Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Two's Better Than One

Helen,

These last two weeks have been insane. Even the word insane doesn’t seem to explain the madness that has been our job for the last two weeks and the weeks to come. How about exhausting, stressful, and a constant test of patience and your ability to stay on top of everything, all the time. Organizing, running and monitoring a survey in the city with a team of people relying on you to make it all go right. From programming and survey problems to logistic issues and equipment transportation, all of it is in your hands. It is an unbelievable load to handle and you do it so well. There are new challenges everyday that would make most people give up, but you don’t. The 6 am wake ups, 18-22 hr work days, constant fight against dehydration and sickness (because of the 18 hr work days) are all rough, but you’re not alone. I will test PDA’s, check programming code and organize as little or as much as you need me to. Staying up until 2:30am for the 5th day in a row, after 10 hours of surveying and an hour of traffic back to the office? You bet, sign me up. Frustrated? Me too, but heck two’s better than one in my mind and so long as I can keep my eyes open, I’ll stick it out with you, gladly. You’re dedication and desire to do the best you can always amazes me. The next 2 weeks are going to suck, in the best way. Bring on the late night tea, popcorn dinners and many more nights of wanting to throw PDA’s out the window. Your quite entertaining while sleep deprived anyhow. Kudos to you, you’re wonderful, Helen. Now let’s survey some criminals!

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