Journal entry 2016-02-08 0845 CST

Happy birthday, Mom.

I think today is the first time in a while I’ve actually been able to sit back and breathe at work. Not the usual screwing off at work that I usually do, but actually relax. It’s weird. Let’s run through the last 10 days or so.

Thursday 1/28: DDOS attack from 4p to 9p. Friday 1/29: DDOS attack from 4p to 9p Saturday 1/30: DDOS attack from 11a to 1130a (I missed seeing Star Wars 7 because of this), another DDOS attack from 6p to 9p Sunday 1/31: Nothing of note happened. Monday 2/1: DDOS attack from 5p to 9p. Advanced DDOS mitigation turned on this night. Tuesday 2/2: DDOS attack from 4:30p to 9p. DDOS mitigation needed some help because our old filters weren’t transferred. Wednesday 2/3: DDOS attack from 5p to 9p. DDOS mitigation helped. Thursday 2/4: DDOS attack from about 6 to 7p. DDOS mitigation helped a lot Friday 2/5: DDOS attacks were mitigated. My phone didn’t ring once. Saturday 2/6: Power outage at San Marcos office from 2am to 10am. Had to fix things once the power was restored. Huge fight with Heather. Dinner with 16 other people for Mindy’s birthday (at The Melting Pot). Sunday 2/7: I think this was relaxing? I don’t remember doing much of anything except play with the new Linux installation on my home workstation. Took over an hour to get Steam working. Monday 2/8: I thought my phone rang at 6:40 to report another attack, but it was actually just a powered-down switch in the San Marcos office. I couldn’t fix it, problem was resolved by local personnel.

So that’s, what, 8 major attacks and one unrelated outage all within a 10-day span? My stress levels were through the roof until Friday morning, let me tell you.