I swear sometimes I feel like that person on the reality shows that is always 2 seconds away from a nervous breakdown.

I've really been burning the candle at both ends lately, and while that's no different than anyone else on this project team at my current assignment, I'm the only one married with a child. On top of that, I almost feel as if I've paid my overtime dues years ago when I worked 7 days a week just outside of Chicago. However, it puts me at a crossroads to feel that way because for me, that is near "Union" mentality which is something I've never been a fan of.

This current project is eating me alive, and while I am making progress and getting pretty good reviews from the client, its a constantly moving target.

Just last week the customer got to see my portion of the application for the first time. Apparently the person giving me direction had an entirely different idea that than the customer. Needless to say the customer won out and I've been rewriting over the course of 5 days what it took me nearly 3 weeks to write. The good news is, the light is at the end of the tunnel, I think...

Though I felt that way last night when they announce that a core portion of our code needs to change due to a bug in EAGER loading of objects on the backend. No biggie, but just another thing to get in my way of the light at the end of the tunnel.

Outside of that I've put two personal projects on hold and one other project for a moonlighting customer on the back burner...all in he name of customer service...at least you can't accuse me of not having any dedication.