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It’s very obviously winter time, even here in Bermuda, as my sinuses have become about as backed up as a Californian freeway during Friday rush hour. In the span of a few days breathing has become a chore, and if it wasn’t for the fact that I was just “promoted” this week, I would be in bed, at home, praying that I had bought enough boxes of Kleenex earlier this week.

I took Tuesday off to see my doctor who prescribed me some amoxicillin and some Flixonase nasal spray, which both seem to remove the blockage for about a half hour after I take them. The problem is that I am only allowed to take 2 amoxicillin pills a day, and one spray a day, meaning that I have an hour of peace a day. Not quite the results I was looking for.

On the bright side, I officially started my Incident Response Management position at the bank, which now means that instead of monitoring the ticket queues of about 10 people (approx. 120 tickets), I’m keeping track of every ticket in the organization (close to 400 tickets). Every hour I send off a report to all the higher-ups indicating who is falling behind, who is doing well, and other metrics we’re using to track our progress. It’s a lot of work, but the word around the water cooler is that since they created this position for me, it will be a permanent thing, and I won’t be going back to ACT after 6 months like I’d been originally told.

I guess I should have believed Matt when he said I’d be here forever when he told me that on my first day.