Exhausted

Well, the last couple of days have been exhausting at the railway. We are now using the new software, and it works fine. But much of yesterday we kept finding the gaps -- something we could only do by actually using it -- and figuring out how to fill them in. Today Roberta had her first day using it, which meant I got to try to work my station and help her along in the middle of some other chaos (don't ask) that was going on practically on top of her.

Well, okay, I'll tell you. The powers that be decided that today -- Day Two of the new software and Roberta's first day with it -- was the perfect day to start running two trains and work out all the kinks in that system as they went along. The radio conversations -- which were sometimes a bit heated -- were all being done from a microphone right beside Roberta's workstation. So we were trying to wait on people, do a bit of training, troubleshoot the occasional problem and ignore the shouts in the background. And this was all on the busiest day of the year so far.

Somehow we have all survived, and I think with each passing day things will improve.

At least, I can hope so.