As you may know, when IT does an upgrade, it typically takes place over the weekend. It involves a lot of patience, testing, testing the tests that were used to test the test…you get the point.
Our upgrade consisted of moving from a physical server to a virtual environment, upgrading from SQL 2000 to SQL 2008, moving from DTS to SSIS and making sure everything was good for Monday. Upgrades.Never.Go.Well.Ever.
However, this time, we did two test runs which weeded out a lot of issues we would have run into. The upgrade hit a couple of bumps but after 9 hours, we were as successful as ever.
Of course, I mentioned this takes place over a weekend. It also meant that, as a divorced dad, I was not going to see my kids that much. I saw them for a short time in the morning and then off I went. I talked to my ex wife and asked her if I could see the kids for a couple of hours the next day if I didn’t have to work. She agreed and when I woke up and checked email, I didn’t have to go in. I called her and she dropped them off.
I am convinced that two mature adults, who put their kids first, do away with their differences and their potential dislike for each other, can successfully get along.
I, for one, did this and I can say that my ex-wife and I have a stronger friendship than ever. She is, and will always be, the best ex-wife.
