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022 [Personal Log]
Feb. 26th, 2010 04:17 am[Private | Locked]
Between the captain's adjustments to the shift schedules and the mix column and everything else that's been going lately, it's been difficult to remember to take time to sit and relax. Actually, I think difficult is a bit of an understatement. If not for Liz I'd likely be driving myself up the wall, trying to take care of a thousand things all at once. Lately it seems as though the minute I get something taken care of, something else crops up, be it mechanical or personal in nature.
I almost lost two good engineers the other day. If not for Singh's ability to keep a cool head and obey orders even under pressure, I might not be here, either. [Note - recommend to the captain that Singh and Masters be given commendation for performance above and beyond the call of duty.] Singh's a good lad, if a bit jumpy at times, with a good head on his shoulders, and if he keeps it up he'll make a fine Chief Engineer someday. As for Masters, the lass willingly placed herself in danger to save a life - mine - and though she disobeyed orders to remain behind the safety perimeter, I can't fault her judgment and actions regarding the situation. I would have done the same in her place. Both are a credit to Starfleet and deserve recognition for their actions.
I've been asking a lot of my team lately, and as always, they continue to give more than I ask. It is my hope that with those of us pulling voluntary double shifts and more overtime than I have any right to order them to that we'll get caught up in the next few days. It never rains but it pours, as the saying goes - but to end on a positive note I have every faith that my team will continue to perform admirably, and I really can't ask any more than that. The end is in sight, and next week will be better.
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Between the captain's adjustments to the shift schedules and the mix column and everything else that's been going lately, it's been difficult to remember to take time to sit and relax. Actually, I think difficult is a bit of an understatement. If not for Liz I'd likely be driving myself up the wall, trying to take care of a thousand things all at once. Lately it seems as though the minute I get something taken care of, something else crops up, be it mechanical or personal in nature.
I almost lost two good engineers the other day. If not for Singh's ability to keep a cool head and obey orders even under pressure, I might not be here, either. [Note - recommend to the captain that Singh and Masters be given commendation for performance above and beyond the call of duty.] Singh's a good lad, if a bit jumpy at times, with a good head on his shoulders, and if he keeps it up he'll make a fine Chief Engineer someday. As for Masters, the lass willingly placed herself in danger to save a life - mine - and though she disobeyed orders to remain behind the safety perimeter, I can't fault her judgment and actions regarding the situation. I would have done the same in her place. Both are a credit to Starfleet and deserve recognition for their actions.
I've been asking a lot of my team lately, and as always, they continue to give more than I ask. It is my hope that with those of us pulling voluntary double shifts and more overtime than I have any right to order them to that we'll get caught up in the next few days. It never rains but it pours, as the saying goes - but to end on a positive note I have every faith that my team will continue to perform admirably, and I really can't ask any more than that. The end is in sight, and next week will be better.
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