Could this be the start of a pretty crappy week for me, perhaps - but I really should not look too negatively upon it. It begins with myself and some of my colleagues attempting to recover our infrastructure at a remote location (a so called Disaster Recovery test). This in itself is not a concern as I am fully confident that (at least the section I am responsible for) it will be recovered into a fully working order as I have done this several times before - but this time, I am shadowing someone else to do my bit (there can be no guarantee that I will be there to do it, so others need to be able to follow my procedures).
So what is it that I am worried about?
Firstly, I hate traveling mid-to-long distances in a car (this is a real DR test, we can't go by train). This, for some inexplicable reason, gives me sleepless nights before hand.
Secondly, while I am 100 miles away from home, my dog (the Jack Russel) is to have a general anaesthetic to allow his back leg to be x-rayed - his back leg that he injured chasing a frigging ball. There is a risk that he may not come out of the anaesthetic for something the vet may or may not find (in essence, they are looking for a fracture). The last place I would want to be when he goes under, is 100 miles away.
But, possibly just as much a concern, my Mother goes under for a hip operation. For some reason, I have less worries about this as the equipment and team of people to monitor one human going under general anesthetic is a lot, lot more than for one dog. Yes, for good reason, but people do tend to get fond of their own pets - and take the welfare of these animals seriously.
Both are worrying. Both are a concern.
