Luckily, my team's jobs don't abend that much. The other team has calls nearly every night. I also have people who do not get annoyed if I need to call them for help or advice in the middle of the night. Also, I'm only on call in January and July (backup in Dec and June). They don't expect you to sit at home, either. I'm going out of town next weekend, and it's not a problem. There are usually no calls on the weekend, anyway. All the processing is done on week days after 7 pm when the system goes down. I just need to learn not to panic.

We're suppposed to go to Jeff's boss' house tomorrow for a party. It'll be all day and night, but I'm not sure when Jeff wants to go. He likes his boss and his family, but I'm sure he doesn't want to spend that much time there. They have a pool, but I don't think I'd be comfortable in a bathing suit in front of them. I'm barely comfortable in front of my family, and that's only because I'm the smallest person there besides my 12 year old niece. I'm also having to take some SmartDogs so I'll have something to eat. I may need to rethink that. I bet they'd be good grilled, but I don't want them grilled in the same spot a drippy burger was grilled. Hmmm. Maybe they'd let me put some foil down. That would be better, especially since those things don't take much time to cook. I'm so high maintenance. OK, not really - not in the emotional sense.