get it from that direction as well.

The downside is that, having missed the last three days of work, I will be in hell-mode trying to play catch-up next week. The stress of that only increases the chances of getting another migraine.

It's a vicious cycle. But it's my real job that's to blame, not these side projects. The side projects are challenging fun; my real job is what's wearing me down. =(

Edit: Oh my, I forgot about the MT Wiki - add that to our list of projects. No one could ever accuse us of taking on too little at once. Heh.

Comments

[Mena Trott]

Please feel free to forward me the emails you're receiving. I'm not going to stand for people attacking the people that help them most.

[girlie]

I sent it to your dollarshort address. Just one jerk, but he was a big jerk.

Gosh, this font is tiny. Hope you all have your browsers set to Large Text, hehe.

[Graham]

Do you really get tons of PMs and hate emails? What the hell is wrong with people?

And girlie--if you got a migraine, take a break! And some botox. It was originally developed for migraine issues.

No, really!

[girlie]

I've pretty much taken a four-day break. The past three days I slept more than I was awake. I'm just a fast typer. =)

Botox? Isn't that the stuff they shoot into your forehead to make the space between your eyebrows immobile? =P

[Graham]

Indeed. Indeed.

[kristine]

I totally know the feelings you are having. I don't have the job issues, but my health, and now my niece's health is weighing heavily on my mind. I really needed to devote all of last week to MT-stuff. But then I got sicker again. Ugh. I'm thinking good thoughts that next week will be better :)